Contemporary British and American music

The programme includes:
Part I
Sir Michael Tippett
Highlights from the oratorio A Child of Our Time:
Steal away
Nobody Knows the Trouble I See
Go down, Moses
By and by, Deep River
Soloists: Yulia Zolotaryova (soprano), Maria Buinosova (soprano), Viktoria Vaksman (soprano), Galia Chavanina-Valeyeva (mezzo-soprano), Andrei Ivanov (tenor), Sergei Godin (tenor), Andrei Kryzhanovsky (bass), Yevgeny Kapustin (bass)

Michael Brewer
Spirituals:
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
We Shall Arise
Soloists: Olga Popova (soprano) and Sergei Godin (tenor)

Precious Lord
Soloist: Galia Chavanina-Valeyeva (mezzo-soprano)

Part II
Leonard Bernstein
Wonderful Town
Musical after the play by My Sister Eileen Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov
after motifs from tales by Ruth McKenney
Libretto by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
concert version
semi-staged production
Stage Director: Kim Criswell
The lead roles will be performed by:
Ruth Sherwood: Kim Criswell (mezzo-soprano, USA)
Eileen Sherwood: Olga Listova (soprano, Russia)
Robert Baker: Sébastien Lemoine (baritone, France)
Officer Lonigan: Vincent Ordonneau (tenor, France)
Wreck, Chick Clark, Editor: LeRoy Villanueva (baritone, USA)
Tour Guide, Frank Lippencott: Zachary Halley (tenor, USA)