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Thursday Classics

Khachaturian & Bernstein

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Dates

Thu Oct 16 2025, 7:00 pm

Venue

Centennial Concert Hall

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Daniel Raiskin, conductor
Alexandra Conunova, violin

Aram Khachaturian: Violin Concerto
Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances, from West Side Story

Aram Khachaturian is a Soviet Armenian composer who grew up surrounded by the folk songs and dances that permeate his music. Though they are nostalgic, his works are filled with high-flying virtuosity, tune-filed orchestration and exotic colours.

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein is a virtuosic orchestral work fusing the iconic musical’s songs, dances and show tunes into a “serious” concert work of considerable difficulty.

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