Shchedrin. Trumpet Concerto, The Adventures of a Monkey

PERFORMERS:
Soloist: Semyon Salomatnikov (trumpet), prize-winner of the XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition, 1^st prize
Narrator: Polina Malikova (Tolstun)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Gurgen Petrosyan

PROGRAMME:
Rodion Shchedrin
Trumpet Concerto

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 materials provided by SCHOTT MUSIC GmbH & Co, Mainz, Germany)

The concert has no interval