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Performance Title	WWII Commemoration Gala Concert - Marking the Sixty-Fifth Anniversary of the End of the War in Europe, in aid of The British Red Cross International Fundraising Committee
Performance Date	10 May 2010
Performance Day	Monday
Performance Time	19:30
Main Performers	Nadezhda Babkina, Tamara Gverdsiteli, Iosif Kobzon, Alexander Marshall, Russell Watson, Lemar - vocals Rick Wakeman - piano, Ksenia Simonova Jeremy Irons, Christina Schmid - speakers, Dance Ensemble
Orchestra or Band	Jethro Tull, Fuse (Linzi Stoppard, Ben Lee - violins)
Choirs	Alexandrov Red Army Choir, Kvatro, The Russian Song Ensemble
Set List	Reading of September 1 1939, W H Auden (Jeremy Irons), 'Den Pobedy (VE-Day)', D Tukhmanov (Alexandrov Red Army Choir), 'Polushko-Pole (The Field)', L Knipper (Alexandrov Red Army Choir), 'Svyashennaya Voina (Holy War)', A Alexandrov (Alexandrov Red Army Choir), 'Requiem (Sand Installation)' (Kseniya Simonova), 'V put (Hit the Road)', V Soloviev-Sedoy (Alexandrov Red Army Choir), 'Pesnya o Druzhbe (A Song of Friendship)', V Sidorov (Iosif Kobzon, Alexandrov Red Army Choir), 'Pora v Put-Dorogu (Time to Hit the Road)', V Soloviev-Sedoy (Iosif Kobzon, Alexandrov Red Army Choir), 'Dorozhka Frontovaya (The Road to the Front)', B Mokrousov (Iosif Kobzon, Alexandrov Red Army Choir), 'Smuglyanka (A Girl with a Suntan)', A Novikov (Iosif Kobzon, Kvatro), 'Pesnya o dalekoy Rodine (A Song of the Distant Motherland)', M Tariverdiev (Kvatro), 'Na privale (On a Halt)', A Na-Yun-Kin (Alexandrov Red Army Choir, Dance Ensemble), 'Kalinka', Russian trad. (Alexandrov Red Army Choir), 'Posvyaschenie zhenschine (Dedication to a Woman)', T Gverdtsiteli (Tamara Gverdtsiteli), 'Eternal Love', Aznavour, Garvarents (Tamara Gverdtsiteli), 'Kazachiya Kavaleriyskaya (Cossack Song)', A Alexandrov (Alexandrov Red Army Choir, Dance Ensemble), 'It's a Long Way to Tipperary', J Judge, H Williams (Alexandrov Red Army Choir) INTERVAL 'Letyat Utki (Ducks on the Wing)', Russian trad. (Nadezhda Babkina, The Russian Song Ensemble), 'Oi, Poi, Devka! (Sing, Girl, Sing!)', Russian trad. (Nadezhda Babkina, The Russian Song Ensemble), 'Chernyj voron (Black Raven)', Russian trad. (Nadezhda Babkina, Alexander Marshall), 'Matushka (Mother Dear)', S Trofimov (Alexander Marshall), 'Zhdi Menya (Wait for Me)', K Simonov (Jeremy Irons), 'Na Bezymyannoi Vysote (On a Nameless Hill) (Sand Installation)' (Kseniya Simonova), 'Jerusalem', Parry (Russell Watson), 'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar (Russell Watson), 'Caruso', L Dalla (Russell Watson), 'Nessun Dorma' from Turandot, Puccini (Russell Watson) 'The Nursery Rhyme Concerto' (Rick Wakeman), 'Eleanor Rigby (in the style of Sergei Prokofiev)' (Rick Wakeman), Address (Christina Schmid), 'Bouree', Bach, arr. I Anderson (Jethro Tull), 'Locomotive Breath', I Anderson (Jethro Tull), 'Katyusha', M Blanter (All Artists)
Performance Notes	This dazzling gala concert, commemorated the end of the Second World War in Europe, and featured a spectacular line-up of international stars and Russia's top musical talent. The concert raised money for British Red Cross the humanitarian organisation which helps people in need all over the world. A programme of popular classics and war time favourites transported the audience back to that long-awaited spring of 1945 when peace returned at last, set against an atmospheric backdrop of specially-created pictures and images. Alongside all the nostalgia, there was plenty of contemporary entertainment to enjoy too, paying tribute to the Allies' great victory in a fusion of music and culture. This event not only marked the achievements of the Allies and their resistance movements 65 years ago, but also paid tribute to the special relationship between the British Red Cross and Russia and to the vital role played by the Red Cross at the end of the war in helping and supporting Soviet families who had lost relatives during the fighting.
Related Archival Material	Programme (RAHE/1/2010/38), Handbill (RAHE/6/2010/25), Poster (RAHE/2/2010/50)
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Catalogue

Reference Number	Title	Date
RAHE/1/2010/38	WWII Commemoration Gala Concert - Marking the Sixty-Fifth Anniversary of the End of the War in Europe, in aid of The British Red Cross International Fundraising Committee	10 May 2010
RAHE/6/2010/25	WWII Commemoration Gala Concert - Marking the Sixty-Fifth Anniversary of the End of the War in Europe, in aid of The British Red Cross International Fundraising Committee	10 May 2010
RAHE/2/2010/50	WWII Commemoration Gala Concert - Marking the Sixty-Fifth Anniversary of the End of the War in Europe, in aid of The British Red Cross International Fundraising Committee	10 May 2010
RAHE/8/7/2010/31	WWII Commemoration Gala Concert set list	10 May 2010

Work

Ref No	Title	No of Performances
Eadozomyk_Pior	WWII Commemoration Gala Concert - Marking the Sixty-Fifth Anniversary of the End of the War in Europe, in aid of The British Red Cross International Fundraising Committee	1

Performers

Code	Name of Performer(s)
DS/UK/10596	Irons; Jeremy (1948-); English actor
DS/UK/771	Watson; Russell (24 November 1966); English singer
DS/UK/12496	Wakeman; Rick (18 May 1949); English keyboardist, songwriter, producer and presenter

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