Garnet bracelet. A sign of love

Description

Music and drama performance.

The subtlest pattern of musical drama which interknits destinies of a man and a woman, melodies of the Borodin Quartet, Beethoven's Largo appassionato and the immortal lines of Kuprin's story.

The writer seems to transfer the story from the real life of the telegraph clerk, heard by chance, to the romantic era of the medieval novel, rewarding the main character Zheltkov

with the truthfulness of experiences and the greatness of the Russian soul. Princess Vera's world of serenity is shown in the author's gentle style intertwined with the Borodin Quartet's trembles of bright harmonies.

A garnet bracelet, a premonition, a tragic denouement - nothing darkens the transparent palette of the story. The solemn and strict finale of the performance - Beethoven's Largo appassionato - marks the awakening to a new life, a sign and a hymn of love.

A. Kuprin "Garnet Bracelet", fragments

A. Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D major

L. van Beethoven Sonata No. 2, Op. 2 (Largo appassionato)

Actors:

Tamara Razoryonova

Anton Strelyaev

New Russian Quartet:

Yulia Igonina (violin)

Elena Kharitonova (violin),

Mikhail Rudoy (viola)

Alexei Steblev (cello)

Anna Ayrapetyants (piano)