Recent Press Reviews
Listed below are a selection of recent national and international press reviews of concerts by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
"In the five years since Vasily Petrenko became chief conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra they have together demonstrated rare finesse and confidence in a wide repertoire."
Andrew Clark, Financial Times, May 2011
“Bliss, from start to finish.”
Tim Ashley, The Guardian 5 stars, January 2011
“Under the charismatic Vasily Petrenko, the RLP outshone stiff competition at the opening Proms weekend with a thrilling Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony.”
Sunday Times Best Concert of 2010
" It was simply sublime, from the exquisitely-controlled opening bars of cello and bass to the creamy, satin smooth playing which ebbed and flowed in repeated waves of loveliness."
Liverpool Echo, November 2010
"...…for classical music and Beatle lovers it was a rare, satisfying and unexpectedly poignant treat."
Liverpool Daily Post, October 2010
"...a dazzling performance of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol. Petrenko and his players lavished attention on subtleties of colour and articulation, then let rip, maximizing exhilaration without ever straying into vulgarity."
David Fanning, The Telegraph 3 stars, September 2010
Reviews of Prom 4 on Monday 19 July 2010:
"Outstanding as this [Prom 3] performance was, it was trumped by Vasily Petrenko's staggering account of Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic at Monday-night's Prom... All I can say - again - is lucky Liverpool."
Hugh Canning, The Sunday Times
"Petrenko and his orchestra's reputation for insightful rethinking were fully vindicated by a gripping account of Tchaikovsky's 1885 Manfred symphony."
Martin Kettle, The Guardian 4 stars
“…Petrenko’s strings and woodwind achieved tiny miracles of deftness with the apparition of the alpine fairy amidst glistening waterfalls in the symphony’s virtuosic scherzo.”
The Independent 4 stars
"Ripe interpretation, stature, intensity and exhilaration and a balanced, long-sighted performance that made musical sense."
The Telegraph 4 stars
"[S]ince Vasily Petrenko became its chief conductor, [the RLPO] has become a Premier League orchestra, although London rarely has the chance to see it."
London Evening Standard 4 stars
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