Dresden: GIDON KREMER'S RUSSIA
Program

Sofia Gubaidulina (1931) 
Reflections on B-A-C-H (arr. for string orchestra by Gidon Kremer)

Leonid Desyatnikov (1955)
Russian Seasons for voice, solo violin, and strings
Soloists Gidon Kremer (violin) and Olesya Petrova (mezzo-soprano)

Intermission I

Conversation with G. Kremer and L. Desyatnikov about music and current situation in Russia.

Intermission II

Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996)
Chamber symphony No. 2 for string orchestra and timpani, Op.147

Alexandr Raskatov (1953)
"The Season's Digest" (based on P. Tchaikovsky's "The Seasons" op. 37a)