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Review: Spirit of Christmas at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen may not be on the programme for 2022, but the RLPO’s Spirit of Christmas concerts certainly spread comfort...


Review: The New World at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
Sacred music, nursery rhymes, a brave new world – and a generously populated Philharmonic Hall enjoying it all. Who needs the World Cup?...


Review: Petrenko's Manfred at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
It’s 15 years since the RLPO and Vasily Petrenko gathered on the Philharmonic Hall stage to record Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony. A lot...


Review: Beethoven's Emperor at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
He’s a superstar at home in Japan and since he first appeared in Liverpool the best part of a decade ago, Nobuyuki Tsujii has become a...


Review: Bolero at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
Outside it was grey and damp, but inside the Philharmonic Hall’s auditorium there was a chance to bask (or perhaps Basque) in some late...


Review: RLPO Season Opening Concert at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
The nights are drawing in and there’s an early autumnal chill in the air which can mean only one thing – a new season of music making at...


Review: White Nights at Philharmonic Hall *****
Six years ago, Vasily Petrenko spent his 40th birthday conducting his annual White Nights concert at the Philharmonic Hall. In fact,...


Review: Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto at Philharmonic Hall ****
On January 27, 1914, composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninov made his second visit to the old Philharmonic Hall. Three years previously,...


Barenboim and Terfel lead RLPO new season programme
Superstar pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim, baritone Sir Bryn Terfel and not one but two of the talented Kanneh-Mason siblings will...


Review: Schumann Symphony at Philharmonic Hall ****
What a difference a day – well, three days – makes. Bulgarian superstar soprano Sonya Yoncheva was forced to pull out of her Liverpool...
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