IX International Conservatory Week Festival
Glazunov Hall
19.00
FESTIVAL OPENING CEREMONY
OFFICIAL INAUGURATION OF THE NEW ORGAN OF
THE ST. PETERSBURG N. A. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV STATE CONSERVATORY
19.30
ORGAN ACADEMIES
- The St. Petersburg N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory (Russia)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750)
Chorale Prelude
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835 – 1921)
Betrothal
Performer:
Nina OKSENTYAN – organ
- The Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA)
CALVIN HAMPTON (1938 – 1984)
Suite No. 1
Russian premiere
Performer:
Donald SUTHERLAND – organ
- Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music (Gdansk, Poland)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809 – 1847)
Sonata for Organ No. 3, op. 65 (1844 – 45)
Performer:
Roman PERUCKI – organ
- Franz Liszt Academy of Music (Budapest, Hungary)
DEZSŐ ANTALFFY-ZSIROSS (1885 – 1945)
Festa bucolica –Toccata for organ
Performer:
János PÁLÚR – organ
- International Music Academy (Milan, Italy)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750)
Prelude and Fugue, BWV 543
Performer:
Maurizio CROCI – organ
- The St. Petersburg N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory (Russia)
RICHARD STRAUSS (1864 – 1949)
Thus Spake Zarathustra, tone poem after Nietzsche, op. 30 (1895 – 96)
Performers:
N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory Students’ Symphony Orchestra
Daniel ZARETSKY - organ
Conductor – Sergey STADLER
The concert is supported by
The Consulate General of the United States in St. Petersburg
The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in St. Petersburg
The Consulate General of Hungary in St. Petersburg
The Italian Institute of Culture in St. Petersburg
Glazunov Hall
15.00
Conservatories of the World – A Glance at the Future
BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913 – 1976)
Missa Brevis in D, op. 63 (1959)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791)
Ave Verum Corpus, K618 (1791)
ANTON BRUCKNER (1824 – 1896)
Locus iste (1869)
FRANCIS POULENC (1899 – 1963)
Salve Regina (1941)
Performers:
Natalia FURMANKOVA – organ
The Glinka Choral College Boys’ Chorus
Artistic Director and Conductor – Vasiliy GRATCHYOV
CHORAL ACADEMIES
- The St. Petersburg N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory (Russia)
YURY FALIK (1936 – 2009)
At the Sacred Icons, cycle for mixed a cappella chorus
Book of Canzone for mixed a cappella chorus
Performers:
St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory Student Chorus
Artistic Director and Conductor – Valery USPENSKY
Soloists – Natalia BOYEVA, Elisaveta SVESHNIKOVA, Svetlana NIKITINA
Glazunov Hall
19:00
ORGAN ACADEMIES
- The Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750)
Wir glauben all` in einen Gott for organ, BWV 437
Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 542
Performer:
Donald SUTHERLAND – Organ
- Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music (Gdansk, Poland)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809 – 1847)
Sonata for Organ No. 2, op. 65 (1844–45)
GIOVANNI MORANDI (1777 – 1856)
Rondo con imitazione de’campanella
MARIAN SAWA (1937 – 2005)
Fuga Bolero
St. Petersburg premiere
Performer:
Roman PERUCKI – organ
- Franz Liszt Academy of Music (Budapest, Hungary)
SERGEY RACHMANINOFF (1873 – 1943)
Prelude in C# minor, op. 3, No. 2
Transcription by Louis Vierne
OLIVIER MESSIAEN (1908 – 1992)
Prélude
Performer:
János PÁLÚR – organ
- International Music Academy (Milan, Italy)
DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE (1637 – 1707)
Toccata for organ, BuxWV 155
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI (1583 – 1643)
“Fiori Musicali” for organ, op.12 (pub. 1635): Bergamasca
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750)
Chorale for organ Nun komm’ der heiden Heiland, BWV 660
Fuga, BWV 542/2
Performer:
Maurizio CROCI – Organ
The concert is supported by
The Consulate General of the United States in St. Petersburg
The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in St. Petersburg
The Consulate General of Hungary in St. Petersburg
The Italian Institute of Culture in St. Petersburg
Glazunov Hall
15.00
REPRESENTATIVE CONCERT of CONSERVATORIES
- Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (Armenia)
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY (1840 – 1893)
Lensky’s arioso from the opera Eugene Onegin
VAGARSHAK KOTOYAN (1921 – 1991)
Like a Dream
SOGOMON KOMITAS (1869 – 1935)
Armenia
Performer:
Oganes AYVAZYAN – tenor
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY (1840 – 1893)
Tell Me, What in the Shade of the Branches (libretto by Sollogub), op. 57 (1884)
SOGOMON KOMITAS (1869 – 1935)
An Apricot Tree
EDUARD ABRAMYAN (1923-1986)
How Sweet it is in the Mountains
Performer:
Diana ARUTIUNYAN – soprano
SERGEY RACHMANINOV (1873 – 1943)
Song of the young gypsy from the opera Aleko
SOGOMON KOMITAS (1869 – 1935)
Krunk (La grue/The Crane)
ALEXANDER SPENDIAROV (1871 – 1928)
To a Rose
Performer:
Berch KARAZYAN – tenor
TIGRAN CHUHADZHAN (1837 – 1898)
Arshak’s arioso from the opera Arshak II
FRANCESCO PAOLO TOSTI (1846 – 1916)
Ideal
GEROLAMO NINO BIXIO (1821 ‒ 1873)
Speak About Love
Performer:
David BABAYANTS – baritone
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI (1792 ‒ 1868)
Rosina’s Cavatina from the opera The Barber of Seville
ALEXANDER DOLUKHANOV (1910 – 1968)
The Swallow Bird
Performer:
Sofia SAADYAN - soprano
Margarita SARKSYAN - piano
- The St. Petersburg N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory (Russia)
FRYDERYK CHOPIN (1810–1949)
Ballade for piano No. 3, op. 47 (1841)
Performer:
Ekaterina BERNIKOVA – piano
CHARLES GOUNOD (1818–1893)
Margarita’s Recitative and Aria from the opera “Faust”
SERGEY RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Vocalise, op. 34, № 14
Performers:
Ekaterina GONCHAROVA – soprano
Olga ERYOMENKO – piano
MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)
Tzigane, rapsodie de concert for violin and piano (1924)
Performers:
Ljubov STEKOLSHCHIKOVA – violin
Irina RYUMINA - piano
NIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844–1908)
Song of the Venetian Guest from the opera “Sadko”
Performers:
Dmitry LAVROV – baritone
Anna KORZUN – piano
MIKHAIL GLINKA (1804–1857)
Trio Pathetique (1832): mvms. 3, 4
Performers:
Maria ALEKSEYEVA – piano
Dmitry YANOV-YANOVSKY – cello
Egor BOBNEV – clarinet
The concert is supported by
The Consulate General of the Republic of Armenia in St. Petersburg
Project of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
Armenian Culture Season in Russia
Glazunov Hall
19.00
THE “ORGAN PLUS” CHAMBER SERIES
- The St. Petersburg N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory (Russia)
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI (1792 – 1868)
Excerpt from the overture to William Tell
GIULIO CACCINI (1545 – 1618)
Ave Maria
MAURICE RAVEL (1875 – 1937)
Boléro (1928)
Performers:
The Horn Orchestra of Russia
Art Director and Conductor – Sergey POLYANICHKO
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI (1710 – 1736)
Aria Vidit Suum Dulcem Natum from Stabat Mater
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791)
Laudate Dominum, K 339. Transcription for voice, violin and organ
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797 – 1828)
Ave Maria, version for violin and organ
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750)
Sonata for violin and basso continuo, BWV 1021; Largo and Presto.
Performers:
Tatiana TCHAUSSOVA – organ
Svetlana GORENKOVA – soprano
Polina LAPTEVA – violin
BERTOLD HUMMEL (1925 - 2002)
… in honorem… for organ and percussion
Russian premiere
Performers:
Timur KHALIULLIN - organ
Mikhail LESTOV – percussion
- Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, USA)
CURTIS CURTIS-SMITH (1941)
Games for Brass:
IV. Endgame (Perpetuum Mobile Modo Lyrico)
Russian premiere
RICHARD ADAMS (1963)
Quintet:
II. Altered States
Russian premiere
YURY FALIK (1936 – 2009)
Retro Music:
IV. Tarantella
KAREL HUSA (1921)
Dedicated to the Western Brass Quintet
Landscapes:
III. Voyageurs
Russian premier
Performers:
Western Brass Quintet:
Scott THORNBURG - trumpet
Stephen JONES - trumpet
Lin FOULK - horn
Dan MATTSON - trombone
Deanna SWOBODA - tuba
MARCEL DUPRÉ (1886 – 1971)
Poème Héroïque for organ, brass, and percussion, op. 33 (1936)
St. Petersburg premiere
Performers:
Western Brass Quintett:
Daniel ZARECKY – organ
Mikhail LESTOV - percussion
The concert is supported by
The Consulate General of the United States in St. Petersburg
Glazunov Hall
19.00
THE “ORGAN PLUS” CHAMBER SERIES
- The St. Petersburg N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory (Russia)
GEORGE FRIDERIC HÄNDEL (1685 – 1759)
Organ Concerto in Bb, op. 4 No. 2
Soloist: Marina VYAIZYA – organ
Aria ‘Caro sposa’ for soprano from the opera Rinaldo
Aria ‘Augelletti’ for soprano, 3 flutes, and strings from the opera Rinaldo
Soloist: Victoria EVTODIEVA – soprano
Organ Concerto in G, op. 4 No. 3
Soloist: Julia YUFEREVA - organ
Performers:
The Early Music Ensemble of the St. Petersburg Conservatory
Artistic Director - Vladimir SHULYAKOVSKY
ALESSANDRO STRADELLA (1644 – 1682)
Pieta, Signore…
LUIGI LUZZI (1828 – 1876)
Ave Maria
Performers:
Olesya PETROVA – soprano
Regina KAMENSHCHIKOVA – organ
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI (1583 – 1643)
Toccata
Performers:
Dmitry ERYOMIN – cello
Antonina KRYMOVA – organ
TOMASO ALBINONI (1671 – 1751)
Adagio, arranged for organ and six basses
IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882 – 1971)
The Infernal Dance of King Kaschei from the ballet The Firebird.
Transcription for organ and six basses by Sergei Diaghilev
Performers:
Daniel ZARETSKY - organ
«QUATTROBASS +» bass sextet
THE TEREM QUARTET
Russian Sufferings on the Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
Russian folk song Step` Da Step` Krugom (Steppes All Around)
YURY FALIK (1936 – 2009)
The Stranger
Performers:
Daniel ZARETSKY – organ
The Terem Quartet
Glazunov Hall
19.00
THE PIANO SERIES
“STEINWAY & SONS AND DMITRY BASHKIROV PRESENT”
- The Queen Sofia College of Music (Madrid, Spain)
ANTONIO SOLER (1729 – 1783)
Keyboard Sonatas No. 75, 78, 84, and 87
FRANZ LISZT (1811 – 1886)
Polonaise for piano No. 2, S223 (1851)
Harmonies Poétiques: No. 3 Benediction de Dieu dans la Solitude, S 173/3 (1851)
Venezia e Napoli: Tarantella, S 162 (1859)
Performer:
Denis KOZHUKHIN – piano
FRANZ LISZT (1811 – 1886)
Variations on J.S. Bach’s chorale Weinen, klagen, sorgen, zagen for piano, S 180 (1862)
Piano transcription of the Spinning Chorus from Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman, S 440 (1860)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862 – 1918)
Preludes for piano (1910–1913):
Les Fees Sont d’Exquises
Ce Qu’a Vu le Vent d’Ouest
DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH (1906 – 1975)
12 Preludes for piano
Performer:
David KADOUSH – piano
- The St. Petersburg N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory (Russia)
MAURICE RAVEL (1875 – 1937)
Miroirs for piano (1905)
La Valse, choreographic poem for orchestra; piano arrangement by A. Ikharev
Performer:
Miroslav KULTISHEV – piano
The concert is supported by
The Russian offices of STEINWAY & SONS
Grand Hall of the Catherine Palace (7 Sadovaya ul., Pushkin)
19.00
“ALL FLAGS ON A VISIT” CHAMBER SERIES
- Tianjin Conservatory of Music (Peoples’ Republic of China)
YAN SHIGU (581 – 645)
Three Variations on the ‘Plum Blossom’ melody for qin and xiao duet
JIANG XIANWEI
Journey to an Ancient City for solo dizi
St. Petersburg premiere
A Vertical Bamboo Flute and Drum Played at Sunset for solo pipa
Performers:
Li FENG-YUN – qin, pipa
Wang JIANXIN – dizi and xiao bamboo flutes
- Royal Danish Academy of Music (Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Carl Nielsen Academy of Music (Odense, Denmark)
MOGENS CHRISTENSEN (1955)
The Birds of a Spring Night for soprano recorder (1993 – 1994)
St. Petersburg premiere
MARTIN LOHSE (1971)
Concerto for recorder and accordion
St. Petersburg premiere
ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678 – 1741)
Concerto Night (La Notte), RV 439. Arranged for recorder and accordion
Performers:
Pernille PETERSEN – recorder
Bjarke MOGENSEN – accordion
IKUMA DAN (1924 – 2001)
Bird of Spring, libretto by Hakushu Kitahara (1958)
St. Petersburg premiere
KÓSÇAK YAMADA (1886 – 1965)
Les Poèmes à Scriabin – Poèm-nocturne Passion for solo piano (1917)
St. Petersburg premiere
FUMIO HAYASAKA (1914 – 1955)
The Bush Warbler for solo soprano (libretto by Haruo Sato) (1944)
St. Petersburg premiere
KÓSÇAK YAMADA (1886 – 1965)
Matsushima-Ondo/Matsushima Folk Song (libretto by Hakushu Kitahara) (1928)
St. Petersburg premiere
Performers:
Megumi TAKANO - soprano
Mayumi SAWADA – piano
- Academy of Music and Theatre (Hamburg, Germany)
ANTONIN DVORAK (1841 – 1904)
String Quartet No.14 in Ab major, B. 193 (op. 105) (1895): III - Lento e molto cantabile and IV - Allegro ma non tanto
Performers: The Vela Quartet
Julia SCHLEICHER – violin
Wolfgang HERMANN – violin
Mischa PFEIFFER – viola
Julia SCHUMANN– cello
The concert is supported by
The Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in St. Petersburg
The Danish Institute of Culture in St. Petersburg
Glazunov Hall
19.00
“ALL FLAGS ON A VISIT” CHAMBER SERIES
- Tianjin Conservatory of Music (Peoples’ Republic of China)
White Snow in Early Spring for solo pipa
Wen King’s Tune for solo xun
Blossoming Plums for qin and xiao duet
St. Petersburg premiere
Performers:
Li FENG-YUN – qin, pipa
Wang JIANXIN – bamboo flutes xun, xiao
- Academy of Music and Theatre (Hamburg, Germany)
JOSEPH HAYDN (1732 – 1809)
String Quartet, op. 42: HobIII/43 (1785)
Performers: The Vela Quartet
Julia SCHLEICHER – violin
Wolfgang HERMANN – violin
Mischa PFEIFFER – viola
Julia SCHUMANN– cello
AGE-OLD JAPANESE SONG
Sakura-Sakura
FUMIO HAYASAKA (1914 – 1955)
The Bush Warbler for solo soprano (libretto by Haruo Sato) (1944)
TORU TAKEMITSU (1930 – 1996)
Les Yeux Clos for solo piano (1979)
St. Petersburg premiere
KUNIHIKO HASHIMOTO (1904 – 1949)
Orokumusume/Joruri’s Humorous Song (libretto by Ryuha Hayashi) (1929)
St. Petersburg premiere
Performers:
Megumi TAKANO - soprano
Mayumi SAWADA – piano
- Royal Danish Academy of Music (Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Carl Nielsen Academy of Music (Odense, Denmark)
ALEXANDER NA YUN KIN (1954)
Russian Fantasy for accordion
St. Petersburg premiere
ERNST KRÄHMER (1795 – 1837)
Introduction and Variations Brilliants for soprano recorder and accordion, op. 23
St. Petersburg premiere
Performers:
Pernille PETERSEN – recorder
Bjarke MOGENSEN – accordion
The concert is supported by
The Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in St. Petersburg
The Danish Institute of Culture in St. Petersburg
Glazunov Hall
19.00
FESTIVAL PREMIERES
- The Luxembourg Conservatory of Music (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg)
ALEXANDER MÜLLENBACH (1949)
Piano Quintet: mvms. 2, 3, 4
Russian premiere
Performers:
Alexandra KOROBKINA - violin
Sandra PATRIKEYEVA - violin
Anna VAYNSHTEYN - viola
Natalia KOSTYUK - cello
Alexander MÜLLENBACH - piano
- The St. Petersburg N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory (Russia)
FOURTH DIMENSION OF MUSIC MULTIMEDIA CONCERT
ANATOLY KOROLEV (1949)
Ecclesiast. Chapter One for violin, video and electronics
Performers:
Maria GRIGORIEVA – violin
Anatoly KOROLEV – electronics
ALEXEY GLAZKOV (1983)
The Navigation of Ships in Particularly Severe Weather Conditions for 2 performers, electronic sounds, and video
Premier
Performers:
Alexey GLAZKOV – recorder
Alexey PODOBED – recorder
MARIA GRIGORIEVA (1986)
Time Code for violin, saxophone, electronics, and video
Performers:
Maria GRIGORIEVA – violin, electronics
Ilya BELORUKOV – saxophone, electronics
Natalya ZHANDARMOVA – video
SOFIA LEVKOVSKAYA
A Cathedral. Isaac’s Cathedral. St. Isaac’s Cathedral for organ, violin, video and live electronics
Performers:
Maria GRIGORIEVA – violin
Timur HALILULIN – organ
Sofia LEVKOVSKAYA – electronics
VLADIMIR RANNEV (1970)
The Light for voice, live electronics and video on a text by Lea Doher
Performer:
Vladimir RANNEV – voice, electronics
ANTON TANONOV (1977)
Futurists. The House on Pesochnaya, animation by Andrey Bahurin with the music of Anton Tanonov in a live performance with violin and piano
Dream of a Submarine for string quartet, electronics and video
Performers:
Mikhail KRUTIK – violin
Anton TANONOV – piano, electronics
The Quartet of the Department of Composition
21.00
JAZZ ON TEATRALNAYA SQUARE
- The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance (Israel)
Vyacheslav GANELIN jazz piano
The concert is supported by
The Israeli Cultural Centre of the Embassy of the State of Israel in the Russian Federation
Glazunov Hall
19.00
CLOSING CONCERT of the FESTIVAL
ORGAN ACADEMIES
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR (1844 – 1937)
Organ Symphony No. 5: Allegro vivace
Performer:
Louis ROBILLIARD – organ
- The Julliard School of Music (New York, USA)
MAX REGER (1873 – 1916)
Introduction and Fugue from Sonata No. 2 for organ, op. 60
Performer:
Paul JACOBS – organ
- The Royal College of Music (Great Britain)
EDWARD ELGAR (1857 – 1934)
Sonata No. 1 for organ, op. 28 (1895): Andanto espressivo and Presto
Performer:
David TITTERINGTON – organ
- State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart ( Germany)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791)
Fantasia, KV 608
Performer:
Ludger LOHMANN – organ
- The St. Petersburg N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory (Russia)
- Nazib Zhiganov State Conservatory of Kazan (Russia)
OTTORINO RESPIGHI (1879 – 1936)
Suite for organ and string orchestra (1902 – 05)
ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)
Gloria for soprano, mezzosoprano, chorus and orchestra, RV 589
Performers:
Rubin ABDULLIN - organ
The St. Petersburg Conservatory Student Chorus
The St. Petersburg Conservatory Chamber Orchestra
Conductor – Sergey STADLER
The concert is supported by
The Consulate General of the United States in St. Petersburg
The Consulate General of Germany in St. Petersburg
The French Institute in St. Petersburg
