PERFORMERS:
Narrator: Polina Malikova (Tolstun)
The Mariinsky Orchestra and soloists
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)