BERNE Symphony Orchestra is to perform in Bradford for the first time.

The orchestra, regarded by many as Switzerland’s greatest, will be at St George’s Hall on Saturday. (April 11)

Their debut performance will bring to an end Bradford’s 2014/15 orchestral concert season.

The concert will be conducted by the orchestra’s music director Mario Venzago.

His distinguished career has included engagements with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the orchestras of Philadelphia and Boston, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

In Bradford the orchestra will perform Brahms’ most lyrical symphony, his Symphony No 2, and the first half of the concert will be given over to two Beethoven masterpieces, his dramatic Egmont Overture and his youthful, exuberant Piano Concerto No 2.

The soloist for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 is Oliver Schnyder who has been described as a musical sensation and one of the best pianists of his generation.

Details on the new 2015/16 Orchestral Concert Season will be announced within the next few weeks.

Visit bradford-theatres.co.uk or call 01274 432000 to book tickets.