Rockstar and angel: Nemanja Radulović plays Khachaturian

Nemanja Radulović, Santtu-Matias Rouvali and the Philharmonia

Von Mark Pullinger, 01 November 2024

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“caressing the strings like crushed silk to turn the middle movement... into an Armenian lullaby”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Festival Hall, London, am 31 Oktober 2024

Khachaturian, Gayaneh: Dance of the Rose Maidens

Khachaturian, Gayaneh: Lullaby

Khachaturian, Gayaneh: Sabre Dance

Khachaturian, Violinkonzert d-Moll, Op. 46

Schostakowitsch, 5 pieces for Two Violins and Piano (Prelude, arr. Levon Atovmyan)

Tschaikowsky, Symphonie Nr. 1 in g-Moll "Winterträume", Op.13

Nemanja Radulović, Violine

Philharmonia Orchestra

Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Musikalische Leitung

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*****

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*****

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*****

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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.

Rockstar and angel: Nemanja Radulović plays Khachaturian with the Philharmonia