The State Hermitage
Producer centre Domus
present
6th International Festival
Dedication to the Maestro
for the 250th anniversary of the State Hermitage
14-21 March 2012

14 March (Wednesday) 19:00
The Hermitage Theatre
Festival opening ceremony
Three bassi profondi
Vladimir Miller, distinguished artist of Russia
Mikhail Kruglov, distinguished artist of the Republic of Karelia
Sergei Kryzhnenko, soloist from the Kharkov Theatre of Opera and Ballet
Piano - Mikhail Buzin

The program includes:
Franz Schubert - Serenade (words L. Rellstab)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky - Prince Gremin's Aria from the opera Eugene Onegin
Russian folk song Down Piterskaya Street
Johannes Brahms - Lullaby
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Song of the Varangian Guest from the opera Sadko
Modest Mussorgsky - Song of the Flea (words by Goethe, translated by A. Strugovschikov)
Franz Schubert - Ave Maria
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov - Song of the Old Bursch from the opera Asya
Georgy Sviridov - O My Homeland, O Happy and Eternal Hour (from the poem Russia Cast Adrift)
Modest Mussorgsky - Varlaam's Song from the opera Boris Godunov
Russian folk song the Song of the Volga Boatmen
Mikhail Glinka - Incidental Song (words N. Kukolnik)
Russian folk song Ah, You Wide Steppe
Alexander Varlamov - Snowstorm (traditional words)
Ukrainian folk song Under the Cherry Tree
Pyotr Bulakhov - Shine, Shine, My Star
Alexandre Dubuque - The Street
Russian folk song The Legend of Twelve Robbers
Russian folk song Soldiers, Brave Guys
Alexander Alyabyev - The Nightingale (words A. Delvig)
 

The program includes:
Igor Stravinsky - Overture to the ballet Petrushka
Pyotr Tchaikovsky - Russian
Pyotr Tchaikovsky - White Adagio from the ballet Swan Lake
Fritz Kreisler - Choreographic Miniature Dragonfly, choreography Anna Pavlova
I. Linke - Choreographic Miniature Gavotte
Igor Stravinsky - Adagio from the ballet The Firebird
Igor Stravinsky - Petrushka's monologue from the ballet Petrushka
Pyotr Tchaikovsky - Spanish dance from the ballet Swan Lake
Adolphe Adam - Pas de deux from the first act of the ballet Giselle
Anton Rubinstein - Choreographic Miniature Night, choreography Anna Pavlova
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Duet from the ballet Scheherazade
Leo Delibes - Choreographic Miniature Rondino, choreography Anna Pavlova
Frederic Chopin - 7 waltzes from the ballet Chopiniana
Adolphe Adam - Pas de deux from the second act of the ballet Giselle
Pyotr Tchaikovsky - Black Adagio from the ballet Swan Lake
 

The program includes:
Franz Schubert - 5 minuets and 6 trios
Rondo in A major for violin and orchestra
Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 45 Farewell

Liana Isakadze

Saulius Sondeckis
 

18 March (Sunday) 19:00
The Hermitage Theatre
Dedicated to Eduard Artemyev, for the 75th anniversary of his birth
Symphony orchestra conducted by Igor Ponomarenko, distinguished artist of Russia

The program includes:
Eduard Artemyev
Tank attack (from the film Burnt by the Sun)
Football (from the film Burnt by the Sun)
Ride in the car (from the film Slave of Love)
Surprise at the ball (from the film The Barber of Siberia)
Cadets and girls (from the film The Barber of Siberia)
The Love (from the film The Barber of Siberia)
Lara's Waltz (from the film Doctor Zhivago)
Music to the film A Driver for Vera
Three comrades, Final (from the film At Home among Strangers)
Sadness of Light (from the film The Inner Circle)
Suite to the animated film The Nutcracker and Mouse King
 

20 March (Tuesday) 19:00
The Hermitage Theatre
Piano evening
Soloists:
Francois Dumont (France) laureate of international competitions
Vladimir Mischuk, distinguished artist of Russia, laureate of the Pyotr Tchaikovsky competition
The program includes:
Claude Debussy - Suite Bergamasque
1. Prelude
2. Menuet
3. Clair de lune
4. Passepied
Claude Debussy - Estampes composition for piano
1. Pagodes
2. Soiree dans Grenade
3. Jardins sous la pluie
Maurice Ravel - La Valse
Robert Schumann - Fantastic Pieces OP. 12
Frederic Chopin - Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante
 

Francois Dumont
(France)

Vladimir Mischuk

The program includes:
Pyotr Tchaikovsky -
Italian Caprice Op. 45
Waltz from symphony No. 5 Op. 64
Overture-fantasy Romeo and Juliet
Part II (Allegro con grazia) from Symphony No. 6, Op. 74
1812. Solemn Overture, Op. 49

Changes to the program festival and announced performers are possible.

Chairman of the festival art council and organising committee is the director of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky.

General festival partner -
Promsvyazbank JSC

Official partner -
Hennessy Social and Cultural Foundation
General media partners -
Svetsky Peterburg magazine

Festival partner -
Novotel hotel

Media partners -
Music video channel PLADIS
Radio Russia radio station
Panorama TV magazine

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