Anniversary Concert of the Orpheus Radio Symphony Orchestra

In the Hall of Columns of the House of Unions, colleagues and fans congratulate the Orpheus Radio Symphony Orchestra. A team of brilliant professionals is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The festive concert absorbed all the richness of the musicians' repertoire: the best examples of world classics, works by domestic composers.

The kaleidoscope of masterpieces includes works by Tchaikovsky and Borodin, Khachaturian and Sviridov, Bizet, Verdi, Massenet. The whole list of great names is difficult to enumerate. Opera arias are sung by academic stage stars Polina Shamaeva and Olga Ionova, Askar Abdrazakov, Dmitry Cheblykov and Mark Kim. The talented violinist Sergei Pospelov shares his art with the public.

The special mission of the Symphony Orchestra is the revival of lost music pieces and is presented at the evening with the works of the innovator of the Soviet period, Leonid Polovinkin.

Another important page of the orchestra's work is film melodies. The concert features compositions by the leading figure of the genre, Eduard Artemiev.

The theatrical experience of the team is developed in cooperation with the Kremlin Ballet Theatre. The guests of the celebration listen to fragments of the recent premiere - Alexei Shelygin's music for the choreographic extravaganza "The Toy Seller" based on the novel by Viktor Dobrosotsky.

Honored Artist of Russia Sergei Kondrashev conducts the jubilee anthology. A gifted maestro, a student of great masters Mark Ermler and Gennady Rozhdestvensky, heads a creative community of first-class professionals - the Orpheus Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Program:

I department

1. A. Lyadov - “Polonaise “C major” - in memory of Pushkin. Orchestra.

2. D. Verdi – Song of the Duke from the opera “Rigoletto”. Soloist: Mark Kim.

3. J. Massenet - “Meditation” from the opera “Thais”. Soloist – Sergei Pospelov (violin).

4. A. Borodin – Konchak’s Aria from the opera “Prince Igor”. Soloist: Askar Abdrazakov.

5. E. Artemyev - “Car Ride” theme from the movie “Slave of Love.” Piano solo by Tatyana Sukhareva.

6. L. Polovinkin - “Consolation” Waltz from the music for the play “The Golden Key”. Orchestra.

7. G. Sviridov - Romance from the music to Pushkin’s story “Blizzard”. Orchestra. Soloists: Pyotr Lavrishchev (violin), Vasily Popov (trumpet), Alexey Vergunov (flute), Alexey Shein (oboe).

8. F. Lehar - Duet of Gali and Daniel from the operetta “The Merry Widow”. Soloists: Polina Shamaeva and Dmitry Cheblykov.

9. A. Khachaturyan – Waltz from the music to Lermontov’s drama “Masquerade”.

II department

1. P. Tchaikovsky - “Waltz of the Flowers” from the ballet “The Nutcracker”. Ekaterina Oleinichenko (harp solo).

2. A. Shelygin - Adagio from the ballet “The Toy Seller”. Orchestra. Soloists: Alexander Arapov (horn), Tatyana Sukhareva (piano), Pyotr Lavrishchev (violin).

3. G. Puccini – “Musetta’s Waltz” from the opera “La Boheme”. Soloist – Olga Ionova.

4. J. Bizet – Habanera from the opera “Carmen”. Soloist: Polina Shamaeva.

5. J. Bizet - Escamillo's couplets from the opera "Carmen". Soloist: Dmitry Cheblykov.

6. P. Koryagin – Waltz “First Ball” Orchestra.

7. J. Offenbach - “Barcarolle” from the opera “The Tales of Hoffmann”. Soloists: Polina Shamaeva and Olga Ionova.

8. P. Tchaikovsky - “Trepak” Russian dance from the ballet “The Nutcracker”.

9. D. Verdi – Table song from the opera “La Traviata” Soloists – Olga Ionova, Polina Shamaeva, Mark Kim, Dmitry Cheblykov.

Column Hall of the House of Unions