Polished Glass: a return to form with the Eleventh Symphony

Von Pamela Nash, 30 September 2017

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“Petrenko... coaxing just the right off-beat tonal stress from the immaculately polished RLPO strings”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, am 28 September 2017

Dvořák, Suite in A major for orchestra "American", Op.98b

Glass, Symphony no. 11

Skrjabin, Symphonie Nr. 2 c-Moll, Op.29

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Vasily Petrenko, Musikalische Leitung

Dependable Mozart and Mendelssohn from the RLPO

Glyn Mon Hughes, 16th April

Aurel Dawidziuk and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra explore darkness and light, although the drama does not always bringing the audience to the edge of its collective seat.

***11

Paul Lewis balances delicacy with power in understated RLPO Beethoven

Glyn Mon Hughes, 12th March

Understatement is key in Paul Lewis' interpretation of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic under Adam Hickox.

***11

Domingo Hindoyan's warm Bruckner 6 beguiles Liverpool

Peter Connors, 5th February

Schubert and Saint-Saëns provide an elegant first half before a change of tone and pace with Bruckner's Sixth Symphony.

****1

Sidorova mesmerises Liverpool with Tabakova’s Accordion Concerto

Glyn Mon Hughes, 22nd January

An unusual evening of orchestral virtuosity and an ear-opening adventure with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Andris Poga.

****1

Lozakovich, Foster and the RLPO: glorious Bruch and Tchaikovsky

Peter Connors, 4th December

Daniel Lozakovich captivated the audience in Liverpool with his Bruch; Lawrence Foster conducted the RLPO in superb performances of less familiar Liszt and Tchaikovsky.

*****

Hindoyan and Hough bring a new dream team to Liverpool

Glyn Mon Hughes, 27th November

Rachmaninov’s First Piano Concerto comes alive as Stephen Hough joins Domingo Hindoyan and the RLPO in an explosive performance of this dramatic work.

*****

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Pamela Nash

Pamela Nash, a Harkness Fellow, studied the piano and harpsichord in London, Paris and the USA and holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan. She has curated several contemporary harpsichord music events, and was the director of the British Harpsichord Society's International Composition Competition in 2014. Pamela has contributed articles and reviews for Harpsichord and Fortepiano, Contemporary Music Review and Sounding Board and was the producer for the recently-released recording of contemporary works for harpsichord, "Shadow Journey", on the Prima Facie label.

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