Britten Concerts at the Bolshoi. Part II

Two songs by Henry Purcell realized by Benjamin Britten
“If Music be the food of love” on poem by Henry Heveningham
“Music” on poem by John Dryden
Oleg Ryabets (countertenor)
Alexei Goribol (piano)

Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 65
I — Dialogo
II — Scherzo — pizzicato
III — Elegia
IV — Marcia
V — Moto perpetuo
Pyotr Kondrashin (cello)
Alexei Goribol (piano)

Suite for Harp, Op. 83
I — Overture
II — Toccata
III — Nocturne
IV — Fugue
V — Hymn
Nina Ryabchinenko (harp)

Temporal variations, for oboe and piano
Ivan Paisov (oboe)
Alexei Goribol (piano)

A Charm of Lullabies for mezzo soprano and piano, Op. 41
1. “A Cradle Song” to poem by William Blake
2. “The Highland Balou” to poem by Robert Burns
3. “Sephestia’s Lullaby” to poem by Robert Greene
4. “A Charm” to poem by Thomas Randolph
5. “The Nurse’s Song” to poem by John Phillip
Svetlana Shilova (mezzo-soprano)
Alexei Goribol (piano)

Evening. Morning. Night on poems by Ronald Duncan for voice and piano
Svetlana Shilova (mezzo-soprano)
Alexei Goribol (piano)

Four Cabaret songs on poems by Wystan Hugh Auden for medium voice and piano
“Tell Me the Truth About Love”
“Funeral Blues”
“Johnny”
“Calypso”
Nadezhda Karyazina (mezzo-soprano)
Alexei Goribol (piano)