Programmes

Programme for a complete orchestra

 

“Russians in Italy, Germans in Russia”

I part

Ànton Ferdinand Tietz (1742 – 1810)
Symphony in C major (ÒÒÊ 5:1)
Concerto in E flat major for violin and orchestra (ÒÒÊ 4:1)

Dmitry Bortnyansky (1751 – 1825)
Aria of Quinto Fabio “Cara deh torna in pace” from “Il Quinto Fabio” opera
Aria of Aretea “Tu vedrai che virtu non paventa” from “Il Alcide” opera

II part

Maxim Berezovsky (1740 – 1777)
Sinfonia in C major (ca.1772; the earliest Russian Symphony)

Johann Heinrich Facius (1760 – 1806)
Concerto in D minor for violoncello and orchestra (op.3)

Maxim Berezovsky (1740? – 1777)
Aria of Timante “Misero Pargoletto” and “Prudente Mi Chiedi” from “Il Demofonte” opera

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“The unknown Russian classicism”

I part

Maxim Berezovsky (1740? – 1777)
Sinfonia in C major (ca.1772; the earliest Russian Symphony)

Dmitry Bortnyansky (1751 – 1825)
Sinfonia from “Il Quinto Fabio” opera
Sinfonia from “Son-Rival” opera
Concerto in D major for harpsichord and orchestra, the first movement
(Reconstruction by Pavel Serbin, 2003)

II part

Ànton Ferdinand Tietz (1742 – 1810)
Symphony in C major (ÒÒÊ 5:1)

Johann Wilhelm Hassler (1747 – 1822)
Concerto in G major for pianoforte and orchestra (op.50) (Dedicated to Lidiya Gorchakova)

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“Beyond all praise is only Telemann”

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767)

I part

Orchestral Suite in A minor for two oboes, bassoon, strings and basso continuo (TWV 55:a3)
Concerto Grosso in G major for two violins, strings and basso continuo (TWV 52:G1)
Concerto in E major for flute, strings and basso continuo (TWV 51:E1)
(Var.: Concerto in D major for flute, strings and basso continuo (TWV 51:D1))

II part

Orchestral Suite in B flat major for two oboes, bassoon, strings and basso continuo (TWV 55:B4)
Concerto in G major for violin, strings and basso continuo (TWV 51:G4)
Concerto in E minor for flute, violin, strings and basso continuo (TWV 52:e3)
Concerto Grosso in G major for two flutes, bassoon, strings and basso continuo (TWV 53:G1)

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“European Baroque”

I part

Francesco Geminiani (1687 – 1762)
Concerto Grosso in B flat major (op.7 No.6)

Giovanni Benedetto Platti (ca. 1697 – 1763)
Concerto in G minor for violoncello and orchestra
(Var.: Concerto in D major for harpsichord and orchestra)

Jean-Marie Leclair (1697 – 1764)
Concerto for violin and orchestra in A major (op.12 No.2)

II part

Johann Georg Pisendel (1687 – 1755)
Sonata for orchestra in C minor

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767)
Orchestral Suite in E minor for two flutes, two oboes, bassoon, two violins, strings and basso continuo (TWV 55:e3)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)
Concerto in D minor for strings and basso continuo (“Madrigalesco”; RV 129)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major

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“Illusions of the French Baroque”

I part

Francois Couperin (1668 – 1733)
Suite “La Francoise” from “Les Nations”

Jean-Marie Leclair (1697–1764)
Concerto for violin and orchestra in A major (op.12 No.2)

II part

Jean-Fery Rebel (1666 – 1747)
“Les Elemens”, orchestral suite

Jean-Philipp Rameau (1683 – 1764)
Instrumental fragments from operas and ballets

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“Italian studies”

I part

Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762)
Concerto Grosso in B flat major (op.7 No.6)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)
Concerto in D minor for strings and basso continuo (“Madrigalesco”; RV 129)

Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671 – 1751)
Concerto in F major for two oboes and orchestra

II part

Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (1690 – 1758)
Concerto in G minor for oboe, violin and orchestra

Giovanni Benedetto Platti (ca. 1697 – 1763)
Concerto in G minor for violoncello and orchestra

Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)
Concerto in B minor for violin and orchestra (RV 386)

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“Games of classics”

I part

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Music to the play “Thamos, Konig in Agypten” (KV 345)

Antonio Rosetti (1750 – 1792)
Concerto in G major for flute and orchestra

II part

Joseph Wolfl (1773 – 1812)
Symphony in G minor (op. 40)
(Dedicated to Luigi Cherubini)

Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)
Symphony No.63 in C major (“La Roxelane”; Hob I:63)

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“Sinfonie brillanti”

I part

Johann Christian Bach (1735 – 1782)
Sinfonia in G minor, op.6 No.6 (C 16a; T 276/3)

Maxim Berezovsky (1740 – 1777)
Sinfonia in C major (ca.1772; the earliest Russian Symphony)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 –1788)
Symphony for strings in B minor (Wq 182 No.5)

II part

Joseph Martin Kraus (1756 – 1792)
Symphony in C major

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Concerto No.3 for violin and orchestra in G major (KV 216)

(Var.: Antonio Rosetti (1750 – 1792)
Symphony in G minor (Murray A2))


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“Only Mozart”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)

I part

Overture from “Le nozze di Figaro” (KV 492)
Music to the play “Thamos, Konig in Agypten” (KV 345)

II part

Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major for violin, viola and orchestra (KV 364)
Symphony No.40 in G minor (KV 550)

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CHAMBER MUSIC PROGRAMMES

“Classica da camera”

I part

Michael Haydn (1737 – 1806)
Quintet in G major for two violins, two violas and violoncello

Joseph Wolfl (1773 – 1812)
Quartet in C major for two violins, viola and violoncello (op.3 No.2)

II part

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Quartet in C minor for two violins, viola and violoncello (op.18 No.4)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Quartet in D major for flute, violin, viola and violoncello (KV 285)

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“Only Mozart”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)

I part

Quartet in C major for two violins, viola and violoncello (“Dissonance”; KV 465)
Quartet in Ñ major for flute, violin, viola and violoncello (KV 285b)

II part

Quartet in B flat major for two violins, viola and violoncello (KV Anh.167). Transcription of Sonata in B flat major for piano (KV 570) by Ignace Joseph Pleyel (1790s)
Quartet in D major for flute, violin, viola and violoncello (KV 285)

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“Gallant dances”

I part

Ànton Ferdinand Tietz (1742 – 1810)
Quartet in D minor for two violins, viola and violoncello (op.1 No.5; TTK 2:1)
(Dedicated to Count Dmitry Golitsin)

Franz Adam Veichtner (1741 – 1822)
Russian song with variations and Capriccio in G minor for violin and bass (op.9)

Ànton Ferdinand Tietz (1742 – 1810)
Quartet in C major for two violins, viola and violoncello (Dedicated to Senator Alexei Teplov)

II part

Johann Heinrich Facius (ca. 1760 – 1806?)
Trio in E flat major for violin, viola and violoncello

Ànton Ferdinand Tietz (1742 – 1810)
Quintet in D minor for two violins, two violas and violoncello (ÒÒÊ 3:1)

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“Beyond all praise is only Telemann”

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767)

I part

Sonata in G minor for two violins, two violas, violoncello and basso continuo (TWV 44:33)
Trio sonata in C major / A major for flute, two violins and basso continuo (TWV 42:C1)
Quartet in G major for flute, violin, viola da gamba and basso continuo (TWV 43:g1)

II part

Sonata in B flat major for two violins, two violas, violoncello and basso continuo (TWV 44:34)
Sonata in F minor for two violins, two violas, violoncello and basso continuo (TWV 44:32)
Concerto in E major for flute, strings and basso continuo (TWV 51:E1)
(Var.: Concerto in D major for flute, strings and basso continuo (TWV 51:D1))