PERFORMERS: The Folklore Ensemble of the St Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire
Artistic Director: Galina Lobkova
The St Petersburg Guberniya, a project by the Leningrad Oblast Regional
Department of the Russian Folklore Union All-Russian Public Organisation
Director: Elena Kiselyova
together with the Palemashenniki theatre
Director: Vsevolod Mizenin
The Canary folklore ensemble of Residential School No 6 of the Krasnogvardeisky District of St Petersburg
Directors: Yeseniya Petrova and Danil Izotov
Concert Managers: Xenia Mekhnetsova and Elena Chermenina
PROGRAMME:
Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) ritual songs, scenes of winter and spring rites, wedding and lyrical songs, festive round dances and folk-tunes from various Russian regions