"With Love for Russia" The ensemble congratulated Muscovites and guests of the capital on Victory Day, performing at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall

These days, we are celebrating Victory Day – 77 years have passed since the victorious salutes of the bloodiest war in human history. The Great Victory is a symbol of national pride, military glory, and valor of our people.

The Academic Ensemble of Song and Dance of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation congratulated Muscovites and guests of the capital on Victory Day, performing at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. The Ensemble's new concert program "With Love for Russia" opened with the song "Ballad of a Soldier" by composer V. Solovyov-Sedoy and poet M. Matusovsky, performed by the Ensemble's soloist, People's Artist of Russia Vladimir Romanov.

The concert featured songs from the Great Patriotic War, including "The Artillerymen's March" (T. Khrennikov, V. Gusev), "The Frontline Driver's Song" (B. Mokrousov, B. Laskin), and songs by Soviet composers.

Audiences of all generations enjoy folk songs performed by the Ensemble's artists. Today, Russian folk art was presented by the fiery "Kamarinskaya" performed by the balalaika quartet led by Ivan Stepanov and the well-known folk song "Along the Peter Street" (soloist - Honored Artist of Russia Viktor Gromov).

The audience is always delighted by the performances of the Ensemble's soloist, Honored Artist of Russia Natalia Eliseeva. In the festive concert, the singer performed the lyrical song "Give Me a Handkerchief" (music by Grigory Ponomarenko, lyrics by Margarita Agashina) and "Song about the Earth" (music and lyrics by Vladimir Vysotsky) with great emotion.

A medley of songs from Leonid Utyosov's repertoire, arranged by the Honored Artist of Russia Aleksey Mazanov, was performed by the ensemble's soloists: the Honored Artist of Russia Natalya Eliseeva, the Honored Artist of Russia Aleksey Dmitriev, and the Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia Alexander Vdovenko, Pavel Pushkin, and Mikhail Zarayev

The Ensemble's dance group presented the audience with the soldiers' dance "Unit on Vacation" (directed by People's Artist of Russia A. Radyuk, musical arrangement by M. Press) and the choreographic composition "Golden Khokhloma" (directed by Honored Artist of Russia P. Kovalev).

Suite on the theme of soldiers 'songs arranged by A. Kukharenko:" Song about a Russian Soldier "(K. Akimov, K. Filippova), "Vasya Kryuchkin" (V. Solovyov-Sedoy, V. Gusev), "Vasya-Cornflower" (A. Novikov, S. Alymov), "Song about the Soviet Army" (A. Alexandrov Kolychev Island) was performed by Honored Artist of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic Alexander Kochov, Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia Igor Safonov, Mikhail Zaraev, Vitaly Gerasimenko, Konstantin Kuzmin, Evgeny Yakhin, Nazar Krokhtyak, Denis Khludnev.

Along with the concert numbers that the audience had already come to love, the premiere of the vocal and dance composition "Gypsy Fantasy" (arranged by I. Golubev and I. Kadomtsev) was presented to the audience. The composition featured folk Gypsy songs and songs from popular films, including "The Elusive Avengers" ("Yashka the Gypsy Song" by B. Mokrousov and R. Rozhdestvensky), "The Main Caliber" (by S.Sysoev, M.Shevchuk), "Cruel Romance" (A.Petrov, R.Kipling), "Tabor goes to the sky" performed by Honored Artist of Russia Natalia Eliseeva, Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Dmitriev, Mark Novikov, Evgeny Nasonov, Mikhail Mamonov. The fiery Gypsy dances staged by the talented choreographer of the theater "Roman" Arthur Bogdanov did not leave the audience indifferent.

The popular song "I'll Take You to the Tundra" (music by M. Fradkin, lyrics by M. Plyatskovskiy) was performed in an original way by the soloists of the Ensemble, Honored Workers of Culture of the Republic of Buryatia Ruslan Samozhapov and Norpol Tsydenov.

Works of Russian and foreign classics are seamlessly integrated into the Ensemble's concert program.

The audience warmly welcomed the performance of the soloist of the Ensemble, Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Volzhanin, who performed the aria of Calaf from the opera Turandot by G. Puccini. Another premiere was the excellent performance of the soloist of the Ensemble, People's Artist of Russia Lolitta Semenina, who performed the Habanera from the opera Carmen by J. Bizet.

The audience was delighted with the brilliantly performed by the ensemble's choir cavatina Figaro from the opera by J. Rossini "The Barber of Seville", the patriotic song "Glorious" from the opera by Mikhail Glinka "Ivan Susanin".

The festive concert traditionally ended with the song "Victory Day" by composer David Tukhmanov to poems by Vladimir Kharitonov performed by the soloist of the Ensemble, People's Artist of Russia Vladimir Romanov and the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the National Guard of the Russian Federation under the baton of the artistic director and chief Conductor, People's Artist of Russia, Major General Viktor Eliseev.

The grateful audience did not let their favorite artists go for a long time, giving them a long round of applause.