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Maestro Temirkanov International Foundation for Cultural Initiatives
The D.D.Shostakovich St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonia

On May 4, 2005

Charitable concert,
Devoted to veterans of Great War.
Six-decade from the date of the Victory.
Each anniversary of the Great Victory is consecrated by pride of generation which has stood with honour in the most severe fight, the wartime has taken out all burdens of test.
The anniversary concert which will take place on May 4, 2005 - is unique. We have completely kept the repertoir sounding from stage of the Big hall of the Leningrad philarmonia on May, 9, 1945, in day of a victory of Russian people above fascist Germany.

The program:
Dunaevsky. Overture to the film «Children of Captain Grant»
Shostakovich. Romance from the film «Ovod»
Glinka. Dances from the opera «Russlan and Lyudmila»
Dvorak. Slavonic Dance in E minor
Khachaturyan. Waltz from the music to Lermontov’s drama «The Masquerade»
Glinka. «Slavsya» (Glory) Chorus from the opera «Ivan Susanin»
War songs

With participation of:
ST.PETERSBURG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conductor – Nikolai ALEXEEV
ST.PETERSBURG ACADEMIC CAPPELLA
Artistic director and conductor –
Vladislav TCHERNOUSHENKO

After the concert veterans will be presented with memorable gifts and flowers.