Page 344 - Liverpool Philharmonic 22-23 Season Coverage Book

20 November 2022
Variations – Liverpool Philharmonic

Hall

This concert performance by one of Europe’s leading orchestra’s The Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by the recently appointed Domingo Hindoyan. Hindoyan
exudes a great deal of passion throughout tonight’s eclectic and varied programme of classical
music.

The programme consisted of four pieces of exquisite music from three of the most outstanding
composers of their generation – Bartok, Dohnanyi and Dvorak.

Dvorak’s Slavic Dance op.72 no 2 is performed as a heartfelt tribute to former principal conductor
Libor Pesek (1987 until 1997.) This is a short but sweet piece of melodious classical dance with
sweeping strings and delicate lightness of touch. It is performed to perfection by the orchestra.

Dohnanyi’s Variations on a Nursery Tune is a delightful and witty suite of comic variations on the
theme of the nursery rhyme Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. This piece features the outstanding
young pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason who performs with great verve and subtlety
throughout. Originally written by Ernst von Dohnanyi in 1914, he subtitled this composition “for
the enjoyment of humorous people and for the annoyance of others” It’s an exciting and vibrant
piece of music in which Dohnanyl references many distinctive compositional styles.