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Kyiv Duo at Stockport Accordion Club, Cheshire – UKby Rob Howard |
Stockport Accordion Club’s ‘Club Night’ concert on July 14th starred the Kyiv Duo, Igor Sayenko and Oleksiy Kolomoiets, on tour from Kiev, in the Ukraine. These visiting players gave an amazing performance, displaying a level of musicality and understanding that few accordion duos could match, earning a well deserved standing ovation. Their programme included ‘Morning Mood’, ‘Anitra’s Dance’, ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’ (from ‘Peer Gynt’, E. Grieg); ‘Summer’ (from the ‘Four Seasons’, A. Vivaldi), ‘Adagio’ (Albinoni), ‘Carmen-Fantasy’ (G. Bizet/arr. F. Waksman), ‘Kozachok’ (Ukrainian traditional dance), ‘Czardas’ (V. Monti), ‘Dancing Violinist’ (D. Kramer), ‘Ave Maria’ (A. Piazzolla), ‘Bossa-Nova’ (V. Vlasov), ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’ (N. Rimsky-Korsakov), ‘Romanian Spring Hora’ (Traditional), and ‘Rassipuha’ (V. Gridin). The concert opened with sets from the Stockport AC Band (MD Derek Stubbs) and Orchestra (MD Brian Jenkins), followed by John Trigg, Chris Green and Derek Pritchard playing as a trio. |