Spring Waters

2022 / 2023          Kulyash Baiseitova Chamber Hall              the 10th Season

4 April * Tuesday * 7.00 pm

 

 

Chamber Music Evening as Part of the Festival

“A TRIBUTE TO RACHMANINOFF”

“Spring Waters”

(to the 150th anniversary of the composer)

 

 

First Concert

 

Running time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Management reserves the right to substitute performers and works performed

 

This year, the global music community is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the brilliant pianist and composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.

The series of concerts “A Tribute to Rachmaninoff”, dedicated to the anniversary of the Great Russian composer, pianist and conductor Sergei Rachmaninoff, opens with an evening of chamber vocal music featuring the Astana Opera soloists, orchestra performers and guest musicians.

The author of the project, conductor and artistic director of the festival: Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan Abzal Mukhitdin.

The programme includes chamber works and romances described as the composer’s ‘soulful confession’.

 

PERFORMED BY:

Zhamilya JARKIMBAYEVA, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan (soprano)

Gulmira UMBETOVA (soprano)

Tatyana VITSINSKAYA (mezzo-soprano)

Artur GABDIYEV (tenor)

Azamat ZHELTYRGUZOV, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan (baritone)

Makpal BEKMAGAMBETOVA, Honoured Artist of Kazakhstan (violin)

Askar MUKANOV, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan (cello)

Anatoliy YAKUSHKIN (double bass)

Balzhan SAPAROVA (flute)

Altai KUSSAINOV, Honoured Artist of Kazakhstan (piano)

Raushan BESKEMBIROVA, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan (piano)

Olga KAMINSKAYA (piano)

 

PROGRAMME:

Sergei Rachmaninoff. Trio élégiaque No.1 in G minor for piano, violin and cello

Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, op.19

Romance for Violin and Piano in A minor

Elegie for Violin and Piano

Vocalise arranged for Double Bass

Danse Orientale for cello and piano, op.2, No. 2

Vocal works