Young Euro Classic: Youth Chamber Orchestra of St. Petersburg (Russia)
About the Event
Professionalism, enthusiasm and a focus on music of the 21st century – those are the pillars upon which the Youth Chamber Orchestra St. Petersburg was founded only six years ago. These pillars also mark the programme with which the musicians from St. Petersburg make their debut at Young Euro Classic. First there is an obligatory piece for any Russian orchestra, Tchaikovsky’s popular Serenade for Strings in C‐Major, a resounding homage to the composer’s great role model, Mozart. With a view to the 21st century, the young players from St. Petersburg then perform a brand‐new Oboe Concerto by Dovlet Anzarokov, giving the work its German premiere. And finally, they rise to a very special challenge: Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 14 with its soprano and bass solo parts, whose texts all deal with the subject of death, setting poems ranging from Federico García Lorca to Rainer Maria Rilke.
Cast / Production
Conductor:
Migran Agadzhanyan
Oboe:
Alexandr Bykov
Soprano:
Karina Flores
Bass:
Felix Kudryavtsev
Program infomation:
PIOTR I. TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for String Orchestra in C‐Major Op. 48 (1880)
DOVLET ANZAROKOV: Concerto for Oboe and Chamber Orchestra (German Premiere)
DMITRI SCHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 14 for Soprano, Bass and Chamber Orchestra Op. 135 (1969)
