| April Fool's Day with the Vivaldi Orchestra The head of the Vivaldi Orchestra, Svetlana Bezrodnaya (pictured) , is a master at coming up with fun concerts, and an experienced master at that. Her current April Fool's program from the "Musicians Are Joking" series is the tenth in a row. Judging by the number of people who went to the concert at the Tchaikovsky Hall that day, the public is inspired by this genre. Just like Bezrodnaya herself. The orchestra often plays “pop”: classical hits, mood music (good mood music), jazz “evergreen melodies”. The taste for this was instilled in Bezrodny by the legendary Yehudi Menuhin, who was no stranger to jazz tastes. “Light genre” has firmly become the second specialization of the group, and in the performing style of Svetlana Borisovna herself, the influence of the famous jazz violinist Stefan Grappelli is noticeable.
The Vivaldi Orchestra began the April Fool's program with Dunaevsky's march dance and Jerry Bock's melody from the musical Fiddler on the Roof. And then the girls in the orchestra - already in 18th-century cocked hats - played Mozart. But not Wolfgang the son, but Papa Leopold, his “Children’s Symphony,” in which a toy trumpet (it’s desperately out of tune!) covers the sounds of hunting calls, Pan’s flute, and drum. The Mozart jokes continued. Mozart the son has the famous Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Little Night Serenade), his namesake Wolfgang Schröder has a parody Eine Kleine Lachmusik (Little Funny Serenade). Fragments of Mozart’s original sounded mixed with Beethoven (“the theme of fate” from the Fifth Symphony), Liszt, Rossini, Verdi and other extraneous melodies. This genre was once called “pastichio” (pate). The entire concert is filled with such pates: from Johann Strauss and Scott Joplin to Schubert, Schnittke and Elvis Presley. Irma Sokhadze, a favorite of the Soviet public in the 60s, took to the stage with her “Orange Song,” who also sang romances from the repertoire of Tamara Tsereteli and Klavdia Shulzhenko. Towards the end, two more ladies appeared on the stage - Odessa saxophonist Anna Stepanova with “Czardash” and singer Roxana Babayan with romances. The program was concluded by composer Timur Ismagilov with his fantasy on Gershwin themes and Satire Theater actor Mikhail Derzhavin. Arkady PETROV |
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