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Pushkin House Music Salon: Romanovs in Music
This concert consists entirely of music written by the members of the Russian Royal Family or music dedicated to them. Rachmaninov, Napravnik and Grechaninov all wrote songs on the words by Grand Duke Konstantin Romanov, himself a decent composer. Coronation marches, duets and solo piano pieces by Beethoven, Schubert and Tchaikovsky form another major part of this unique concert commemorating the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanovs.
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Polonaise, Op. 89 *; Violin Sonata, Op. 30 no. 3 **
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Grande marche funèbre on the death of Aleksander I of Russia, Grande marche héroïque for the coronation of Nicholas I of Russia
Duke Constantine Frederick Peter of Oldenburg (1812-1881)
Polka (arr. A Henselt) ***
Adolf Henselt (1814-1889)
Marche du Couronnement ***
Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)
Two Melodies, Op. 3 †
Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia (1830-1911)
Strelna (Romance pour le piano)
Eduard Napravnik (1839-1916)
Pervaya razluka, Op. 59 no. 4, Barcarole, Op. 59 no. 5, Ya narvu vam tsvetov k imeninam, Op. 59 no. 6 ††
Petr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Songs, Op. 63††, Festival Coronation March (arr. Tchaikovsky)
Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia (1858-1915)
L’aube nait et ta porte est close (Hugo), On uzh snilsya mne kogda-to (Maikov), Gornimi tikho letela dusha nebesami (Maikov)
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Prayer (1916) ††
* dedicated to Empress Elisabeth Alekseevna of Russia
** dedicated to Alexander I
*** dedicated to Alexander II
† dedicated to Grand Duchess Yelena Pavlovna
†† words by Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia
Performers:
Fenella Humphreys (violin)
Julia Portela Piñón (mezzo-soprano)
Daniel Grimwood, Alexander Karpeyev (piano)
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