Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Boléro
Thursday 24 May 2012 7:30 pm
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Ravel Daphnis and Chloé, Suite II
Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos
Bizet Symphony in C
Ravel Boléro
Kazushi Ono conductor
Katia and Marielle Labèque pianos
Tickets £13, £18, £24, £29, £36
“So much glamour and charm surrounds the Labèque sisters, it’s hard not to drown in misty-eyed admiration.” Critics tend to lose their heads over Katia and Marielle Labèque. When these extraordinary French sisters take the stage, you’re guaranteed dazzling piano playing, sparkling wit and an unmistakably Gallic joie de vivre. Add Poulenc’s fizzy Concerto for Two Pianos, and you can double the fun! And that’s just the mouth-watering entrée in tonight’s French feast; also on the menu is a sunny little symphony by the teenage Bizet and the ravishing Second Suite from Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé. Guest conductor Kazushi Ono knows exactly how to make these scores – and your spines – tingle. Anything for afters? Well, only the smouldering passion of Ravel’s Boléro!
This concert will finish at approximately 9.30pm
