St Petersburg, Concert Hall

Sviridov. Selected works for chorus

Mariinsky Theatre Chorus

Principal Chorus Master and Conductor: Andrei Petrenko


Third concert of the fourteenth subscription



The programme features:

Kursk Songs cantata

From the cycle Two Choruses to Words by Sergei Yesenin:
Sing Me the Song You Sang Before

From the cycle Five Choruses to Words by Russian Poets:
Taboon, verse by Sergei Yesenin

How a song was born: This Song Begins, verse by Sergei Orlov

From the cycle Three Miniatures for Chorus
Round Dance
, verse by Alexander Blok

From the choral concerto Pushkin’s Garland:
Dawn Breaks

From the cantata Nightly Clouds: to Verse by Alexander Blok
On the Green Side of the Small Grave…
One o’clock Comes Close to Midnight...

From the cycle Four Songs to Words by Alexander Prokofiev:
A Field to the Left, a Field to the Right

Three choruses from music for Alexei Tolstoy’s tragedy Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich:
Prayer: Mother of God, Be Joyful…
Sacred Love: You Are Love, You Are Love, You Are Sacred Love…
Penitential Verse: Damned and Accursed People...

From the cycle Timeless Songs
Icon, verse by Alexander Blok

Age category 6+

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