Works performed:
Britten: Noye's Fludde; Britten: Phaedra; Britten: Fanfare for Three Trumpets; Britten: Piano Concerto; Britten: Suite on English Folk Tunes 'A Time There Was'; Britten; Sinfonia da Requiem; Britten: Nocturne; Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Britten: Men of Goodwill; Britten: Qautre chanson Francaise; Britten: Mazurka elagaica; Britten: Gemini Variations; and various works by Bach, Vaughn Wiliams, Perry, Mozart, Debussy, Beethoven and more
Venue:
Bolshoi Philharmonic Hall; State Capella Hall; Municipal Cultural Center; Bronze Hall, House of Architects; Malyi Philharmonic Hall; House of Composers; Rotonda, Marlinsky Palace; Museum of Musical Instruments; Zazerkalye Children's Music Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Performers:
Andrei Anikhanov (conductor); State Symphony Orchestra of Saint Petersburg; Mikhail Mischenko (organ); St. Petersburg State Orchestra; Ravil Martynov (conductor); St. Petersburg Mozarteum Chamber Orchestra and Choir; Arkadi Steinlucht (conductor); Alexander Sandler (piano); Alexei Orlovetsky (piano); Orchestra, Soloists, and Children's Studio of the Zazerkalye Theatre; Olga Skorbiaschenskaya (piano); Sviatoslav Richter; Yuri Bashmet
Further information:
The International Music Festival was in honour of Benjamin Britten. First performance of Fanfare for Three Trumpets, Men of Goodwill, Quatre chansons francaises for soprano and small orchestra, and Noye's Fludde in Russia. Includes four flyers, two postcards, a poster, and programmes for individual concerts.
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Russian; English
Archive
https://www.bpacatalogue.org/archive/PG-1993-1127
