Composed in the space of just one month, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is full of non-stop melodic beauty. The second movement, a Canzonetta, requires the solo violin to be muted: an unusual technique in a concerto, but one that lends the movement a far-away, nostalgic quality. This leads straight into an exhilarating finale, a hectic dance-like movement that provides a real showcase for the violin, performed this evening by Sergey Khachatryan. Memorable melodies continue into the second half of the concert, conducted by Juraj Valcuha, with the ‘Promenade’ theme of Pictures at an Exhibition linking the descriptive movements, ending with the majestic and blazing ‘Great Gate of Kiev’.
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More concerts with Juraj Valcuha
London Sunday Matinee, Valčuha conducts
Oct 14 2012, 15:00 - Royal Festival Hall
Juraj Valčuha conducts a Sunday matinee programme of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with Renaud Capuçon, and Mahler's Symphony No. 5
Valčuha conducts in London
May 19 2012, 19:30 - Royal Festival Hall
Juraj Valčuha conducts Dvořák's Cello Concerto performed by Alisa Weilerstein alongside Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 and the Overture from Mozart's Don Giovanni
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