Name: Legends of the Sea: A Children's Concert
Start: 2016-08-02T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2016-08-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre

Organization

Conductor

Pavel Smelkov

Stage director

Daria Panteleeva

Singer

Tenor

Evgeny Akhmedov

Baritone

Roman Burdenko

Bass

Sergei Alexashkin

Mezzo-soprano

Irina Kolodyazhnaya

Laura Bustamante

Soprano

Alena Diyanova

Others

The Mariinsky Chorus

Orchestra

Orchester des Mariinski-Theaters

Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre

Legends of the Sea: A Children's Concert

Vladivostok

Russia

Legends of the Sea: A Children's Concert: Concert

Public

Concert

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

In the history of Russian music Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov has become known as a 'storyteller' and creator of musical seascapes. In his youth the budding composer studied in the Navy Cadets, from 1862 to 1865 he served as a garde-marine and midshipman on the "Almaz" clipper and sailed along the coast of America. Later, having chosen music as his profession, Rimsky-Korsakov created picturesque depictions of the sea in the orchestral suite Scheherazade, the opera Sadko, and the Tale of the Tsar Saltan. Most popular of the opera Sadko's numbers are the Three Songs of the Guests (sea merchants) from the second act in which the characters tell of their homeland and of the sea. Each character in the scene is musically depicted: the harsh Northern sea of the Varangian guest is illustrated by the powerful sound of brass instruments; the languor that reigns over the treasures of the South Seas of the Indian Guest is evoked by the florid melodies of the woodwind section. In the song of the Venetian Guest the slow fist section in the style of a barcarole ("the city of stone, mother to all...") is replaced by a lively rondo ("wonderful city, happy city...") that reminds one of Italian dance melodies.

The theme of maritime travel was developed on a large scale in the adventurous literature of the 19 th Century. One of the key figures of this genre was Jules Vern whose novel The Children of Captain Grant is still extremely popular today. A film was made of the same name in 1936 and was the first Soviet dramatization of the novel. The success of the film was not least due to the brilliant, memorable song by Isaak Dunaevsky using words by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach. The songs of Paganela ("There once was an intrepid Captain...") and Roberta ("Give us a Song, Sing Cheerful Wind...") have for many decades lived an independent existence, becoming classic examples of the genre.

Vladimir Khavrov

English

Legends of the Sea: A Children's Concert by Various, From (2016/2016), Directed by Daria Panteleeva,, Conductor Pavel Smelkov, Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre, Vladivostok, Russia

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Programme, About & Synopsis

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Further reading

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