The festive concert "Polotsk is my memory and pride…" will open the celebrations in honor of the 1150th anniversary of Polotsk

May 24, Minsk /BELTA/. The festive concert "Polotsk is my memory and pride..." will officially launch a series of events dedicated to the 1150th anniversary of Polotsk. The concert will take place on May 25 in the afternoon on Polotsk's main square, Freedom Square, Yulia Viskub, press secretary of the Ministry of Culture of Belarus, told a BELTA correspondent. The concert will feature the Belarusian State Ensemble "Pesniary", Honored Artist of Belarus Inna Afanasyeva, the Tsitovich National Academic Folk Choir of the Republic of Belarus, the Belarusian State Honored Choreographic Ensemble "Khoroshki", and the vocal ensemble "Chisty Golos". On the same day, the "Khoroshki" ensemble will give a concert on the main city square. The program includes pieces from the ensemble's golden fund, staged by People's Artist of Belarus Valentina Gaevaya, which are part of the treasury of Belarusian choreography, as well as the best instrumental pieces and songs performed by the orchestra and solo vocalists. Artists of the "Khoroshki" ensemble will take part in a ceremonial procession through Polotsk in costumes of the gentry of the 16th-17th centuries. The concert "Golden Collection of Belarusian Songs" on May 26, on the city's main concert venue on Freedom Square, promises to be a true celebration of song and poetry. It will feature popular performers and ensembles of the Belarusian pop scene. Famous songs by Belarusian poets and composers will be performed: "Rodny moy gorod", "Zavirukha", "Zavarozhanaya feya" performed by the "Verasy" ensemble; "Pakh chabarovy" performed by the "Charawnitsy" ensemble; the renowned "Zavushnitsy" by Vladimir Mulyavin; "Yanka Kupala", "Belyavaya, charnyavaya", "Kasiv Yas kanyushynu" and others. The creative project "Golden Collection of Belarusian Songs" was first implemented in 2011 on the initiative of the Ministry of Culture of Belarus with the aim of developing contemporary Belarusian pop music, supporting and popularizing Belarusian songs and the Belarusian word.-0-