Rarities of Russian Vocal Music

Pushkin House invites to join an adventurous concert of songs, works for piano and duets for piano with clarinet or flute selected by Alexander Karpeyev and performed by outstanding young musicians and singers.

The programme includes the world premiere of songs composed by Stravinsky’s teacher Leokadiya Kashperova. Pianists Thomas Ang, Jocelyn Freeman, Alexander Karpeyev, Martin Malmgren, Marina Staneva, Olga Paliy, clarinet player Boyan Ivanov and flautist Pasha Mansurov will present instrumental works and accompany singers Jonathan de Garis, Betty Makharinsky, Iestyn Morris, Laura Peresivana and Yulya Shkvarko.

Programe

Alyabyev ‘Ah, well you, my dear’, ‘In the evening the dawn blushes’
Balakirev ‘The Clear Moon has Risen’
Rimsky-Korsakov ‘The Nightingale Enslaved by the Rose’, ‘The Clouds Scatter‘, Op. 42 no. 3
Taneev ‘Little Island’, Op. 17 no. 1
Grechaninov ‘Death’, Op. 15 no. 2, Sonatina in F, Op. 110 no. 2
Kashperova ‘I look at the sky’, ‘On the road’, ‘At the springtime’ World première
Rachmaninov ‘These Summer Nights’, Op. 14 no. 5, ‘Spring Waters’, Op. 14 no. 11, ‘A-u’, Op. 38 no. 6
Tsybin Tarantella
Medtner Prologue, Op. 1 no. 1, ‘Rose’, Op. 29 no. 6, ‘Echo’, Op. 32 no. 1, ‘Waltz’, Op. 32 no. 5
Stravinsky Three pieces for clarinet solo
Feinberg Piano sonata no. 2, Op. 2
Yevseev Polyphonic pieces on Russian themes, Op. 57
Kapustin Larghetto & Agitato from Sonata no. 11, Op. 101, ‘Twickenham’

Performers

Betty Makharinsky soprano
Laura Peresivana soprano
Yulya Shkvarko soprano
Iestyn Morris countertenor
Jonathan De Garis baritone
Boyan Ivanov clarinet
Pavel Mansurov flute
Thomas Ang piano
Jocelyn Freeman piano
Alexander Karpeyev piano
Maria Kustas piano
Martin Malmgren piano
Olga Paliy piano
Marina Staneva piano