Three Anniversaries of Russia

State Academic Russian Orchestra named after V.V. Andreev will present the program «Three Anniversaries of Russia», dedicated to significant dates in Russian culture: the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory, the 130th anniversary of Sergei Yesenin and the 125th anniversary of Isaak Dunaevsky.

At the conductor's stand is the artistic director, chief conductor of the Andreevsky Orchestra, People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Khokhlov.

In the first part, the renowned ensemble and the reciter, Honored Artist of Russia Semyon Sytnik (Alexandrinsky Theatre), will perform a musical and poetic composition - a suite from Valery Gavrilin's ballet «House by the Road» based on the work of Alexander Tvardovsky, accompanied by poetic lines from this poem.

The second part will open with the suite «Our Lesser Brothers» by St. Petersburg composer Gennady Belov based on the poems of Sergei Yesenin, performed by tenor Alexander Mikhailov, soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre. The evening will end with the brilliant music of Isaak Dunaevsky - a concert waltz and an overture to the legendary film «Children of Captain Grant».