The Mariinsky Theatre Brass Ensemble

PART I

Witold Lutosławski. Mini-Overture for brass quintet
Eric Ewazen. Frost Fire suite for brass quintet
Alexei Pozin. Journey through Europe suite for brass quintet

Performed by the Mariinsky Theatre Brass Quintet

The Mariinsky Theatre Brass Quintet:
Yuri Fokin (trumpet)
Mikhail Afonkin (trumpet)
Alexei Pozin (French horn)
Alexander Ponomaryov (trombone)
Konstantin Zlatin (trumpet)

The Mariinsky Theatre Brass Quintet was founded in St Petersburg in 2008 by musicians of the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra. The ensemble has already won the admiration of the public, and in summer 2009 it became a prize-winner at the International Lieksa Brass Week Competition (Finland). In 2009 the ensemble took part in the II Brass Evenings at the Mariinsky Festival. It frequently presents free concerts in the Foyer of the Mariinsky Theatre.

PART II

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy. Arrangement for brass ensemble by Alexei Repnikov and Vyacheslav Kruglik
Vyacheslav Kruglik and Svetlana Nesterova. Suite from the ballet The Magic Ring. Arrangement for brass ensemble by Vyacheslav Kruglik
Derek Bourgeois. Trombone Concerto. Arrangement for brass ensemble and trombone solo by Maria Goryachova

Performed by the Mariinsky Theatre Grand Brass Ensemble
Soloist: Alexander Gorbunov (trombone)

The Mariinsky Theatre Grand Brass Ensemble:
Timur Martynov (trumpet)
Sergei Kryuchkov (trumpet)
Vitaly Zaitsev (trumpet)
Stanislav Ilchenko (trumpet)
Stanislav Tses (French horn),
Vladislav Kuznetsov (French horn)
Alexander Ponomarev (trombone)
Andrei Smirnov (trombone)
Vladimir Polevin (bass trombone)
Alexander Dzhurri (euphonium)
Nikolai Slepnev (tuba)
Andrei Khotin (percussion)
Vladislav Ivanov (percussion)
Alexander Shalimov (percussion)
Conductor: Alexei Repnikov

The Mariinsky Grand Brass Ensemble was established in 2007. Today the Mariinsky Brass Ensemble comprises fourteen musicians who perform in the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Gergiev. The ensemble tours frequently, performing in Japan, Austria and Switzerland. Moreover, the ensemble participates in three festivals and has initiated the Brass Evenings at the Mariinsky festival. The ensemble’s repertoire includes works both specially written for it (Alexei Pozin’s brass suite Catalina and Oleg Oblov’s At the Party pièce musicale) and arrangements of well-known opuses by Mariinsky Theatre musicians including Аlexei Pozin, Vladislav Ivanov, Alexei Repnikov and Gleb Biryulin.

PART III

Leonard Bernstein. Suite from the musical Westside Story

Performed by the Mariinsky Theatre Stage Brass Band

Mariinsky Theatre Stage Brass Band
Yuri Smirnov (piccolo trumpet)
Mikhail Khasin (trumpet)
Mikhail Afonkin (trumpet)
Alexei Popov (trumpet)
Yuri Kovalev (trumpet)
Vasily Karpushkin (flugelhorn)
Sergei Faustov (French horn)
Yegor Faustov (French horn)
Alexander Petrov (French horn)
Alexei Serov (French horn)
Igor Dorofeyev (euphonium)
Valentin Ogiy (trombone)
Stanislav Tses (trombone)
Alexander Kovalchuk (bass trombone)
Zufar Abdullin (tube)
Konstantin Zlatin (tuba)
Mikhail Danchenko (tuba)
Andrei Koziev (percussion)
Alexander Markevich (percussion)
Konstantin Chentsov (percussion)
Conductor: Alexei Repnikov

The Stage Wind Orchestra is the Mariinsky Theatre’s oldest ensemble. The orchestra frequently appears in operatic performances. The ensemble underwent intense development under the outstanding trombonist and teacher Georgy Ivanovich Strautman. At present, the orchestra regularly performs concerts and is a permanent participant of the Brass Evenings at the Mariinsky festival.