Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Visits 2020
Saturday 4 January: Messiah. Sofi Jeannin conductor.
Jeanine De Bisque – soprano: Jennifer Johnston – mezzo soprano: Oliver Johnston – tenor: William Thomas – bass: RLP Choir. £34.00. Coach will leave AVH at 5.45pm.
Sunday 26 January – 2.30pm: Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony. Vasily Petrenko conductor.
Rossini – Overture, William Tell: Vaughan Williams -The Lark Ascending: Schubert Songs – sung by Benjamin Appl – Baritone: Beethoven – Symphony No.6: . Coach will leave AVH at 1.15pm. We are trying a Sunday Concert without lunch.
Sunday 16 February – 2.30pm: Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra with Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
Beethoven – Symphony No.1 – Andrew Manze conductor
Mahler – Totenfeier: Faure – Elegie for Cello and Orchestra: Copland – Danzon Cubano: – Simon Emery conductor. Price TBA – approx £36.00. This includes lunch plus Seats in the Grand Circle.
Another experiment – we are trying a Sunday Concert with the youth Orchestra – which have better seats at a cheaper price – and include lunch at a venue TBA.
Thursday 26 March: Ode to Joy. Nathalie Stutzmann conductor
Brahms – Nanie: Wagner – Act 1 Prelude from Parsifal: Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 ‘Choral’. Ekaterina Siurina – soprano: Jennifer Johnston – mezzo soprano: Bror Magnus Todenes – tenor: Leon Kosavic – baritone. RLP Choir. £29.00
Thursday 23 April: Petrenko’s Mahler IV. Vasily Petrenko conductor
Beethoven – Ah! Perfido – Susanne Bernhard – soprano: Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.4 – played by Boris Giltburg: Mahler – Symphony No.4 – £34.00
Thursday 14 May: Nobu Plays Rachmaninov. Vasily Petrenko conductor
Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 3 – played by Nobuyuki Tsujii: Falla – The Three-Cornered Hat. £34.00
Coach leaves Aughton Village Hall at 6.15pm for most evening concerts.
Bookings are taken at the Horizons meetings for this season’s RLPO concerts – the table closes at 11.00am. Each concert booked should be paid for with a separate cheque. Please note: The Philharmonic now requires booking confirmation 4 weeks in advance. So to ensure your seat, please book early. Cancellations will only be accepted up to then. After that, if you cannot pass your ticket to a friend, we will try to resell it at Horizons. If we are unable to do so, there will be no refunds. Anyone finding it difficult to get to Horizons – please contact the Group Leader – Ann Robinson – and arrangements can be made to book by post.
More details of all concerts are on the RPLO website. If you need any further help, please ring the Group Leader and leave a message or see the Group Leader or Coordinator at their Horizons Desk.
