Dancing down south: Hindoyan and the RLPO at the Barbican

Domingo Hindoyan

Pablo Ferrández and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

By Charlotte Gardner, 21 May 2025

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“Hindoyan, balletically erect and twirling his baton at times like a magic wand”

Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 19 May 2025

Sierra, Fandangos

Elgar, Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85

Casals, El cant dels Ocells (Song of the Birds)

Rachmaninov, Symphonic Dances, Op.45

Rachmaninov, How fair this spot (Zdes' khorosho), Op.21 no.7 (arr. Timothy Jackson)

Pablo Ferrández, Cello

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor

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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Charlotte Gardner

Charlotte Gardner is a music critic and journalist regularly to be found in specialist music publications including Gramophone (where she specialises in strings and Baroque), The Strad and Classical Music magazine, and writing concert programme notes for organisations including the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Before turning to writing she spent eight years at the BBC, the final years of which were in News, on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. She holds a Music MA from the University of Cambridge.

Dancing down south: Domingo Hindoyan and the RLPO at the Barbican