From the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. The BBC Philharmonic and chief guest conductor Vassily Sinaisky's concert concludes with Brahms's Violin Concerto, which brought mixed reactions when it was new - one critic declared that it was a wasn't so much a concerto for the violin but rather one 'against the violin', while it had a favourable public reception. Sergey Khachatryan (violin) BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Brahms: Violin Concerto in D.