Vladimir Jurowski conducts and narrates
VLADIMIR JUROWSKI CONDUCTS and NARRATES
War and Peace: Music of the 1930s and 40s and World War II
Dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII
10 June 2015
W. Lutoslawski - Symphony Nr. 1
R. Strauss - "Metamorphosen" for 23 solo strings
A. Schoenberg - Concerto for piano and orchestra
O. Messaien - "Chant des deportes" for chorus and orchestra
S. Prokofiev - "Ballad of an Unknown Boy" for soprano, tenor, chorus and orchestra
Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Evelina Dobracheva (soprano), Roman Muravitsky (tenor)
Academic grand choir "Masters of choral singing" of the Russian state TV and radio musical center
Post-concert event
A. Schoenberg - "Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte" for voice, piano and string quartet
F. Poulenc - "Figure humaine" for chorus
Boris Petrushansky (piano), Natalia Kovalevskaya (violin), Alexey Gulianitsky (violin), Vasily Kukharenko (viola), Paul Suss (cello), Mikhail Saponov (narrator)
Academic grand choir "Masters of choral singing" of the Russian state TV and radio musical center
15 June 2015
I. Dunaevsky - Overture from the music to the film "The Children of Captain Grant"
E. W. Korngold - Suite from the music to the film "The Sea Hawk"
W. Walton - Suite from the music to the film "Henry V"
B. Bartok - Concerto for two pianos, percussion and orchestra
S. Barber - Adagio for strings
S. Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances
Boris Petrushansky (piano), Mikhail Dubov (piano), Alexander Bagirov (percussion), Vladimir Terekhov (percussion)
Post-concert event
O. Messiaen - "Quartet for the end of time" for violin, cello, clarinet and piano
Sergey Girshenko (violin), Paul Suss (cello), Mikhail Beznosov (clarinet), Vera Almazova(piano)
16 June 2015
B. Britten - Sinfonia da Requiem for orchestra
K. A. Hartmann - Concerto funebre for violin and string orchestra
B. Martinu - "Memorial to Lidice" for orchestra
N. Miaskovsky - Symphony Nr. 24
Vladimir Spivakov (violin)
Post-concert event
Works by composers who were imprisoned at the Terezín concentration camp (H. Krasa, G. Klein, V. Ullmann, I. Weber, P. Haas)
Nadezhda Gulitskaya (soprano), Vladimir Jurowski (piano), Alexey Konopliannikov (oboe), Dmitry Kolupaev (oboe), Mikhail Beznosov (clarinet), Yury Babiy (clarinet), Mikhail Urman (bassoon), Dmitry Arbuzov (bassoon), Valery Zhavoronkov (french horn), Alexey Sakovich (french horn), Lina Vartanova (violin), Apet Asyan (viola), Andrey Yacynych (cello), Evgeny Prokopiev (violin), Larisa Lavrischeva (viola), Julia Kabakova (cello), Tair Khisambeev (violin), Evgeny Ikov (violin), Anton Hlynov (viola), Arseny Kotliarevsky (cello)
17 June 2015
L. Dallapiccola - "Songs of Imprisonment" for chorus, two pianos, two harps and percussion
E. Schulhoff - Concerto for string quartet and wind orchestra
D. Shostakovich - Symphony Nr. 8
Borodin Quartet: Ruben Aharonian (1st violin), Sergey Lomovsky (2nd violin), Igor Naidin(viola), Vladimir Balshin (cello)
Academic grand choir "Masters of choral singing" of the Russian state TV and radio musical center
Post-concert event
D. Shostakovich - Quartet № 3
Borodin Quartet: Ruben Aharonian (1st violin), Sergey Lomovsky (2nd violin), Igor Naidin (viola), Vladimir Balshin (cello)
Post-concert event: mini-concert on the stage of the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. Vladimir Jurowski will introduce the soloists and discuss the music to be performed. After the performance, Jurowski and musicians will answer questions from the audience. Total duration of the concert: 60 minutes.