Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Petrenko, Royal Albert Hall | reviews, news & interviews
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Petrenko, Royal Albert Hall
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Petrenko, Royal Albert Hall
Vasily Petrenko avoids the slush with a healthy dose of stormy Romanticism
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
![](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/mast_image_landscape/public/mastimages/49ebc8001b113a022dbcc9bc9703b5b0.jpg?itok=vLO_bW9L)
Hats off, gentlemen: a thoroughly enjoyable banquet of Romanticism from Petrenko and the RLPOMark McNulty
What a thrilling sound the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra can make when it chooses! What a grippingly deep tone, from a lower strings section that sounds like you’ve got the bass on your car stereo turned up daringly high, what clinical precision (in the best sense of the word) in the wind section, what power in the brass. At times you could almost see the surges of energy shooting off into the auditorium. You could certainly hear it.
What a thrilling sound the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra can make when it chooses! What a grippingly deep tone, from a lower strings section that sounds like you’ve got the bass on your car stereo turned up daringly high, what clinical precision (in the best sense of the word) in the wind section, what power in the brass. At times you could almost see the surges of energy shooting off into the auditorium. You could certainly hear it.
It is the glittering moments where Trpčeski really shines: the cascades of semiquavers and those flowing, boiling-water moments.
Share this article
Subscribe to theartsdesk.com
Thank you for continuing to read our work on theartsdesk.com. For unlimited access to every article in its entirety, including our archive of more than 15,000 pieces, we're asking for £5 per month or £40 per year. We feel it's a very good deal, and hope you do too.
To take a subscription now simply click here.
And if you're looking for that extra gift for a friend or family member, why not treat them to a theartsdesk.com gift subscription?
more Classical music
![Flair and intellectual rigour: cellist Laura van der Heijden](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Prom%2010_Credit%20BBC%20Andy%20Paradise_%286%29.jpg?itok=lMdvMzIT)
![Latonia Moore, Karen Cargill, Ryan Bancroft, SeokJong Baek, Soloman Howard and the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Prom%20Verdi%202.jpg?itok=YZoGmn17)
![Prosperous voyages: Ryan Bancroft and the BBC NOW](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/NOW%20RB3.jpg?itok=3jYyK3BQ)
![Bruce Brubaker plays Brian Eno](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Bruce_Brubaker_6311_Devin_Doyle_web_4f07902055.jpeg?itok=EwxJV_bg)
![Sheku Kanneh-Mason with Marin Alsop and the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the 2023 Last Night of the Proms. Kanneh-Mason appears this year with brother Braimah and the Fantasia Orchestra in Proms 20 and 22](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/QkBq2pA4.jpeg?itok=LpEyuXkA)
![Paavo Järvi and players of the Estonian Festival Orchestra turn to greet the balcony audience, including members of the 100-plus Järvi Academy Youth Symphony Orchestra](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Parnu%201.jpeg?itok=nNWJ15Lo)
![Pianist Lucas Debargue plays Fauré](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/debargue-lucas.jpg?itok=DTlf-PkB)
![Cellist Zoë Martlew plays her own G-lude](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/July%2003%2C%202024_SM_NMCBirthdayConcert_Samples%20ZM.jpg?itok=jvirArQw)
![Pekka Kuusisto and members of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra in 'Concert Theatre DSCH'](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/pekka%205.jpeg?itok=QZGBpU_9)
![Fiery intensity: Katrine Sonstadt (on bass) with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Pekka%20Kuusisto%20%26%20Norwegian%20Chamber%20Orchestra-%20DSCH%20Southbank%20Centre%2029-06-24%20Credit-Pete%20Woodhead-13_0.jpg?itok=7SvcYD1F)
![Nardus Williams and Elizabeth Kenny in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, visible to a fortunate few](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/tj6WvCZ7.jpeg?itok=eZE5y4Ln)
Add comment