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Review: Bolero at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
Outside it was grey and damp, but inside the Philharmonic Hall’s auditorium there was a chance to bask (or perhaps Basque) in some late...


Review: RLPO Season Opening Concert at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
The nights are drawing in and there’s an early autumnal chill in the air which can mean only one thing – a new season of music making at...


Review: Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto at Philharmonic Hall ****
On January 27, 1914, composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninov made his second visit to the old Philharmonic Hall. Three years previously,...


Barenboim and Terfel lead RLPO new season programme
Superstar pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim, baritone Sir Bryn Terfel and not one but two of the talented Kanneh-Mason siblings will...


Review: Schumann Symphony at Philharmonic Hall ****
What a difference a day – well, three days – makes. Bulgarian superstar soprano Sonya Yoncheva was forced to pull out of her Liverpool...


Review: Musical Landscapes at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
Coming together to make and listen to live music is the kind of shared experience which reminds us that there’s more that unites than...


Review: Bruckner's Eighth Symphony at Philharmonic Hall *****
When other teenagers were listening to pop music in their bedrooms, Liverpool’s future chief conductor Domingo Hindoyan had Bruckner’s...


Five concerts to catch at Liverpool Philharmonic this spring
The New Year has brought with it a new set of concerts and performances at Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall. And while Covid is very...


Review: Symphonie Fantastique at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
The numbers of Covid-related no shows on concert programmes have, thankfully, reduced to barely a trickle in recent months. Still, this...


Review: Sound the Trumpet at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
Cast your mind back, if you can, to a time before Covid. It was January 2020, and the Phil was trying out another new face with an eye to...
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