My song is my life (1971)

The grass stalks sway in the wind – cf.

The wind bends the grass – cf.

Feather grass.

The director of the State Academic Choir of Russian Song, People's Artist of the USSR, Hero of Socialist Labor Alexander Vasilyevich Sveshnikov looks out the window, then sits down in an armchair, makes notes on sheets of paper – cf.

Landscapes of central Russia (summer) – Poland, general. A.V. Sveshnikov conducts the choir on the stage of the Great Hall of the Conservatory – cf.

The spectators in the Great Hall of the Conservatory listen to the choir of A.V. Sveshnikov: the Russian song "Ah, Ty Step' Shirokaya" is playing (synchronously).

Poland from the audience to the singing choir on the stage.

The State Academic Choir of Russian Song performs in the workshop of the Moscow Machine-Tool Plant named after S. Ordzhonikidze, A.V. Sveshnikov conducts the choir (synchronously).

Workers – cf.

Workers listening to a concert in a large workshop – Wed, Poland. A.V. Sveshnikov at a rehearsal (synchronously).

The choir artists repeat the same lines of the song several times (synchronously). A.V. Sveshnikov explains his demands to the artists (synchronously).

The song "Live, My Dear" is playing - cr.

The façade of the Great Hall of the Conservatory, view from the monument to P.I. Tchaikovsky to the windows of the Conservatory (summer) – Poland, Wed.

The Great Hall of the Conservatory – Poland.

The artists of A.V. Sveshnikov's choir enter the stage. A.V. Sveshnikov enters the stage, bows in response to the audience's greeting, conducts the choir: "Quiet Melody" by S. Rachmaninoff is performed (synchronously). A.V. conducts (face, facial expressions, gestures) (synchronously) – cr.

Faces of girls, men, women - etc.

A.V. Sveshnikov bows to the audience on stage after the choir's performance, gestures to the audience at the choir members, bouquets of flowers fall onto the stage.

Posters of the State Academic Choir of Russian Song, performing in various concert halls of the USSR and other countries. A.V. Sveshnikov's name is on the posters.

Newsreel: Posters in Japan.

Performance of the A.V. Sveshnikov Choir in Japan.

The audience applauds – various.

The building of the Conservatory in Budapest – Poland, cf.

Poster in Budapest.

The choir under the direction of A.V. Sveshnikov performs A. Prokofiev's kontakta "Alexander Nevsky" (synchronously).

The choir sings accompanied by an orchestra, panorama from the orchestra to the choir – general, medium, short.

Landscapes of central Russia, the wind sways the bushes and trees (summer) – general.

Photo: Soviet soldiers at the front listen to a concert – kr, cf.

Newsreel from 1943: Performance of the A.V. Sveshnikov Choir at the front.

The A.V. Sveshnikov Choir sings "To You - the Fallen" at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin Wall in Moscow on the day of the 25th anniversary of the Victory (synchronously).

The Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier – kr.

Crying women lay flowers on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier – kr. A.V. Sveshnikov conducts the choir performing at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (synchronously) – cf. A.V. Sveshnikov on the day of celebrating his 80th birthday – kr. A.V. Sveshnikov, rector of the Moscow State Conservatory, arbiter of international competitions, director of the Moscow Choral School, is congratulated on his anniversary by a boy, actors, and actresses;

the choir performs "

Many Years" (synchronously). A.V. Sveshnikov with his wife at the anniversary – ed.

Flowers on a music stand with notes – ed.

The Great Hall of the Conservatory (without people) – panorama, general.

The choir "Eli-El" under the direction of A.V. Sveshnikov sings on the stage (synchronously in Hungarian). A.V. Sveshnikov conducts the choir: a Russian song is performed (synchronously).

Rehearsal: phrases of the song are heard, the conductor's comments (synchronously). A.V. Sveshnikov's hands while conducting – different.