PERFORMERS:
Ensemble of soloists of the Andreyev State Russian Orchestra comprising:
Vladimir Fonin (bayan, zhaleika, ocarina, "Koza" Russian bagpipes)
Marina Fonina (plucked gusli, resonant gusli, zhaleika, ocarina)
Alexander Shchipitsin (prima balalaika)
Yekaterina Sayapina (small domra)
Natalia Churina (alto domra)
Andrei Kotyagin (balalaika, double bass)
Soloist: Irina Ivanova (viola d'amore)
Host: Igor Rogaljov
PROGRAMME:
Nikolai Afanasiev
Suite for Viola d'amore and Folk Instrument Ensemble
La caloma, Cuban folk song (arranged by Alexander Tsygankov)
Kamarinskaya (arrangement by Alexander Shalov)
Sergei Oskolkov
The Pike from Five Tales about Yemelia
Niccolò Paganini – Pietro Frosini
Il carnevale di Venezia
Andrei Byzov
Barrel Organ from the In Provincial Town suite
Folk tunes played on Saratov harmonica
The Small Gander of Smolensk (arrangement by Vladimir Fonin)
The Lady (arrangement by Vladimir Kuznetsov)
Irish Polka (arrangement by Vladimir Fonin)
Igor Rogalev
Nonsense