Petrenko returns to the National Concert Hall

By Andrew Larkin, 18 September 2014

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“Feng tossed off the complex double-stopping of the cadenza as if it was child's play”

Reviewed at National Concert Hall: Main Stage, Dublin on 17 September 2014

Wagner, Tannhäuser: Overture

Wagner, Tannhäuser: Venusberg music

Glazunov, Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.82

Copeland, Percussion Concerto "Poltroons in Paradise"

Scriabin, Rêverie, Op.24

Tchaikovsky, Capriccio italien, Op.45

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Vasily Petrenko, Conductor

Ning Feng, Violin

Sun and moon delight in Roxanna Panufnik’s new double concerto

Peter Connors, 11th June

The world premiere of Lunar Solar, Roxanna Panufnik’s concerto for oboe, cor anglais and orchestra proves a memorable centrepiece in the RLPO's concert also including symphonies by Weber and Haydn

****1

Frank Dupree’s Liverpool debut has the audience crying out for more

Glyn Mon Hughes, 14th May

Frank Dupree’s debut with the RLPO celebrates the 250th anniversary of the USA, with Liverpool audiences treated to sumptuous Copland and barn-storming performances of Gershwin and Duke Ellington.

*****

Era-defining string sound in the Liverpool Phil’s Mahler 9

Rohan Shotton, 10th May

Domingo Hindoyan nears his five-year anniversary at the RLPO with Mahler's Ninth Symphony.

****1

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

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Andrew Larkin

Andrew Larkin is a pianist, composer and teacher from Dublin. Educated at Dublin and at Cambridge, he has performed all around Europe and Mexico. He currently teaches piano and composition in Dublin.

Petrenko returns to the National Concert Hall with the RLPO and Ning Feng