On 19 May 2015 the Bolshoi Wind Quintet will perform in Beethoven Hall to mark the 70th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War.
The concert includes the world premiere of Nikolai Popov’s rhapsody A Frontline Diary, written especially for Victory Day. A studio version recorded by the quintet on 28 April 2015 is already available to hear.
Bolshoi soloists Svetlana Shilova, mezzo-soprano, and Andrei Grigoryev, baritone, will take part.
Part One
Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, arranged for oboe and piano — Sergei Lysenko and Natalia Kiseleva
Zhanna Metallidi: Suite for wind quintet — Bolshoi Wind Quintet
John Williams: Theme from Schindler’s List, arranged for cello and wind quintet by Kirill Filatov — Boris Lifanovsky and the Bolshoi Wind Quintet
Nikolai Popov: A Frontline Diary, a rhapsody on wartime songs — world premiere
Part Two
Smuglyanka — music by A. Grigoryev, words by Yakov Shvedov; arranged by Nikolai Popov
In the Dugout — Konstantin Listov, words by Alexei Surkov; arranged by Nikolai Popov
Wait for Me — Matvei Blanter, words by Konstantin Simonov; arranged by Sergei Lysenko
Katyusha — Matvei Blanter, words by Mikhail Isakovsky; arranged by Sergei Lysenko
Cranes — Yan Frenkel, words by Rasul Gamzatov in Naum Grebnev’s translation; arranged by Sergei Lysenko
I Was Coming from Berlin — Isaac Dunayevsky, words by Lev Oshanin; arranged by Nikolai Popov
My Dear Capital — Isaac Dunayevsky, words by Mark Lisyansky and Sergei Agranyan; arranged by Sergei Lysenko
Svetlana Shilova, mezzo-soprano; Andrei Grigoryev, baritone. Presented by stage and screen actor Vasily Sedykh. Literary consultant: Viktoria Pottosina, PhD in Philology.
The concert begins at 19:30. Tickets are available at the Bolshoi box office and on its website.
