Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Fountains of Rome
Thursday 17 May 2012 7:30 pm
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Glazunov Symphony No. 9
Respighi The Fountains of Rome
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3
Ilyich Rivas conductor
Stephen Hough piano
Tickets £13, £18, £24, £29, £36
We’ve often welcomed youthful soloists to Liverpool – but a teenage conductor is a phenomenon indeed! That’s exactly how critics around the world are describing Ilyich Rivas, the remarkable 18 year old Venezuelan-born conductor. See what all the fuss is about, as he takes the Orchestra through three showstoppers: Brahms’ salute to student drinking songs, Respighi’s technicolor postcard from the Eternal City, and the rarely-heard, unfinished Ninth Symphony by Rachmaninov’s friend Alexander Glazunov. And then sit back and enjoy the fireworks as he is joined by Wirral-born keyboard megastar Stephen Hough – in the ultimate romantic piano concerto.
This concert will finish at approximately 9.30pm
