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An uplifting concert from Geoffrey Paterson and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

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Reviewed at Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool on 11 October 2025
Berio, Quattro versioni originali della "Ritirata notturna di Madrid" di Luigi Boccherini
Bernstein, Chichester Psalms
Copland, Clarinet Concerto
Rautavaara, Cantus Arcticus
Sibelius, Symphony no. 5 in E flat major, Op.82
Geoffrey Paterson, Conductor
Julian Bliss, Clarinet
Agustín Pennino, Countertenor
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Matthew Hamilton, Choirmaster / chorus director
Frank Dupree's Liverpool debut has the audience crying out for more
*****
Era-defining string sound in the Liverpool Phil’s Mahler 9
****1
Dazzling Prokofiev from Alim Beisembayev and the RLPO
****1
Dependable Mozart and Mendelssohn from the RLPO
***11
Paul Lewis balances delicacy with power in understated RLPO Beethoven
***11
Domingo Hindoyan's warm Bruckner 6 beguiles Liverpool
****1
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