Bursting with drama and hope: A Child of Our Time

Von Julia Zupancic, 13 März 2016

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, am 12 März 2016

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Violinkonzert in e-Moll, Op.64

Tippett, A Child of Our Time

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Leeds Festival Chorus

Simon Wright, Musikalische Leitung

Leticia Moreno, Violine

Rebecca Evans, Sopran

Jennifer Johnston, Mezzosopran

Ben Johnson, Tenor

David Wilson-Johnson, Bass

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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Julia Zupancic

Julia is a PhD student at the University of Munich who is currently based in Leeds as a Visiting Researcher. She loves writing about music (e.g. in her blog http://avantmusic.hypotheses.org) and playing the piano, and she has a keen interest in aesthetics and contemporary music.

Bursting with drama and hope: Tippett's A Child of Our Time in Leeds