AN exciting mix of world class projects and partnerships make up the newly-announced spring season at Southampton's Turner Sims concert hall.

TS violinist Chloë Hanslip and pianist Danny Driver will present an exclusive cycle of Beethoven’s violin sonatas across three concerts in 2017.

Pianist and composer Peter Edwards debuts his new work, a Turner Sims commission, as part of the PRS Foundation’s extraordinary New Music Biennial initiative: A Journey with the Giants of Jazz, will be performed by the outstanding Nu Civilisation Orchestra.

Peter Donohoe turns the spotlight on Prokofiev in his Piano Series recital, offering a rare opportunity to hear the composer’s three War Sonatas in one concert.

Since the memorable debut concert in Southampton in 1997, Red Priest has wowed audiences in all corners of the globe with its Baroque revolution, a high-spirited, rule-breaking approach to music of the 17th and 18th Centuries. Twenty years on and the group returns to its favourite concert hall to celebrate its landmark birthday with a selection of musical highlights from the past two decades, together with some amazing new musical creations.

John Williams, John Etheridge and Gary Ryan join forces to make guitar super-group 6 Hands, expect rousing solos, duos and trios.

Benjamin Grosvenor’s programme to close the Piano Series includes Beethoven’s popular Moonlight sonata. Acclaimed Jazz saxophonist Julian Argüelles performs with the Southampton Youth Jazz Orchestra (SYJO) playing music from his South African inspired album Let It Be Told.

Turner Sims also presents two of the UK’s brightest stars Zoe Rahman + Jay Phelps Quartet in an exciting jazz double bill.

Explore the violin in its many guises courtesy of king of gypsy music Tcha Limberger, Estonian fiddler Maarja Nuut and contemporary music expert Thomas Gould.

The UnThanks revisit Molly Drake’s charming and bittersweet songs, works that are extraordinary enough to rank alongside those of her son, Nick Drake.

British-born jazz giant Courtney Pine CBE, returns to Turner Sims with UK soul star Omar, this special project brings together two of the UK’s finest jazz and soul talents, performing material together for the first time.

With the distinctive sound of Quercus, hang player Manu Delago, Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodrigues, and a farewell performance by folk legends Coope Boyes and Simpson, the spring 2017 season at Turner Sims is not to be missed.

Tickets are on sale now from 023 8059 5151 or turnersims.co.uk