In Honor of 80th Anniversary of Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Soloist Igor Lifanovsky

Part I

Richard Strauss
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra No. 1 in E-flat major, op. 11
Transcription for four horns by Ferdinand Eckert

I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro

Artem Martynenko, Alexei Ryndin, Nikolai Shklyar, Vasily Nosakov (horns)

Reinhold Glière
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in B flat major, op. 91, Part II (Andante)
Transcription for horn and piano

Viktor Shefer (horn)
Elena Kazina (piano)

Antonio Rosetti (Josef Haydn)
Concerto for two horns and orchestra in E-flat major, Parts II & III

II. Adagio. Romance
III. Rondo. Allegretto

Alexei Kornilyev (flugelhorn)
Alexei Raev (horn)

Friedrich Constantin Homilius
Horn Quartet in B-flat major, op. 38

I. Alla Marcia
II. Andante
III. Presto

Artur Arzumanov, Nikolai Shklyar, Alexander Andrusik, Aleksei Kanarev (horns)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in A minor
Transcription for eight horns by Lowell E. Shaw

Alexei Raev, Artur Arzumanov, Viktor Shefer, Artem Martynenko
Alexei Rynsin, Nikolai Shklyar, Alexander Andrusik, Aleksei Kanarev (horns)


Part II

Sergei Prokofiev
Valse from the opera War and Peace
Transcription for piano

Yakov Katsnelson (piano)

Robert Schumann
Romance for oboe and piano op. 94 No 2 (Einfach, innig)
Transcription for trumpet and piano

Andrei Ikov (trumpet)
Maria Chernaya (piano)

Johannes Brahms
Sonata for cello and piano No. 1 in E minor, op. 38, Part I (Allegro non troppo)

Boris Lifanovsky (cello)
Vera Chasovennaya (piano)

Giacomo Puccini — Nikolai Popov
“Rudolf’s Memoirs” on themes from the opera La bohème

Pyotr Tchaikovsky — Sergei Lysenko
Fantasy on the themes from the opera The Queen of Spades

Bolshoi Theatre Wind Quintet:
Nikolai Popov (flute)
Sergei Lysenko (oboe)
Sergei Petrov (clarinet)
Andrei Rudometkin (bassoon)
Alexei Raev (horn)