24 – 31 October, 2014

XIV INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATORY WEEK FESTIVAL

Friday, 24 October

Glazunov Hall
19.00
OPENING CONCERT

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

Awards presentation of the diploma and the academic
robe of Honorary Professor of the St. Petersburg
Conservatory to Elena OBRAZTSOVA,
the People’s Artist of USSR

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
Concert № 1 for violin and strings A minor,
BWV 1041

Soloist – Mikhail GANTVARG, violin

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
Magnificat, BWV 243

Soloists:

Yulia SHELKOVSKAYA, soprano
Anna DENISOVA, soprano
Victoria MARTEMIANOVA, alto
Rustam SAGDIEV, tenor
Alexander BORODIN, bass

The St. Petersburg State Conservatory Students’ Choir

Artistic Director and Conductor –
Valery USPENSKY

St. Petersburg Conservatory Chamber Orchestra

Artistic Director –
Arkady SHTEINLUKHT

Conductor –
Johannes SKUDLIK (Germany)

Concert is supported by
Gartow Stiftung (Germany)

Saturday, 25 October

Glazunov Hall
18.00

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

Presentation of the official festival instrument

Grand piano SHIGERU KAWAI (Japan)

FREDERIC CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante
E-flat major, ор. 22

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Lilac

PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) - SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Lullaby
FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886)
La Campanella

Evgeny IZOTOV, piano
The program is conducted in partnership with the
company Classika Petersburg

Saturday, 25 October

Glazunov Hall
19.00

• St. Petersburg N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory (Russia)
• The Royal Conservatory of Scotland (Glasgow, Scotland)
• The University of Bristol (United Kingdom)
• The University of Birmingham (United Kingdom)

HENRY PURCELL (1659- 1695),
Realizations by BRITTEN & PEARS

Fairest Isle
(lyrics by John Dryden, from King Arthur)

Music For A While

BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913- 1976)
Winter Words, ор. 52
Lyrics and Ballads by Thomas Hardy

1. At Day-close in November
2. Midnight on the Great Western
3. Wagtail and Baby
4. The Little Old Table
5. The Choirmaster’s Burial
6. Proud Songsters
7. At the Railway Station, Upway
8. Before Life and After

From Folk Songs Arrangements, Vol. 3
Realization by BRITTEN
O Waly, Waly

From Folk Songs Arrangements, Vol. 5
Realization by BRITTEN
lyrics by Robert Burns
Ca’ the Yowes

From Folk Songs Arrangements, Vol. 4
Realization by BRITTEN
lyrics by Thomas Moore
The Last Rose of Summer

Ben ALDEN, tenor
Stephen BURROWS, counter-tenor
Andrew PLANT, piano

Russian Premiere
GUSTAV HOLST (1874-1934)
Savitri, op.25
Chamber opera
Libretto by Gustav Holst
The story is based on the episode of ancient Indian poem Mahabharata
Soloists:
Sara-Lian OWEN, soprano (United Kingdom)
Gerard SCHNEIDER, tenor (United Kingdom)
Ross RAMGOBIN, baritone (United Kingdom)

Melos Sinfonia Chamber orchestra
(United Kingdom)

Artistic Director and Conductor –
Oliver ZEFFMAN (United Kingdom)
Ladies Group of the St. Petersburg State
Conservatory Students’ Choir

Artistic Director –
Valery USPENSKY

Scientific Adviser for the program – Professor
Lyudmila KOVNATSKAYA

Saturday, 25 October

Concert Hall of the St. Stanislaus Church
16.00

• Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (Armenia)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
Overture in the French Style in B minor
BWV 831
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Arabeske, op. 18
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Dumka, op. 59
KOMITAS (1869-1935) –
ROBERT ANDRIASYAN (1912-1971)
Spring
KOMITAS (1869-1935) – GEORGY SARADZHYAN (1919-1986)
Abrban
SAYAT-NOVA (1712-1795) - GEORGY SARADZHYAN (1919-1986)
Kemenche
ARAM KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978)
Toccata
ARNO BABADZHANYAN (1921-1983)
Elegy and Poem
EDWARD MIRZOYAN (1921-2012)
Poem
ALEXANDER ARUTIUNIAN (1920-2012)
The Winds Flew Over The Mountains,
The Warrior's Dance

Anahit NERSESYAN, piano

Sunday, 26 October

Concert Hall of the St. Stanislaus Church
16.00

• The French Symphonic Organ

LOUIS VIERNE (1870-1937)
Organ Symphony № 3, F-sharp minor, op. 28
Allegro maestoso
Cantilène
Intermezzo
Adagio
Final
CHARLES TOURNEMIRE (1870–1939)
Choral improvisation on

Victimae Paschali (The Paschal Lamb)

JEAN LANGLAIS (1907 – 1991)

Suite Médiévale? for organ, op. 56
I. Prélude
II. Tiento
III. Improvisation
IV. Méditation
V. Acclamations

Angelo CASTALDO, organ (Italy)

Sunday, 26 October

Glazunov Hall
14.00

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

N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov and his time.
To the 170th anniversary of the composer’s birth
Students, post graduates and graduates of the
Conservatory – soloists and ensembles

Alexandra KABANOVA, soprano
Daria BATOVA, mezzo-soprano
Alexander KULINKOVICH, tenor
Alexander VASILIEV, clarinet
Olga ARTYUGINA, violin
Igor EGOROV, piano

Brass Quintet Brass Time
Alexei IVANOV, trumpet
Denis FOKIN, trumpet
Nikolai LVOV, corni
Topolina KALININSKAYA, trombone
Gleb KORCHAGIN, tuba

Shitenkov Domra Ensemble
Artistic Director – Natalia SHKREBKO

Sunday, 26 October

Glazunov Hall
19.00

• The Royal College of Organists (United Kingdom)
• Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (Armenia)
• San Pietro a Majella Conservatory of Music (Naples, Italy)
• The State Conservatory of Music Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (Cagliari, Italy)
• Baku Academy of Music (Azerbaijan)

ORLANDO GIBBONS (1583-1625)
Fantasia

FREDERICK GORE OUSELEY (1825-1889)
Prelude and Fugue in A major

CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD (1852-1924)
Sonata № 4 Celtica, op.153 :
Tema con Variazioni (II mvm)
St. Patrick’s Breastplate (III mvm)

EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934)
Imperial March
(realization by Herbert Brewer)

Catherine ENNIS, organ (United Kingdom)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor,
BWV 903

ARAM KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978)
Toccata

ARNO BABADZHANYAN (1921-1983)
Poem

Anahit NERSESYAN, piano (Armenia)

DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE (1637–1707)
Prelude in G minor, BuxWV 149

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
from Christmas Oratorio: Prepare Thyself, Zion,
BWV 248
from Easter Oratorio: Tell Me, Tell Me Quickly,
BWV 249

PIETRO ALESSANDRO YON (1886–1943)
Humoresque L'Organo Primitivo

UNKNOWN ARTIST
Duorme (Neapolitan lullaby)
FRANCESCO FLORIMO (1800 – 1888)
La Tarantella
Cira SCOPPA, mezzo-soprano (Italy)
Angelo CASTALDO, organ (Italy)

AZERBAIJANI MUGHAM PIECES, FOLK SONGS
AND TESNIFS, DANCING PERFORMANCES

Ensemble Ghadim Sharq

AMERICAN TRADITIONAL SONG
Realization by BRITTEN
I Wonder as I Wander

WILLIAM CROFT (1678 - 1727)
Realization by BRITTEN
lyrics by Unknown Artist
A Hymn on Divine Musick

HENRY PURCELL (1659 - 1695)
Realization by BRITTEN
lyrics by William Fuller
Evening Hymn

Ben ALDEN, tenor
Stephen BURROWS, counter-tenor
Andrew PLANT, piano

Russian Premiere
COLIN MATTHEWS (b. 1946)
Divertimento for double string quartets

World Premiere
PHILIP ASHWORTH (b. 1983)
I'm Tossing Up

Soloists:
Gerard SCHNEIDER, tenor (United Kingdom)
Ross RAMGOBIN, baritone (United Kingdom)

Melos Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra
(United Kingdom)
Artistic Director and Conductor –
Oliver ZEFFMAN (United Kingdom)

Scientific Adviser for the program –
Professor Lyudmila KOVNATSKAYA

Monday, 27 October

Glazunov Hall
19.00

• Conservatory of Vienna Private University (Austria)
• The Folkwang University of the Arts (Essen, Germany)
• The University of Pécs (Hungary)

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Wanderer Fantasy in C major, op. 15

Klaus STICKEN, piano (Austria)
DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Adagio from the ballet "The Limpid Stream" op. 39
arranged by Harri Miettunen

KRZYSZTOF PENERECKI (b. 1933)
Capriccio for tuba solo
ANDY EMLER (b. 1958)
Tuba Stone

József BAZSINKA, tuba (Hungary)
Evgeny SINAISKY, piano (Austria)

WOLFGANG MOZART (1756-1791)
Divertimento for string orchestra in D major, K. 136

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)
Serenade for strings in E major, op.22

Folkwang Sinfonietta Chamber Orchestra
(Germany)
Conductor – Ruben GAZARIAN (Germany)

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

Tuesday, 28 October

Glazunov Hall
19.00

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

World Premiere Night William…
to the 450th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s birth

Music on lyrics by William Shakespeare Composers:
Sergei SLONIMSKY, Igor ROGALEV,
Ekaterina BLINOVA-IVANOVA,
Svetlana NESTEROVA, Nikolai MAZHARA,
Evgeny PETROV, Vyacheslav KRUGLIK,
Alexei KRASAVIN

St. Petersburg State Conservatory
Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director –
Arkady SHTEINLUKHT

Conductor – Alim SHAKH

Tuesday, 28 October

Glazunov Hall
19.00

• The Folkwang University of the Arts (Essen, Germany)

BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976)
Simple Symphony
I. Boisterous bourrée
II. Playful pizzicato
III. Sentimental saraband
IV. Frolicsome finale

BÉLA BARTOK (1881-1945)
Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz.113 BB.118

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)
Serenade for strings in E major, op.22

Folkwang Sinfonietta Chamber Orchestra
(Germany)
Conductor – Ruben GAZARIAN (Германия)

The concert is supported by:
The Consulate General of the Federal Republic of
Germany in St. Petersburg

Wednesday, 29 October

Glazunov Hall
20.00

• The St. Petersburg N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory (Russia)
• Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music (Katowice, Poland)

From Gospel To Jazz

Wojciech MYRCZEK, jazz vocalist
Paweł TOMASZEWSKI, jazz piano
(Poland)
Guests of the festival –
Ensemble
Tecora Rogers & the Chicago Spirituals
(USA)
Ivan MYASNIKOV, bass (Russia)
Pavel DRAP, percussion (Russia)

The concert is supported by:
the Consulate General of the United States
in St.Petersburg
the Polish Institute in St. Petersburg

Thursday, 30 October

Glazunov Hall
19.00

• The Higher School of Music of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain)
• Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory (Istanbul, Turkey)

MANUEL DE FALLA (1876-1946)
Pantomima and Ritual Fire Dance
from the ballet The Bewitched Love

Rafael SALINAS, piano

FRANCISCO TÁRREGA (1852-1909)
Carnival of Venice

Ekaterina ZAITSEVA, guitar
PACO DE LUCÍA (1947-2014)
River of Honey (Bulerías)

Joan ASENSIO, flamenco guitar

ANTON DIABELLI (1781- 1858)
Grand Sonate Brillante for guitar and piano

MANUEL DE FALLA (1876- 1946)
Dance from the ballet Life is Short

Rafael SALINAS, piano
Ekaterina ZAITSEVA, guitar
Joan ASENSIO, flamenco guitar

İLHAN USMANBAŞ (b.1921)
A Little Night Music
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Menuetto
IV. Rondo

ULVI CEMAL ERKIN (1906-1972)
Sinfonietta
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegro

Camerata Saygun Chamber Orchestra (Turkey)

The concert is supported by:
the Russian-Turkish Cultural Center
in St. Petersburg
the Turkish-Russian Cultural Foundation (Turkey)

Thursday, 30 October

Smolny Cathedral

• The St. Petersburg N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory (Russia)

Orthodox and Afro-American Spiritual Music Night
JURY FALIK (1936-2009) Tracts
Liturgical Chants
for soloists and choir a cappella
Prayer Book lyrics (fragments)

PAVEL CHESNOKOV (1877-1944)
Church concertos
God Is With Us
The Angel Cried Out

ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV (1864-1956)
Postcommunion verse
Let Us Fervently Beseech
St. Petersburg State Conservatory
Students’ Choir
Artistic Director and Conductor –
Valery USPENSKY
Guests of the festival –
Ensemble
Tecora Rogers and the Chicago Spirituals (USA)
Ivan MYASNIKOV, bass (Russia)
Pavel DRAP, percussion (Russia)

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

Friday, 31 October

Glazunov Hall
19.00

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

CLOSING CONCERT OF THE FESTIVAL

MIKHAIL GLINKA (1804-1857)
Overture to the Opera Ruslan and Lyudmila
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
(1873-1943)
Piano Concerto № 2 in C minor, op. 18

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphony № 7 in A major, op. 92

St. Petersburg State Conservatory
Student Symphony Orchestra

Artistic Director – Mikhail GOLIKOV
Soloist – Miroslav KULTYSHEV, piano
Conductor – Mikhail KATZ (France-Russia)