As a nightingale sings about a rose...

PERFORMERS:
Alena Diyanova (soprano)
Alina Mikhailik (soprano)
Elena Razgulyaeva (soprano)
Elizaveta Senatorova (soprano)
Valeria Samoilova (mezzo-soprano)
Ilya Astafurov (tenor)
Roman Krukovich (tenor)
Vsevolod Marilov (tenor)
Yevgeny Mizin (tenor)
Marat Mukhametzyanov (baritone)
Dmitry Nelasov (baritone)
Elena Strukova (violin)
Elizaveta Markovich (violin)
Elizaveta Sushchenko (cello)
Lyudmila Kochmaryova (flute)
Tereza Charyeva (harp)
Andrei Annenkov (piano)
Ivan Kuligovsky (piano)

PROGRAMME:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Das Veilchen (“The Violet”), KV476. Lyrics by J.W. Goethe

Franz Schubert
Der Blumenbrief (“The Message of Flowers”), D 622. Lyrics by A.W. Schreiber

Robert Schuman
Maerzveilchen (“The March Violet), Op. 40 No. 1. Lyrics by H.C. Andersen. Translation by A. Shamisso
Die Rose, die Lilie (“The Rose and Lily”) from the cycle Dichterliebe (“A Poet’s Love”), Op. 48 No. 3. Lyrics by H. Heine

Carl Loewe
Wenn der Blüten Frühlingsregen (“When the spring rain of petals”). Lyrics by J. W. Goethe

Johannes Brahms
Meine Liebe ist grün (“My love is as green as the lilac bush”), Op. 63 No. 5. Lyrics by F. Schumann

Wilhelm Popp
Rosen-Walzer (“Rose Waltz”) for flute and piano, Op. 316 No. 4

Carlos Guastavino
La rosa y el sauce (“The Rose and the Willow Tree”). Lyrics by F. Valdes

Pietro Mascagni
Aria of Suzel from L’amico Fritz

Francesco Paolo Tosti
Song of a Rose, IFT 212. Lyrics by F. Weatherly

Jean Sibelius
Narciss (“Narcissus”), IJS 43. Lyrics by B. Gripenberg
Novelette for violin and piano, Op. 102

Joaquin Valverde
Clavelitos (“Carnations”). Lyrics by J. Cadenas

Denes Buday
Bouquet of Nice. Lyrics by L. Glazkova

Nikolai Medtner
Das Veilchen (“The Violet”), Op. 18 No. 5. Lyrics by J.W. Goethe

Anton Arensky
Nezabudka (“Forget-me-not”) for piano, Op. 36 No. 10
Landysh (“Lily of the Valley”), Op. 33 No. 2. Lyrics by P. Tchaikovsky

Sergei Rachmaninoff  
Margaritki (“Daisies”), Op. 38 No. 3. Lyrics by I. Severyanin  
Ditya! Kak tsvetok ty prekrasna (“Child! Thou are as beautiful as a flower”), Op. 8 No. 2. Lyrics by A. Pleshcheyev

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Pesnya Zyuleyki (“Zuleika’s Song”), Op. 26 No. 4. Lyrics by G. Byron. Translation by I. Kozlov

Luigi Arditi
Fior di margherita (“Daisy Polka”). Arrangement for violin and piano by H. Ernst

Alexander Shilovsky
Nochnye tsvety (“Night Flowers”). Lyrics by E. Varzhevevskaya

Nikolai Kharito
Ottsveli khrizantemy (“Chrysanthemums Finished Blossoming”). Lyrics by V. Shumsky

Pyotr Bulakhov
Kolokolchiki moi (“Bluebells of Mine”). Lyrics by A. Tolstoy

Yevgeny Krylatov
Anyutiny glazki (“Love-in-idleness”). Lyrics by N. Rubtsov

Tikhon Khrennikov
Kak solovey o rose (“As a nightingale sings about a rose”) from the music written for W. Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Lyrics by P. Antokolsky

Alexander Vertinsky
Tango Magnoliya (“Magnolia Tango”). Lyrics by A. Vertinsky

Scott Joplin
Gladiolus Rag

Host of the concert: Elizaveta Sushchenko