A Concert of Russian Music

February 5, 2010

Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts
1 East 104th Street, 3 Floor

Maxim Anikushkin – Piano, Alexander Zak-Narration

Prokofiev (1891-1953)

From Fleeting Visions # 5,6,8,10,16,18
Peter and the Wolf Op. 67 for piano and narrator

Y. Merkulyeva (1956- )
Mirage for Piano Solo (1991)

Intermission

Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
From Seasons, Op. 37 bis
January (Near the Fireplace), May (White Nights), November (The Russian Troika)

Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Prelude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 23

Glinka- Balakirev
The Lark

Tchaikovsky- Pletniev
“Andante Maestoso” from the Ballet Nutcracker

Vladimir Zak (1929-2007)
Suite for Piano Solo (1947)
1. Jewish Song
2. Jewish Dance
3. Dance
4. Humoresque
5. The March
My Shostakovich (1997)