Great Composers. St. Petersburg. 20th Century

The IV St. Petersburg Music Festival named after S.K. Gorkovenko is held in the Northern Capital from November 24 to December 23. Each year, the festival introduces listeners to new and little-known musical genres, inspiring a rethinking of familiar works.

This year, the program of the IV St. Petersburg Music Festival named after S.K. Gorkovenko is dedicated to several significant dates: the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the 80th anniversary of the Governor's Symphony Orchestra, founded on May 10, 1945; the 100th anniversary of composer Veniamin Basner and theater and film actor Innokenty Smoktunovsky; the 120th anniversary of directors Grigory Kozintsev, Alexander Faintsimer, and Leo Arnshtam; and the 185th anniversary of Pyotr Tchaikovsky.

On December 4, the Armorial Hall of the Winter Palace will host a program paying homage to People's Artist of the USSR Pavel Alekseevich Serebryakov, pianist, director (1939–1951) and rector (1961–1977) of the Leningrad Conservatory. During the Great Patriotic War, he evacuated with the conservatory to Tashkent, where he continued to work actively, organizing regular student classes. He returned to Leningrad several times during the siege to perform concerts and was awarded the medals "For the Defense of Leningrad" and "For Valiant Labor during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945."

The concert program includes works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Veniamin Basner, and Mieczysław Weinberg, all of whom were active during the Great Patriotic War.

Soloists include the rector of the St. Petersburg Conservatory named after N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, Honored Artist of Russia Alexei Vasiliev (cello), Pavel Serebryakov's grandson Stepan Serebryakov, and Nail Mavlyudov.

PROGRAM:

Dmitry Shostakovich. Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 (1933),

Soloist: Nail Mavlyudov;

Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 107 (1959),

Soloist: Honored Artist of Russia Alexei Vasiliev;

Mieczysław Weinberg. Concertino for Violin and String Orchestra, Op. 42 (1948),

Soloist: Stepan Serebryakov;

Veniamin Basner. Symphony No. 1

PERFORMERS:

Governor's Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Anton LUBCHENKO

Armorial Hall of the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, December 4