Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

About the Event

There’s a good reason why Rachmaninov’s Second is Britain’s favourite piano concerto – and you’ll get far more than a brief encounter tonight!

Pianist Denis Kozhukhin, who wowed audiences last season, comes from the same Russian tradition as Rachmaninov himself, and there’s no‐one right now who’s better equipped to unleash the concerto’s fire – and feeling.

He’ll be an inspirational partner for the Norwegian conductor Eivind Gullberg Jensen, who makes his Liverpool debut with Stravinsky’s flamboyant oriental fairytale before showing his own romantic credentials in Brahms’ expansive Second Symphony. Brahms never wrote anything lovelier than his Second: big, tuneful, and glowing with summer sunshine, it’s the perfect escape from a February night in Liverpool.