Friday, October 12th. 19:00

Glazunov Hall

OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FESTIVAL
Orchestra Academies

St. Petersburg N.A.Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatoire (Russia)

ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV (1865-1936)
Ouverture Solennelle, Op.73 (1900)

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
Ebony Concerto for clarinet and jazz ensemble (1945)

BORIS TISHCHENKO (1939)
Concerto for piano and orchestra, Op.21 (1962)

SERGEY PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Romeo and Juliet, concert suite from the ballet

Dmitry LUPACHYOV – clarinet
Nikolay MAZARA – piano

A.G.Rubinstein Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg N.A.Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatoire
Conductors: Alexander SLADKOVSKY, Maris JANSONS

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Saturday, October 13th. 15:00

Glazunov Hall

Conservatories Concert Marathon

Tambov S.V.Rachmaninov State Academy of Music (Russia)

SERGEY RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
3 Etudes-tableaux for piano:
No.4, Op.33 (1911), in E flat
No.2, Op.39 (1916-17), in A minor
No.5, Op.39 (1916-17), in E flat minor

FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody No.12 for piano, in C sharp minor, S244 (1846-85)

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
5 Stucke im Volkston for cello and piano, Op.102 (1849)

PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Pezzo capriccioso for cello and piano, Op.62 (pub.1888)

Sergey LUSHIN – cello
Vadim GALUSHKA – piano

Astrakhan State Conservatoire (Russia)

ALEXANDER BORODIN (1833-1887)
Polovtsian Dances from the opera “Prince Igor” (1890)

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992)
The Impulse

FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)
6 Duets, Op.63 (1845): No.3. Gruss (wds. Eichendorff)

ALEXANDER DARGOMIZHSKY
(1813-1869)
“Chto moy svetik luna” (Wds. P.Vyazemsky)

VERA GORODOVSKAYA (1919)
“Vijdy lj ja na rechenjku”

ALEXANDER SHALOV (1927)
“Vinjat menja v narode” – Russian folk song

VALERY MINTSEV (1945)
“Mar Dandya” – gipsy folk songs

Tatiana VAZHOROVA – soprano
Natalia TARASOVA – soprano
Ensemble of Russian Folk Instruments “SKIF”:
Alexander MOSTIKANOV – balalaika
Alexander BABUSHKIN – accordion
Sergey SOKOLOV – domra-viola
Igor KALINA – balalaika-double-bass

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Saturday, October 13th. 19:00

Glazunov Hall

Choir Academies

Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (Tallinn, Estonia)

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
Mass for mixed chorus and double wind quintet (1944-48)

Mixed Choir of Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
Conductor – Toomas KAPTEN

Moscow P.I.Tchaikovsky State Conservatoire (Russia)

DMITRY SCHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Vocalize from the filmscore “King Lear”, Op.137 (1970)

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
3 Choruses on the Orthodox texts:
“Bogorodice Devo radujsa”
“Veruju”
“Otche nash”

SERGEY RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Panteley the healer for chorus a cappella (1900) (Wds. A.K.Tolstoy)

SERGEY TANEYEV (1856-1915)
12 Choruses, Op.27 (1909) (Wds. J.Polonsky):
No.4 Behold, what darkness

KIRILL VOLKOV (1943)
How like a winter hath my absence been (Wds. W.Shakespeare)
Boris Tevlin dedicated
St.Petersburg premiere

NIKOLAY MARTYNOV (1938)
Autumn Songs (Wds. F.I.Tutchev): Est v svetlosti osennih vecherov

VALERI KIKTA (1941)
“Kak za tserkovju, za nemetskoju” (Wds. A.S.Pushkin)

RODION SHCHEDRIN (1932)
Refugee (Wds. A.Voznesensky)
Boris Tevlin dedicated
St.Petersburg premiere

The Execution of Pugachev for choir a cappella (Wds. A.S.Pushkin)

Serenade
St.Petersburg premiere

ALEXANDRA PAKHMUTOVA (1929)
“Gde ty otchij dom” (Wds. S.Esenin)
St.Petersburg premiere

“Oy, kupalo” (Wds. S.Esenin)
St.Petersburg premiere

MATVEY BLANTER (1903-1990)
Black eyed Cossack woman (Wds. I.Selvinsky), transcribed for choir by Y.Poteyenko

Svetlana ABZALOVA – soprano
Alexey VERESHCHAGIN – piano
Moscow Conservatoire Chamber Choir
Conductor – Boris TEVLIN

St. Petersburg N.A.Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatoire (Russia)

YURY FALIK (1936)
2 fragment from the “Chudotvornye lyky”:
Stychyra Tihvinskoy ikone Bozhiey Matery
K ikone Xseny Blazhennoy

SERGEY SLONIMSKY (1932)
2 Russian songs:
Oh, sever moy
Upryamy veter

ANATOLY KOROLYOV (1949)
Ave Maria

DMITRY SMIRNOV (1952)
Sweet Friend
Waltz by Candles

NIKOLAY DRANITSIN (1946)
Odi et amo
To fetch Firewood

ALEXADER TCHAIKOVSKY (1946)
A Question

Students Chorus of St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatoire
Art Director and Conductor – Valery USPENSKY

The concert is supported by the Consulate General of the Republic Estonia in St. Petersburg

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Sunday, Ocotober 14th. 15:00

Glazunov Hall

Conservatories Concert Marathon

Baku Musical Academy (Azerbaijan)

KARA KARAYEV (1918-1982)
The sketch (1937)
Russian premiere
Tsarskosel’skaya Statue (1937)

TOFIK KULIEV (1917-2000)
Lezginka

ADIL BABIROV (1951)
Prelude-scherzo

FARHAD BADALBEILI (1947)
Prelude

DZHOVDET GADZHIEV (1917-2002)
Ballade

Ayan SALAHOVA – piano
Fidan AGAYEVA – piano

Kazan Nazib Zhiganov State Conservatoire (Tatarstan, Russia)

SERGEY RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Etude-tableau No.9 for piano, Op. 39 (1916-17)

ROBERT SCHUMANN – FRANZ LISZT
Dedication

VINCENZO BELLINI (1801-1835)
Recitative and Julliet’s Romance from the opera “I Capuleti e I Montecchi” (1830)

LEO DELIBES (1836-1891)
Les Filles de Cadix, chanson espagnole (Wds. de Musset)

SERGEY RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Polka de W. R. for piano (1911)

Ekaterina LEIDER – soprano
Artyom ABASHEYEV – piano

St. Petersburg N.A.Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatoire (Russia)

GEORGE KRAM (1929)
Black Angels, quartet for strings

String quartet “Time for Music”
Alexandra KOROBKINA – violin
Maria GRIGORYEVA – violin
Ekaterina GAYDAREVA – viola
Tatiana TUTYNINA – cello

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Sunday, Ocotober 14th. 19:00

Glazunov Hall

Orchestral Academies

Petrozavodsk А.K.Glazunov State Conservatoire (Russia)

ANATOLE LYADOV (1855-1914)
8 Russian Folksongs for orchestra, Op.58 (pub. 1906)

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
The Princesses’ Khorovod and The Internal Dance of all Kashchei’s Subjects from “The Firebird” (1910)

ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV (1865-1936)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.2, Op.100 (1917)

Alexander SOLOVYEV – piano
Students Symphony Orchestra of Petrozavodsk А.K.Glazunov State Conservatoire
Conductor – Vladimir STACHINSKY

St. Petersburg N.A.Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatoire (Russia)

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
Suite for small orchestra No.1 (1917-25): Andante, Napolitana, Espanola, Balalaika
Suite for small orchestra No.2 (1921): March, Waltz, Polka, Galop

PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Serenade in C for string orchestra, Op.48 (1880): Waltz, Elegy, Finale

Concert Chamber Orchestra of the St. Petersburg N.A.Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatoire
Artistic director – Mikhail ESTRIN
Conductor – Marius STRAVINSKY (UC)

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Sunday, Ocotober 14th. 15:00

Hermitage Theatre (34 Dvorzovaya Embankment)

Choir Academies

Moscow P.I.Tchaikovsky State Conservatoire (Russia)

KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI (1933)
Song of Cherubim for 12-part a cappella chorus (1987)
To Mstislav Rostropovich’s 60th anniversary

EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934)
Goodmorrow, unaccompanied partsongs (1929)

JOHN TAVENER (1944)
Today the Virgin, carol (1989)

CHARLES STANFORD (1852-1924)
Cupid and Rosalind

BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976)
A Shepherd’s Carol for chorus a cappella (1944) (Wds. W.H. Auden)

GYORGY ORBAN (1947)
Daemon irrepit callidus
Russian premiere

KNUT NUSTEDT (1915)
Sing and Rejoice

JOSEF SVIDER (1930)
Pater Noster

MOSES HOGAN (1957-2002)
Arranging of Ride on, King Jesus

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992)
Primavera portena (1970)
Libertango
Ed. By O.Escalada

ALAN PARKER (1944) – R.SHAW
Arranging of If I got my ticket, can I ride?

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER (1948)
Jellicle songs for jellicle cats from the musical show “Cats” (1981)

Andrey KAPLANOV – bas
Mikhail BURLAKOV – bayan
Alexey VERESHCHAGIN – piano
Moscow Conservatoire Chamber Choir
Conductor – Boris TEVLIN

Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (Tallinn)

VELJO TORMIS (1930)
Kihnu Island Wedding Songs (1959)

Votic Wedding Songs (Vadja Pulmalaulud) – runic songs for mixed choir (1971) (Wds. Adapted E.Adler and T.Seilenthal)

Estonian wedding songs

Mixed Choir of Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
Conductor – Toomas KAPTEN

The concert is supported by the Consulate General of the Republic Estonia in St. Petersburg

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Monday, October 15th. 18:00

Glazunov Hall

Chamber Series “All the flags to visit us…”

Toho Gakuen School of Music
(Tokyo, Japan)

AKIRA MIYOSHI (1933)
Miroir for violin solo
Russian premiere

TORU TAKEMITSU (1931-1996)
Hika (Elegy) for violin and piano
Russian premiere

TOSHIRO MAYUZUMI (1929-1997)
Bunraku (Japanese puppet play) for cello solo (1960)
Russian premiere

HISATADA OTAKA (1911-1951)
Yakyoku (Nocturne) for cello and piano
Russian premiere

Gentaro KAGITOMI – violin
Dai MIYATA – cello
Inga DZEKTSER – piano

National Region Conservatoire of Paris (France)

HENRI TOMASI (1901-1971)
Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra

Jaques MAUGER – trombone
Anastassia GAVRILOVA (St.Petersburg) piano

West Jutland Conservatoire of Music (Esbjerg, Denmark)

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
Suite Italienne for violin and piano (c1933): 1. Introduzione; 2. Serenata; 3. Tarantella, 4. Gavotta con due variazioni; 5. Scherzino; 6. Minuetto e Finale

CLAUS GAHRN (1978)
Perhaps spring (2002)
Russian premiere

Søren STORM – violin
Malwina GAHRN – piano

The concert is supported by the French Institute in St. Petersburg and
the Danish Cultural Institute in St. Petersburg

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Monday, October 15th. 20:00

Glazunov Hall

National Academy of Santa Cecilia (Rome, Italy)

GIOVANNI SGAMBATI (1841-1914)
4 Pieces for violin and piano (ed. Manfred Croci):
Gondoliera
Andante cantabile
Serenata Napolitana
Berceuse
Russian premiere

Manfred CROCI –violin
Pavel EGOROV – piano

Neuchatel Conservatoire of Music (Switzerland)

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor (1915)

Luc AESCHLIMANN – cello
Evgueny SINAISKY – piano

Jerusalem Music Academy (Israel)

JOSEF BARDANASHVILI (1948)
Piano Trio to Georges Bizet memory
Russian premiere

“Ir Shalem Trio”:
Yuri GLUHOVSKI – violin
Alexander SINELNIKOV – cello
Gabriela TALROZE – piano

The concert is supported by the Italian Cultural Institute in St. Petersburg and the Israeli Cultural Center in St.Petersburg

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Tuesday, October 16th. 19:00

Glazunov Hall

Official Ceremony of Presentation to Maestro KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI of Honorary
Doctoral Diploma from St. Petersburg Conservatoire

KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI (1933)
Sonata for Violin and Piano (1953)

Manfred CROCI –violin
Pavel EGOROV – piano

Sextet for Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano, Clarinet and French horn (2000)

Mikhail GANTVARG – violin
Vladimir STOPICHEV – viola
Vadim MESSERMAN – cello
Natalya ARZUMANOVA – piano
Andrei KAZAKOV – clarinet
Sergey POLYANICHKO – French horn

Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1983)

Andrey PENUGIN – viola
Concert Chamber Orchestra of St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatoire
Conductor – Krzysztof PENDERECKI
Assistant Conductor – Dmitry RALKO (Russia)

The concert is supported by
the Consulate General of the Republic Poland in St. Petersburg and
the Italian Cultural Institute in St. Petersburg

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Tuesday, October 16th. 19:00

The Hall of the Kochneva’s House (41 Fontanka Embankment)

Chamber Series “All the flags to visit us…”

Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (Glasgow, Great Britain)

BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976)
Lachrymae – Reflections on a song of Dowland for viola and piano, Op.48 (1950)

JOAQUIN RODRIGO (1901-1999)
3 Piezas espanolas for guitar (1954)

ERNEST BLOCH (1880-1959)
Suite for viola and piano (1919)

Sung Joon LEE – guitar
Veronika TOTH – viola
Sinae LEE – piano

Jerusalem Music Academy (Israel)

FRYDERYK CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Piano Trio in G minor, Op.8 (1828-29)

“Ir Shalem Trio”:
Yuri GLUHOVSKI – violin
Alexander SINELNIKOV – cello
Gabriela TALROZE – piano

The concert is supported by the Israeli Cultural Center in St. Petersburg and the British Council in St. Petersburg

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Wednesday, October 17th. 18:00

Glazunov Hall

Chamber Series “All the flags to visit us…”

Cologne Higher School of Music (Germany)

PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Souvenir d’un lieu cher for violin and piano, Op.42 (1878):
No.1 Meditation
No.2 Scherzo
No.3 Melodie

Mikhail POCHEKIN – violin
Oleg POLIANSKY – piano

PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Sérénade mélancolique for violin and piano, Op.26 (1875)
Valse-scherzo for violin and piano, Op.34 (1877)

Daniil AUSTRICH – violin
Oleg POLIANSKY – piano

GRIGORY FEIGIN
Reminiscence about “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District” by D.Schostakovich for violin and piano

Ivan POCHEKIN – violin
Oleg POLIANSKY – piano

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Wednesday, October 17th. 19:00

Glazunov Hall

Orchestra Academies

St.Petersburg N.A.Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatoire (Russia)

ARTHUR VINCENT LOURIE (1892-1966)
Upman-Sketch (1917). Arranging for chamber orchestra by A.Korolyov

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874-1951)
Erwartung, monodrama, Op.17 (1909). Arranging for chamber ensemble by K.Karayev

VLADIMIR TARNOPOLSKY (1955)
Cassandra

ALEXEY ZHIVOTOV (1904-1964)
Fragment for flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, piano and string quartet, Op.2 (1928)

FARADGE KARAYEV (1943)
Are you alive yet, herr minister???!!! for violin solo. Version for instrumental ensemble (2001)

Julia SIMONOVA – soprano
Ensemble of Contemporary Music of St. Petersburg N.A.Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatoire
Conductor – Alexander TITOV

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Wednesday, October 17th. 19:00

Big Hall of the Ekatherina’s Palace (Pushkin, 7 Sadovaya str.)

Toho Gakuen School of Music (Tokyo, Japan)

TOSHIRO MAYUZUMI (1929-1997)
Bunraku (Japanese puppet play) for cello solo (1960)

HISATADA OTAKA (1911-1951)
Yakyoku (Nocturne) for cello and piano

Gentaro KAGITOMI – violin
Dai MIYATA – cello
Inga DZEKTSER (St.Petersburg) – piano

University of California (Los Angeles, USA)

IAN KROUSE (1956)
Weary with toil (Wds. W.Shakespeare)

Cho-hon (Wds. Kim So Wol)

Katherine GIAQUINTO – soprano
Victoria ZIMINA (Russia) – piano

FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886)
Rhapsodie espagnole for piano, S254 (c1863)

Carissa KIM – piano

University of Western Ontario (London, Canada)

MICKAIL GLINKA (1804-1857)
Elegy, “When my soul” – duet (Wds. Jakovlev)

JEFF SMALLMAN (1965)
Spring Night
Russian premiere

DENIS GOUGEON (1951)
6 Themes solaires – ten pieces for various solo instruments (1990): Piano: Soleil
Russian Premiere

Patricia GREEN – mezzo-soprano
Stephan SYLVESTRE – piano
Makenzie MORGAN – soprano
Sandra TUCKER – soprano

Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (Glasgow, Great Britain)

JOHN MAXWELL GEDDES (1941)
Dances of the Scottish Court (1988)
Russian premiere

JOHN WHITE (1936)
Doggerel Machine (1996)
Russian premiere

JIM PARKER (1934)
The Golden Section (1993)
Russian premiere

Alba Brass Quintet:
Bede WILLIAMS – trumpet
Caroline HAILS – cornet
Craig MacDONALD – tenor horn
Dávur Juul MAGNUSSEN – trombone
Jonathan GAWN – tuba

The concert is supported by the Consulate General of the US in St. Petersburg and
the British Council in St. Petersburg

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Thursday, October 18th. 18:00

Glazunov Hall

Choir Academies

Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music (Warsaw, Poland)

STANISLAV MORYTO (1947)
Stabat Mater
Russian premiere

Students Chorus and A.G.Rubinstein Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg N.A.Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatoire
Conductor – Monika VOLINSKY

The concert is supported by the Consulate General of the Republic Poland in St. Petersburg

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Thursday, October 18th. 19:00

Glazunov Hall

Chamber Series “All the flags to visit us…”

Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (Glasgow, Great Britain)

JOAQUIN RODRIGO (1901-1999)
3 Piezas espanolas for guitar (1954)

GEORGE ENESCU (1881-1955)
Konzertstück for viola and piano (1906)

Sung Joon LEE – guitar
Veronika TOTH – viola
Sinae LEE – piano

BEDE WILLIAMS (1985)
Beartach, Domhain (Rich, Deep - 2005)
Russian premiere

JOHN MAXWELL GEDDES (1941)
Dances of the Scottish Court (1988)

JOHN WHITE (1936)
Doggerel Machine (1996)

JIM PARKER (1934)
The Golden Section (1993)

Alba Brass Quintet:
Bede WILLIAMS – trumpet
Caroline HAILS – cornet
Craig MacDONALD – tenor horn
Dávur Juul MAGNUSSEN – trombone
Jonathan GAWN – tuba

The concert is supported by the British Council in St. Petersburg

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Thursday, October 18th. 20:30

Glazunov Hall

Jazz on Theatralnaya Square

“Talking Cows” (Netherlands)

The concert is supported by the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in St. Petersburg

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Thursday, October 18th. 18:30

Music Museum in Sheremetev Palace (34 Fontanka Embankment)

Chamber Series “All the flags to visit us…”

Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, USA)

JULIAN KREIN (1913-1996)
Sonata for Viola and Piano (1973)

Igor FEDOTOV (USA) – viola
Dmitry CHASOVITIN (Russia) – piano

West Jutland Conservatoire of Music (Esbjerg, Denmark)

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
Suite Italienne for violin and piano (c1933): 1. Introduzione; 2. Serenata; 3. Tarantella, 4. Gavotta con due variazioni; 5. Scherzino; 6. Minuetto e Finale

CLAUS GAHRN (1978)
Perhaps spring (2002)

Soren STORM – violin
Malwina GAHRN – piano

Festival guests

TURE RANGSTROEM (1884-1947)
Flickan under nymånen (The girl under the new moon)
Bön till natten (A prayer to the night)
Sköldmön (The Amazon)
Russian premiere

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Hoch getürmter Rimafluss (High and towering Rima stream)
Lieber Gott, du weisst (Loving God, thou knowst)
Brauner Bursche (Sunbrown lad)
Rote Abendwolken (Rosy evening clouds)

HILDING HALLNAES (1903-1984)
Månskensvitt (Moonlight white)
Russian premiere

SERGEY RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Oh stay, my love!
A dream
Believe it not!

JEAN SIBELIUS (1865-1957)
Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings mote (The tryst)
Demanten på marssnön (The diamond in the snow)
Var det en dröm (Was it a dream)

Ulla GUSTAFSSON (Sweden) – soprano
Julia SEVERUS (Germany) – piano

The concert is supported by the Consulate General of the USA in St. Petersburg and
the Danish Cultural Institute in St. Petersburg

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Friday, October 19th. 18:00

Glazunov Hall

Chamber Series “200th anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Russia and the USA dedicated”

St. Petersburg N.A.Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatoire (Russia)

KIM HELWEG (1956)
America Fantasy – a tribute to Leonard Bernstein for 2 pianos and percussion (1994)
Russian premiere

Oleg MALOV – piano
Dinara MAZITOVA – piano
Alexander MIKHAILOV – percussions
Anton NAZARKO – percussions

University of California (Los Angeles, USA)

IAN KROUSE (1956)
Weary with toil (Wds. W.Shakespeare)
Cuantas veces amor (Wds. P.Neruda)
Mata aru yoru ni (Wds. T.Michizo)
Cho-hon (Wds. Kim So Wol)
Russian premiere

Katherine GIAQUINTO – soprano
Victoria ZIMINA (St.Petersburg) – piano

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
Overture from Partita No.4 in D, BWV828

FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886)
Rhapsodie espagnole for piano, S254 (c1863)

Carissa KIM – piano

Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, USA)

JULIAN KREIN (1913-1996)
Sonata for Viola and Piano (1973)

DAVID COLSON (1957)
Quiet Places for Viola and Vibraphone (1993)
Russian premiere

IIgor FEDOTOV (USA) – viola
Dmitry CHASSOVITIN (Russia) – piano
David COLSON (USA) – vibraphone

The concert is supported by the Consulate General of the USA in St. Petersburg

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Friday, October 19th. 20:00

Glazunov Hall

Chamber Series “All the flags to visit us…”

University of Western Ontario (Canada)

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
4 Songs (1953-54): Tilimbom
Mavra’s aria from the opera “Mavra” (1922)

DENIS GOUGEON (1951)
6 Themes solaires – ten pieces for various solo instruments (1990): Piano: Soleil

R. MURRAY SCHAFER (1933)
Dawn Aria from the opera “Princess of the Stars” (1981)
Russian premiere

JOHN BECKWITH (1927)
From ‘Five Lyrics of the T’ang Dynasty’
The Inlaid Harp
Russian premiere

ROBERT URSAN (1953)
Hark the Lark
Russian premiere

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1872-1915)
Sonata for Piano No.4 in F sharp, Op.30 (1903)

SERGEY RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
6 Songs, Op.4 (1890-93):
In the Silence of the secret night (Wds. A. Fet)

LEON ZUCKERT (1904-1992)
How Sweet (Wds. Ella Bobrow)
Russian premiere

Patricia GREEN – mezzo-soprano
Stephan SYLVESTRE – piano
Makenzie MORGAN – soprano
Sandra TUCKER – soprano

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Saturday, October 20th. 19:00

Glazunov Hall

St. Petersburg N.A.Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatoire (Russia)

Closing Concert “Pride and Hope”

SERGEY PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.3, Op.26 (1917-21)

GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)
Ulrika’s aria from “Un ballo in maschera” (“A masked ball”, 1859)

PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Adieu, fôrets (Joan’s aria) from The Maid of Orleans (1881)

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1, Op.23 (1875): 1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso; 2. Andantino semplice; 3. Allegro con fuoco.

Prize winners of the XIII International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moskva, 2007)

Olesja PETROVA – soprano, 2nd prize
Miroslav KULTYSHEV – piano, 2nd prize
Nikita BORISOGLEBSKY (Moscow) – violin, 2nd prize

Academic Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg Philharmonic
Conductor – Alexander DMITRIEV