“The orchestra, under the direction of Khudyev delivered a lovely precision and delicious dynamic shaping of the phrases, plus some gorgeous pianissimo playing in the strings that struck a beautiful…
“Farkhad Khudyev put on a characteristically majestic, sweeping, intuitive performance.” “Khudyev gave the sweeping, swoony nocturnal second movement extra altitude by bringing it down very, very quietly in places to…
“So here was Farkhad Khudyev, with the score memorized, putting this piece through its paces—his paces. The long slow introduction to the first movement, itself energized by a combination of…
“This much-anticipated February program opened with the short, powerful and astounding world premiere of Khudyev’s “The Sounds of Eternity.” Both an intimate musical self-portrait and an unflinching reflection of the…