Concerts for Dmitry Shostakovich 111th anniversary

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pulcheria 26 november 2017 web
We are happy to present a special program dedicated to the 111th anniversary of Dmitry Shostakovich. Three works reflect three different eras in the work of Shostakovich. The anniversary program provides a rare opportunity to hear Shostakovich’s different chamber music pieces in one evening.

D. Shostakovich – Satires Op. 109 for soprano and piano
I. Kritiku
II. Produzhdeniye vesnï
III. Potomki
IV. Nedorazumeniye
V. Kreytserova sonata

D. Shostakovich – Trio No. 2 for violin, cello and piano, Op.67
Andante
Allegro con brio
Largo
Allegretto

D. Shostakovich – Seven Romances on Poems of Aleksandr Blok op.127
for soprano, piano, violin, cello
The cycle consists of seven parts:
1) Song of Ophelia
2) Gamayun, the Bird of Prophecy
3) We Were Together
4) Gloom Enwraps the Sleeping City
5) The Storm
6) Secret Signs
7) Music

Musicians:
Julietta Kocharova (soprano)
David Makhmudov (violin)
Maria Mudrova (cello)
Artur Burmistrov (piano)