Page 255 - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Coverage Book 2023-24

27 April 2024

REVIEW: Shostakovich’s

Symphony No.5 and more

PUBLISHED ON April 27, 2024 by Juliet Pone

It was a privilege to listen to the Royal

Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra,

with well-loved classical masterpieces

accompanied by a thrilling world

premiere of current talent.

It was a privilege to listen to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestra (RLPO) on Thursday evening. Domingo Hindoyan
conducted the already well-loved classical pieces Bacchus and
Ariadne, Op. 43: Suite No.2 by Albert Roussel, and Dmitri
Shostakovich’s Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op. 47 as well as the
exciting world premiere of Eleanor Alberga’s first piano concerto,
performed by Leeds International Piano Competition 2021 winner
Alim Baisembayev and the RLPO.

Alberga’s new concerto had to be the highlight of the night. Hearing
a new, beautiful piece performed live for the first time by such an
accomplished and exciting pianist was quite the honour. The
concerto, split into four distinct movements, was commissioned
especially for Baisembayev as part of the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Society Contemporary Prize, and the crowd applauded
rapturously for several long minutes as Hindoyan, Alberga and
Baisembayev took their bows together before the interval. My
favourite was the slow third movement, in which chimes resonated