Concert of pianist Polina Osetinskaya

Polina Osetinskaya is one of the most acclaimed pianists of our time, performing on the big stages since the age of six.

She has performed at such world-famous venues as Carnegie Hall in New York, Vienna's Musikverein and London's Barbican, and her discography includes recordings on Sony Music, Naxos, Bel Air, Quartz and Melodia labels.

Stages Music Theatre invites you to a long-awaited recital in Almaty, where Polina will perform works by Bach and Tchaikovsky, including fragments of Christmas oratorios.

Concert programme

- Johann Sebastian Bach

Concerto for Four Claviers and Orchestra in A minor, BWV 1065 (transcription by F. Noack)

2 Choral Preludes (transcription by W. Kempf): Jesus, my joy, BWV 147; Awake, a voice calls us, BWV 140

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (transcription by A. Korepanov): Symphony, Opening Chorus

The soul will rest (holy) in the hands of Jesus from Cantata No. 127 (transcription by G. Bauer)

Chaconne from Partita for Violin No.2, BWV 1004 (transcription by F. Busoni)

Part II - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Concert Suite from the ballet The Nutcracker (transcription by M. Pletnev): March, Dance of the Dragee Fairy, Tarantella, Intermezzo, Trepak, Chinese Dance, Andante maestoso

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 ‘Pathetique’. Scherzo (transcription by S. Feinberg)