Elena Kharitonova
In the orchestra since 2019
Elena Kharitonova is a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory (class of professors B.V. Belenkiy and O.V. Krysa). She completed her postgraduate studies in quartet playing under professor A.A. Shishlov.
Elena Kharitonova is the winner of the All-Soviet Quartet Competition as well as a laureate of the Shostakovich International Quartet Competition and the 6th International Chamber Ensemble Competition (Tokyo).
She has performed with “Glazunov Quartet”, the Glinka State Quartet and the “New Russian Quartet” at the best concert halls in Russia, Europe, the USA and Japan.
Since 2015, Elena Kharitonova has been a guest performer musicAeterna; since autumn 2019, she has been a full-time member of the orchestra.
musicAeterna orchestra events
Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
Der Ring Ohne Worte | The Ring without Words
Symphonic suite based on the opera tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung
Compiled by Lorin Maazel (1987)
I Das Rheingold |The Rhinegold
II. Die Walküre | The Valkyrie
III. Siegfried
IV. Götterdämmerung | The Twilight of the Gods
The musicAeterna Orchestra
Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
Der Ring Ohne Worte | The Ring without Words
Symphonic suite based on the opera tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung
Compiled by Lorin Maazel (1987)
I Das Rheingold |The Rhinegold
II. Die Walküre | The Valkyrie
III. Siegfried
IV. Götterdämmerung | The Twilight of the Gods
The musicAeterna Orchestra
Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
Der Ring Ohne Worte | The Ring without Words
Symphonic suite based on the opera tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung
Compiled by Lorin Maazel (1987)
I Das Rheingold |The Rhinegold
II. Die Walküre | The Valkyrie
III. Siegfried
IV. Götterdämmerung | The Twilight of the Gods
The musicAeterna Orchestra
Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
Der Ring Ohne Worte | The Ring without Words
Symphonic suite based on the opera tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung
Compiled by Lorin Maazel (1987)
I Das Rheingold |The Rhinegold
II. Die Walküre | The Valkyrie
III. Siegfried
IV. Götterdämmerung | The Twilight of the Gods
The musicAeterna Orchestra
Conductor Teodor Currentzis
György Kurtág (b. 1926)
Songs of Despair and Sorrow for mixed choir with instrumental accompaniment, Op. 18 (1980–1994)
So weary, so wretched to the words of Mikhail Lermontov (1840)
Night, an empty street, a lamp, a drug-store to the words of Alexander Blok (1912)
Blue Evening to the words of Sergei Yesenin (1925)
Where can I go to in this January? to the words of Osip Mandelstam (1937)
The Crucifixion to the words of Anna Akhmatova (1939)
It’s time to the words of Marina Tsvetaeva (1941)
Grabstein für Stephan | Gravestone for Stephan for guitar and instrumental ensemble, Op. 15c
(1989)
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Ein deutsches Requiem | A German Requiem for soprano, baritone, choir and orchestra, Op. 45 (1865–1869)
Selig sind, die da Leid tragen | Blessed are those who weep, for they will be comforted
Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras | For all flesh is like grass
Herr, lehre doch mich, dass ein Ende mit mir haben muss | Lord, teach me that I must have an end
Wie lieblich sind Deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth! | How lovely is Thy dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!
Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit | Ye now therefore have sorrow
Denn wir haben hier keine bleibende Statt | For here we have no continuing city
Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herrn sterben | Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
The programme is subject to change.
Performers:
Iveta Simonyan — soprano
Vladislav Chizhov — baritone
The musicAeterna Choir and Orchestra
Conductor — Teodor Currentzis