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Trpc˘eski plays Shostakovich
Cathedral Classics Liverpool Cathedral
Brahms String Quintet in G, Op.111 (for String Orchestra) Elgar Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op.20 Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.1 – Simon Trpc˘eski piano/director James Clark leader Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Programme to include: Mozart Ave Verum Corpus Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Poulenc Organ Concerto Wagner Overture, Tannhäuser
Sunday 15 June 2.30pm St George’s Hall Concert Room £25
Tuesday 17 June 7.30pm £21, £18
Good things come in small packages. We can’t squeeze the whole Orchestra into the beautiful Concert Room at St George’s Hall, but with Shostakovich’s brilliant First Piano Concerto we don’t need to! Brisk, irreverent and positively crackling with wit, this is Shostakovich at his irreverent best, played by a small team of Orchestra players under the direction of soloist Simon Trpčeski; a pianist who makes everything he plays spring to sparkling life. Liverpool Philharmonic
ARTISTS in RESIDENCE
Sunday 22 June 2.30pm St George’s Hall Concert Room £25
Stravinsky Concerto in D for string orchestra Richard Strauss Metamorphosen Grieg Holberg Suite Dvor˘ák Serenade for Strings – James Clark violin/director String players of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Music for strings like you’ve never heard it before, with the extraordinary string players of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. We start with the neoclassical melodies of Stravinsky’s Concerto in D, completed in Hollywood in 1946, then experience the dense chromaticism and intricate counterpoint of Strauss’ Metamorphosen. The joie de vivre of Dvorák’s Serenade for Strings and Grieg’s Holberg Suite – a perennial favourite awash with charming melodies, complete this perfect Sunday afternoon programme.
Join us for summer music with a twist as Vasily Petrenko leads the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir in the magnificent setting of Liverpool Cathedral. Mozart’s soaring Ave Verum Corpus features and Liverpool favourite Ian Tracey will dazzle in Poulenc’s spectacular Organ Concerto. Also included will be Tallis’ haunting theme reworked in Vaughan Williams Fantasia and Wagner’s Overture to Tannhäuser - hear this sacred music played in the setting for which it was intended.
Following the one-hour performance, please join Vasily Petrenko and musicians from the Orchestra in the Well of the Cathedral where complimentary Pimms and soft drinks will be served.
Midweek Mozart
Wednesday 25 June 7.30pm St George’s Hall Concert Room £25
Gounod Petite Symphonie in B flat for Wind Instruments Richard Strauss Sonatina No.1 in F Mozart Serenade No.10 in B flat major for Winds, ‘Gran Partita’, K361 (K370a) – Jonathan Small director Wind players of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Sunday Serenade
Vasily Petrenko conductor Ian Tracey organ Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Mozart’s Così fan tutte Co-production with the European Opera Centre Wednesday 9 July 7pm Friday 11 July 7pm Sunday 13 July 2.30pm St George’s Hall Concert Room £25
Strauss began and ended his career with wind music, and his Sonatina was one of his final works, inspired by the music of Mozart whose ‘Gran Partita’, features in this programme. Also included is another work highly influenced by Mozart, Gounod’s superbly melodic Petite Symphonie, a symphonietta that is a tribute to the French wind instrument tradition.
Mozart’s masterpiece about love, loyalty and the battle of the sexes. – Singers from the European Opera Centre Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Laurent Pillot conductor Bernard Rozet director
Two young soldiers disguise their identities to test their lovers’ faithfulness in this work, a sublime and sometimes startling mix of hilarious farce and poignant drama. The opera features music of stunning beauty, from the calm before the storm of Soave sia il vento, the enchanting aria Un’aura amorosa to the heartbreaking Per pietà. The cast has been chosen by the European Opera Centre from some 500 singers who have auditioned across Europe for this production. Bernard Rozet, the French actor/director, presents his fourth production with this team in Liverpool. Sung in Italian with surtitles in English
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