The Magic Flute. Nikolai Popov’s Creative Flute School

We present the final concert of the interregional project "The Magic Flute: Nikolai Popov’s Creative Flute School," held in honor of the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia. The event features one finalist from each of ten cities: Alchevsk, Birobidzhan, Cheboksary, Engels, Izhevsk, Kondopoga, Makhachkala, Pskov, Vladikavkaz, and Vsevolozhsk.

The concert will once again feature the historic imperial flute from the "Vadim Wolfson Book Gallery" Museum of Enlightenment; it will be used to perform a melody composed specifically for the project in collaboration with AI—"Melody for the Flute of Nicholas II."

Program:

March of the Preobrazhensky Regiment

Patriotic Song by M.I. Glinka

"Katyusha" March

Wilhelm Popp: Hungarian Dance No. 2

Jules Demersseman: Little Fantasy on the Theme of "The Venetian Carnival"

W.A. Mozart: Concerto in G Major, 1st Movement

Ernesto Köhler: Northern Pearl

Georges Hüe: Fantaisie

Giovanni Platti: Sonata, 1st and 2nd Movements

Jean-Baptiste Loeillet: Sonata, 1st and 2nd Movements Wilhelm Popp: "Hungarian Dance No. 3"

Anatoly Garshnek: Rondo

Program performed by the Flute Choir (arrangements by Nikolai Popov):

1 Karelian folk song: "I Love You with All My Heart"

2 Russian folk dance song: "Ah, My Entryway"

3 Ossetian folk lullaby: "Alolai"

4 Chuvash folk song: "Do Not Fly Away, Birds"

5 Lezgin folk song: "Maghi Dilber Chan"

6 Udmurt folk song: "White Snow"

7 Margarita Ni (Lomonosov, Leningrad Region): Song from *Lyrical Suite* (Yuri Dolzhikov); "Serenade of Mysterious Birds" (I. Shiltseva)

Performance of a melody by Nicholas II (Nikolai Popov, Vadim Wolfson)

Bach's "Badinerie" (Scherzo) in a modern arrangement.

Moscow. Victory Museum at Poklonnaya Hill. August 29, 2026