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Khachaturian
centenary
FESTIVAL HALL
CELEBRATING composers' major anniversaries can both enhance and blow a reputation; they can be an exploration into unknown territory or reveal limitations. This year's Prokofiev bonanza, for example, has shown the depth and range of his achievement, while last year's Walton centenary brought home to us that with him there was too little to spread around.
The same might be said of Aram Khachaturian, the centenary of whose birth has, apart from the odd token presence on concert programmes, as far as I know inspired this single event, organised by violinist Levon Chilingirian and the...