Review: RLPO presents Symphonie Fantastique ****1/2
And so, the new season has opened at the Philharmonic Hall, with a programme which, if not with whistles, certainly had plenty of bells attached. The RLPO, under percussionist Graham Johns, has been steadily increasing its collection of church bells in recent times, and two new acquisitions – including one dedicated to chief conductor Vasily Petrenko - were given their first outing at the finale of an evening which fairly rang with musical drama. A conductor embarking on his