Beethoven Hall

5 December, 19:00
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Cello Quartet:
Boris Lifanovsky
Vladimir Streltsov
Arseny Beznosikov
Stepan Khudyakov

Vyacheslav Chukhnov (cello)
Anna Skrivanek (cello)
Alexei Bazhalkin (bassoon)
Andrei Rudometkin (bassoon)
Sergei Bobchenkov (bassoon)
Alexei Murutaev (contraforte)
Konstantin Semenov (percussion)
take part in the concert

CONCERT PROGRAM

Part I

Alexander Kuznetsov
Suite for four cellos No.2


Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for two cellos and orchestra in G minor, RV 531

Transcription for six cellos

I. Allegro (moderato)
II. Largo
III. Allegro



Part II

Giuseppe Verdi
Prelude to “La Traviata” 

Arranged for four сellos by A.Burford

George Bizet - Werner Thomas-Mifune
“Carmen Fantasy” for five cellos


Francisco Tárrega
“Requerdos de la Alhambra”

Arranged for four сellos by W. Birtel

Duke Ellington
Three pieces

Transcription for four cellos

“Nothing Else Matters”
a song by the band Metallica
Transcription for four cellos

Nikita Sukhikh
“Prelude” for four cellos and four bassoons


Dizzy Gillespie
“Night in Tunisia”

Arranged for four cellos, four bassoons and percussion set by Sergei Bobchenkov