Tugan Sokhiev direction
Sergey Khachatryan violin

Lili Boulanger
From a spring morning, for orchestra
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 35
Intermission
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, op. 100

Mowed down by a merciless illness at the age of 24, Lili Boulanger remains one of the greatest promises of French music. From a spring morning had a triple genesis for various instruments before the orchestral version presented here. It is a lively dance, quite Debussy-esque in its harmonies but also showing astonishing audacity. It was in Clarens, where it was composed, that the Violin Concerto in D major was performed for the very first time in 1878, at a private concert in a version for violin and piano with the composer at the keyboard and his friend Iosif Kotek on the violin. Officially premiered in Vienna three years later, it quickly became a mainstay of the violinists' repertoire. Written according to its author "to glorify the human soul", the Symphony No. 5, Op. 100, is one of Sergei Prokofiev's most popular works. It exudes a great breath of youth and romantic exaltation from start to finish.

Total duration approximately 1 hour 50 minutes (including a 20-minute intermission)