2019 / 2020 Chamber Hall the 7th Season
An Evening of Chamber Music
Music of the Palaces of St. Petersburg
• Venue: Chamber Hall of the Astana Opera House
• Date and time: 5 March 2020 / Thursday / 7:30 pm
• Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes
• Age limit: 7+
• Additional information: Entering the Hall after the third ring is not allowed; Photos and video recordings are not allowed; Children under 7 years of age are not allowed for performance.
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On 5 March 2020, a concert Music of the Palaces of St. Petersburg, which opens the International Festival of Classical Music “Palaces of St. Petersburg” annually held in the northern capital of Russia for more than a quarter of a century, will take place at the Astana Opera Chamber Hall.
The project aims at bringing music cultures together. A unique aesthetics of palace music in the Astana Opera House as a temple of high art is presented by Russian and Kazakh instrumentalists and vocalists.
The concert programme features masterpieces of world classics.
PROGRAMME:
T.Vitali. Chaconne in G minor
P. Tchaikovsky.
Song without Words
Scherzo
Mélodie
S. Rachmaninoff. “Prelude” and “Elegie” from Fantasy Pieces cycle, op.3
F. Schubert. Four Impromptus for Piano, op. 90
E. Grieg. Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, op.45
Saltanat AKHMETOVA
A.Vives. “Cancion de ruisenor” from Dona Francisquita
G.Gimenez. “Sierras de Granada” from La tempranica
Barseg TUMANYAN
R.Hageman. “Music I Heard With You”
E.Charles. “And so, Goodbye”
J.Sacco. “That’s Life”
Medet CHOTABAYEV
С. Bixio. “Parlami d'amore”
E. Curtis. “Non ti scordar di me”
R. Falvo. “Dicitencello vuje”
PERFORMED BY:
Maria Safariants, Honoured Artist of Russia (violin)
Stanislav Solovyov, Winner of international competitions (piano)
Saltanat Akhmetova, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan (soprano)
Medet Chotabayev, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan (tenor)
Barseg Tumanyan, People’s Artist of Armenia (bass)
Yelena Sakhno, Madeniyet Kairatkeri (piano)
Management reserves the right to substitute performers and works performed