Tuesday 18 June 2013

RUSSIAN CHILDRENS FOLK ORCHESTRA IN SOMERSET



ДЕТСКИЙ ОРКЕСТР РУССКИХ НАРОДНЫХ ИНСТРУМЕНТОВ 
ИМЕНИ Л.В. СОБИНОВА

THE ‘SOBINOV’ RUSSIAN CHILDREN'S FOLK ORCHESTRA



This week the SOBINOV CHILDREN’S ORCHESTRA OF FOLK INSTRUMENTS’ from RUSSIA will arrive in England to play a series of concerts after travelling 3,500 miles by coach from their home town of Yaroslavl , east of Moscow , starting at the Bridgwater Arts Centre on Friday 21st June.

The ‘Children’ are aged between 12 and 18 years and play ‘traditional’ Russian Folk Instruments.

These include:   Balalaikas (prima balalaika, secunda balalaika, alto balalaika, and contrabass balalaika), Bayans (button accordions, standard and bass), Domras (primdomra, altdomra, and bassdomra), Clavichord Gusli, and Percussion (glockenspiel, xylophone, cymbals, washboard, ‘treshchotka’, wooden spoons, and drums).Within the Orchestra there are two vocalists, plus soloists for Balalaika, Contrabass Balalaika, Bayan, Domra, and Xylophone.


The Orchestra is led and conducted by Pavel Sergeev (below)
Friday 21st June
 BRIDGWATER ART CENTRE, Castle St Bridgwater  
 8pm. Tickets £6

Saturday 22nd June
PRINCESS THEATRE,Burnham-on-Sea  
7.30pm Tickets  £8/£5
Monday 24th June
WHITE ENSIGN CLUB, South St Exeter   
5pm £10 (£8 members)
Wednesday 26th June
ST BARNABAS CHURCH, Oxford  
7.30pm Free Concert

Further information Brian Smedley, Bridgwater International 07772402671

email;-bridgwaterinternational@gmail.com web www.bridgwaterinternational.co.uk
 






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