Review: Oslo Philharmonic @ Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Simon Trpčeski, the piano soloist from Skopje in Macedonia, made a welcome return to the Bridgewater Hall on Monday night, playing Rachmaninov’s second piano concerto with the Oslo Philharmonic. His playing was exemplary – no surprise, as we heard him play the first Rachmaninov here with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic in 2010, and he was a ‘one to watch’ visitor to the Hallé

Oslo Philharmonic/Petrenko, Bridgewater Hall, review: ‘persuasively negotiating Mahler’s pitfalls’ Thirty years ago, the Oslo Philharmonic suddenly came to the attention of music-lovers outside Scandinavia with their Tchaikovsky symphonies, vivdly conducted by Mariss Jansons and sumptuously recorded on the Chandos label. Since then, other excellent Nordic bands have made their mark, but expectations still run high for the Norwegians’ current UK tour: first stop, Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/oslo-philharmonicpetrenko-bridgewater-hall-review-persuasively-n/