Bell-tastic season opener in Liverpool

Por Rohan Shotton, 22 septiembre 2019

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“raucous, wild, tragic and triumphant”

Crítica hecha desde Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool el 19 septiembre 2019

Howard, Coalescence (RLPO commission/World premiere)

Rajmáninov, Concierto para piano núm. 2 en do menor, Op.18

Chopin, Étude in C minor “Revolutionary”, Op.10 no.12

Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, op. 14

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 10: La Cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral) (orch. Henry Wood)

Vasily Petrenko, Dirección

Nobuyuki Tsujii, Piano

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

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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Rohan Shotton

Rohan has reviewed concerts and opera across the UK and Europe, but chiefly in Manchester, where he enjoys conducting and playing percussion and piano. He works as a hospital doctor, having studied in St Andrews and Manchester, and tweets as @RohanShotton.