Today, on May 23, in the Organ Hall of the Bashkir State Philharmonic. Khusain Akhmetov in the closing of the 79th concert season, a concert dedicated to Georgy Sviridov "Time, Forward!" Was held. The author of the script, the director and the host of the evening was the Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation, Honored Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan, laureate of the Russian Prize "Golden Apollo" Venus Ayupova. Actors of the concert program were leading artists of the philharmonic society - permanent participants of the cultural life of the capital.

After the welcoming words of Venus Ayupova, characterizing the bustle of inexorable and fleeting life, the famous screensaver of the information program "Time" sounded to the music of Georgy Sviridov. The first musical number of the program was performed by the artists of the State Academic Choir Chapel of the Republic of Bashkortostan. T. Saifullina under the direction of artistic director and chief conductor Alsu Khasbiullina - laureate of the State Youth Prize. Sh. Babich. In their performance, the audience heard "Songs and Prayers" by Georgy Sviridov. The collective also presented two parts from the choral concert "Pushkin Wreath" to verses by A.S. Pushkin - "Natasha", "Strekotunya-Beloboka" (soloist - Tatiana Teplova) and "How the song was born" from the cycle "Five Choruses" verses S. Orlov.

Soloists BGF them. Kh. Akhmetova - Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus Natalia Dmitrieva, laureates of international, all-Russian and regional competitions Zulfiya Avzalova, Albert Zaydullin, Valentina Suhodoyeva, Oleg Tyakmin and Arthur Sharipov performed songs and romances of Georgy Sviridov on poems by various authors. The concertmasters are People's Artist of Belarus Indira Asadullina and Olga Khayrullina.

Instrumental trio in the composition of Indira Asadullina (piano), Marat Sadriev (violin) and Nikita Ivanov (cello) "sang" Romance from musical illustrations to A.S. Pushkin "The Snowstorm". The ensemble also performed "Elegy" G. Sviridov.

The final number of the program "Time, forward!" Was "Maritana" from music for the performance "Don Cesar de Bazan", presented by Arthur Sharipov, accompanied by the State Choir.

The 79th concert season, along with traditional and beloved events, brought a lot of new projects to the philharmonic. In January 2018, on the initiative of the artistic director of the Music and Literary Lecture Hall of Indira Asadullina, the presentation of the project "The Music Room of Venus Ayupova" was held with great success.