Radulović brings silky sensitivity to Khachaturian

By Mark Pullinger, 27 October 2018

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“Radulović is the most sensitive of violinists, treating his opening theme with kittenish playfulness”

Reviewed at Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool on 26 October 2018

Shchedrin, Concerto for Orchestra no. 1, "Naughty Limericks"

Khachaturian, Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 46

Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: Montagues and Capulets

Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: Young Juliet

Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: Friar Laurence

Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: Romeo and Juliet before parting

Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Girls from the Antilles

Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: Romeo at Juliet's Tomb

Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: Balcony Scene

Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: Masks

Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: The Death of Tybalt

Nemanja Radulović, Violin

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Vasily Petrenko, Conductor

Dazzling Prokofiev from Alim Beisembayev and the RLPO

Peter Connors, 26th April

In an all-Russian programme in Liverpool, Alim Beisembayev gives a breathtaking performance of Prokofiev's fiendishly difficult Second Piano Concerto.

****1

Dependable Mozart and Mendelssohn from the RLPO

Glyn Mon Hughes, 16th April

Aurel Dawidziuk and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra explore darkness and light, although the drama does not always bringing the audience to the edge of its collective seat.

***11

Paul Lewis balances delicacy with power in understated RLPO Beethoven

Glyn Mon Hughes, 12th March

Understatement is key in Paul Lewis' interpretation of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic under Adam Hickox.

***11

Domingo Hindoyan's warm Bruckner 6 beguiles Liverpool

Peter Connors, 5th February

Schubert and Saint-Saëns provide an elegant first half before a change of tone and pace with Bruckner's Sixth Symphony.

****1

Sidorova mesmerises Liverpool with Tabakova’s Accordion Concerto

Glyn Mon Hughes, 22nd January

An unusual evening of orchestral virtuosity and an ear-opening adventure with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Andris Poga.

****1

Lozakovich, Foster and the RLPO: glorious Bruch and Tchaikovsky

Peter Connors, 4th December

Daniel Lozakovich captivated the audience in Liverpool with his Bruch; Lawrence Foster conducted the RLPO in superb performances of less familiar Liszt and Tchaikovsky.

*****

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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.

Nemanja Radulović brings silky sensitivity to Khachaturian in RLPO's Soviet matinee