The Britten-Shostakovich Festival Orchestra, led by Jan Latham-Koenig, is a unique bi-national ensemble bringing young people of conservatoire age from the United Kingdom and Russia together in a shared cultural experience. Further details below!
REPERTOIRE
All repertoire issubject to change:
SOCHI (9 SEPTEMBER)
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (piano: Miroslav Kultyshev)
Interval
Britten – Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
Shostakovich – Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra:
March, Polka, Waltz, Finale
SOCHI (10 SEPTEMBER)
Elgar – Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1
Britten – Young Apollo (piano: Ilya Chirskov)
Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
Interval
Prokofiev – Extracts from Romeo & Juliet:
Montagues and Capulets, Romeo and Juliet, Death of Tybalt, Romeo and Juliet Before Parting, Romeo at Juliet’s Grave, The Death of Juliet
MOSCOW (12 SEPTEMBER)
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (piano: Miroslav Kultyshev)
Interval
Britten – Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
Shostakovich – Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra:
March, Polka, Waltz, Finale
MOSCOW (14 SEPTEMBER)
Elgar – Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1
Britten – Young Apollo
(piano: Ilya Chirskov)
Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
Interval
Prokofiev – Extracts from Romeo & Juliet:
Montagues and Capulets, Death of Tybalt, Romeo at Juliet’s Grave, The Death of Juliet
Shostakovich – Symphonic Poem Execution of Stepan Razin
(bass/chorus: Alexei Antonov / Choir of the Kolobov Novaya Opera Theatre of Moscow)
ST PETERSBURG (15 SEPTEMBER)
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (piano: Miroslav Kultyshev)
Interval
Britten – Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Shostakovich – Symphonic Poem Execution of Stepan Razin
(bass/chorus: Alexei Antonov / Choir of the Kolobov Novaya Opera Theatre of Moscow)
BIRMINGHAM (17 SEPTEMBER)
Britten – Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (piano: Pavel Kolesnikov)
Interval
Prokofiev – Extracts from Romeo & Juliet:
Montagues and Capulets, Death of Tybalt, Romeo at Juliet’s Grave
Shostakovich – Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra:
March, Waltz, Finale
Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
NOTTINGHAM (18 SEPTEMBER)
Britten – Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes with readings from George Crabbe’s poem The Borough
Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
(violin: Jennifer Pike)
with readings from George Meredith’s poem The Lark Ascending
Prokofiev – Extracts from Romeo & Juliet:
Montagues and Capulets, Death of Tybalt, Romeo at Juliet’s Grave
Interval
Shostakovich – Hamlet, op. 116, for Actors and Orchestra (arr. Jan Latham-Koenig)
(actors: Edward Fox, Freddie Fox)
Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
LEEDS (19 SEPTEMBER)
Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (piano: Pavel Kolesnikov)
Interval
Britten – Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Shostakovich – Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra:
March, Waltz, Finale
MANCHESTER (21 SEPTEMBER)
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (piano: Pavel Kolesnikov)
Interval
Britten – Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Shostakovich – Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra: March, Polka, Waltz, Finale
EDINBURGH (22 SEPTEMBER)
Britten – Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
(violin: Jennifer Pike)
Shostakovich – Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra: March, Polka, Waltz, Finale
Interval
Prokofiev – Extracts from Romeo & Juliet:
Montagues and Capulets, Death of Tybalt, Romeo at Juliet’s Grave, The Death of Juliet
Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
BASINGSTOKE (24 SEPTEMBER)
Britten – Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
(violin: Jennifer Pike)
Shostakovich – Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra March, Polka, Waltz, Finale
Interval
Shostakovich – Hamlet, op. 116 (arr. Jan Latham-Koenig)
Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
LONDON (25 SEPTEMBER)
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (piano: Pavel Kolesnikov)
Interval
Britten – Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes with readings from George Crabbe’s poem The Borough
Shostakovich – Hamlet, op. 116, for Actors and Orchestra (arr. Jan Latham-Koenig)
(actors: Edward Fox, Freddie Fox)
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