The Day of Slavonic Literature

PERFORMERS:
Ilya Astafurov (tenor)
Combined Children Chorus
The Mariinsky Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage

PROGRAMME:
Nikolai Ketrov Senior
«Our Father» 

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
«The Belief» from the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 

Sergei Rachmaninoff
«The Mother of God, Rejoice» from «The All-night Vigil» 

Unknown author (18^th century)
Chant «Rejoice, the Russian Land» for conclusion of the Treaty of Nystad in 1721

Georgy Sviridov
«Time, Forward!» from the suite «Time, Forward!»

Alexandra Pakhmutova
«Our ABC book». Lyrics by N. Dobronravov
«A Good Chorus». Lyrics by N. Dobronravov

Ilia Shatrov
«On the Hills of Manchuria». Lyrics by P. Shubin

Georgy Struve
«My Russia». Lyrics by N. Solovieva

Alexandra Pakhmutova
«The Spellbound Distance». Lyrics by N. Dobronravov

Yevgeny Krylatov
«The Far and Beautiful Future». Lyrics by Yu. Entin

Matvey Blanter
«Katyusha». Lyrics by M. Isakovsky

Yevgeny Krylatov
«The Winged Swing». Lyrics by Yu. Entin

Isaak Dunayevsky
«The Song of Merry Wind» from the movie «The Children of Captain Grant». Lyrics by V. Lebedev-Kumach

Konstantin Listov
«The Pacific Lyric Song» («The broad way is retreating»). Lyrics by N. Flyorov

Vladimir Shainsky
«We are walking jovially». Lyrics by M. Matusovsky

Gennady Gladkov
«Friends’ Song» («Nothing under the Sun is Better») from the animated film «The Bremen Town Musicians». Lyrics by Yu. Entin

Vladimir Shainsky
«A Smile». Lyrics by M. Plyatskovsky

Arkady Ostrovsky
«May There Always Be Sunshine». Lyrics by L. Oshanin

Isaak Dunayevsky
«The Song of the Motherland» («Wide Is My Motherland») from the movie «The Circus». Lyrics by V. Lebedev-Kumach

Mikhail Glinka
Chorus «Glory, glory to you, holy Rus!» from the opera «A Life for the Tsar» («Ivan Susanin»)