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
Song from *Lyric Suite*; I. Shiltseva: "Serenade of Mysterious Birds"
Performance 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"
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
