Lark Ascending

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Lark Ascending
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 7.30pm
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall


Tippett Suite in D
Grieg Piano Concerto
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Elgar Enigma Variations

Vasily Petrenko conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano
James Clark violin
Who says British music is all about Pomp and Circumstance? And who says Scandinavian composers only do gloom and doom? Prepare to have a few preconceptions challenged as Vasily Petrenko and the RLPO soar high above the Cotswold countryside in Vaughan Wiliams’ ravishing The Lark Ascending – recently voted Britain’s favourite piece of classical music.

The masterly French virtuoso Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays Grieg’s delightful Piano Concerto. Expect wit as well as romance, and play spot-the-folksong in the uproariously brassy Suite that Michael Tippett wrote to celebrate the birth of Prince Charles. Elgar’s ever-fresh musical portrait of his Worcestershire friends – well, the piece that gave the world Nimrod hardly needs any introduction. Tune after tune after tune...

Venue

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

Dates

Date 17 Mar 2010 - 18 Mar 2010

* This show is repeated on Thursday 18 March. 7.30pm (doors 7pm).

Tickets Information

Road Directions

If you are coming to Liverpool on the M62, finding the Philharmonic Hall is straightforward. Continue along the motorway until its end and then follow the signs for the city centre, cathedrals and universities (about 3 miles). Turn left at the Metropolitan Cathedral and head past the Everyman Theatre along Hope Street.If lost, use this maxim: find one cathedral, head for the other. The Phil is halfway between the two.

Public Transport Directions

The Liverpool Philharmonic Hall is a 10 minute walk from both Lime Street Station and Central Station.

 Facilities

Provider Preferences

• In town/city centre

Accessibility

• Facility for service dogs

Parking & Transport

• On site parking - There is a car park next to the Philharmonic Hall on Caladonia Street. Please be advised that it fills up quickly, however there are various 'pay and display' sites in the vicinity.

Payment Methods

• MasterCard accepted
• Switch accepted
• Visa accepted