Thursday night saw the Liverpool premiere of ‘The Imagined Forest’ in a concert entitled ‘Musical Landscapes’ after it was performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic at the BBC Proms back in September under Domingo Hindoyan.
Grace-Evangeline Mason with Domingo Hindoyan and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra after the Liverpool premiere of ‘The Imagined Forest’
Grace-Evangeline Mason signing the RLPO autograph book
‘Musical Landscapes’ pre-concert talk by Stephen Johnson
Glorious Technicolor melodies, atmospheric textures and shimmering romantic themes were all in this concert conducted by Domingo Hindoyan of this concert consisting of Rachmaninov, Dukas and Grace-Evangeline Mason.
“Mason has described the work as a ‘fantastical journey’ through a natural space that seems familiar but is also unknown, and both those contradictory flavours came through in vivid fashion in this performance.
Trumpet, harp and a sunrise on strings placed us firmly in a dappled glade while leader Eva Thorarinsdottir’s violin soared on thermals in an exquisite evocation of Vaughan Williams’ lark”
