How Peaceful. Gala Concert marking 150 years since the birth of Sergei Rachmaninoff

PERFORMERS:
Alena Diyanova (soprano)
Alisa Fedorenko (soprano)
Alina Mikhailik (soprano)
Olga Zharikova (soprano)
Laura Bustamante (mezzo-soprano)
Irina Kolodyazhnaya (mezzo-soprano)
Natalia Yakimova (mezzo-soprano)
Ilya Astafurov (tenor)
Alexei Kostyuk (tenor)
Roman Krukovich (tenor)
Mingiyan Odzhaev (tenor)
Alexei Smirnov (tenor)
Sergey Krylov (baritone)
Dmitry Migulyov (baritone)
Marat Mukhametzyanov (baritone)
Dmitry Nelasov (baritone)
Alexei Repin (baritone)
Yevgeny Plekhanov (bass)
Sergei Pleshivtsev (bass)
The Mariinsky Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage
Conductor: Pavel Smelkov

PROGRAMME:
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Part I 
“The Muse”. Lyrics by A. Pushkin, Op. 34 No. 1
“At My Window”. Lyrics by G. Galina, Op. 26 No. 10 
“In the Silence of the Secret Night”. Lyrics by A. Fet, Op. 4 No. 3
“Were You Hiccupping?”. Lyrics by P. Vyazemsky, TN 54
“I Await You”. Lyrics by М. Davidova, Op. 14 No. 1
“Sing not, Oh Lovely One”. Lyrics by A. Pushkin, Op. 4 No. 4
“Lilacs”. Lyrics by E. Beketova, Op. 21 No. 5
“Spring Torrents”. Lyrics by F. Tyutchev, Op. 14 No. 11
“How Peaceful”. Lyrics by G. Galina, Op. 21 No. 7
“A Dream”. Lyrics by A. Pleshcheyev, Op. 8 No. 5
6 romances, Op. 38 (orchestrated by Pavel Smelkov):
No. 1 “At night in my garden” (lyrics by A. Blok, from Isahakyan)
No. 2 "To her" (lyrics by A. Bely)
No. 3 "Daisies" (lyrics by I. Severyanin)
No. 4 "The Pied Piper" (lyrics by V.Ya. Bryusov)
No. 5 "Dream" (lyrics by F.K. Sologub)
No. 6 "Ay" (lyrics by K.D. Balmont)

Part II
“Fate” (To the Symphony No. 5 by Beethoven). Lyrics by A. Apukhtin, Op. 21 No. 1 
“At the Gates of the Holy Cloister”. Lyrics by M. Lermontov, TN 50/1
“Two Farewells (Dialogue)”. Lyrics by A. Koltsov, Op. 26 No. 4
“Night is Sorrowful”. Lyrics by I. Bunin, Op. 26 No. 12 
“The Ring”. Lyrics by A. Koltsov, Op. 26 No. 14
“It Cannot Be”. Lyrics by A. Maykov, Op. 34 No. 7
“Oh, Do Not Grieve”. Lyrics by A. Apukhtin, Op. 14 No. 8
“Christ is Risen”. Lyrics by D. Merezhkovsky, Op. 26 No. 6
“The Raising of Lazarus”. Lyrics by A. Khomyakov, Op. 34 No. 6
“The Herald”. Lyrics by A. Fet, Op. 34 No. 11
“Arion”. Lyrics by A. Pushkin, Op. 34 No. 5
“They answered” (lyrics by V. Hugo. trans. L. Mey), Op. 21 No. 4