Page 337 - Liverpool Philharmonic 22-23 Season Coverage Book

4 November 2022

A thrilling Manfred from Vasily Petrenko and the

RLPO

By Peter Connors,

Liverpool audiences took Vasily Petrenko to their hearts when he was Chief Conductor of
the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (2006–2021) and treat his returns as
Conductor Laureate with enthusiasm. This time Petrenko began by addressing the
audience to pay tribute to one of his predecessors, Libor Pešek (Chief Conductor 1987–
1998) whose death was announced a few days ago.

Vasily Petrenko
© Mark McNulty
First they played a short piece by Sir James MacMillan written in memory of Zoe Kitson,
former RLPO cor anglais player. For Zoe is for strings, cor anglais and harp. There were
beautiful and unusual sounds from the strings, but the focus throughout was on the cor