In Apprehension Of Great Music.

The St. Petersburg Philharmonic will soon fill these seats in the Usher Hall - treating us to a grand programme of Russian Music, with Prokoviev, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich's awesome Symphony No.5.

But when Yuri Temirkanov started with Elgar's Nimrod for the encore, the gasp of thrilled surprise was satisfyingly audible.