Concerts of the Russian State Symphony Orchestra (ex-USSR) conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov

Programme cycles

“Images” (“A Region of France”, “Friends meet again”, “The Sea”, “Birds”, “Cosmos”)
“The Music of the United States”
“A Region of Spain”
“Another region of France”
“Rhythms of Spain”
“The most beautiful songs of the late 20th century”
“Masterpieces of Western European music”
“The Music of mourning and grief”
“Love and death”
“Evening of Jewish music”  

1992-1993 SEASON

“Images”
1. A region of France
Debussy “Petite Suite”
Ravel “Scheherazade” (soloist: N. Gerassimova)
Fauré “Le Réveil”
Chausson “Le Temps des Lilas” (version for orchestra)
Dukas Symphony in C Major (premiere in Russia)

2. Friends meet again
Vladigerov “Vardar” Rhapsody
Kodaly “Dances of Galanta”
Rogalski Three Romanian Dances
Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

3. The Sea
Ciurlionis “The Sea” (symphonic poem)
Glazunov “The Sea” (fantasy for orchestra)
Rimsky-Korsakov “From Homer” (symphonic poem)
Debussy “La Mer” (Three Symphonic Sketches)

4. Birds
Haydn Symphony No. 83 “La Poule”
Ravel “Ma Mère l’Oye”
Stravinsky “Firebird” Ballet Suite

5. Cosmos
Mozart Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter”
Holst “The Planets”, symphonic suite (premiere in Russia)

1994-1995 SEASON

1. Bach Programme
J.-S. Bach 6 Brandenburg Concertos
J.-S. Bach 5 Suites for orchestra
J.-S. Bach Concertos for one, two or three violins and orchestra

2. Evening with Georges Bizet
Bizet Symphony in C major
Bizet Two suites from Alphonse Daudet’s “L’Arlésienne”
Bizet “Jeux d’enfants”, suite for orchestra
Bizet Prelude and interlude, excerpts from “Carmen”

3. Another region of France
Dukas “La Péri”, choreographic poem
Debussy “Iberia”, excerpt from the “Images” cycle
Ravel “Tombeau de Couperin”, play for orchestra
Roussel “Bacchus et Ariane”, ballet suite

4. Gustav Mahler
Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D minor (soloist: O. Alexandrova)

5. Evgeny Svetlanov (evening with the composer)
Svetlanov Symphony in B minor, chamber music for violin (Sonatas,
Scherzos)
Romances on texts by Shchipachev. Soloists: N. Gerassimova
(soprano), S. Yakovenko (baritone), E. Gratch (violin), E.
Svetlanov (piano)

Famous oratorios
Taneyev “At the reading of a psalm” 
Taneyev “John of Damascus” 
Kastalsky “Brotherly prayer” 
Prokofiev “Alexander Nevsky” 
Prokofiev Musical score from “Ivan Grozny” film
Liszt “Christus”

1995-1996 SEASON
1.
Mahler Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” in D minor (soloists: N.
Gerassimova, O. Alexandrova)

2.
Ippolitov-Ivanov “Mtzyri”, symphonic poem
Glière Concerto for coloratura and orchestra (soloist: G. Boiko)
Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G major (soloist: N. Gerassimova)

3.
Falla “Three-Cornered Hat”, ballet suite

4.
Falla “El amor brujo”, ballet suite (soloist: O. Alexandrova)
Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor

5.
A. Schoenberg “Transfigured night”
R. Strauss “A Hero’s Life”, symphonic poem

1996-1997 SEASON
1.
Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 in E flat major
Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D minor

2. Evening of Jewish music
Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes
Shostakovich “Jewish  Folk Poetry” (soloists: G. Boiko, G. Borissova, A.
Martynov)
Bloch “Baal Shem”, improvisation (orchestration by Stasevich)
Svetlanov Rhapsody No. 2

3. Igor Stravinsky
Stravinsky “The Fairy’s Kiss”, ballet
Stravinsky “Petrushka”, ballet, 1911 version

Masterpieces of foreign music
Elgar “The Dream of Gerontius”, oratorio
Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez, for guitar and orchestra (soloist: J.
Yepes)
Villa-Lobos “Forest of the Amazon”, oratorio
Villa-Lobos Choros No. 10 for choir and orchestra
Nystroem Sinfonia del Mare
Alfven Symphony No. 4
Honegger “Jeanne au bûcher”

1999-2000 SEASON

Liszt “Christus”, oratorio (soloists: G. Boiko, O. Alexandrova,
Martynov, D. Trapeznikov)

Other cycles
Beethoven Nine Symphonies
Brahms Four Symphonies
Mahler Ten Symphonies
Miaskovsky Twenty-seven Symphonies

INTERNATIONAL TOURS

Japan, 1968
Pärt Polyphonic symphony
Shostakovich Concerto No. 1 for violin and orchestra (soloist: L. Kogan)
Stravinsky “Rite of Spring” 
Glinka Overture to the opera “Ruslan and Ludmila”
Beethoven Concerto for violin and orchestra (soloist: L. Kogan)
Tchaikovsky “Manfred Symphony” 
Tchaikovsky “Romeo and Juliet”
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Mussorgsky Prelude to the opera “Khovanshchina”
Beethoven “Egmont”, overture 
Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra (soloist: G. Sokolov)

Japan, 1972
Prokofiev Concerto No. 2 for piano and orchestra (soloist:  N. Petrov)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
Miaskovsky Symphony No. 21
Prokofiev Classical Symphony
Tchaikovsky Concerto for violin and orchestra (soloist: V. Klimov)
Tchaikovsky “Romeo and Juliet”

Germany (RFA), 1974
Mussorgsky “Night on Bald Mountain”
Rachmaninov Concerto No.2 for piano and orchestra (soloist: V. Eresko)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 9
Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Prokofiev Concerto No. 1 for violin and orchestra (soloist: V. Klimov)
Ravel “Daphnis et Chloé”
Tchaikovsky “Seasons” (arrangement by Gauk)
Tchaikovsky Concerto for violin and orchestra (soloist: V. Klimov)
Tchaikovsky “Francesca da Rimini”

Mexico, Canada, United States, 1975
Glinka Overture to the opera “Ruslan and Ludmila”
Prokofiev Concerto No. 3 for piano and orchestra
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
Beethoven Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” for piano and orchestra
Shostakovich Interludes from the opera “Katerina Ismailova”
Prokofiev “Classical Symphony”
Rimsky-Korsakov “Overture and Massacre at Kerzhentz” 
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Shostakovich Symphony No. 10
Liadov “Enchanted Lake” 
Beethoven Concerto for violin and orchestra (soloist: L. Issakadze)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 1
Rimsky-Korsakov “Scheherazade”
Ravel “Daphnis et Chloé”

United Kingdom, 1976
Elgar “Sea Pictures” 
Elgar “Enigma Variations” 
Elgar Symphony No. 2

Australia, 1978
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 “Winter Dream”
Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra (soloist: E. Mogilevsky)
Tchaikovsky Concerto for violin and orchestra (soloist: V. Klimov)

Sweden, 1978
Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 “Leningrad”

Austria, Switzerland, 1979
Borodin Symphony No. 2
Schedrin Concerto No. 3 for piano and orchestra
Balakirev “Islamey”, Oriental Fantasy
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 “Winter Dream”
Glinka “Kamarinskaya”
Brahms Symphony No. 3
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”

Germany, 1983
Shostakovich Symphony No. 10
Mussorgsky Prelude to the opera “Khovanshchina”
Khachaturian Concerto for violin and orchestra (soloist: V. Klimov)

Germany, 1984
Wagner Prelude to the opera “Tristan and Isolde”
Glazunov Concerto for violin and orchestra (soloist: V. Klimov)
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2

Switzerland, Belgium, France, Austria, 1984
Balakirev “Islamey”, Oriental Fantasy
Glazunov Concerto for violin and orchestra (soloist: V. Klimov)
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2
Wagner Prelude and Death of Isolde from the opera “Tristan and Isolde”
Dvorak Symphony No. 9 “New World”
Brahms Concerto for violin and orchestra (soloist: V. Klimov)
Svetlanov Poem for violin and orchestra (soloist: V. Klimov)
Tchaikovsky “Romeo and Juliet”
Miaskovsky Symphony No. 2

Italy, 1985
Glinka Symphony on two Russian themes in D minor
Glazunov Concerto for violin and orchestra (soloist: V. Klimov)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Spain (Barcelona), 1985
Rachmaninov Concerto No. 3 for piano and orchestra
(soloist: L. Timofeyeva)
Scriabin Symphony No. 2

Canada, 1986
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2
Brahms Double concerto for violin, cello and orchestra
(soloists: O. Kogan, N. Gutman)
Mussorgsky Prelude to the opera “Khovanshchina”

Japan, 1995
Stravinsky “Firebird” Ballet Suite, 1945 version
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Liadov “Enchanted Lake” 
Scriabin “Poem of Ecstasy” 
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra (soloist: H. Nakamura)
Rachmaninov Concerto No. 2 for piano and orchestra
(soloist: H. Nakamura)
Beethoven Concerto for violin and orchestra (soloist: V. Repin)
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2

France, 1995
Mahler Symphony No. 9
Brahms Symphony No. 1
Bernstein “Candide”, overture
Gershwin Concerto in F for piano and orchestra
Bloch “Baal Shem”, improvisation (orchestration by Stasevich)
Vladigerov “Jewish Poem” 
Svetlanov Rhapsody No. 2
Tchaikovsky “Manfred Symphony”
Tchaikovsky Concert Fantasy
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2
Scriabin “Poem of Ecstasy”
Liadov “Enchanted Lake” 
Mahler Symphony No. 1

Netherlands, Germany, 1996
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini for piano and orchestra
Tchaikovsky “Slavic March” 
Tchaikovsky “Manfred Symphony” 
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 1

Japan, 1996
Brahms Symphony No. 1
Beethoven Symphony  No. 3 “Eroica”, Symphony No. 5
Mahler Symphony No. 1 “Titan”
Brahms Concerto for violin and orchestra
Tchaikovsky Concerto for violin and orchestra
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

Netherlands, Belgium, France, 1996
Tchaikovsky Polonaise from the opera “Eugene Onegin”
Tchaikovsky Concert Fantasy for piano and orchestra
Liadov “Enchanted Lake” 
Scriabin “Poem of Ecstasy” 
Mahler Symphony No. 1 “Titan”
Debussy “Iberia” (excerpt from “Images”)
Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 1

United States, 1996/97
Mahler Symphony No. 9
Gershwin “An American in Paris”
Gershwin “Rhapsody in blue”
Gershwin “Cuban Overture”
Gershwin Suite from l’opéra “Porgy and Bess”
Tchaikovsky “Slavic March” 
Tchaikovsky Concert Fantasy
Tchaikovsky Suite for orchestra No. 3

Brazil, Argentina, 1996/97
Rachmaninov Concerto No. 2 for piano and orchestra
Svetlanov “Dawn in the fields”, symphonic painting
Scriabin “Poem of Ecstasy” 
Mahler Symphony No. 9

Japan, 1997
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Tchaikovsky “Slavic March” 
Tchaikovsky Concerto for violin and orchestra
Glazunov Concerto for violin and orchestra
Mahler Symphony No. 1 “Titan”
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini for piano and orchestra
(soloist: H. Nakamura)
Mozart Symphony No. 34

Netherlands, 1997
Tchaikovsky “Romeo and Juliet”
Tchaikovsky “Francesca da Rimini”
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Mussorgsky Prelude to Act IV from the opera “Khovanshchina”
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 1
Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra
(soloist: V. Ovchinnikov)

Germany, 1997
Tchaikovsky “Slavic March” 
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini for piano and orchestra (soloist: N. Lugansky)
Tchaikovsky “Manfred Symphony” 
Tchaikovsky “Romeo and Juliet”
Tchaikovsky “Francesca da Rimini”
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

France, 1997
Khachaturian Concerto for violin and orchestra (soloist: S. Marcovici)
Dvorak Symphony No. 9 “New World”
Tchaikovsky “Romeo and Juliet”
Tchaikovsky “Francesca da Rimini”
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Rachmaninov Concerto No. 2 for piano and orchestra (soloist: M. Rudy)

France, 1997/98
Tchaikovsky Ballet suites:
“Swan Lake”
“Sleeping Beauty”
“Nutcracker”
Tchaikovsky “1812 Overture”
Ravel “Daphnis et Chloé”
Dukas “La Péri”, choreographic poem
Mahler Symphony No. 7 “Night Song”

Budapest, Brno, Bratislava, Belgrade, 1998
Glinka Symphony No. 2 on two Russian themes
Scriabin “Poem of Ecstasy” 
Janacek “Lachian Dances” 
Mahler Symphony No. 7 “Night Song”

France, Spain, 1998
Mahler Symphony No. 9
Smetana Overture to the opera “The Bartered Bride”
Sibelius Concerto for violin and orchestra (soloist: D. Makhtin)
Stravinsky “Firebird” Ballet Suite, 1945 version
Rachmaninov Concerto No. 2 for piano and orchestra
(soloist: V. Ovchinnikov)

China (Beijing), 1999
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2
Tchaikovsky  “Nutcracker”, ballet suite in two acts
Dvorak Symphony No. 9 “New World”
Tchaikovsky “Francesca da Rimini”
Mozart Symphony No. 40
Shostakovich “Festive Overture” 
Svetlanov “Dawn in the fields”, symphonic painting
Liadov “Musical Snuffbox”, waltz-scherzo

OTHER PROGRAMMES

Leningrad, 1962
Stravinsky “Rite of Spring”
Scriabin Symphony No. 1

Moscow (Great Hall of the Conservatory), 1965
Shaporin “Story of the Battle for the Russian Land”
Shaporin “The Kite”

Moscow (Great Hall of the Conservatory), 1967
Mahler Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Webern Six Pieces for Orchestra
Hindemith Concerto for violin and orchestra (soloist: D. Oistrakh)
Schoenberg “A Survivor from Warsaw”

Moscow (Great Hall of the Conservatory), 1967-1968
“The Stars of Moscow” Festival (“Moskovskie zviozdy”)
Glinka Overture to the opera “Ruslan and Ludmila”
Mussorgsky “Without Sun” (arrangement by Svetlanov, G. Vichnevskaya)
Pärt Polyphonic Symphony
R. Strauss “Alpine symphony”

Moscow (Great Hall of the Conservatory), 1982-83
Bach Suites for orchestra Nos. 1, 2, 3
Berlioz Funeral and Triumphant Symphony
Gluck Overture to the opera “Alceste”