FULL BLIZZARD (Sviridov) Astrakhan 2019
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Blizzard, musical illustrations by Georgy Sviridov for athe story by Alexander Pushkin
- Composer: Sviridov Georgy
- Libretto: based on the story by Alexander Pushkin
- Venue & Opera Company: Concert Hall named after. M.P. Maksakova, Astrakhan Philharmonic, Russia
- Recorded: November 30, 2019
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Sergei Kichigin
- Conductor: Elena Seredintseva
- Orchestra: Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments named after. Makhova
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Astrakhan Philharmonic
- Date Published: 2020
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
“The Blizzard” (or The Snow Storm) (Russian: Мете́ль, Metél’ ) is the second of five short stories that constitute The Belkin Tales by Alexander Pushkin. The manuscript for the story was originally completed October 20, 1830. It was intended to be the last of The Belkin Tales to be published, but Pushkin decided to push the story to the front of the volume. The novella, so comical and at the same time so dramatic, is considered to be one of the masterpieces of Russian literature
Georgy Sviridov’s suite (“musical illustrations to Alexander Pushkin’s story”), while mostly unknown in the Americas, is very popular in Russia. Based on the film score that he wrote for Basov’s film, the movements of the suite are as follows:
Troika
Valse
Spring – Autumn
Romance
Pastorale
Little Military March
Wedding
Echo of the Valse
Finale
Quoted from Wikipedia