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Wed, 08/31/2011 - 11:08
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Spasskaya Tower int'l music fest to open in Moscow Wed
MOSCOW, August 31 (Itar-Tass) - The 4th Spasskaya Tower military
music festival opens here on Wednesday near the walls of the Moscow
Kremlin.
The festival's programme will include marching and classical music, a
march-past of military orchestras, and performances by world stars of
variety art. The spectacular events will be accompanied with light and
pyrotechnical effects, and a colourful firework display. The festival has
drawn the best orchestras of Russia, Belgium, Britain, Greece, Jordan,
Spain, Italy, China, and other states. In all,1,500 military musicians and
performers will demonstrate their skills on the days of the festival.
Moscow folk and numerous guests of the capital will have an
opportunity to get acquainted with the skill of the Kremlin Guards,
Mexican Yaguares, Scottish bagpipers, Italian standard-bearers and the
ancient rituals of China.
As usual, the servicemen of the Special Guards Company and the
Presidential Regiment honorary cavalry escort will be the pride of the
festival. The Kremlin School of Riding will present a Revival of
Traditions programme.
The guests of honour at the Spasskaya Tower music festival are famous
French singer Mireille Mathieu and Russian artist Mikhail Shemyakin, the
author of the festival's mascot -- a porcelain grenadier trumpeter wearing
the uniform of Russia's Preobrazhensky Regiment. The mascot was prompted
by the image of Nutcracker for the presentation of Tchaikovsky's ballet of
the same title in the Maryinsky Theatre. Shemyakin's Nutcracker is a
charming character winning all hearts by his intrepidity and gallantry. In
the final, a massed orchestra will play Ode to Joy by Beethoven and the
solemn overture "1812" by Tchaikovsky.
The Spasskaya Tower festival has been held since 2009 and is one of
key events in the cultural life of both Moscow and the whole of Russia.
Its popularity steadily rises with every passing year. The peacemaking
mission of the festival which unites the national traditions of varous
countries and continents serves to popularize the domestic martial
ceremonials. An international festival of coffee is to be also held within
the scope of the musicfest, with the world's best baristas preparing to
offer their own recipes.
music festival opens here on Wednesday near the walls of the Moscow
Kremlin.
The festival's programme will include marching and classical music, a
march-past of military orchestras, and performances by world stars of
variety art. The spectacular events will be accompanied with light and
pyrotechnical effects, and a colourful firework display. The festival has
drawn the best orchestras of Russia, Belgium, Britain, Greece, Jordan,
Spain, Italy, China, and other states. In all,1,500 military musicians and
performers will demonstrate their skills on the days of the festival.
Moscow folk and numerous guests of the capital will have an
opportunity to get acquainted with the skill of the Kremlin Guards,
Mexican Yaguares, Scottish bagpipers, Italian standard-bearers and the
ancient rituals of China.
As usual, the servicemen of the Special Guards Company and the
Presidential Regiment honorary cavalry escort will be the pride of the
festival. The Kremlin School of Riding will present a Revival of
Traditions programme.
The guests of honour at the Spasskaya Tower music festival are famous
French singer Mireille Mathieu and Russian artist Mikhail Shemyakin, the
author of the festival's mascot -- a porcelain grenadier trumpeter wearing
the uniform of Russia's Preobrazhensky Regiment. The mascot was prompted
by the image of Nutcracker for the presentation of Tchaikovsky's ballet of
the same title in the Maryinsky Theatre. Shemyakin's Nutcracker is a
charming character winning all hearts by his intrepidity and gallantry. In
the final, a massed orchestra will play Ode to Joy by Beethoven and the
solemn overture "1812" by Tchaikovsky.
The Spasskaya Tower festival has been held since 2009 and is one of
key events in the cultural life of both Moscow and the whole of Russia.
Its popularity steadily rises with every passing year. The peacemaking
mission of the festival which unites the national traditions of varous
countries and continents serves to popularize the domestic martial
ceremonials. An international festival of coffee is to be also held within
the scope of the musicfest, with the world's best baristas preparing to
offer their own recipes.
