Shchedrin

PERFORMERS:
Narrator: Polina Malikova (Tolstun)
Artistic whistling: Fedor Uhatov

Soloists and the Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev

PROGRAMME:
Rodion Shchedrin
Highlights of the I and II suites from the ballet The Little Humpbacked Horse

The Adventures of a Monkey
a musical narrative based on Mikhail Zoshchenko's eponymous tale, a concerto for narrator, trumpet, horn, flute, harp and two percussionists accompanied by string orchestra and cembalo in memory of Maya Plisetskaya who dearly loved this story
(Musical materials provided by SCHOTT MUSIC GmbH & Co, Mainz, Germany)

In accordance with amendments to the Government of St Petersburg's Regulation No 121, members of the audience under the age of 16 will not be admitted to the concert.