I have never seen the ballet; I couldn't tell you the plot; I'm not even sure exactly how you pronounce it. Yet, in the exceedingly unlikely event that I get the call from Kirsty Young, the Adagio ...

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The Music: Khachaturian’s two best-known ballets are almost too full of dazzling folk melodies from his native Armenia. Yet for all his music’s fecundity and the immediate appeal of Adagio from ...

Vasily Petrenko conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian and Walton, live from the Royal Festival Hall, London. Guest conductor Vasily Petrenko starts the concert with ...