Mariinsky II Wednesday 8 January 2014

The Children’s Chorus of The Mariinsky Orchestra

Conductor – Valery Gergiev

Choruses of the Federal Districts of the Russian Federation

Concert Director – Irkin Gabitov

Concert Manager — Irina Arsenieva There will be no interval . Time, Forward! Music from the suite for the eponymous film by Mikhail Schweitzer Performed by the Mariinsky Orchestra

It’s a Good Chorus Music by Alexandra Pakhmutova, lyrics by Nikolai Dobronravov Heroes of Sport Music by Alexandra Pakhmutova, lyrics by Nikolai Dobronravov Fly, My Doves Music by Isaac Dunaevsky, lyrics by Mikhail Matusovsky May the Sun Always Shine! Music by Arkady Ostrovsky, lyrics by Lev Oshanin Performed by the Children’s Chorus of Russia Conductor – Valery Gergiev

Childhood Is You and I Music by Yuri Chichkov, lyrics by Mikhail Plyatskovsky Performed by the Children’s Chorus of the North Caucasus Federal District Conductor – Vladimir Tuayev

You, the Garden Russian folk song arranged by Valery Kalistratov Performed by the Children’s Chorus of the Far East Federal District Conductor – Yevgeny Morozov

Shall I, a Young Girl, Go Russian folk song arranged by Vladislav Sokolov Performed by the Children’s Chorus of the Siberian Federal District Conductor – Konstantin Yakobson

The Tree in the Garden is in Flower Kuban Cossack folk song arranged by Viktor Zakharchenko Performed by the Children’s Chorus of the Yuzhny Federal District Conductor – Viktor Zakharchenko My Native Land is Vast and Wide Music by Isaac Dunaevsky, lyrics by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach Performed by the Children’s Chorus of the Urals Federal District Conductor – Vyacheslav Kulmametiev

Soldiers’ Stars Music by Yuri Chichkov, lyrics by Konstantin Ibryaev Performed by the Children’s Chorus of the Privolzhsky Federal District Conductor – Edward Markin

Dmitry Kabalevsky. Our Children part 9 of the Requiem for mixed chorus and orchestra, Op.72 Lyrics by Robert Rozhdestvensky Sergei Rachmaninoff. Praise! from the cycle Six Choral Songs for Female and Children’s Voices Lyrics by Nikolai Nekrasov Performed by the Children’s Chorus of the Central Federal District Conductor – Gennady Dmitryak

Sergei Rachmaninoff. Vocalise Arranged for children’s chorus and flute by Tatiana Zhdanova Solo flute – Yuri Dunayev ! So Much in that Sound… Music by Efrem Podgaits, lyrics by Alexander Pushkin Performed by the United Students’ Chorus of Supplementary Educational Establishments of Moscow Conductor – Tatiana Zhdanova

Georgy Sviridov. Russia Cast Adrift part 5 of the eponymous vocal cycle Lyrics by Performed by the Children’s Chorus of the North-West Federal District Conductor – Vadim Pchelkin Mama Music by Valery Gavrilin, lyrics by Albina Shulgina Performed by the Students’ Chorus of Educational Establishments of St Petersburg Conductor – Andrei Petrenko

The canticle Take Joy, Oh Russian Land! Shchedryk Ukrainian folk song arranged by Mikhail Leontovich Performed by the Boys’ Chorus of the Children’s Chorus of Russia Featuring the Boys’ Chorus of the Sveshnikov School of the Popov Academy of Choral Art, the Boys’ Chorus of the St Petersburg Glinka Choral School, the Boys’ Chorus of the Nizhny Novgorod Sivukhin Choral College and the Chorus of the Vladimir Boys’ Capella Conductor – Sergei Grachev

Eaglets Learn to Fly Music by Alexandra Pakhmutova, lyrics by Nikolai Dobronravov A Coward Doesn’t Play Hockey Music by Alexandra Pakhmutova, lyrics by Nikolai Dobronravov and Sergei Grebennikov Performed by the Boys’ Chorus of the Children’s Chorus of Russia Conductor – Alexei Petrov

Sergei Prokofiev. Flourish, Mighty Homeland!, cantata for mixed chorus and symphony orchestra, Op. 114 Arrangement for children’s chorus and lyrics by Andrei Petrenko The Russian National Anthem Music by Alexander Alexandrov, lyrics by Sergei Mikhalkov

Performed by the Children’s Chorus of Russia Conductor – Valery Gergiev

© Mariinsky Theatre, 2014