Denis Matsuev. From Classical to Jazz

PERFORMERS:
Denis Matsuev (piano)
Borislav Strulyov (cello)
Ekaterina Mochalova
Andrei Ivanov (double bass)
Sofia Viland (flute)
Sofia Tyurina (saxophone)
David Tkebuchava (drums)

The Mariinsky Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage
Conductor: Anton Shnitkin

PROGRAMME:
Improvisations by Denis Matsuev and Andrei Ivanov on themes from the incidental music by Edvard Grieg to Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt
Improvisations by Andrei Ivanov and Ekaterina Mochalova on the “Sabre Dance” theme from the ballet Gayane by Aram Khachaturian
Improvisations by Andrei Ivanov on the “Flight of the Bumblebee” theme from the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Andrei Ivanov
“Fly away”, a medley of themes by Alexander Borodin and Paul Desmond, symphonic jazz arrangement by Alexei Popkov

Johann Sebastian Bach – Maceo Pinkard
“Georgia Brown’s Scherzo” (the Badinerie from Orchestral suite No. 2 and the standard "Sweet Georgia Brown"), jazz arrangement by Denis Matsuev and Andrei Ivanov, orchestration by Alexei Popkov

Denis Matsuev
Ballad

Chick Corea
“Spain”

Camille Saint-Saëns
“The Swan” from the zoological fantasy The Carnival of the Animals, orchestration by Andrei Ivanov

Sergey Dreznin
Improvisation on themes by Isaak Dunayevsky from the film Circus

Andrei Ivanov
“Fiesta”