Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

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The RLPO has often welcomed youthful soloists to Liverpool – but a teenage conductor is a phenomenon indeed! Enjoy works by Brahms, Dvořák and Rachmaninov with young stars Ilyich Rivas and Stephen Hough (piano).

It’s been called the Everest of piano concertos, and fans of the film Shine will know that it’s broken many a lesser pianist. But Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto is also Imperial Russia’s last great showpiece, glowing with emotion and surging with Rachmaninov’s incomparable romantic tunes. And if any pianist alive can scale its peaks, it’s the incredible Stephen Hough – who’s been hailed as the world’s most brilliant keyboard virtuoso. Today, though, he meets another phenomenon – the astonishing teenage conductor Ilyich Rivas, the remarkable 18 year old venezulen born conductor. Dvořák’s lovely, neglected Symphonic Variations and Brahms’ riotous Academic Festival Overture should let him stretch his wings.

Choose from the wide variety of high‐calibre concerts offered in Liverpool this season.