Anthology of Russian Classical Romances. Alexander Glazunov and His Contemporaries

Part I

VASILY KALINNIKOV (1866-1901)

Chanson triste, K. 22
Nikolai Edukin (piano)

“The Bells”
to lyrics by K.R. (Konstantin Romanov)
Medea Chikashvili (mezzo-soprano)

Musical correspondence-joke:
Musical Letter to Alexander Grechaninov
Kirill Sikora (tenor)

Alexander Grechaninov’s Response to Vasily Kalinnikov
Andrei Prys (bass) — 10.12
Demian Onufrak (bass) — 11.12

ANATOLY LYADOV (1855-1914)

“The Music Box”, op. 32
Anastasia Malinina (piano)

“Don’t Sing to Me, My Beauty”
to lyrics by A. Pushkin, op. 1 No. 1

“Don’t Ask Me”
to lyrics by A. Tolstoi, op. 1 No. 2

“From Out of My Tears”
to lyrics by M. Mikhailov after Heinrich Heine, op. 1 No. 3

Andrei Bulgakov (baritone) — 10.12
Arkady Chaikin (baritone) — 11.12

MIKHAIL IPPOLITOV-IVANOV (1859-1935)

“Hands Cling to Hands”
from Four poems by Rabindranath Tagore, op. 68 No. 1
Tikhon Goryachev (tenor ) — 10.12
Roman Kollert (tenor) — 11.12
Natalia Bereslavtseva (flute)

Erekle’s Aria from the opera Treason
Tikhon Goryachev (tenor ) — 10.12
Igor Onishchenko (tenor) — 11.12

ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV (1865-1936)

Elegy, op. 17
Vyacheslav Chukhnov (cello)
Pavel Zamula (piano)

“Fire of Desire Burns in My Blood”
oriental romance to lyrics by A. Pushkin, op. 27 No. 2
Arkady Chaikin (baritone) — 10.12
Alexander Ershov (baritone) — 11.12

Nina’s romance from the music to Lermontov’s The Masquerade
Ramilya Baimukhametova (soprano) — 10.12
Valeria Tereikovskaya (soprano) — 11.12

“Drive Away, O Sweet One, With Thy Song”
Spanish song, op. 4 No. 5
Alexander Ershov (baritone) — 10.12
Andrei Bulgakov (baritone) — 11.12

“Amber Cup”
Drinking song on poem by A. Pushkin, op. 60 No. 1
Ilya Legatov (tenor) — 10.12
Kirill Sikora (tenor) — 11.12


Part II

EDUARD NÁPRAVNÍK (1839-1916)

Dubrovsky’s Aria from the opera Dubrovsky
Tikhon Goryachev (tenor) — 10.12
Kirill Sikora (tenor) — 11.12

“Awakening”
to lyrics by A. Pushkin, op. 68 No. 4
Valeria Tereikovskaya (soprano) — 10.12
Ramilya Baimukhametova (soprano) — 11.12

ALEXANDER MOSOLOV (1900-1973)

“Don't Wake Me Up”
gypsy romance to lyrics by D. Davydov
Olga Glebova (mezzo-soprano)

“Four Newspaper Advertisements”
vocal cycle, op. 21
Demian Onufrak (bass)

ALEXEI ZHIVOTOV (1904-1964)

“Sit with Me if Only for a Minute”
to lyrics by N. Gorskaya

“I Love You”
to lyrics by D. Davydov

Chingis Bairov (baritone) — 10.12
Alexander Ershov (baritone) — 11.12

NIKOLAI ROSLAVETS (1881-1944)

“Daisies”
to lyrics by I. Severyanin
Polina Peletskaya (soprano) — 10.12
Zhang Mengwen (soprano) — 11.12

“Volkovo Cemetery”
to lyrics by D. Burlyuk
Demian Onufrak (bass) — 10.12
Andrei Prys (bass ) — 11.12

“The Harlequin’s Little Song”
to lyrics by E. Guro
Veronika Khorosheva (soprano)

YURI SHAPORIN (1887-1966)

The Ballad of Knight from the cantata On the Field of Kulikovo, op. 14
Ilya Legatov (tenor) — 10.12
Roman Kollert (tenor) — 11.12

“There Was a Time”, Op.12 No. 8
“A Sultry Eve My Heart Remembers”, Op.12 No. 1
from “Distant Youth” to lyrics by A. Blok
Tikhon Goryachev (tenor) — 10.12
Igor Onishchenko (tenor) — 11.12

“Spell”
from Five romances on poems by A. Pushkin, op. 10 No. 4
Roman Kollert (tenor) — 10.12
Ilya Legatov (tenor) — 11.12

Piano part: Lyubov Orfenova, Sergei Konstantinov, Pavel Zamula, Nikolai Edukin, Anastasia Malinina

Cello solo: Vyacheslav Chukhnov
Flute solo: Natalia Bereslavtseva