Concert by students of the St Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov College of Music

Soloists: Zhuldyz Bukina (violin), Marina Beschastnykh (violin), Xenia Sushkevich (harp), Anastasia Tonina (flute), Sofia Tsimbal (soprano), Daria Shilova (soprano), Seraphim Volkov (cello), Igor Kuznetsov (cello), Alexei Vinogradov (bayan), Dmitry Koltsov (bayan), Ruslan Strogy (piano)
The Algirdas Paulavičius Youth Symphony Orchestra
Artistic Director and Conductor: Alexei Vasiliev
Mixed Chorus of the St Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov School of Music
Artistic Director and Conductor: Nikolai Romanov
Concert Mistress: Svetlana Maslova
Introduced by Artyom Vargaftik

The programme includes:
Mikhail Glinka
Overture from the opera Ruslan and Lyudmila

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Allegro from Flute Concerto in G Major

Richard Galliano
Tango pour Claude
(arrangement for two bayans and orchestra)

Giuseppe Verdi
Elena’s aria from the opera I vespri siciliani

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso for cello and orchestra
Andante from the ballet Swan Lake

Giacomo Puccini
Mimì’s tale from the opera La Bohème

Camille Saint-Saëns
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Finale from Piano Concerto No 1

Béla Bartók
Four Slovak Songs for mixed chorus and piano

Alexei Krasheninnikov
White Night for symphony orchestra

Igor Stravinsky
Le Sacre du printemps, scenes of pagan Russia
(marking one century since the first performance)

Age category 6+