RACHMANINOFF TALKS

"Evening of Romance"

150 years since the birth of the composer (1.4.1873 – 28.3.1943)

Concert by Tsvetana Bandalovska, soprano and Blagovesta Konstantinova, piano

With the participation of: Teodor Georgiev, actor

DIRECTOR: Vera Petrova

Part I

1. “Lilacs” – lyrics E. Beketova, Op. 21, No.5 (1:51)
2. “Music” – lyrics Y. Polonsky, Op. 34, No.8 (2:20)
3. “Daisies” – lyrics I. Severyanin, Op. 38, No.3 (2: 30)
4. “Twilight” – lyrics А. Tolstoy, Op. 21, No.3 (2:16)
5. “At my Window” – lyrics G. Galina, Op. 26, No.10 (2:04)
6. “A Dream” – lyrics А. Pleshcheyev, Op. 8, No.5 (1:15)
7. “Night is Sorrowful” – lyrics I. Bunin, Op. 26, No.12 (2:25)
8. “The Pied Piper” – lyrics V. Brysov, Op. 38, No.4 (2:53)
9. “А-oo!” – К. Balmont, Op. 38, No.6 (2:53)
10. “Sing Not, O Lovely One” – lyrics А. Pushkin, Op. 4, No.4 (4:48)

Part II

1. “Vocalise” – Op. 34, No.14 (6:26)
2. “Fragment from A. Musset” – lyrics A. Apukhtin, Op. 21, No.6 (1:55)
3. “Thoughts, Reflection” – lyrics А. Pleshcheyev, Op. 8, No.3 (3:14)
4. “A Passing Breeze” – lyrics К. Balmont, Op.34, No.4 (3:14)
5. “Melody” Op. 3, No.3 (5:00) – performed by Blagovesta Konstantinova
6. “It Cannot Be” – lyrics Apollon Maykov, Op. 34, No.7 (1:52)
7. “Оh, Do Not Grief” – lyrics А. Apukhtin, Op. 14, No.8 (2:47)
8. “The Dream” – lyrics F. Sologub, Op. 38, №5 (3:23)
9. “How Peaceful” – lyrics G. Galina, Op. 21, No.7 (2:05)