Devastating Weinberg from Sheku Kanneh-Mason in Liverpool

Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Andrew Manze and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Andrew Manze conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Par Rohan Shotton, 06 avril 2024

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“Kanneh-Mason played with searing passion and focus”

Critique faite à Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, le 4 avril 2024

Coleridge-Taylor, Ballade pour orchestre en la mineur, Op.33

Weinberg, Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre en do mineur, Op.43

Elgar, Symphonie no. 1 en la bémol majeur, Op. 55

Andrew Manze, Direction

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Violoncelle

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Dazzling Prokofiev from Alim Beisembayev and the RLPO

Peter Connors, 26th April

In an all-Russian programme in Liverpool, Alim Beisembayev gives a breathtaking performance of Prokofiev's fiendishly difficult Second Piano Concerto.

****1

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.

*****

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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.