Schedule for Rimsky-Korsakov. Scheherazade Stravinsky. Rite of Spring. Moscow City Symphony Orchestra "Russian Philharmonic"Orchestra Birthday 2022

Conductor: Dmitri Yurovsky

Symphonic Suite "Scheherazade" by Rimsky-Korsakov wrote on the famous Arabian fairy tales "Thousand and One Nights." "I was referring to the four-orchestral suite ... is like a kaleidoscope of fairy-tale images and drawings of the Eastern character, "- said the composer. Despite the fact that the music of "Scheherazade" there is no genuine people of eastern music, it is perceived as Eastern narrative. Melodic turns, rhythms, orchestral colors, typical use of percussion instruments - everything indicates deep penetration into the essence of the composer's musical language of the East.
 
From appearing in the first edition of "Scheherazade" names part of the suite of interviews with the composer's friends know exactly what episodes of "The Thousand and One Nights," inspired by Rimsky-Korsakov. In the first part - is the sea and the ship of Sinbad the Sailor. The second part - the story of Tsarevich Callander about the wonders he had seen in travel. The third part - the lyric stage (Prince and Princess). In part four - two separate pictures: holiday in Baghdad and a ship crashing on the rocks with a copper horseman.
 
The culmination of the "Russian" period Stravinsky - ballet "The Rite of Spring." "Rite of Spring" evokes pagan Russia, its nature, and revels ancestors covered instinct of procreation, subordinates ceremonial calendar circle, bring the sacrifice of life for the sake of spring renewal of the earth. These "pictures of pagan Russia" authoritatively say the cult of nature and its forces in the spring awakening.
 
Dawn. The tribe is going on a holiday of spring. The fun begins, dancing. Games excite everyone. The action followed by kidnapping women dances. Next start molodecheskie men's games, demonstrating the strength and prowess. There are old men, led by the oldest-wise. Worship the ground with the ritual kiss of the oldest land-wise ends violently "Trampling of the earth." Dead of night, young girls a great sacrifice. One of them, the elect, will become defender of the tribe. Elders begin the sacred rite.