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The concert program is composed of the best chamber works of the composers of The Mighty Handful: Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Mussorgsky, Cui. Sounds romances and piano pieces.

The creative community of Russian composers “The Mighty Handful”, also known as the “New Russian Music School”, is a community of progressively minded composers that emerged during the democratic upsurge in the mid-19th century. Kuchkists propagandized the national idea in musical art, contrasting their creativity with an academic school.

In the work of each of the composers of The Mighty Handful, romances and songs occupied a special place. The Kuchkist’s attitude toward these genres was the same as that of the “high” genres of symphony and opera: very serious, thoughtful. While working on romances, composers put forward serious requirements for design, the choice of a poetic text, expressive means for its embodiment, and tried to avoid “common words” and the direct influence of everyday, salon romance.

Piano music was not the focus of the composers of The Mighty Handful. Their creative interests gravitated to opera, symphony, song, romance. Nevertheless, each of them left piano works of high artistic value, enabling pianists to include in their repertoire first-class examples of the work of brilliant musicians.

Honored Artist of Russia Galina Sidorenko (mezzo-soprano)
Laureate of international competitions Oleg Weinstein (piano)
musicologist - Larisa Vorontsovskaya

Before the concert, everyone can walk through the enfilade of the front halls of the House of Kochneva and listen to an excursion about the history of the mansion.

Excursion to the Kochneva House at 18 o’clock

Beginning at 19 hours

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