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Completion of the Kaliningrad Region city tour
17.03.2023

Completion of the Kaliningrad Region city tour

Completion of the Kaliningrad Region city tour

The anniversary tour of the Academic Ensemble of Songs and Dances of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation in the cities of the Kaliningrad Region has come to an end. The last stops of the concert tour dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the ensemble's foundation were the cities of Sovetsk and Svetlogorsk.

Sovetsk is the northernmost city in the Kaliningrad Region. On March 16, 2023, the Parus City Center for Culture and Leisure hosted a concert of the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation under the direction of Artistic Director and Chief Conductor, People's Artist of Russia, Major General Viktor Eliseev. The concert hall was attended by the head of the Soviet City District Grigory Sokolovsky, the deputy head of the Rosgvardiya Department for Military and Political work in the Kaliningrad Region, Colonel Ivan Annenkov, military personnel of the Rosgvardiya, and residents of the city.

The Ensemble's anniversary tour of the cities of the Kaliningrad region ended on March 17, 2023, with a performance in the resort town of Svetlogorsk. The Ensemble's grand concert took place at the Yantar Hall, a multifunctional concert complex located on the Baltic Sea coast.

The concert hall, which can accommodate 1,800 spectators, was filled to capacity. The audience included Lieutenant General Pavel Gulyaev, Head of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation in the Kaliningrad Region; Major General Roman Yemelyanov, Head of the Main Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the Kaliningrad Region; representatives of the Svetlogorsk City Administration; military personnel from the Kaliningrad Region National Guard; veterans of the Internal Service; and residents of the city.

The concert opened with the song Workers of War (music by Evgeny Shiryaev, lyrics by Ilya Reznik) performed by the Ensemble's choir.

The concert program featured well-known and beloved songs from the Great Patriotic War: "The Artillerymen's March" (T. Khrennikov, V. Gusev) and "The War Correspondents' Song" (M. Blanter, K. Simonov).

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, Konstantin Kuzmin, Evgeny Yakhin, Nazar Krokhtyak, Denis Khludnev.

A medley from the repertoire of Leonid Utyosov was performed by the Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Dmitriev, soloists Pavel Pushkin and Mikhail Zarayev.

Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Volzhanin performed the aria of Calaf from Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot.

The audience really liked the vocal and dance composition "Gypsy Fantasy" (arranged by I. Golubev and I. Kadomtsev), which featured the folk Gypsy song "Solnyshko" and songs from popular movies: "The Elusive Avengers" ("Yashka the Gypsy's Song" (B. Mokrousov, R. Rozhdestvensky), "The Main Caliber" (S.Sysoev, M.Shevchuk), "Cruel Romance" (A.Petrov, R.Kipling), "Tabor goes to the sky" performed by Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Dmitriev, Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia and the Republic North Ossetia-Alania Mark Novikov, Evgeny Nasonov.

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

The Balalaika Quartet (led by Ivan Stepanov) performed the Gaidai Suite, which featured songs from the films "Barbos and the Unusual Cross," "Operation Y and Other Adventures of Shurik," "The Caucasian Captive," and "Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Profession."

Gennady Seleznev's song "You Know, I Want to Live" was performed by Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Dmitriev.

"Smuglyanka" – this legendary song (A.Novikov, Ya.Shvedov) was performed by the soloist of the Ensemble, Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia Grigory Yakovlev

The ballet group of the Ensemble performed the dance "Home with Victory", the sailor dance "Yabloko", the choreographic composition "Golden Khokhloma" (directed by Honored Artist of Russia Peter Kovalev).

The song about the Rosgvardiya soldiers "Valor and Honor" (written by A.V. Zaitsev) was performed by Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Dmitriev, the choir and orchestra of the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation.

The festive concert ended with the song "Farewell, Slavonic" (V. Agapkin, A. Fedotov) performed by the choir and soloists of the Ensemble to the stormy, long applause of the audience.

The Orchestra and the Ensemble's choir were conducted by the Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Mazanov. The musical performances were prepared by the Honored Artist of Russia Lyudmila Bogomolova.

The concerts were hosted by the Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation, Honored Artist of Russia Igor Shustikov.

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