Beethoven Hall

11 May, 19:30
14 May, 19:00
I part

“Spanish songs” for mezzo-soprano and piano, Op. 100
1. Farewell, Granada
2. Little Stars
3. First Meeting
4. Round Dance
5. Black Eyes
6. Dream (Barcarolle)

Yulia Mazurova (mezzo-soprano)
Elizaveta Vaysleyb (mezzo-soprano)
Karina Herunz (mezzo-soprano)

Six romances on words by Japanese poets for tenor and orchestra, Op. 21
1. Love
2. Before Suicide
3. An Indiscreet Glance
4. For the First and Last Time
5. Hopeless Love
6. Death

Pavel Valuzhin (tenor)

“From Jewish Folk Poetry”, song cycle for soprano, contralto, tenor and piano, Op. 79
1. Lament over the Death of a Small Child
2. The Loving Mother and Aunt
3. Cradle Song
4. Before a Long Separation
5. Warning
6. The Forsaken Father
7. Song of Misery
8. Winter
9. The Good Life
10. Song of the Girl
11. Happiness


Ruslana Koval (soprano)
Nina Minasyan (soprano)
Yulia Mennibaeva (mezzo-soprano)
Elizaveta Vaysleyb (mezzo-soprano)
Karina Herunz (mezzo-soprano)
Stanislav Mostovoy (tenor)

II part

Preface to the Complete Edition of my Works and a Brief Reflection apropos of this Preface for bass and piano, Op. 123
Alexander Roslavets (bass)

Five romances on verses by Evgeny Dolmatovsky for bass and piano, Op. 98 (“Songs of Our Days”)
1. The Day of Meeting
2. The Day of Declarations
3. The Day of Grievances
4. The Day of Joy
5. The Day of Memories

Alexander Kireyev (baritone)
Ilya Kutyukhin(baritone)

“Satires” (“Pictures of the Past”), five romances on words by Sasha Chorny for soprano and piano, Op. 109
1. To a Critic
2. Spring Awakening
3. Descendants
4. Misunderstanding
5. Kreutzer Sonata

Ekaterina Morozova (soprano)
Maria Lobanova (soprano)

Five romances on texts from ‘Krokodil’ magazine for bass and piano, Op. 121
1. Manuscript Evidence
2. A Desire that is Difficult to Accomplish
3. Common Sense
4. Irinka and the Shepherd
5. Too Much Delight

Daniil Chesnokov (bass)
Alexander Roslavets (bass)

Piano part: Semyon Skigin, Elena Burova, Sergei Konstantinov

Coach: Semyon Skigin, professor at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin