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ominous Delights melded into an enfolding yet never amorphous entity, out of which the
more animated motion of Divine Play gradually brought together earlier ideas on its way to
an apotheosis whose amalgam of the work’s principal themes yielded grandiloquence
without undue bathos. Scriabin’s cosmic aspirations thereby seemed the more ‘real’ for
being the expression of purely musical forces. An expanded RLPO (its nine horns arrayed
across the upper tier of the platform) was heard to advantage in the ambience of
Philharmonic Hall, contributions by trumpeter Richard Cowen and leader Thelma
Handy enhancing what was an authoritative and memorable performance.

You can read all about the 2022/23 season and book tickets at the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra website. Click on the artist names for more on Jennifer
Johnston and conductor Vasily Petrenko, and for more on composer Bernd Richard
Deutsch – who also has a dedicated page at his publisher Boosey