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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra has been played on NTS shows including Westward Ho! w/ Ashley Wales, with Ballade In A Minor, Op. 33 first played on 7 May 2019.

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra gives over sixty concerts from September to June in Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall and presents concerts throughout the United Kingdom, in addition to tours abroad. Members of the orchestra are involved in a number of innovative community education projects.

One of the oldest concert-giving organizations in the world, the RLPO dates back to 1840. In 1957 it acquired the title ‘Royal’, and in 1991 it was the first organization to be granted the freedom of the City of Liverpool.

The first professional conductor of the Liverpool Philharmonic, in 1844, was Jakob Zeugheer, followed by Alfred Mellon, Max Bruch, Charles Hallé, Frederic Hymen Cowen, and Thomas Beecham. In 1942 Malcolm Sargent became resident conductor, followed in 1948 by Hugo Rignold as music director. Subsequent incumbents have included Efrem Kurtz and John Pritchard, Walter Weller, David Atherton, Marek Janowski, Libor Pešek, Petr Altrichter and Gerard Schwarz. Vasily Petrenko became Principal Conductor in September 2006.

For more information, please visit their website at www.liverpoolphil.com

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra has been played on NTS shows including Westward Ho! w/ Ashley Wales, with Ballade In A Minor, Op. 33 first played on 7 May 2019.

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra gives over sixty concerts from September to June in Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall and presents concerts throughout the United Kingdom, in addition to tours abroad. Members of the orchestra are involved in a number of innovative community education projects.

One of the oldest concert-giving organizations in the world, the RLPO dates back to 1840. In 1957 it acquired the title ‘Royal’, and in 1991 it was the first organization to be granted the freedom of the City of Liverpool.

The first professional conductor of the Liverpool Philharmonic, in 1844, was Jakob Zeugheer, followed by Alfred Mellon, Max Bruch, Charles Hallé, Frederic Hymen Cowen, and Thomas Beecham. In 1942 Malcolm Sargent became resident conductor, followed in 1948 by Hugo Rignold as music director. Subsequent incumbents have included Efrem Kurtz and John Pritchard, Walter Weller, David Atherton, Marek Janowski, Libor Pešek, Petr Altrichter and Gerard Schwarz. Vasily Petrenko became Principal Conductor in September 2006.

For more information, please visit their website at www.liverpoolphil.com

Original source: Last.fm

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Piano Concerto No.1 In A Minor
Dora Bright, Ruth Gipps, Samantha Ward, Murray McLachlan, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Peebles
Somm2019
Summer — Tone Poem
Frank Bridge, Sir Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
His Master's Voice1976
Symphonic Variations On An African Air, Op. 63
Coleridge Taylor, Butterworth, MacCunn, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Grant Llewellyn
Argo1993
Ballade In A Minor, Op. 33
Coleridge Taylor, Butterworth, MacCunn, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Grant Llewellyn
Argo1993
3 Romances For Piano Op. 11
Isata Kanneh-Mason, Clara Schumann, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Decca2019
Piano Concerto In A Minor Op. 7
Isata Kanneh-Mason, Clara Schumann, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Decca2019