Pianist Mark Bebbington brings a nice balance of swagger and thoughtfulness to this all-Gershwin programme.

Mark Bebbington, best-known for his much-acclaimed recordings of British music on SOMM, takes a leap across the Atlantic this month to bring his refined yet expressive style to a spectacular all-Gershwin CD, alongside the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Grammy Award-nominated American conductor Leon Botstein.

Twenty-four hours in which every note of music played on the network will have been written by a female composer could not have happened even ten years ago, explains the conductor Jessica Cottis. Yet why should this be so? As Cottis says, ‘Talent and creativity is gender-blind.’