Shakespeare’s Viola

Open Concert Program

A pairing of music and poetry: works by Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Ichmouratov arranged for viola, interspersed with poems by Shakespeare, Ichmouratov, and Brodsky.
Elvira Misbakhova, viola
Irina Krasnyanskaya, piano
Alina Ichmouratov, narrator

Program:
Andante cantabile from String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11/2 (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. F. Laub / E. Misbakhova)
Concerto for viola, Op. 7 (Airat Ichmouratov)
March from The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33 (Sergei Prokofiev, arr. J. Heifetz / E. Misbakhova)

Poetry selections:
William Shakespeare: Sonnet 97
Alina Ichmouratov: Pick-up child
Joseph Brodsky: Christmas 1963