The programme includes works by Musorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Shostakovich
Soloists: Olga Savova (mezzo-soprano), Sergei Aleksashkin (bass)
Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Pavel Smelkov
The programme includes:
Modest Musorgsky
Dawn on the Moskva River – introduction to the opera Khovanshchina
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The symphonic entr’acte The Battle of Kerzhenets from the opera The Legend of the Invisible
City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia
Sergei Prokofiev
Kutuzov’s aria from the opera War and Peace
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
1812 Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphonic overture Egmont
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Joan’s aria from the opera The Maid of Orleans
Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No 7, Leningrad, 1st movement