Events at: "Aram Khachaturian" Concert Hall

In program:

Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No.11 /16-18 min./
I. Introduction: Andantino
II. Scherzo: Allegretto
II. Recitative: Adagio
IV. Etude: Allegro
V. Humoresque: Allegro
VI. Elegy: Adagio
VII. Finale: Moderato — Meno mosso — Moderato

Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No.12 /25-27 min./
I. Moderato — Allegretto — Moderato — Allegretto — Moderato
II. Allegretto — Adagio — Moderato — Adagio — Moderato — Allegretto

Sergei Rachmaninov: Romance (from his unfinished quartet No.1) /6 min./

Alexander Borodin: Quartet No.2 /30 min./
I. Allegro moderato
II. Scherzo. Allegro
III. Notturno, Andante
IV. Finale: Andante – Vivace

Borodin Quartet (Russia) Members:
Nikolai Sachenko, 1st violin
Sergei Lomovsky, 2nd violin
Igor Naidin, viola
Vladimir Balshin, cello

In program:

Arvo Pärt: “Swansong” for orchestra /6-8 min./

Arvo Pärt: Lamentate for piano and orchestra /37 min./

Intermission

Bach: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.1 in A-minor /15-18 min./
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro Assai

Arvo Pärt: “Adam’s Lament” for choir and string orchestra /24-26 min./

With participation of “HOVER” State Chamber Choir
Artistic Director and Choirmaster: Sona Hovhannisyan

Soloists: 
Anush Nikoghosyan, violin
Samson Tsoy, piano (Kazakhstan – UK)

Conductor: Andrey Boreyko (Germany)

Eduard Topchjan, Artistic Director & Principal Conductor of the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra

In program: 

Béla Bartók: Violin Concerto No.2 /38-40 min./
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Andante tranquillo
III. Allegro molto

Intermission

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: “Sheherazade” symphonic suite, op.35 /50 min./
I. The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship
II. The Story of the Kalendar Prince
III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess
IV. Festival at Baghdad

Soloist: Vilde Frang, violin (Norway)
Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

Eduard Topchjan, Artistic Director & Principal Conductor of the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra

In program:

Edvard Mirzoyan: Epitaph /12-15 min./

Benjamin Britten: Violin Concerto, op.15 /35-37 min./
I. Moderato con moto – Agitato – Tempo primo
II. Vivace – Animando – Largamente – Cadenza
III. Passacaglia: Andante lento 

Intermission

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No.36 in C major, K.425 /30-33 min./
I. Adagio – Allegro spiritoso
II. Andante con moto
III. Menuetto
IV. Presto

Soloist: Baiba Skride, violin (Latvia)
Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

Eduard Topchjan, Artistic Director & Principal Conductor of the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra

In program:

Bach: Concerto in G major for flute and orchestra, Wq. 169

Cécile Chaminade: Concertino for flute and orchestra

Paul Taffanel: Fantasy on Themes from Weber’s Opera Der Freischütz

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Flutes and Orchestra

Franz Doppler: Concerto in D minor for Two Flutes and Orchestra

François Borne: Fantasy brillante on Themes from Bizet’s Opera Carmen

Soloists:
Mario Bruno
Elen Virabyan
Yerzhan Kushanov
Narek Avagyan
Vincent Lucas
Denis Lupachov

Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

Eduard Topchjan, Artistic Director & Principal Conductor of the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra

In program:

Yervand Yerkanyan:  “Ode“, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Armenia (world premiere)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 /37-40 min./
I. Allegro 
II. Adagio un poco mosso
III. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo

Intermission

Franz Liszt: A Faust Symphony /75 min./
I. Faust
II. Gretchen
III. Mephistopheles

Soloists:
Eva Gevorgyan, piano
Tigran Melkonyan, tenor

Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

Armenian National Academic Choir
Artistic Director and Principal Conductor: Hovhannes Tchekidjian

Eduard Topchjan, Artistic Director & Principal Conductor of the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra

In program:

Thomas de Hartmann: Suite from the ballet “Fleurette Rouge”

Wolfgang A․ Mozart: Piano Concerto No.13, K.415 /26 min․/
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro assai

Intermission

Avet Terterian: Symphony No.3 /25-27 min․/

Solo duduk and zurna performed by:
Harutyun Chkolyan and Karen Sirakanyan

Soloist: Andreas Frölich, piano (Germany)
Conductor: Kirill Karabits (Ukraine – Germany)

Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Artistic Director & Principal Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

In program:

Part A

Aram Khachaturian: Ayshe’s dance from the ballet “Gayaneh”

George Frideric Handel: Recitative and aria of Dardanus from the opera “Amadis”
Soloist: Ivan Borodulin

Gioachino Rossini: Don Basilio’s aria from the opera “The Barber of Seville” 
Soloist: Miroslav Molchanov

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Ioanna’s aria “Да, час настал” from the opera “The Maid of Orleans”
Soloist: Daria Gorozhanko

Alexander Borodin: Recitative and aria of Vladimir Igorevich “Медленно день угасал…” from the opera “Prince Igor”
Soloist: Iosif Nikitenko

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Aria of Lensky from the opera “Eugene Onegin”
Soloist: Danil Sakharov

Aram Khachaturian: Lullaby from the ballet “Gayaneh”

Jacques Offenbach: Barcarolle from the opera “The Tales of Hoffmann”, duet
Soloists: Albina Shagimuratova and Daria Gorozhanko

Intermission

Part B

Aram Khachaturian: Variation of Aegina and Bacchanalia from the ballet “Spartacus”

Johann Adolf Hasse: Aria of Sessto from the opera “Tito Vespasiano”
Soloist: Ivan Borodulin

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Gremin’s aria from the opera “Eugene Onegin”
Soloist: Miroslav Molchanov

Giacomo Puccini: Rodolfo’s aria from the opera “La Boheme”
Soloist: Danil Sakharov

Giuseppe Verdi: Aria of Eboli “O don fatale“ from the opera “Don Carlos”
Soloist: Daria Gorozhanko

Jules Massenet: Werther’s arioso from the opera “Werther”
Soloist: Iosif Nikitenko

Edvard Mirzoyan: “Shushanik” lyrical picture

Ernesto de Curtis: “Non ti scordar di me”
Soloist: Albina Shagimuratova

Alexander Borodin: Duet of Konchakovna and Vladimir Igorevich from the opera “Prince Igor”
Soloists: Daria Gorozhanko and Iosif Nikitenko

Giuseppe Verdi: Brindisi (‘The Drinking Song’) from the opera “La Traviata”
Performed by all participants

Daria Gorozhanko, mezzo-soprano
Ivan Borodulin, countertenor
Iosif Nikitenko, tenor
Danil Sakharov, tenor
Miroslav Molchanov, bass

Soloist: Albina Shagimuratova, soparno (Russia)

Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Artistic Director & Principal Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

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Conductor: Iaroslav Bychkov

Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Artistic Director & Principal Conductor: Eduard Topchjan