Hearing in colour: Kochanovsky conducts ecstatic Scriabin

Stanislav Kochanovsky

Stanislav Kochanovsky conducts the Philharmonia

Von Mark Pullinger, 12 Mai 2023

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“an orgasmic F sharp major triad flooded in violet light”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Festival Hall, London, am 11 Mai 2023

Rachmaninow, The Bells, for choir and orchestra, Op.35

Lyadov, From the Apocalypse, Op.66

Skrjabin, Symphony no. 5 "Prometheus, Poem of Fire", Op.60

Simon Bennison, Licht

Alexei Volodin, Klavier

Anush Hovhannisyan, Sopran

Toby Spence, Tenor

Yuriy Yurchuk, Bariton

Philharmonia Chorus

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***11

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*****

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*****

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*****

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****1

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****1

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Hearing in colour: Kochanovsky conducts the Philharmonia in ecstatic Scriabin