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Preston

Freshness and Beautiful Phrasing from Manze in Beethoven’s Pastoral

15/12/201409/12/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Walton, George Butterworth, Vaughan Williams, Beethoven: James Clark (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze, Guild Hall, City of Preston, Sunday 7.12. 2014  (MC)

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Creditable Mahler, Expessive Strauss, Unaffected Elgar from RLPO

18/03/201413/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler, Richard Strauss, Elgar: Timothy Jackson (horn), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Guild Hall, City of Preston, 9.3. 2014 (MC)

Vasily Petrenko, photo by Mark McNulty
Vasily Petrenko, photo by Mark McNulty

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Michael Cookson, Preston

Spirited and Invigorating Playing by Federico Colli

29/01/201422/01/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hindemith, Beethoven, Brahms: Federico Colli (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Guild Hall, City of Preston, 17.1.2014 (MC)

Federico Colli, Leeds International Piano Competition 2012, photo SWpix.com
Federico Colli, Leeds International Piano Competition 2012, photo SWpix.com

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Winter Warmth from Manze, Brautigam and the RLPO

22/01/201410/12/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert, Schumann, Purcell arr. Manze & Britten, Mozart: Ronald Brautigam (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze (conductor), Guild Hall, City of Preston, 8.12.2013 (MC)

 

Andrew Manze, photo credit Chris Christodoulou
Andrew Manze, photo credit Chris Christodoulou

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Andrew Gourlay and the RLPO in a Tried and Trusted Programme

11/03/202307/10/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Beethoven: Kiryl Keduk (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Gourlay (conductor), Guild Hall, City of Preston, 6. 10. 2013 (MC)

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Norwegian Siblings Blow Cobwebs off Brahms

10/03/202317/05/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Strauss, Brahms, Elgar: Mari Samuelsen (violin), Håkon Samuelsen (cello), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Shelley (conductor), Mari Samuelsen (violin), Håkon Samuelsen (cello), Guild Hall, City of Preston, Lancashire, 15.3.2013. (MC)

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Stunning RLPO Concert Lifts Post-Christmas Blues

28/01/201322/01/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Grieg, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky: Jack Liebeck (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Guild Hall, Preston, 20.1.2013 (MC)

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Petrenko and the RLPO: A Stylish Season-Opener in Preston

17/02/201413/11/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Sibelius, Arutyunyan, Mahler: Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Guild Hall, Preston 9.11.12 (MC)

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