The National Symphony Orchestra (ONS), led by Ukrainian maestro Volodymyr Sheiko graced the audience Wednesday in Algiers with anthology of universal music written in the dancing rhythm of the waltz, from the romantic era of the nineteenth century.
Accustomed to perform on the stage of the National Theatre Mahieddine Bachetarzi (TNA), Volodymyr Sheiko gave a performance dedicated to romance and rhythm of the waltz (3/4), with the best-known trends of the great universal works.
Through a carefully prepared program, fifteen works of famous singers of the classical music have delighted the audience, combining the sweetness of the melodies with agility and beautiful technical wizardy.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "The Polish" and "The Sleeping Beauty" by (1840-1893) and Modest Mussorgsky's (1839-1881) "A Night on a bald mountain" constituted a nice announcement of a concert which already promises to be fun.
Waltzes, "The Sicilian Vespers" by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), "Masquerade" by Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) and Andrey Petrov's "Mysteries of Petersburg" (1930-2006) have delighted the audience.
Also, "Hungarian Dance" by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), was sung at the end of the first part of the concert and it was highly acclaimed by the audience that relished in merriment and joy.
The second half of the program was devoted to the Viennese waltzes of Johann Strauss (1804-1849), giving a great opportunity to the orchestra to play seven songs during which the musicians talentedly show shone professionalism.