When "Volny Don" begins its program the scenery becomes gay and colourful. The costumes, songs and dances are changed in impetuous rate. Among them there are war-campaign, conversational songs, which show historical facts, the way of peaceful and war life of Don cossacks; lyrical, long, wide, family's songs and, of course, gay, dance, comic and quick ones. Each musical-dance composition is a little episode of cossacks' life. Using unique national material the ensemble made a large and various program.

Here are some of the most interesting musical-dance compositions.

Composition "At The Cathedral"    Its plot is based on the events of the end of the 17-th century. The cossacks headed by Ignat Nekrasov were forced by tsar soldiers to leave for Turkey. They lived more than 250 years there, keeping all the features of cossacks' culture.
Composition "Long Live Platov, The Hero of War"    Its plot is based on the events of Russian-French war of 1812. The sounds of copper and percussion instruments represent musical traditions and customs of that period. You can see costumes and attributes of the 19-th century.
Composition "Russian Winter"    Its plot is based on ancient winter holidays. These are festive gatherings in the streets and squares with Christmas carols, tricks, dances, games and funny masks. Winter national costumes of the early 20-th century are used there.

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