PERFORMERS:
Soloists:
Alexander Levin (oboe)
Alexei Fyodorov (oboe)
Sergei Bliznetsov (oboe)
Pavel Kundyanok (oboe)
Andrei Yankovsky (oboe)
Ilya Ilin (cor anglais)
Mikhail Richter (violin)
Denis Lupachev (flute)
Mikhail Blekher (harpsichord)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Ivan Stolbov
PROGRAMME:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oboe Concerto in C Major, KV 314
Jean Sibelius
The Swan of Tuonela
Richard Strauss
Oboe Concerto, TrV 292
Johann Sebastian Bach
Oboe and Violin Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1060
Antonio Pasculli
Fantasia concertante for oboe and orchestra on themes from Donizetti’s opera La favorita
Alfred Schnittke
Cadenza, Rondo and Postlude from Concerto Grosso No 1 (the composer’s own version for flute, oboe and strings)
Honoured Artist of Russia Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lupachov (1950 – 2015) was a man who did a great deal to promote the development of the Mariinsky Theatre. In the latter years of his life he directed the subdivision for innovative programming, prior to which for many years he was a soloist in the orchestra (first oboe).
Born in Novosibirsk, in 1976 Lupachov graduated from the&Moscow Conservatoire under Mamed Orudzhev and became a soloist with the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre. At the same period he also taught at the two schools of music of the Moscow Conservatoire. An adherent of the illustrious Moscow wind instrument performing tradition, he quickly gained renown as a virtuoso oboist who was able to learn the most demanding music in a very short space of time. He had a dazzling technique and refined phrasing. He featured in the Moscow premieres of Alfred Schnittke’s Oboe, Harp and String Concerto (1974) and Edison Denisov’s Flute and Oboe Concerto (1979). Both composers were delighted with his performances.
From 1980 Lupachov worked at the Kirov (Mariinsky) Theatre. Colleagues have recalled him not just as a dependable partner in the orchestra and a sensitive and refined musician, but also as a performer who took an interest in everything that was new and who was prepared to share his knowledge and skills without question. In 1984 he formed a wind quintet of soloists together with which he performed many new works. Arrangements and original works for this ensemble and its members were produced by Edison Denisov, Andrei Petrov, Alexander Raskatov, Jarmo Sermilä, Sergei Slonimsky, Alexander Smelkov, Boris Tishchenko, Vladislav Uspensky, Alexander Tchaikovsky and Rodion Shchedrin among other composers.
With time, Vyacheslav Lupachov’s interests turned to theatre and concert management. His activities played a great role in the development of projects initiated by Valery Gergiev. Of great importance was Lupachov’s involvement in the construction of the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre and, later, the installation of the organ there. To a great degree it is thanks to his efforts that recording studios were built at the Mariinsky Theatre, media-broadcasting set up and internet-radio established with regular broadcasts from the Concert Hall.
Vyacheslav Lupachov was a man tirelessly dedicated to the theatre, deeply interested in the Russian and international success of the Mariinsky Opera, Ballet and Orchestra.