On November 16 a concert of the State Symphonic Orchestra “Symphonica ARTica” of Yakutian Philharmonic conducted by director, Honoured Artist Natalia Bazaleva took place in Novgorod Regional Philharmonic for the first time. The concert was dedicated to the 75th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
Before the concert the guests visited Staraya Russa. A meeting was held In Ustreka village near monument of Yakutian warriors, who died on the lake Ilmen during the war period. During the commemoration event musical compositions were presented by Yakutian artists.
The wind orchestra Lena River Brass performed fanfare from the “Rainbow” march by Valeriy Khalilov. Nyurgun Nikitin, student of The Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School (Institute) of the State Academic Maly Theatre of Russia, read a fragment from “Saint Ilmen” ballade written by Sergey Vasiliev-Borogonskiy.
The musicians went down to Ilmen lake and presented “Yakutian Victory March” from the symphony “Saint Ilmen” by David Saliman-Vladimirov.
This patriotic composition opened the concert in the Philharmonic.
“This year marks 50 years since the moment the poem “Saint Ilmen” was written. It is devoted to the 70th Anniversary of fighting between the Soviet army with Nazy invaders, which took place on February 22-23 in 1943 near Ilmen lake. It is also devoted to blessed memory of intrepid fallen heroes – Yakutian fighters. Such works are imperishable and we felt compelled to begin today’s concert exactly with this symphonic composition, which was written to the poem of Sergey Vasiliev-Borogonskiy” – told Tuyaara Pestryakova, Director General of the State Philharmonic of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
The Yakutian Philharmonic Art Director and the Symphonic Orchestra director Natalia Bazaleva mentioned that she was happy to meet Great Novgorod and to connect with it’s history.
With the concert in Great Novgorod Yakutian artists began their road tour in the frames of the Year “Great Victory “Your feat is in generations’ hearts””. The Year was started in the Sakha Republic on May 9 in 2019 and dedicated to the 75th Anniversary of the Great Victory. Today at 19:00 they will feature on the concert hall of Mariinsky theatre in Saint-Petersburg.
Source: website of the Ministry of culture of Novgord region