"Music of war and victory" Automatic translate

June 22 - on the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow - a concert "Music of War and Victory" will be held in St. Petersburg again. With the support of the Committee on Culture of the Government of St. Petersburg, the largest concert state organization in Russia, Petersburg Concert, will hold a memorable musical event on the territory of the Peter and Paul Fortress. On the day of the beginning of World War II, music will be heard on the territory of the impregnable bastion, which has become a symbol of the city on the Neva, reminiscent of the glory of the Russian army, of allegiance to the Motherland, of the stamina and courage of the defenders of Leningrad. The St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, led by the group’s artistic director, People’s Artist of Russia Sergey Stadler, will perform a program composed of works by Russian composers - written in different eras, in honor of various events and for various reasons, all of which symbolize heroism and military prowess. Will open the concert “Anthem to the Great City” by R. Glier, the program will include works by P.I. Tchaikovsky, S.V. Rachmaninov, D.D. Shostakovich, S.S. Prokofiev.

Beginning June 22, 2016 at 19.00
on the Cathedral Square of the Peter and Paul Fortress

Concert Program:

P. Tchaikovsky
Slavic March, Op. 31
D. Shostakovich
The funeral and triumphal prelude in memory of the heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad, Op. 130
The Cruiser Aurora from the Twelfth Symphony 1917, Op. 112
S. Prokofiev
“Revolution” from the Cantata “On the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution”, Op. 74
N. Rimsky-Korsakov
The entry of Ivan the Terrible into Pskov from the opera Pskovityanka
S. Rachmaninov
Vocalise, Op. 34, no. 14

St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
artistic director and chief conductor
People’s Artist of Russia Sergey Stadler.