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| Thursday 23-May-13 07:30pm |
 Philharmonic Hall, LiverpoolThe Rite of Spring |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Thursday 23-May-13 07:30pm The Rite of Spring | ||
| Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool The Rite of Spring |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Friday 24-May-13 07:30pm The Rite of Spring | ||
| Saturday 8-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Entry of the Gods |
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Richard Berkeley-Steele, Tenor: Tristan Michelle DeYoung, Soprano: Isolde Phillip Joll, Baritone: Kurwenal |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Saturday 8-Jun-13 07:30pm Entry of the Gods Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Richard Berkeley-Steele, Tenor: Tristan Michelle DeYoung, Soprano: Isolde Phillip Joll, Baritone: Kurwenal | ||
| Sunday 14-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool White Nights |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Sunday 14-Jul-13 07:30pm White Nights | ||
| Sunday 11-Aug-13 07:30pm |
Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 38 - Free prom BBC Proms |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Sunday 11-Aug-13 07:30pm Prom 38 - Free prom Tickets will be available from 28th June.The first ever free main-evening Prom celebrates the bicentenary of the Royal Philharmonic Society with a new work by Mark-Anthony Turnage and a performance of the society’s most famous commission for choir and orchestra, Beethoven’s boundary-breaking ‘Choral’ Symphony, with youth choirs from the UK and Ireland, including from Derry-Londonderry, UK City of Culture 2013. Turnage, Mark-Anthony (b. 1960), Frieze (BBC co-commission with the Royal Philharmonic Society and the New York Philharmonic, world première) Lisa Milne, Soprano Jennifer Johnston, Mezzo-soprano Andrew Kennedy, Tenor Gerald Finley, Baritone Codetta Irish Youth Chamber Choir National Youth Choir of Great Britain National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Price type: Free | ||
| Monday 2-Sep-13 07:30pm |
Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 68 BBC Proms |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Monday 2-Sep-13 07:30pm Prom 68 Proms debut violinist Baiba Skride joins the Oslo Philharmonic and its new Chief Conductor, Vasily Petrenko, to continue the Proms focus on Polish music in their performance of Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto No. 1, an opulent nocturnal fantasy from a composer enchanted by the sound-worlds and peoples of North Africa and the southern Mediterranean, and inspired by the ‘amorous conflagration’ of Tadeusz Micin´ski’s poem ‘May Night’. Tchaikovsky’s youthful Symphony No. 1, ‘Winter Daydreams’, and Rachmaninov’s nostalgic final work, the Symphonic Dances of 1940, frame the concerto in a programme rich with dreams.Tickets £14 - £57. | ||
| Tuesday 3-Sep-13 07:00pm |
Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 69 BBC Proms |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Tuesday 3-Sep-13 07:00pm Prom 69 In their second Proms appearance this summer Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic explore the Romantic landscape and Schubertian echoes of Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony. Repeatedly revised by the composer during his lifetime, the symphony opens with a radiant sunrise. Last heard playing Brahms with the Signum Quartet (PCM 7), Christian Ihle Hadland joins Petrenko and the orchestra for Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto, built on the Mozartian model but already pointing to the bold gestures of the composer’s maturity.Tickets £14 - £57. | ||
| Wednesday 11-Sep-13 01:00pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Bach at Lunchtime |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Wednesday 11-Sep-13 01:00pm Bach at Lunchtime After the show-stopping thrills of the opening concert of The Art of of Bryn Terfel, the bass-baritone demonstrates the opposite extreme of his astonishing range. Bach’s Cantata No.82 is sacred music at its most universal; profound emotion distilled into pure serenity and it’s one of Bryn’s very favourite works. For this one-off lunchtime performance, he’s joined by a dedicated ensemble of Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra players, and two of the Orchestra’s very own stars get to share the limelight in Bach’s timeless Concerto for Two Violins: music that you’re sure to recognise even if you don’t think you know it!Image credit: Brian Tarr | ||
| Saturday 14-Sep-13 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool A German Requiem |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Saturday 14-Sep-13 07:30pm A German Requiem Imagine there’s no heaven…when Johannes Brahms wrote his Requiem, he wasn’t thinking of judgment or the Last Trumpet. He wasn’t thinking of the afterlife at all. Instead, overcome by grief at the death of his mother, he set out to console and comfort the living. The result was his A German Requiem, one of the most beautiful, most moving and – yes – most profoundly spiritual choral works of all time. It’s the deep, calm centre to The Art of Bryn Terfel; a chance for him to show yet another side of his artistry, and to share the stage with Vasily Petrenko, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and the magnificent young British soprano Sophie Bevan (recipient of The Times Breakthrough Award at the 2012 South Bank Sky Arts Awards) in a concert to touch your very soul.
This concert celebrates the Royal Philharmonic Society Bicentenary 1813-2013.
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| Friday 20-Sep-13 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Puccini's Tosca |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Friday 20-Sep-13 07:30pm Puccini's Tosca Rome, 1800: as Revolution stalks the streets, two young artists find themselves fleeing for their lives. What price will they be prepared to pay for freedom – or for love? With its thrilling plot, unforgettable characters and soaring passion, Puccini’s Tosca is the ultimate romantic opera, and melodies like Vissi d’arte, Recondita armonia and E lucevan le stelle have made it one of the world’s best-loved operas for over a century.
Bryn Terfel has chosen his own Tosca and Cavaradossi with other roles coming from the Liverpool-Based European Opera Centre. Vasily Petrenko conducts, and Terfel reprises one of his supreme roles – the dangerously charismatic Baron Scarpia – in this dramatic concert performance. An unmissable climax to The Art of Bryn Terfel.Image credit: Brian Tarr | ||
| Sunday 22-Sep-13 02:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Puccini's Tosca |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Sunday 22-Sep-13 02:30pm Puccini's Tosca Rome, 1800: as Revolution stalks the streets, two young artists find themselves fleeing for their lives. What price will they be prepared to pay for freedom – or for love? With its thrilling plot, unforgettable characters and soaring passion, Puccini’s Tosca is the ultimate romantic opera, and melodies like Vissi d’arte, Recondita armonia and E lucevan le stelle have made it one of the world’s best-loved operas for over a century.
Bryn Terfel has chosen his own Tosca and Cavaradossi with other roles coming from the Liverpool-Based European Opera Centre. Vasily Petrenko conducts, and Terfel reprises one of his supreme roles – the dangerously charismatic Baron Scarpia – in this dramatic concert performance. An unmissable climax to The Art of Bryn Terfel.Image credit: Brian Tarr | ||
| Thursday 26-Sep-13 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Petrenko's Shostakovich |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Thursday 26-Sep-13 07:30pm Petrenko's Shostakovich When Vasily Petrenko and the Orchestra play Russian music, something very special happens: something that makes critics around the world sit up and take notice. Stravinsky’s colourful ritual of jazz-age Paris rings up the curtain, before the strings of the orchestra have their say in Tchaikovsky’s gloriously romantic Serenade for Strings. And then the Orchestra join forces with the men of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and the Huddersfield Choral Society to deliver the final instalment in their internationally-acclaimed Shostakovich symphony cycle – the dark and deeply-felt Thirteenth Symphony, a timeless protest against inhumanity and prejudice. Critics have described Petrenko’s Shostakovich recordings as 'profound and passionate'. Make sure you’re there for this landmark in Liverpool’s musical history.Image credit: Mark McNulty | ||
| Friday 1-Nov-13 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool The Rest is Noise: The 1970s |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Friday 1-Nov-13 07:30pm The Rest is Noise: The 1970s The 1970s: the decade of disco, big collars, and the Wallasey Tunnel. But three great composers were looking to the future – and seeing magical new worlds. Britten’s Death in Venice imagines a haunted city in music of eerie beauty. His friend Shostakovich heard the beat of time itself amidst the jokes and puzzles of his extraordinary last symphony. And Luciano Berio went back to the future and customised an 18th-century classic into a technicolor orchestral mystery-tour which was premiered by the Orchestra in 1971. If you’ve heard Vasily Petrenko’s performances of Shostakovich and Britten, you’ll already know to expect something very special. If you haven’t, join us in Britten’s centenary year for a different kind of 70s nostalgia.
This concert is part of The Rest Is Noise festival at Southbank Centre, where the concert will be repeated on 3 November. The Rest is Noise is a series of concerts and events bringing to life Alex Ross’s popular survey of 20th century music, The Rest Is Noise.Image credit: Mark McNulty | ||
| Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Great Britten |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:30pm Great Britten Fresh, bold, and pulsing with emotion, Benjamin Britten’s music swept through post-war Britain like a blast of sea air. On the eve of his centenary, Vasily Petrenko, the Orchestra and the Choir present an anniversary tribute ranging from the volcanic Sinfonia da Requiem, through the atmospheric Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, to the joyous Hymn to St Cecilia.
Making her Liverpool debut, Vilde Frang joins the salute in the brooding wartime Violin Concerto – and to top it all off, we revel in the energy, colour and sheer joy of Britten’s exuberant The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, which was given its concert premiere by the Orchestra in 1946 under Malcolm Sargent. Share the fun as we say “Happy Birthday, Ben!”Image credit: Mark McNulty | ||
| Sunday 24-Nov-13 02:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Britten and Mahler |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Sunday 24-Nov-13 02:30pm Britten and Mahler Vasily Petrenko and the Orchestra present an anniversary tribute to Britten with a joyous twist. As a young man, Britten hugely admired the music of Mahler. The symphonic poem Totenfeier (funeral rites) later became the opening movement of his Second Symphony. Vilde Frang makes her Liverpool debut in the luscious, deliriously romantic Violin Concerto that Korngold created from his Hollywood film scores. There’s only one way to follow that – with the energy, colour and sheer joy of Britten’s exuberant Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, which was given its concert premiere by the Orchestra in 1945 under Malcolm Sargent.Image credit: Mark McNulty | ||
| Friday 13-Dec-13 07:30pm |
Grieg Hall (Grieghallen), Bergen Oslo Philharmonic |
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| Grieg Hall (Grieghallen), Bergen, Edvard Griegs plass 1, Bergen 5015, Norway Friday 13-Dec-13 07:30pm Oslo Philharmonic A warm Grieghall welcome to Norway’s other fine National Orchestra, the Oslo Philharmonic, who present an evening of masterworks under the baton of their new Chief Conductor, Vasily Petrenko. «Petrenko's physical technique is so crisp and graceful - a combination of a clear rhythmic beat and simple but expressive gestures - that you feel you could play along with him from your seat in the audience», San Fransisco Chronicle | ||
| Thursday 16-Jan-14 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Beethoven's Emperor |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Thursday 16-Jan-14 07:30pm Beethoven's Emperor ‘Free but happy’ is the motto of Brahms’s Third Symphony, and it begins with all the exhilaration of a summer downpour. What comes next is one of the loveliest journeys in Romantic music, a world of rolling clouds, tender lullabies, and – at the end – a radiant sunset. Vasily Petrenko adores this music, and the Orchestra has been playing it since Brahms’s own lifetime. Let them weave its spell again, and enjoy a real Petrenko rediscovery: Hindemith’s bold and brassy Concert Music is a real showstopper from the Art Deco era. And the connection? A masterpiece that both Hindemith and Brahms knew and loved, Beethoven’s stirring ‘Emperor’ Concerto played by the spirited winner of the 2012 Leeds Piano Competition, Federico Colli. ‘Federico Colli, flamboyant in a scarlet cravat and cummerbund, aspired to high drama, launching the concerto with a thrilling majesty that never let up…’ The Guardian | ||
| Sunday 19-Jan-14 02:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Concert Music |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Sunday 19-Jan-14 02:30pm Concert Music ‘Free but happy’ is the motto of Johannes Brahms’ Third Symphony, and it begins with all the exhilaration of a summer downpour. What comes next is one of the loveliest journeys in Romantic music, a world of rolling clouds, tender lullabies, and – at the end – a radiant sunset. Vasily Petrenko adores this music, and the Orchestra has been playing it since Brahms’s own lifetime. Let them weave its spell again, and enjoy a real Petrenko rediscovery: Hindemith’s bold ‘n’ brassy Concert Music, a real showstopper from the Art Deco era. And the connection? A masterpiece that both Hindemith and Brahms knew and loved, Mozart’s majestic 22nd piano concerto, played tonight by a pianist with a lifetime of experience.Image credit: Mark McNulty | ||
| Wednesday 22-Jan-14 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool A Hero's Life |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Wednesday 22-Jan-14 07:30pm A Hero's Life What’s your idea of a hero? A great artist, vanquishing his critics and reaching for the stars? A bad boy heart-throb with a dangerous glint in his eye? Or just next-door’s pet bulldog? We’ve got them all in tonight’s concert, from Mozart’s
dashing seducer to Elgar’s “friends pictured within” (including the four-legged variety).
Vasily Petrenko brings a wonderful new energy to the Enigma Variations, before a super-sized Orchestra launches itself headfirst at Richard Strauss’s barnstorming Ein Heldenleben – in which the hero is (you guessed it) the composer himself. And he didn’t hold back: titanic battles, roof-raising triumphs and a steamy love-scene mean that this should be one of the undisputed climaxes of our Strauss Edition.Image credit: Mark McNulty | ||
| Thursday 23-Jan-14 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool A Hero's Life |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Thursday 23-Jan-14 07:30pm A Hero's Life What’s your idea of a hero? A great artist, vanquishing his critics and reaching for the stars? A bad boy heart-throb with a dangerous glint in his eye? Or just next-door’s pet bulldog? We’ve got them all in tonight’s concert, from Mozart’s
dashing seducer to Elgar’s “friends pictured within” (including the four-legged variety).
Vasily Petrenko brings a wonderful new energy to the Enigma Variations, before a super-sized Orchestra launches itself headfirst at Richard Strauss’s barnstorming Ein Heldenleben – in which the hero is (you guessed it) the composer himself. And he didn’t hold back: titanic battles, roof-raising triumphs and a steamy love-scene mean that this should be one of the undisputed climaxes of our Strauss Edition.Image credit: Mark McNulty | ||
| Friday 21-Feb-14 07:30pm |
Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London LPO: Petrenko conducts Rachmaninov and Elgar |
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| Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall, London, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom Friday 21-Feb-14 07:30pm LPO: Petrenko conducts Rachmaninov and Elgar | ||
| Saturday 22-Feb-14 07:30pm |
Brighton Dome, Concert Hall Berlioz, Brahms and Rachmaninoff |
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| Brighton Dome, Concert Hall, Brighton BN1 1UG, United Kingdom Saturday 22-Feb-14 07:30pm Berlioz, Brahms and Rachmaninoff | ||
| Thursday 27-Feb-14 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Don Quixote |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Thursday 27-Feb-14 07:30pm Don Quixote Richard Strauss claimed that he could depict even a knife and fork in music. So when he turned his imagination to the tale of Don Quixote, the results were… well, hear for yourself, as Vasily Petrenko and the Orchestra summon up sorcerers, knights, windmills and a whole flock of bleating sheep!
It’s a musical shaggy-dog story with the warmest of hearts, and a great showcase for the Orchestra’s principal cello, Jonathan Aasgaard. First, though, Rimsky-Korsakov pops open the musical Cava, before we welcome a true living legend of the violin, as Vadim Repin makes his Liverpool debut in the sparky, songful concerto by the great Polish-turned-British composer, Andrzej Panufnik, whose centenary we celebrate. Serious fun – and real passion. | ||
| Sunday 2-Mar-14 02:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Fire and Ice |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Sunday 2-Mar-14 02:30pm Fire and Ice Richard Strauss claimed that he could depict even a knife and fork in music. So when he turned his imagination to the tale of Don Quixote, the results were…well, hear for yourself, as Vasily Petrenko and the Orchestra summon up sorcerers, knights, windmills and a whole flock of bleating sheep! It’s a musical shaggy-dog story with the warmest of hearts, and a great showcase for the Orchestra’s superb Principal Cello, Jonathan Aasgaard.
First, though, the star-crossed lovers of Tchaikovsky’s ballet open the concert, before we welcome a true living legend of the violin, as Vadim Repin makes his Liverpool debut in the ice and fire of Sibelius’ atmospheric concerto. Serious fun – and real passion. | ||
| Wednesday 5-Mar-14 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Petrenko's Elgar |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Wednesday 5-Mar-14 07:30pm Petrenko's Elgar ‘Rarely, rarely, comest thou, Spirit of Delight!’ Edward Elgar headed his Second Symphony with a line from Shelley – and then launched it in a mighty surge of golden sound. So begins one of the richest, darkest, and most heartbreakingly beautiful journeys in all romantic music. Is this the greatest symphony ever written by an Englishman? Vasily Petrenko and the Orchestra will make a passionate case, and they set the mood with rarely-heard gems by two of Elgar’s greatest European admirers – the lovely little interlude that Mahler dropped from his own First Symphony, and Richard Strauss’s bubbly mock -Mozart tongue-twister of a Second Horn Concerto. It’s a fabulous showcase for the Orchestra’s very own Principal Horn player Timothy Jackson.Image credit: Mark McNulty | ||
| Thursday 6-Mar-14 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Petrenko's Elgar |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Thursday 6-Mar-14 07:30pm Petrenko's Elgar ‘Rarely, rarely, comest thou, Spirit of Delight!’ Edward Elgar headed his Second Symphony with a line from Shelley – and then launched it in a mighty surge of golden sound. So begins one of the richest, darkest, and most heartbreakingly beautiful journeys in all romantic music. Is this the greatest symphony ever written by an Englishman? Vasily Petrenko and the Orchestra will make a passionate case, and they set the mood with rarely-heard gems by two of Elgar’s greatest European admirers – the lovely little interlude that Mahler dropped from his own First Symphony, and Richard Strauss’s bubbly mock -Mozart tongue-twister of a Second Horn Concerto. It’s a fabulous showcase for the Orchestra’s very own Principal Horn player Timothy Jackson.Image credit: Mark McNulty | ||
| Wednesday 2-Apr-14 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool All Points South |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Wednesday 2-Apr-14 07:30pm All Points South Ravel sang the blues – and dreamt of the hot-blooded rhythms of his native Basque Country. Respighi took an enchanted musical tour of his adopted home city of Rome, where even the pine trees have a song to sing. And Puccini imagined what it might be like to write a symphony rather than an opera – but couldn’t help breaking out into exactly the sort of tunes you’d expect from the composer of La Bohème.
Vasily Petrenko whisks us southwards – and after creating such a stir on his last visit, pianist Kirill Gerstein should make Ravel’s concerto sparkle and dance like never before.Image credit: Mark McNulty | ||
| Thursday 3-Apr-14 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool All Points South |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Thursday 3-Apr-14 07:30pm All Points South Ravel sang the blues – and dreamt of the hot-blooded rhythms of his native Basque Country. Respighi took an enchanted musical tour of his adopted home city of Rome, where even the pine trees have a song to sing. And Puccini imagined what it might be like to write a symphony rather than an opera – but couldn’t help breaking out into exactly the sort of tunes you’d expect from the composer of La Bohème.
Vasily Petrenko whisks us southwards – and after creating such a stir on his last visit, pianist Kirill Gerstein should make Ravel’s concerto sparkle and dance like never before.Image credit: Mark McNulty | ||
| Thursday 10-Apr-14 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Song of the Earth |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Thursday 10-Apr-14 07:30pm Song of the Earth Mahler knew that his end was near when he wrote Das Lied von der Erde, and he was savouring every minute that remained to him. The result was beyond beautiful. Das Lied is all about the sweetness and wonder of life, distilled into some of the most rapturous music Mahler ever wrote. Tragic, yes – depressing, never. Liverpool audiences already know what an incredible kinship Vasily Petrenko has with the music of Mahler, and this will be his very first Liverpool performance of Das Lied. Add a rare performance of the devastating first movement from the symphony Mahler never lived to complete, and this should be one of the unquestioned highlights of our season. Early booking recommended.Image credit: Mark McNulty | ||
| Thursday 15-May-14 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Dream Team |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Thursday 15-May-14 07:30pm Dream Team The Orchestra throws down the challenge. The piano takes centre stage – and Tchaikovsky begins the grandest of all Romantic piano concertos in the grandest possible style. “Both musicians are bursting with fire, and seem joined at the hip” said one critic of the Petrenko / Trpčeski partnership – so imagine the electricity when they perform live, in a concert that opens with Scriabin’s dreamy Reverie and ends with the epic grandeur of Prokofiev’s shattering Sixth Symphony. If, like so many, you’ve been thrilled by Petrenko’s Shostakovich symphonies with the Orchestra, we think you’ll be knocked backwards by this tragic masterpiece from the darkest years of the Stalin era: music whose message never gets any less powerful.Image credit: Mark McNulty | ||
| Sunday 18-May-14 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Petrenko's Prokofiev |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Sunday 18-May-14 07:30pm Petrenko's Prokofiev A horn calls softly in the distance; the piano sighs in response… it’s a magically romantic way to begin a great piano concerto. But Johannes Brahms knows exactly what he’s doing, and the great Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder brings a lifetime of artistry to this loveliest of concertos. From tender opening to exuberant finish, you’ll never take a sunnier journey in the company of a grand piano and a symphony orchestra – or find a more powerful contrast to Prokofiev’s shattering Sixth Symphony. If, like so many, you’ve been thrilled by Petrenko’s Shostakovich symphonies with the Orchestra, we think you’ll be knocked backwards by this tragic masterpiece from the darkest years of the Stalin era: music whose message never gets any less powerful. | ||
| Friday 23-May-14 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Bringing Down the House! |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Friday 23-May-14 07:30pm Bringing Down the House! In 1931 William Walton took a great northern choir and a massive symphony orchestra, added a couple of brass bands – and blew English choral music sky-high. Big, brassy and shamelessly savage, Belshazzar’s Feast shocked audiences back then, and it still knocks you backwards even today.
There’s no more electrifying way to end our season, but Vasily Petrenko has got a few more surprises up his sleeve, from Britten’s joyous showcase for our brilliant Youth Choir, to a very un-English overture by Edward Elgar. And of course, a world premiere: the first ever performance of a brand new percussion concerto by Stewart Copeland – yes, the Stewart Copeland, former drummer of The Police. No question, the 13-14 season is going out with a bang!Image credit: Mark McNulty Copeland, Stewart (b. 1952), Percussion Concerto (World Premiere) | ||
| Sunday 29-Jun-14 07:30pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Carmen |
Zurich Opera Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Philharmonia Zürich Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Micaela Irène Friedli, Soprano: Mercédès Sen Guo, Soprano: Frasquita Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Don José Ruben Drole, Baritone: Escamillo Roberto Gomez Ortiz, Tenor: Le Remendado |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Sunday 29-Jun-14 07:30pm In French with German and English surtitles. Running time 3 hours 30 minutes.Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Philharmonia Zürich Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Micaela Irène Friedli, Soprano: Mercédès Sen Guo, Soprano: Frasquita Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Don José Ruben Drole, Baritone: Escamillo Roberto Gomez Ortiz, Tenor: Le Remendado | ||
| Thursday 3-Jul-14 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Carmen |
Zurich Opera Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Philharmonia Zürich Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Micaela Irène Friedli, Soprano: Mercédès Sen Guo, Soprano: Frasquita Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Don José Ruben Drole, Baritone: Escamillo Roberto Gomez Ortiz, Tenor: Le Remendado |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Thursday 3-Jul-14 07:00pm In French with German and English surtitles. Running time 3 hours 30 minutes. Tickets 230 - 35 CHF.Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Philharmonia Zürich Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Micaela Irène Friedli, Soprano: Mercédès Sen Guo, Soprano: Frasquita Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Don José Ruben Drole, Baritone: Escamillo Roberto Gomez Ortiz, Tenor: Le Remendado | ||
| Sunday 6-Jul-14 07:30pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Carmen |
Zurich Opera Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Philharmonia Zürich Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Micaela Irène Friedli, Soprano: Mercédès Sen Guo, Soprano: Frasquita Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Don José Ruben Drole, Baritone: Escamillo Roberto Gomez Ortiz, Tenor: Le Remendado |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Sunday 6-Jul-14 07:30pm In French with German and English surtitles. Running time 3 hours 30 minutes. Tickets 230 - 35 CHF.Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Philharmonia Zürich Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Micaela Irène Friedli, Soprano: Mercédès Sen Guo, Soprano: Frasquita Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Don José Ruben Drole, Baritone: Escamillo Roberto Gomez Ortiz, Tenor: Le Remendado | ||
| Thursday 10-Jul-14 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Carmen |
Zurich Opera Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Philharmonia Zürich Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Micaela Irène Friedli, Soprano: Mercédès Sen Guo, Soprano: Frasquita Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Don José Ruben Drole, Baritone: Escamillo Roberto Gomez Ortiz, Tenor: Le Remendado |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Thursday 10-Jul-14 07:00pm In French with German and English surtitles. Running time 3 hours 30 minutes. Tickets 230 - 35 CHF.Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Philharmonia Zürich Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Micaela Irène Friedli, Soprano: Mercédès Sen Guo, Soprano: Frasquita Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Don José Ruben Drole, Baritone: Escamillo Roberto Gomez Ortiz, Tenor: Le Remendado | ||
| Saturday 12-Jul-14 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Carmen |
Zurich Opera Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Philharmonia Zürich Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Micaela Irène Friedli, Soprano: Mercédès Sen Guo, Soprano: Frasquita Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Don José Ruben Drole, Baritone: Escamillo Roberto Gomez Ortiz, Tenor: Le Remendado |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Saturday 12-Jul-14 07:00pm In French with German and English surtitles. Running time 3 hours 30 minutes. Tickets 230 - 35 CHF.Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Philharmonia Zürich Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Micaela Irène Friedli, Soprano: Mercédès Sen Guo, Soprano: Frasquita Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Don José Ruben Drole, Baritone: Escamillo Roberto Gomez Ortiz, Tenor: Le Remendado | ||
