The Ugly Duckling. Music in Pictures

Musical and literary composition "The Ugly Duckling" based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen

Project "Music in Pictures"

The author of the idea is the artistic director of the festival, Merited Art Worker of Russia, head of the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music Mikhail Khokhlov.

Gnessin Virtuosi Orchestra

Artistic Director and Conductor - Mikhail Khokhlov

Soloists

Timur Djafarov, flute (1)

Ekaterina Klyuchnikova and Anisa Dajaeva, piano (5)

Maria Zaitseva, cello (6)

Ivan Lifanov, cello (7)

Maria Zimina, harp (7)

Alexander Rublev, trumpet (8)

Program

1. C. Saint-Saens. Volieres (Aviary) from the suite for chamber ensemble "Carnival of the Animals"

2. M. Mussorgsky. "Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks" from the piano cycle "Pictures at an Exhibition" (arranged for the orchectra by M. Ravel)

3. S. Prokofiev. "Overture on Hebrew Themes" (author's version for orchestra)

4. C. Saint-Saens. "Hens and Rooster" from the suite "Carnival of the Animals"

5. C. Saint-Saens. "Antelopes" from the suite "Carnival of the Animals"

6. A. Drubich. "Nachtlied" for cello and string orchestra

7. C. Saint-Saens. "The Swan" from the suite "Carnival of the Animals"

8. S. Rachmaninoff. "Spring Waters" (arranged for trumpet and orchestra by S. Milstein)

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

Moscow, 2018