The Day of Slavonic Literature

PERFORMERS:
Ilya Astafurov (tenor)
Sergei Sevastyanov (bass)
Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus of the Primorsky Stage
Conductors: Pavel Smelkov and Waleriy Trubin-Leonoff

PROGRAMME:
Part I
Mikhail Glinka
Overture from the opera Ruslan and Lyudmila 

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Cantata The Song of Oleg the Wise 

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Hymn in Honor of Saints Cyril and Methodius (orchestration by P. Smelkov)

Part II
Nikolai Kedrov Senior
Our Father 

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
The Belief from the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 41

Tatyana Yashvili
Trisagion

Vitaly Khodosh
Wild Wind. Lyrics by L. May

Russian folk song
The Moon Shines (arranged by Viktor Volna)

Georgy Sviridov
Time Forward!

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

Veniamin Basner
Where Does the Motherland Begin from the feature film Shield and Sword. Lyrics by M. Matusovsky

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

Georgy Struve
My Russia. Lyrics by N. Solovieva 

Yevgeny Krylatov
The Far and Beautiful Future. Lyrics by Yu. Entin 
The Winged Swing. Lyrics by Yu. Entin 

Konstantin Listov
The Pacific Lyric Song. Lyrics by N. Flyorov 

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

Gennady Gladkov
Friends’ Song from the animated film The Bremen Town Musicians. Lyrics by Yu. Entin

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

Isaak Dunayevsky
The Song of Merry Wind from the feature film The Children of Captain Grant. Lyrics by V. Lebedev-Kumach