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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

FESTIVAL OPENING

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

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

Julian Rachlin, violin

Sarah McElravy, viola

Boris Andrianov, cello

Konstantin Lifshits, piano

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

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

Šeiko Dance Company (Lithuania)

Artistic Director - Agnia Sheiko

Klaipeda Cello Octet

Art Director: Mindaugas Bačkus

PROGRAM:

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

WITH THE SUPPORT OF

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David Geringas, cello

Viktoria Postnikova, piano

 

PROGRAM:

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

FESTIVAL CLOSING

Boris Andrianov, cello

Alban Gerhardt, cello

Russian National Orchestra

Artistic Director and Principal Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev

Conductor: Oleg Caetani

Host: Artem Vargaftik

 

PROGRAM:

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

Tickets at the box office of the Moscow state Philharmonic and concert halls.

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