Rachmaninov

Isle of the Dead

Elgar

Sea Pictures

Beethoven

Symphony No.3 Eroica

Vasily Petrenko

conductor

Kathryn Rudge

mezzo-soprano

As a Russian, Vasily Petrenko has Rachmaninov in his blood. As an adopted Scouser, he’s learned to get under the skin of Elgar. And when he conducts Beethoven – well, in the words of one critic, it’s ‘explosive’. So enjoy a whole evening of Petrenko and his Orchestra doing what they do best, whether exploring the deep romantic twilight of Rachmaninov’s Isle of the Dead, or detonating the full revolutionary force of Beethoven’s world-changing symphony. We’re also delighted to welcome back the award-winning Liverpudlian mezzo-soprano Kathryn Rudge, bringing all her sense of theatre to Elgar’s startlingly passionate songs.