Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring

Sunday 30 April 2.30pm

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Falla Suite 1 and 2, The Three-Cornered Hat

Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3

Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Domingo Hindoyan conductor

Isata Kanneh-Mason piano

Here in Liverpool, we hold our friends close, and we’ve taken pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason to our hearts. “Flair, mature interpretation, astounding technique and virtuosity” – critics have been grasping for words. We say, come and hear her play in Prokofiev’s daredevil Third Piano Concerto. And to follow that, Domingo Hindoyan turns the voltage up even higher with Stravinsky’s explosive The Rite of Spring. Back in 1913, it provoked riots, and it can still knock you backwards today.

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

The Divine Poem

Thursday 4 May 7.30pm

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Legacy Memorial Concert

Bernd Richard Deutsch Phantasma (UK premiere: co-commissioned with the Concertgebouw, Cleveland Orchestra and Bamberger Symphoniker)

Strauss Brentano Lieder (Six Songs) Scriabin Symphony No.3, The Divine Poem

Vasily Petrenko conductor

Adela Zaharia soprano

Some composers think bigger, but it takes a special sort of genius to create a whole new musical universe. Back in 1904, Alexander Scriabin pulled out all the stops in his massive Third Symphony, and if you like Rachmaninov and Mahler, you’ll love The Divine Poem. Vasily Petrenko sets the scene with something entirely original – a UK premiere from Bernd Richard Deutsch – and six gorgeous songs by Richard Strauss: a perfect Liverpool debut for the glorious voice of Adela Zaharia.

Post-concert Question Time - starts 15 minutes after the concert ends (Music Room) with Vasily Petrenko.