Russian Folk Orchestra

A fiction film about a Russian musician, organizer and leader of the first in the history of Russia orchestra of folk instruments, composer, virtuoso balalaika player Vasily Vasilievich Andreev. 1 part. Musicians of the orchestra of Russian folk instruments named after V.V. Andreeva of the Leningrad Radio and Television Committee before the start of a speech in the radio studio. The conductor is talking with the musicians. The sound technician sets up the microphone. The sign with the inscription: "Prepare" is on. The conductor lays out the notes on the music stand. Sound engineer at the mixing console. Staging. V.V. Andreev (actor S. Yevlakhov) visits the balalaika player Antipa in the village of Maryino, Vyshnevolotsk district, listens to his playing the balalaika (sync.). Returning to St. Petersburg, V.V. Andreev begins to master playing the balalaika, visits the music master Paserbsky and offers him a job to improve the balalaika, but is refused. V.V. Andreev visits several more music masters, but no one agrees to help him. The poster of the first speech of V.V. Andreev. Negative reviews about balalaika music in the newspapers Petersburg Vedomosti and Novoye Vremya. V.V. Andreev in the tavern reads a newspaper review of his performance, listens to a Russian folk song, which is sung by one of the visitors. Making balalaikas in the Passerbsky workshop. Balalaika contrabass tuned by Paserbsky. Musicians of the "Circle of fans of balalaika playing" under the direction of V.V. Andreeva play folk instruments at home. Part 2. Performance by the orchestra of Russian folk instruments named after V.V. Andreev of the Leningrad Committee for Radio Broadcasting and Television on Radio (sinhr.) Portrait of V.V. Andreeva. Staging: Reviews of the first performance of balalaika players under the direction of V.V. Andreeva in the newspapers Birzhevye Novosti, Novoye Vremya, Peterburgskie Vedomosti. In the reading room of the library A.A. Andreev is studying books about Russian folk instruments. Tambourines, horns, spoons, gusli, balalaikas and other folk instruments collected by V.V. Andreev. Domra buffoons. Performances of the Great Russian Orchestra conducted by V.V. Andreeva. Rural landscapes.

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artist M. Tsybasov, composer N. Levy, sound engineer R. Levitina, sound engineer V. Kirnarsky, picture director E. Steinberg