When someone is travelling ... Music is known to take you around the world. But composers have also travelled long distances to teach elsewhere, to gain new impressions, to present themselves - or even to become the director of a conservatory on another continent: The magnificent Cello Concerto is one of the most famous and popular pieces from Antonín Dvořák's years in the USA, although wistful memories of his Bohemian homeland are also inscribed in this score. And the French master cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras was also born in America, more precisely in Montréal, Canada. Symphony No. 4 in E minor op. 98 is Johannes Brahms' last symphony and was premiered in Meiningen on 25 October 1885. Today, it is one of his most popular orchestral works. Little is known about the composition process, but Brahms' diary shows that the first two movements were composed in 1884 and the last two in 1885, with the finale being composed first. That's the way to live! Especially when such a splendid orchestra as the BBC Philharmonic accepts Julian Rachlin's invitation.