Rastrelli Cello Quartet: “The Best”

Date: 18.04.2026 beginning at 19:00
Category: Chamber music
Program:

I department

Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) – “La Follia”

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907) – Excerpts from the suite “Peer Gynt”
“Morning Mood”; “The Abduction of the Bride”; “Solveig’s Song”; “Anitra’s Dance”; “The Death of Aase”; “In the Hall of the Mountain King”

Kirill Timofeyev (*1978) – Theme and Variations

Béla Bartók (1881–1945) – “Romanian Dances”
I. Bot tánc / Jocul cu bâtă (Stick Dance)
II. Brâul (Circle Dance)
III. Topogó / Pe loc (Stamping on the spot)
IV.Bucsumí tánc / Buciumeana (Bucsumí dance)
V. Román polka / Poarga Românească (Romanian polka)
VI.Aprózó / Mărunțel (Fast Dance)

II department

George Gershwin (1898–1937) – Clarinet Suite from the opera “Porgy and Bess” (dedicated to Giora Feidman)

Sergei Drabkin (*1953) / Mikael Tariverdiev (1931–1996) – “17 Moments of Swing”

Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992) – “Oblivion”
– “Fuga y Misterio”
– “Libertango”

– “Dedication to Belarus” (arranged by S.Drabkin)
“I Dreamed of You in the Spring” / Yuri Semenyako;
“My Homeland” / Igor Luchenok;
“Belarus” / Alexandra Pakhmutova

*Program subject to change

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“THE BEST”

RASTRELLI CELLO QUARTET:
Kirill Kravtsov
(artistic director)
Mikhail Degtyarev
Kirill Timofeev
Sergey Drabkin
(arrangements)

Rastrelli Cello Quartet: “The Best”