Events

Tchaikovsky: Intermezzo (Armenian premiere)

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.2 in g-moll /28-30 min./

Intermission

Schubert: Symphony No.4 (“Tragic”) /30-33min./

Soloist: Anush Nikoghosyan, violin

Conductor: Haik Davtian (France)

Ravel: Pavane /6-7 min./

Hummel: Trumpet Concerto /18-20 min./

Intermission

Shostakovich: Symphony No.11 (“The Year 1905″) /53-55 min./

Soloist: Daniel Melkonyan, trumpet

Conductor: Ruben Asatryan

Soloist: Sara Urena Cabrera, flute (Spain)

Conductor: Juan Antonio Ramírez (Spain)

G. Verdi: String Quartet in E-minor

W.A.Mozart: Quartet for Oboe and Strings, KV 370

L.v. Beethoven: String Quartet, op.135

“Don Juan” symphonic poem /17-19 min./

Aria of  Freihilde from the opera “Guntram” /5-6 min./

Mondscheinmusik (Symphonic Intermezzo from “Capriccio”) /4-5 min./

Aria of Elektra from the opera “Elektra” /3-4 min./

Intermission

Final scene from “Salome” /17-20 min./

“Der Rosenkavalier”  Suite /23-25 min./

Soloist: Lubov Stuchevskaya, soprano (UK)

Conductor: Dmitry Jurowski  (Russia)  

Brahms: Double Concerto /32-34 min./

Intermission

Brahms: Symphony No.4 /39-43 min./

Soloists: Pinchas Zukerman, violin (Canada)

               Amanda Forsyth, cello (Canada)

Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 (47-50 min.)

Intermission

Brahms: Symphony No.3 (35-39 min.)

Soloist: Vag Papian, piano

Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

Robert Amirkhanyan: Patriotic Songs: “I Swear to You, My Country”

With participation of: 

“Hover” State Chamber Choir /Artistic Director & Choirmaster Sona Hovhannisyan/

State Chamber Choir of Armenia /Artistic Director & Choirmaster Robert Mlkeyan/

Yerevan State Chamber Choir /Artistic Director & Choirmaster Harutyun Topikyan/

Soloists: Gurgen Baveyan, Anna Avdalyan, Emma Petrosyan, Leyla Saribekyan, Vahe Hakhverdyan

Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

Komitas, Karl Jenkins «A Mass for Peace» (The Armed Man)

Yerevan State Chamber Choir /Artistic Director & Choirmaster Harutyun Topikyan/

Academic Great Choir of the Russian State University of Humanities /Artistic Director & Choirmaster Boris Tarakanov/

Moscow Academic Chamber Choir “Kantilena” /Artistic Director & Choirmaster Natalya Svirina/

Choir «Scarlet Sails» of the Children’s Choir School  /Artistic Director Yelena Volodina/

Conductor` Eduard Topchjan

Gabriel Faure: Requiem

Soloist: Artsvik Demurchyan, soprano

Giuseppe Verdi: The Hymn of the Nations

Soloist: Berj Karazian, tenor

Intermission

Charles Gounod: Lacrymosa  from “Death and Life” oratorio

March  from the opera “Faust”

Waltz from the opera “Faust”

Hector Berlioz: Dies Irae from “Requiem”

Conductor: Hovhannes Tchekidjian

Beethoven: 7 variations on Mozart’s theme 

Schumann: Fantasiestucke 

Bagdasaryan: Nocturne 

Hayrapetyan: Monologue (world premiere)

Intermission 

Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise brillante 

Massenet: Meditation 

Shostakovich: cello sonata

Carl Maria Weber : Clarinet Concerto No.1, 3rd movement
Soloist: Eduard Khorozyan

Paul Dukas: “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” symphonic scherzo
Dvorak: Symphony No.9 (2rd movement)
Aram Khachaturian: Adagio “Spartacus” ballet

Alexander Arutiunian: Trumpet concerto 

Soloist: Daniel Melkonyan

Robert Petrosyan: “Peace to the World”

With participation of the “Childrens of Armenia” Choir.

Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

Soloist: Stephan Graf von Bothmer, piano (Germany

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

Shostakovich: Symphony No.5

Soloist: Haik Kazazyan, violin (Russia)

Conductor: Oliver Weder (Germany)

Schubert: Sonata in A Major “Grand Duo” D 574

Brahms: Sonata No.3 in D minor, op. 108

Frank: Sonata in A Major

Paul Dukas: “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” symphonic scherzo (10-12 min.)

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3 (28-30 min.)

Bruckner: Symphony No.6 (55-58 min.)

Soloist: Alexander Malofeev, piano (Russia)

Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

Program:

Chaushian: Fanfares

Bruch: Violin Concerto

Yerkanyan: Symphony No.6. (premiere)

Soloist: Zohrab Tadevosyan

Prokofiev: Montagues & Capulets from the ballet “Romeo & Juliet”

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.2

Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances

Alexey Shor: “Flight of a Falcon” for violin and orchestra

Paganini: Violin Concerto No.1

Bruckner: Symphony No: 6

Richard Wagner: Rienzi Overture

Alexey Shor: “Travel Notebook” for Piano and Orchestra

Intermission

Gioachino Rossini:  “The Thieving Magpie” Overture

Edgar Hovhannisyan:  Adagio from the ballet “Marmar”

Grigor Yeghiazaryan: Dance of the Fisherman from the Ballet “Sevan”

                                               Dance of the Golden Fish from the ballet “Sevan”

Karen Ananyan:  “Vision” symphonic picture

Aram Khachaturian: Dance of Gaditanae and Victory of Spartacus from the ballet “Spartacus”

Melik Mavisakalyan: Fantasy on themes of works by Arno Babajanian

– Leoncavallo: Tonio’s prologue and aria from the opera “I Pagliacci”

                         Gianpiero Ruggeri, baritone

– Gounod: Margarita’s aria “O, Dieu que de Bijoux” from the opera “Faust”

                          Ani Yorentz, soprano

– Tchaikovsky: Lensky’s aria “Куда, куда вы удалились…” from the opera “Eugene Onegin”

                          Liparit Avetisyan, tenor

– Tchaikovsky: Gremin’s aria from the opera “Eugene Onegin”

                          Vazgen Gazaryan, bass

– Mascagni:      Intermezzo from the opera “Cavalleria Rusticana”

– Puccini:         Michele’s aria from “Il Tabarro” 

                        David Babayants, baritone

– Verdi:           Duet of Simon Boccanegra and Fiesco from the opera “Simon Boccanegra”

                        Gianpiero Ruggeri, baritone

                        Vazgen Gazaryan, bass

Intermission

– Mozart: “Don Giovanni” Overture

– Mozart:  Leporello’s aria “Madamina, il catalogo è questo” from the opera “Don Giovanni”

                  Vazgen Gazaryan, bass

–Verdi: Aria of Violetta from “La Traviata”

                   Hasmik Torosyan, soprano

– Rossini: “The Barber of Seville” Overture

– Rossini: Figaro’s Cavatina from the opera “The Barber of Seville”

                   Gianpiero Ruggeri, baritone

– Donizetti: Nemorino’s romance from the opera “L’Elisir d’amore”

                     Liparit Avetisyan, tenor

– Donizetti: Duet of Adina and Nemorino from the opera “L’Elisir d’amore”

                    Ani Yorentz, soprano

                    Liparit Avetisyan, tenor

Puccini: “La Boheme” opera in 4 acts (new rendition)

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 (35-37 min.)

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto (28-30 min.)

Borodin: Symphony No.2 (28-30 min.)

Paul Dukas: “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” symphonic scherzo (10-12 min.)

Grieg: Piano Concerto (29-31 min.)

Claude Debussy:  “The Sea” (23-25 min.)

Soloist: Alessio Bax, piano (USA)

Conductor: Paul Emmanuel Thomas (France)

Sharafyan: Cello Concerto No.2 (Armenian premiere) /dedicated to Suren Bagratuni/(20-22 min.)

Poulenc:  Sonata for Flute /Orchestration by Lennox Berkeley/ (12-13 min.)

Mendelssohn:  Symphony No.4 (29-31 min.)       

Soloists: Suren Bagratuni, cello (USA)

                Massimo Mercelli, flute (Italy)

Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

De Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnol (12-13 min.)

Barber: Cello Sonata (18-20 min.)
Cassado: Requiebros (4-5 min.)

Beethoven: Cello Sonata in g-moll, Op. 5 No. 2 (21-23 min.)

Piatigorsky: Variations on a Paganini Theme (9-10 min.)

Soloists:   Ani Aznavoorian, cello (USA)

                 Marta Aznavoorian, piano (USA)

Proceeds from the concert will go to treatment of children.

Shostakovich: String Quartet No.6, op.101 (25-27 min.)

Schubert: Quartet Satz c-minor D703 (8-9 min.)

Wolf: Italian Serenade for string quartet (6-7 min.)

Mozart: Violin Concerto No.5 (28-30 min.)

                 Borodin Quartet  (Russia) –  Ruben Aharonian, 1^st violin, Sergey Lomovsky, 2^ndviolin, Igor Naidin, viola & Vladimir Balshin, cello

Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

Soloists: Andreas Kern, piano (Germany)

                Paul Cibis, piano (Germany)

Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

M.C.: Sergey Sargsyan

Beethoven:  Coriolan Overture (8-9 min.)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 (39-40 min.)

Khachaturian: Symphony No.2 (50-52 min.)

Soloist: Elisso Bolkvadze, piano (France)

Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

Soloist:  Pablo Mainetti, bandoneon and arrangements (Argentina)

Dan Yessian: «An Armenian Trilogy» (The Freedom, The Fear, The Faith)  (world premiere) (18-20 min.)

Dan Yessian: “I see wings” for tenor and orchestra (Orchestration by Dan Yessian & William Wandel, lyrics by David Barrett) (4 min.) (Armenian premiere)

Giya Kancheli: Ex Contrario for two violins (12-13 min.) (Armenian premiere)

Andrey Pushkarev: «Utyosov  Fantasy» for 2 violins and orchestra . Compilation of famous songs performed by Leonid Utyusov. 

Soloists:  Pavel Vernikov, violin (Israel)

                Svetlana Makarova, violin (Russia

Soloists: 

Anush Nikogosyan, violin

Hayk Melikyan, piano

Program:

Part: Spiegel im Spiegel (9-10 min.)

Hindemith: Sonata op.11 No.6  for solo violin (14-15 min.)

1. Massig schnell  2. Sizilliano: Massig bewegt   3.Finale: Lebhaft

Debussy: Two piano preludes 

1. Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest. Feux d’artifice

Debussy:  Sonata for Violin and piano (13-15 min.)

1. Allegro vivo. 2. Intermède.Fantasque et léger. 3. Finale.Très animé

Shostakovich: Four preludes op.34 (arrangement for violin and piano by Dmitry Tsyganov)

Prokofiev: Sonata N2, op.94a for violin and piano (23-24 min.)

1. Scherzo. 2. Presto. 3. Andante. 4. Allegro con brio

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique

Soloist: Barnabas Kelemen, violin 

Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

ARAM KHACHATURIAN: Adagio from the ballet “Spartacus”

EDVARD MIRZOYAN: “Shushanik” lyrical picture

AVETIS BERBERYAN: “Adagio” for symphonic orchestra

MARTUN ISRAELYAN: “Ode” for mixed choir and orchestra
Lyrics by Daniel Varoujan
Premiere

NOUBAR ASLANYAN: “Anthem to Artsakh” for mixed choir and orchestra
Premiere

LEVON CHAUSHYAN: “Anthem to my motherland” for mixed choir and orchestra
Lyrics by Aramayis Hayrapetyan

ARAM SATYAN: “My sacred motherland” for mixed choir and orchestra
Lyrics by Koryun Arakelyan
Premiere

National Academic Choir of Armenia
Artistic Director and Choirmaster: Hovhannes Tchekidjian

Mussorgsky: Night on the Bald Mountain /12-14 min./
Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.82 /19-21 min./

Intermission

Shostakovich: Symphony No.10 /49-51 min./

Soloist: Sophia Jaffe, violin (Germany)

Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

Verdi: Requiem /1h 30min/

Johann Sebastian Bach: Ricercar a’6 
Niccolo Paganini: Variations op.14
Hovhannes Manukyan: Psalms (world premiere)
Gor Hovhannisyan: Quartet
Kurt Weill: Marie Galante

Soloists
Hovhannes Manukyan (special guest)

Anna Margaryan, violin
Ivetta Korkina, violin
Gor Hovhannisyan, viola
Mikayel Navasardyan, cello

Armine Vardanyan, soprano
Hovhannes Papikyan, oboe
Seda Odabashyan, viola
Armen Hovakimyan, double bass

Johann Strauss
– Kaiser-Waltz
– Thunder and Lightning Polka
– Auf der Jagd Polka
– Polka Pizzicato
– Tritsch-Tratsch Polka 
– “Der Zigeunerbaron” overture

Jean-Baptiste Arban
– Fantaisie and Variations on theme of
– “The Carnival of Venice”

Aram Khachaturian
Waltz

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Excerpts from the “Nutcracker” ballet

Christmas Carols
Silent Night
Jingle Bells

The Script by Vahram Sahakyan

Stage Director: Hrant Movsisyan

Daniel Melkonyan, trumpet

MCs
Sergey Sargsyan
Arus Tigranyan
Gevorg Minasyan
Mkrtich Arzumanyan

Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

A capella works
Beethoven: Fantasia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra in C minor, Op.80
Verdi: Hymn of the Nations

Dvorak: Scherzo Capriccioso op.66 /13-14 min./
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.12, A-dur, K.414 /25-26 min./

Intermission

Sibelius: Symphony No.1 /38-40 min./

Penderecki:
– Violin Concerto No.2 “Metamorphosen” /38-40 min./
– Symphony No.5 /38-40 min./

Tchaikovsky: “Francesca da Rimini” Symphonic Fantasy /24-26 min./
Bruch: Violin Concerto /24-26 min./

Intermission

Brahms: Symphony No.2 /42-44 min./

Tchaikovsky: “Romeo and Juliet” overture-fantasy /19-21 min./
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre /7-8 min./

Intermission

Berlioz: Harold in Italy /44-46 min./

Berlioz: Overture to the opera “Beatrice et Benedict” /8-9 min./
Mirzoyan: “Introduction and Perpetuum Mobile” for violin and orchestra /9-10 min./
Ravel: “Tzigane” Concert Rhapsody for violin and orchestra /10-11 min./

Intermission

Franck: Symphony in d-minor /38-40 min

Mozart: Symphony No.41 (“Jupiter”)
Bruckner: Symphony No.3 (1889 edition)

Schumann: “Manfred” Overture
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Schumann: Symphony No.1

In memory of Petros Haykazyan

Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 5
Schumann: Fantasy Pieces, op. 73
Shostakovich: Preludes for Violin and Piano, op. 34
Babajanian: Sonata for Violin and Piano

Anush Nikogosyan, violin (Armenia)
Vag Papian, piano (Israel)

Works by: W. A. Mozart, A. Uhl, I. Dunayevsky, G. Hovhannisyan

Anna Margaryan, violin
Ivetta Korkina, violin
Gor Hovhannisyan, viola
Mikayel Navasardyan, cello
Arman Abrahamian, flute
Andranik Kochar, bassoon
Shahen Gevorgyan, trumpet
Armen Hovakimyan, double bass
Varduhi Minasyan, conductor, piano

Part 1
Morning ritual
The formula of “Очи черные” song
Suite on themes of Gershwin
The color palette of Constantine Orbelian
Reminicences about Artemi Ayvazyan
Alone with Charles Aznavour
Legrand’s signature

Part 2
A Panorama of musical styles
Latin American sketches
Arno Babajanian
American Golden Oldies
Robert Amirkhanyan

Within the frames of “Yerevan Perspectives” 19th International Music Festival. The Festival Is held under the patronage of the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan.

Program

VERDI
1) “La Forza del Destino” (Sinfonia)
2) “La Forza del Destino” (“Pace, pace mio Dio”)
3) “Don Carlo” (“Tu, che le vanita”)
4) “I Vespri Siciliani” (Sinfonia)
5) “I Vespri Siciliani” (“Merce dillette amiche”)

INTERMISSION

1) Mascagni: “Cavalleria Rusticana” (Intermezzo)
2) Mascagni: “Cavalleria Rusticana” (“Ave Maria”)
3) Rossini: “William Tell” (Overture)
4) Cilea: “Adriana Lecouvreur” (“Del Saltano Amuratte… Io son l’umile ancella”)
5) Cilea: “Adriana Lecouvreur” (“Poveri Fiori”)
6) Puccini: “Madama Butterfly” (Intermezzo lll Act)
7) Puccini: “Madama Butterfly” (“Un bel di vedremo”)
8) Puccini: “Madama Butterfly” (“Tu,tu, piccolo iddio”)
9) Catalani: “La Wally” (“Ebben ne andro lontana”)

Soprano: Lianna Haroutounian (France)

Conductor: Eduard Topchjan

Program

I.Dunayevsky: Suite
K.Weill / Youkali: Tango-Habanera
W.A.Mozart: Flute Quartet KV 285 (2nd mov.)
D.Buxtehude: Sonata
P.Ortiz: Le vrai tango argentin
G.Hovhannisyan: Praeludium e Fantasia

Anna Margaryan, violin
Gor Hovhannisyan, viola
Mikayel Navasardyan, cello
Arman Abrahamian, flute
Suren Khorozyan, clarinet
Andranik Kochar, bassoon
Shahen Gevorgyan, trumpet
Armen Hovakimyan, contrabass
Vardan Papikyan, trombone
Arusyak Hekimyan, violin

Varduhi Minasyan, conductor, piano

Giacomo Puccini: “Il Tabarro” (The Cloak)

Performers
Giorgetta: Marine Deinyan (soprano)
Michele: David Babayants (baritone)
Luigi: Hovhannes Andreasyan (tenor)
Talpa: Hovhannes Nersesyan (bass)
Tinca: Berj Karazyan (tenor)
Song seller: Hayk Tonguryan (tenor)
La Frugola: Narine Ananikyan (mezzo-soprano)
Passers-by: Artak Melkonyan (tenor)
Julietta Aleksanyan (soprano)

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Ruggero Leoncavallo: “I Pagliacci”
“Laugh, clown, laugh, at your broken love!”

Performers
Canio: Arsen Sogomonyan (tenor, Russia)
Nedda: Anna Kasyan (soprano,France)
Tonio: Gianpiero Ruggeri (baritone, Italy)
Silvio: Azamat Jeltyilgruzov (baritone, Kazakhstan)
Beppe: Berj Karazyan (tenor, Armenia)

Hover State Chamber Choir 
Artistic Director and Choirmaster: Sona Hovhannisyan
The Choir of Yerevan Specialized Vocal-Choral School of Voice Preservation 
Artistic Director: Karine Arakelyan, Choirmaster: Emma Arakelyan

Assistant to conductor and concertmaster: Varduhi Minasyan
Stage Director: Sukias Torosyan
Conductor: Eduard Topchjan