American Musicians Perform American Gospel Music, Gershwin and Bernstein in Moscow and Nizhniy Novgorod
Location: Moscow, Nizhniy Novgorod
Dates: February 07-08, 2005
On February 7, Ira Spaulding (vocal) and John Ferguson (piano) performed a repertoire of American gospel music and pieces of Gershwin and Bernstein in Moscow with the chamber choir of the Moscow Conservatory at the Rachmanov Hall of the Moscow Tchaikovskiy Conservatory. On the following day, the American Musicians gave a concert before audiences at the Kremlin Concert Hall in Nizhniy Novgorod accompanied by the Chamber Choir "Nizhniy Novgorod" and the academic symphony orchestra of the Nizhnigorodskiy Philharmonic. The trip was made possible with a grant provided by the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.