About this Event
The programme features songs by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Sviridov (from the vocal poem Petersburg), performed by former soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre — Efim Zavalny (baritone) and Rebekka Magomedova (piano). The concert also includes the Fantasy for Piano by the Ukrainian composer Fyodor Akimenko and the finale of Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 7.
The performance lasts approximately one hour and takes place in an intimate chamber setting for around 50 listeners. The songs will be sung in Russian, and a printed programme with English translations will be provided.
A note from the performers
My name is Rebekka, and I am a pianist. Until 2022 I worked in St Petersburg at the Mariinsky Theatre. As for many of my compatriots, my life since then has been divided into a “before” and an “after”.
Over the past years the world has gone through events that have separated people and reshaped many lives. This programme grew from a desire to reflect on such moments of rupture in history. The composers in tonight’s concert — Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Akimenko, Prokofiev and Sviridov — each lived through times when the world around them was changing dramatically.
I will perform this programme together with my husband, baritone Efim Zavalny, who was also a soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre. For both of us, it is meaningful that this music will be performed at Pushkin House in London. The poets whose words you will hear this evening — among them Alexander Pushkin, Alexander Blok and Dmitry Merezhkovsky — are woven into the cultural memory of Russia, and their voices continue to resonate far beyond their own time.
For me it is especially significant that the concert takes place on the eve of Easter — a celebration that symbolises hope, renewal and transformation.
Programme
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- I Opened the Window
- The Heroic Deed (Podvig)
- Amid the Din of the Ball
- I Bless You, Forests
Theodore Akimenko
- Fantasy for Piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Dream
- All Was Taken from Me
- Do Not Sing, My Beauty
- Christ is Risen
Sergei Prokofiev
- Finale from Piano Sonata No. 7
Georgy Sviridov
from the vocal poem Petersburg (poetry by Alexander Blok)
- I Am Nailed to the Tavern Counter
- Petersburg Song
- Born in the Deaf Years
- The Mother of God in the City
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London, United Kingdom
GBP 25.00
