Documentary

Alexander Scriabin. Finale

A short documetary by Viktor Brandstetter dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the great Russian composer Alexander Scriabin.
Scriabin had a mystical ability to transmit light and color through sound – this makes his works related to the ancient Indian teaching, according to which fire has the ability to sing. The composer "guessed" the east: sounds, harmonies and tonalities in his compositions not only sound, but also flourish. Scriabin's most mysterious invention is "light music".
Excerpts from the article "Light Sound in Nature and Scriabin's Light Symphony" by the symbolist poet and a bright representative of the culture of the Silver Age - Konstantin Balmont – are read by Sergey Chonishvili. 
The outstanding Russian artist Alexander Rapoport recites Alexander Scriabin's own poems.
Piano etude No. 3 from Op. 65 was performed by Nina Sarapian, a student of Eliso Virsalazde.

Documentary film about the composer Anton Arensky. 

In 2014, a unique project "Russian Composers' Heritage Revival" was launched. It is aimed at restoring, preserving and popularizing lost musical works, valuable books and musical materials. The project is implemented by the Orpheus Radio with the support of Unipro PJSC. 

"Russian Composers' Heritage Revival" 
2014

Raphael

Russian Composers' Heritage Revival is the joint project of Orpheus Radio and Unipro PJSC to restore the forgotten music by Russian composers. 

In 2019, composer Leonid Polovinkin (1894-1949) became the main hero of the project. 

Program

1. The film "Entrance of the Lion"
2. Radio concert "Fairy tale about a fairy tale" 

The hosts are the Orpheus Radio journalists Irina Klenskaya and Alexander Vaskin. 

Fragments from the musical and literary composition "The Golden Key" by Leonid Polovinkin based on the fairy tale by Alexei Tolstoy are performed by the Orpheus Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor - Merited Artist of the Russian Federation Sergei Kondrashev. 

Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre
Moscow, May 14, 2019

Leonid Polovinkin. Russian Composers' Heritage Revival

Film and concert dedicated to the 125th birth anniversary of the outstanding conductor and composer Nikolai Golovanov. 

"Russian Composers' Heritage Revival" is a joint project of the Orpheus Radio and Unipro PJSC aimed at restoring forgotten music by the Russian composers. 

Performers:
Stanislav Dyachenko (piano)
Pyotr Kondrashin (cello)
Orpheus Radio Choir of Russian Song. Artistic Director and Principal Conductor - Nikolai Azarov.
The Grand Choir Masters of Choral Singing. Artistic Director and Principal Conductor -  People's Artist of Russia Lev Kontorovich
Orpheus Radio Symphony Otchestra. Artistic Director and Principal Conductor - Sergei Kondrashev. 

The Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory 
February 16, 2016

Nikolai Golovanov. Russian Composers' Heritage Revival

The film "Mosolov's Casus" is dedicated to the work of the avant-garde composer Alexander Mosolov (1900-1973) and is a part of the multimedia project "Russian Composers's Heritage Revival". This is a joint project of the Orpheus Radio and Unipro PJSC to restore rare editions, scores and manuscripts of forgotten music by Russian composers held in the Orpheus Radio archives. 

2017

Mosolov's Casus or the history of one rehearsal

Documentary film about the conductor and composer Nikolai Golovanov (1891-1953). "Russian Composers' Heritage Revival" project.

Nikolai Golovanov was often called the "Principal Conductor of the Soviet Union". He was born on January 21, 1891. For several years, Golovanov led the Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra - "Sophila", and was the principal conductor at the Bolshoi. He performed as a pianist, was a composer and teacher. Throughout his career, Nikolai Golovanov accompanied his wife, opera singer Antonina Nezhdanova. He dedicated several romances to her. 

Golovanov's creative heritage is very large, but for a long time his works were unknown to the general public. The composer wrote operas, symphonies, cantatas, works for the choir and symphony orchestra. The Orpheus Radio made a lot of research to reveal the forgotten music by Golovanov within the framework of the multimedia project "Russian Composers' Heritage Revival". This is a joint project of Orpheus Radio and Unipro PJSC to restore the forgotten music of Russian composers. Rare works by Nikolai Golovanov were restored and performed on stage for the first time.
2016

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