CLASSICAL PROGRAM
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19
Glinka Cappella
Children's choir. Director: Stanislav Gribkov
Mariinsky Theater
Strauss, "Salome"
Shostakovich Philharmonic
Service collective of Russia. Berber, Mozart, Bruckner. Director: V
Nesterov. Soloist: Talypin
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
Evening of guitar music
Glinka Cappella
35 Year Anniversary of Russian Folk Instrument Faculty. Artistic
director: Sergei Borisov. Chamber choir of Russian folk instruments. Artistic
director: Oleg Kutsenko. A cappella choir. Director: Vladislav Chernushenko
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
Verdi, "Don Carlos"
Mariinsky Theater
Donizzetti, "Lucia de Lammermur"
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
Vocal evening. O Kondina
Glinka Cappella
St Petersburg University Youth Chamber Orchestra. Corelli, Bach,
Teleman. Director: Andrei Alexeyev.
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
Tchaikovsky ballet evening, "Serenade," "Swan Lake," "Theme and
Variations"
Smolny Cathedral
6:30 pm, Vocal evening. Soloist: Olga Kondina
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
Skryabin. A Bildau (Germany)
Glinka Cappella
Mendelssohn, Brahms, Beethoven. Boris Perenu (Switzerland)
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
Rimsky-Korsakov, "Golden Cockerel"
Shostakovich Philharmonic
Violin evening. Sergei Stadler
Smolny Cathedral
6:30 pm, "Lyric Pages from Piano Music." Chopin. Director:
Yekaterina Murina
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
St Petersburg Chamber Orchestra. Director: S Soldetskis. Soloist: G
Zhislin
Glinka Cappella
St Petersburg State Conservatory Student Concert. Bach, Handel,
Grangenie, Ravel, Debussy
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
Prokofiev, "Romeo and Juliet"
Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire
6 pm, Verdi, "La Traviata"
Shostakovich Philharmonic
Service collective of Russia, Prokofiev. Director: Yu Termirkanov.
Soloists: A Barakhovsky, L Dyadkova, M Kit
Smolny Cathedral
6:30 pm, Evening of violin miniatures. Soloist: I Khismatulin
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
12 noon, Wooden and Copper Wind Instruments 4 pm, Leading
Lights of the Opera Glinka Cappella 2 pm, Student concert of the Children's
Musical School No 33 7 pm, Ensemble of songs, music and dances "Petersburg
Fair." Artistic director: Zufar Tolbeyev
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
Noon, Tchaikovsky, "Nutcracker" 7 pm, Tchaikovksy, "Yolanta"
Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire
Noon, Kogan, "Ognivo"
Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire
6 pm, Tchaikovsky, "Nutcracker"
Shostakovich Philharmonic
4 pm, Piano concert. Schumann, Ravel, Musorgsky, Berg. Oleg
Maizenberg
7 pm, Service concert of Russia. Prokofiev. Director: Yu Temirkanov.
Soloists: A Barakhovsky, L Dyadkova, M Kit
Smolny Cathedral
Noon, Midday Concert. Spiritual music of the Catholic and
Orthodox Churches
MONDAY, DECEMBER 25
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
Modern Trio, Beethoven, Schubert, Zagursky
Glinka Cappella
Christmas Evening in the Capella. St Petersburg State University
Choir. Frank. Director: Eduard Krotman
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
Rimsky-Korsakov, "The Tsar's Bride"
Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire
7 pm, Tchaikovsky, "Nutcracker"
Shostakovich Philharmonic
Bach Christmas Oratoria. St Petersburg Chamber Orchestra of the State
Hermitage. Director: Peter Ash (Great Britain). Chamber choir "Lege Artis."
Leader: Boris Abalyan
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
Hermitage orchestra, St Petersburg Camerata. Director: S Sondetskis,
Conductor: Peter Ash. Cerubini, Mozart, Beethoven
Glinka Cappella
Christmas Evening at the Capella. Organ music. Mozart, Vivaldi, Bach.
Lyubov Sishkhanova
Shostakovich Philharmonic
7 pm, Celebration of the 80th anniversary of Georgy Sviridov's
birthday. "Metel," musical interpretations of Pushkin's poetry. State Symphony
Orchestra of St Petersburg. Director: Andrei Anikhanov
Smolny Cathedral
6:30 pm, Galaxy Children's Chorus. Director: E Volkova. Sacred
music and Russian folk songs.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
St Petersburg Quartet, L Berlinskaya
Glinka Cappella
Christmas Evening at the Capella. Student symphony orchestra. Vivaldi,
Rossini. Director: Algis Paulavichus
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
Verdi, "La Traviata"
Mariinsky Theater
Premier performance, Bizet, "Carmen"
Shostakovich Philharmonic
7 pm, vocal evening. Zurav Sotkilava. Pianist Vazha Chachava.
Romances from Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
Chamber orchestra of old and new music (Stavropol). Handel, Caccini,
Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Sviridov.
Glinka Cappella
Christmas Evening at the Capella. Piano duets. Irina Elkina, Yulia
Elkina (USA)
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
Tchaikovsky, "Nutcracker"
Mariinsky Theater
Premier performance, Bizet, "Carmen"
Shostakovich Philharmonic
7 pm, St Petersburg Chamber Orchestra. Haydn, Mozart. Director:
Peter Ash (Great Britain). Soloist: G Zhislin
Smolny Cathedral
6:30 pm, Mozart's Requiem. Chamber choir and orchestra of the
Smolny Cathedral. Director: Ravil Martynov
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29
Glinka Cappella
French Season at the Capella. Faure's Requiem. Millieau, Ravel.
Director: Vladislav Chernushenko
Hermitage Theater
Philharmonic Evening at the Hermitage Theater. St Petersburg State
Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Bach, Handel. Director: M Temirkanov. Soloists:
V Everev, M Estrin
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
Borodin, "Prince Igor"
Mariinsky Theater
Minkus, "Don Quixote"
Shostakovich Philharmonic
7 pm, Weber Overture to the Opera Evrianta, Beethoven's Third
for Piano and Orchestra, Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances. Director: Maurice
Yansons. Soloist: Yefim Bronfman (USA)
Smolny Cathedral
6:30 pm, Mozart's Requiem. Chamber choir and orchestra of the
Smolny Cathedral. Director: Ravil Martynov
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
Lecture-concert: An Orchestra Band. Lecturer: E Fradkina.
Glinka Cappella
Christmas Evening at the Capella. "Bygone Times," from the repertoire
of Anastasia Vyaltseva. Rimma Volkova
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
Noon, Shostakovich, "The Tale of the Priest and his Foolish
Deacon"
7 pm Tchaikovsky, "Nutcracker"
Mariinsky Theater
Noon, Tchaikovsky, "Nutcracker"
7 pm Puccini, "Tosca"
Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire
6 pm, Prokofiev, "Duenya" (Engagement in the Monastery)
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