Part of the “Schnittke, Our Contemporary” subscription series

Programme:

Alfred Schnittke:

“The Glass Harmonica” (1968)
Screening of the animated film by Andrei Khrzhanovsky

Sport, Sport, Sport (1970)
Suite from the music to the film by Elem Klimov
Arranged for ensemble by Yuri Kasparov

Agony (1981)
Tango from the music to the film by Elem Klimov

Little Tragedies (1979)
Suite from the music to the film by Mikhail Schweitzer
Arranged for ensemble by Yuri Kasparov

Dead Souls (1984)
Suite from the music to the film by Mikhail Schweitzer
Arranged for ensemble by Sergey Akimov

Performers:
Studio for New Music soloists ensemble
Conductor – Sergey Akimov
Speakers – film curator Maxim Pavlov and Sergey Uvarov, head of the Film Music Centre
With the participation of the Film Music Centre