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ORGANIZER

FESTIVAL'S

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GENERAL

PARTNER

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XIII  INTERNATIONAL CELLO FESTIVAL VIVACELLO

COVID-19

Dear guests, visiting the concerts of the festival is possible only if there is a QR code or with information about the vaccination, a recent illness or a negative result of a PCR test (validity period - 72 hours), as well as a passport, the data in which coincide with the data specified in the QR code.

9

NOVEMBER

TUESDAY

19:00

Moscow concert hall "Zaryadye", the Grand hall

Varvarka, dmult. 6, structure 4

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FESTIVAL OPENING

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Xavier Phillips, cello

Dmitry Yablonsky, cello

Boris Andrianov, cello

Dimitri Illarionov, guitar

Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra

Artistic Director and Chief Conductor: Vladimir Fedoseyev

Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky

Host: Artem Vargaftik

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PROGRAM:

 

Part 1

Henri Dutilleux (1916–2013)

“A Whole Distant World...” (“Tout un monde lointain…”),

concerto for cello and orchestra (1970)

I. Énigme / Enigma

"... And in this strange and symbolic nature"

II. Regard / Gaze

"... the poison that flows

from your eyes, from your green eyes,

lakes in which my soul trembles and sees itself upside down"

III. Houles / Surges

"... You contain, sea of ebony, a dazzling dream

of sails, of rowers, of flames and of masts..."

IV. Miroirs / Mirrors

"... Our two hearts will be two large torches

that will reflect their double lights

in our two spirits, those twin mirrors..."

V. Hymne / Hymn

"Keep your dreams:

wise men do not have as beautiful ones as fools!"

 

Soloist: Xavier Phillips

 

Part 2

Samuel Strouk (b. 1980)

“Eliza, My Mirage” (“Elise mon mirage”),

concerto for cello, guitar and orchestra (2021)

World premiere

 

Soloists: Boris Andrianov and Dimitri Illarionov

 

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)

Concerto No. 2 in D major for cello and orchestra, Hob. VIIb:2 (1783)

I. Allegro moderato

II. Adagio

III. Rondo. Allegro

 

Soloist: Dmitry Yablonsky

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12

NOVEMBER

FRIDAY

19:00

Concert hall of

P. I. Tchaikovsky

Tverskaya st., 31

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Julian Rachlin, violin

Sarah McElravy, viola

Boris Andrianov, cello

Konstantin Lifshits, piano

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PROGRAM:

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Piano Quartet No. 2

E-flat major, KV 493 (1786)

I. Allegro

II. Larghetto

III. Allegretto

 

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Piano Quartet No. 2

A major, Op. 26 (1861)

I. Allegro non troppo

II. Poco adagio

III. Scherzo. Poco allegro – Trio

IV. Finale. Allegro

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13

NOVEMBER

SATURDAY

20:00

ESSE Jazz Club

27A Piatnitskaya Str.

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Joint concert of Vivacello and Jazz Province festivals

 

Eve Cornelious, jazz vocal

Boris Andrianov, cello

Steve Kershaw, double bass

Nick Vintskevich, saxophones

Leonid Vintskevich, piano

Vartan Babayan, drums

 

PROGRAM:

 

Anniversary 30. Miles Davis (a tribute to)

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14

NOVEMBER

SUNDAY

19:00

Moscow international house of music, Chamber hall

Kosmodamianskaya embankment, 52, building 8

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Šeiko Dance Company (Lithuania)

Artistic Director - Agnia Sheiko

Klaipeda Cello Octet

Art Director: Mindaugas Bačkus

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PROGRAM:

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Boléro–Extended

Music: Maurice Ravel,  “Boléro”

Arranged by: James Barralet

Choreographer: Palle Granhøj

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17

NOVEMBER

WEDNESDAY

19:00

Tchaikovsky Moscow state Conservatory, Great hall

Bolshaya Nikitskaya str., 13

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WITH THE SUPPORT OF

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David Geringas, cello

Viktoria Postnikova, piano

 

PROGRAM:

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Part 1

Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)

Four songs arranged for cello and piano by David Geringas

1. “Urlicht” / “Primeval Light”

from “The Boy's Magic Horn”

2. “Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt” / “St. Anthony of Padua's Sermon to the Fish”

from “The Boy's Magic Horn”

3. “Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen” / “I Am Lost to the World”

from “Seven Songs of Latter Days”

4. “Ging heut' morgen übers Feld” / “I Went This Morning over the Field”

from “Songs of a Wayfarer”

 

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)

Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58 (1843)

I. Allegro assai vivace

II. Allegro scherzando

III. Adagio

IV. Molto allegro e vivace

 

Part 2

Richard Strauss (1864–1949)

Romanze in F major for cello and piano (1883)

 

Richard Strauss

Cello Sonata in F major, for cello and piano, Op. 6 (1883)

I. Allegro con brio

II. Andante ma non troppo

III. Finale – Allegro vivo

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20

NOVEMBER

WEDNESDAY

19:00

Concert hall of

P. I. Tchaikovsky

Tverskaya st., 31

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FESTIVAL CLOSING

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Boris Andrianov, cello

Alban Gerhardt, cello

Russian National Orchestra

Artistic Director and Principal Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev

Conductor: Oleg Caetani

Host: Artem Vargaftik

 

PROGRAM:

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Part 1

Robert Schumann (1810–1856)

Cello concerto in A minor, Op. 129 (1850)

Nicht zu schnell – Langsam – Sehr lebhaft

 

Soloist: Alban Gerhardt

 

Part 2

 

Gabriel Prokofiev (b. 1975)

Cello Concerto, for cello and orchestra (2013, 2nd rev. 2018)

Moscow premiere and the first performance of a new revision

I. Scherzo allegretto

II. Lento (In memoriam)

III. Allegro energetico

 

Soloist: Boris Andrianov

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