PERFORMERS:
Soloist: Abisal Gergiev (piano)
Artistic whistling: Fedor Uhatov
Narrator: Polina Malikova (Tolstun)
The Mariinsky Orchestra and soloists
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
PROGRAMME:
Rodion Shchedrin
The Adventures of a Monkey
a musical narrative based on Mikhail Zoshchenko's eponymous tale, a concerto for narrator, trumpet, horn, flute, harp and two percussionists accompanied by string orchestra and cembalo in memory of Maya Plisetskaya who dearly loved this story
Musical Preparation: Leonid Zolotarev
(Musical materials provided by SCHOTT MUSIC GmbH & Co, Mainz, Germany)
Excerpts from the ballet The Little Humpbacked Horse
Piano Concerto No. 1
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