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Review: Grieg's Piano Concerto at Philharmonic Hall *****
It’s certainly a week for prodigal returns at Hope Street. Tomorrow, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s greatest son – Sir Simon Rattle –...
Review: The Year 1905 at Philharmonic Hall *****
The crackle of guns, the doleful tolling of bells. Shostakovich may not have been there in person (he was born the following year) but in...
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: 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: Petrenko Conducts Mahler at Philharmonic Hall *****
They may not have killed a fatted calf, but there was a (sustained and deserved) standing ovation and even flowers to welcome the return...
Review: Vasily Petrenko RLPO farewell concert *****
And so, farewell Vasily Eduardovich Petrenko, no longer ‘Liverpool’s latest signing’ but off to pastures new after 15 years at Hope...
Dream Team reunited for Vasily Petrenko's final RLPO concerts
Pianist Simon Trpceski will be reunited with Vasily Petrenko for the Liverpool conductor’s final concerts at the Philharmonic Hall. The...
Review: Paul Lewis plays Beethoven with the RLPO *****
My but who could have imagined a Sunday afternoon of classical music could be quite such an emotional experience? I realise I said...
Vasily Petrenko final RLPO concerts as part of summer season at the Phil
The RLPO will perform nine new concerts at the Philharmonic Hall during June and July. They include two final appearances for Vasily...
Review: Vasily Petrenko and RLPO play Beethoven ****
It should have been a chance to enjoy some master music-making and to say goodbye to someone who has shaped the scene at Hope Street (and...
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