Page 385 - Liverpool Philharmonic 22-23 Season Coverage Book
P. 385
4 March 2023
Sergio Tiempo steps in to tackle Rach 3 in
Liverpool
By Leighton Jones,
In a packed Philharmonic Hall there was an electric atmosphere in anticipation of
Rachmaninov’s knuckle-breaking Third Piano Concerto. Anticipation hung in the air upon
the eventual arrival of the fashionably late pianist Sergio Tiempo, joined by the Royal
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan.
Sergio Tiempo
© Sussie Ahlburg
From both orchestra and pianist the tone was bright, certain and surefooted, the darker
hues of the D minor brushed aside with no sense of mystery. This was sure to be intriguing
Rachmaninov. The orchestral colours of the opening movement were cool, and at times
icy... more Rachmaninov in Siberia.
