Text : Vladimir Lazarev & Russian Folk Mezzo-Soprano : Galina Borisova Tenor : Lev Kuznetsov Choir Directors : Klavdyi Ptitza & Ludmila Ermakova Conductor : Gennady Cherkasov Orchestra : Big Symphony Orchestra & Big Choir of the All-State Radio and Television, Moscow, USSR Second Symphony for Soloists, Mixed Choir, and Symphony Orchestra, Opus 26 Iosif Andriasov wrote his Second Symphony for soloists (Mezzo-Soprano and Tenor), Mixed Choir, and Symphony Orchestra in 1971, poetry by Vladimir Lazarev and folk poetry as well. Mr. Andriasov dedicated his Second Symphony to his parents: Arshak Osipovich Andriasov and Maria Fyodorovna Bedjanova-Andriasova. Initially, the Second Symphony was titled "Children and a Thousand Cranes." It was premiered on April 15, 1973, by the USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Gennady Cherkasov, and was later numerously performed and broadcast. In 1974, Mr. Andriasov received the first prize for his Second Symphony at the Soviet composers' competition in Budapest, Hungary, to represent Soviet music at the USSR National Celebration Concert. On October 22, 1974, the Second Symphony, together with the Fifth Symphony by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and the Third Piano Concerto by Sergei Prokofiev, was performed at this Special Gala Concert by the Big Symphony Orchestra and Choir of the USSR All-State Radio and Television under Maestro Gennady Cherkasov, choir directors: Klavdyi Ptitza and Lyudmila Ermakova. This concert was broadcast for the member countries of O. I. R. T. (Eastern and Central Europe) and Finland. The Second Symphony was internationally acclaimed as one of the most significant compositions of our time (articles were written in the press of the Soviet Union, Germany, Japan, Armenia, and other countries). Since its first version, the Second Symphony underwent fundamental changes. excerpt from "Essays on the Music of Iosif Andriasov" by Marta Andriasova (Marina Kudryashova) Copyright 2010. Video Made by Arshak Andriasov
