«Double reed» №1

Venue: Astana, Astana Opera

Date: 11 May, 2024

Time: 19:00

Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes

Age limit: 10+

Additionally: The Management reserves the right to replace performers and performed works.

ASTANA OPERA PRESENTS

Double-Reed Festival

First Concert

THE CONCERT IS HELD IN KAZAKH AND RUSSIAN

The Astana Opera House presents to classical music lovers the first of two concerts within the Double-Reed Festival.

Woodwind instruments with a double-reed (sound-producing device consisting of the two blades of a special kind of reed) are the oboe, the English horn, the bassoon and the contrabassoon.

Due to the very active playing, the reed lasts for just a couple of performances, so the pressure on the musicians with a double-reed is great and their place in the orchestra is especially honourable. For example, the entire symphony orchestra relies on the oboe’s A note for tuning, given that the oboe is deemed the least susceptible to detuning.

The concerts were initiated by concertmasters Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan Damilya Makhpirova (oboe) and Asset Neldybayev (bassoon).

The programme will feature some of the most virtuosic and popular pieces, as well as rarely performed musical compositions specifically written for double-reed instruments. Among them are well-known melodies from the television show Wait for Me and films such as The Mission and Harry Potter.

Traditionally, during the interval, maestro Abzal Mukhitdin invites the audience to a coffee break.

PROGRAMME

A. Vivaldi. Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in C major

A. Vivaldi. Concerto for Two Oboes and Orchestra in D minor

A. Vivaldi. Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in A minor

A. Vivaldi. Concerto for Two Oboes and Orchestra in C major

W.A. Mozart. Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in C major (1st movement)

A. Marcello. Adagio

R. Williams. Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra (1st movement)

L. Lebrun. Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in D minor (1st movement)

P. Tchaikovsky. Lensky’s Aria from Eugene Onegin (arrangement for oboe by A. Rubtsov)

E. Morricone. Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission

R. Strauss. Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in D major (1st movement)

S. Abdiunurov. Otyrar (for two oboes and string orchestra)

S. Abdinurov. Transfiguration

A. Abdiunurov. Zhaidarman (arrangement for two oboes)

A. Abdiunurov. Akku Dombra

K. Shildebayev. Otan Ana (arrangement for oboe)

J. Williams. Music fragment from Harry Potter

Soloists of the Astana Opera Symphony Orchestra take part in the concert, consisting of two parts oboe performers:

Damilya MAKHPIROVA, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan

Nurgul SAPAROVA, Holder of the Order of Kurmet

Rakhmatali BEKBABAEV

Almat ZHAILAUBAYEV

Saniya SMAGULOVA

Dariya TURABEKOVA

Zhaniya MUKHITDINOVA

As well as young musicians winners of international competitions oboists:

Zhanna BUSTEKBAYEVA

Aida SAGADI

Ilmira ARDASHEVA

Nargiz KUNABIL

Zhangir KOSSUMBAYEV

Ainur DAURBAI

Madina MUSSABEKOVA

Tamerlan ABDIBEKOV

Zhanel KOSSUMBAYEVA

Arina GYUNTER

Adizhan SMAGULOV

Azali TOGAIBAYEVA

Golden Kyzdar Trio:

Indira IGLIKOVA, Yenlik SHAIZADA, Toty KABDYLAKHMET

Asset NELDYBAYEV (bassoon)

THE ASTANA OPERA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The author of the project and conductor: Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan Abzal MUKHITDIN

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