On February 22, the eve of the holiday, the concert Defenders of the Fatherland - Viva! will be held in the Hvorostovsky Krasnoyarsk State Opera and Ballet.

The programme of the concert was drawn up by the principal conductor and music director of the theatre, Honoured Artist of Russia Anatoly Chepurnoy. Production director is Marianna Kaidani.

On February 22, spectators will have the chance to listen to the brightest musical works of military, heroic, patriotic music themes - both orchestral and vocal fragments. These are excerpts from the cantata Alexander Nevsky by Sergei Prokofiev, Russian romance songs and Russian favourite Soviet and modern songs including soundtracks:

Smuglyanka by Alexei Novikov, Casual Waltz by Mark Fradkin, I Left Berlin by Isaak Dunayevsky, Where Does the Fatherland Begin by Veniamin Basner, White Acacia and many other works by various composers, such as Tikhon Khrennikov, Vladimir Migulya, Alexander Zhurbin, Aleksandr Zatsepin. The songs will be performed by principal soloists and the choir of the Hvorostovsky Opera House. There can be a place for the children's repertoire: the choir will perform the songs of Vladimir Shainsky, such as The Dad is Able, Every Barber Knows That, When My Friends Are Here by Me.

The patriotic song For You, Motherland! by Igor Matvienko performed by all the participants of the concert will complete the Night’s programme.