CLASSICAL PROGRAM
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
Vocal evening. I Bogachova
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.
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 "Sofia" (Nizhny Novgorod)
Glinka Cappella
Christmas Evening at the Capella. Piano duets. Irina Elkina, Yulia
Elkina (USA)
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
Tchaikovksy, "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
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"
Shostakovich Philharmonic
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
4 pm, Dialogue with Wind Instruments
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, Maly (Musorgsky) Theater Tchaikovsky, "Nutcracker"
Mariinsky Theater
7 pm, Puccini, "Tosca"
Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire
6 pm, Prokofiev, "Duenya" (Engagement in the Monastery)
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)
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31
Glinka Cappella
Christmas Evening at the Capella. Evening of old romances. Oleg
Pogudin
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
Noon, Levenschold, "Silfida"
7 pm, Rossini, "Barber of Seville"
Mariinsky Theater
Tchaikovsky, "Nutcracker"
Shostakovich Philharmonic
Evening of symphonic miniatures.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 2
Mariinsky Theater
Noon, Tchaikovsky, "Nutcracker"
7 pm, Rimsky-Korsakov, "The Woman From Pskov"
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
Noon, Adan, "Giselle"
7 pm, V Korolkov's theater of classic ballet performing Tchaikovsky's
"Swan Lake"
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
Evening of violin music. B Bine (Belgium) and A Gutnikov playing
Mozart, Bach and Beethoven.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3
Mariinsky Theater
Noon, Prokofiev, "Love and the Three Oranges"
7 pm, Minkus, "Don Quixote"
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
Noon, Tchaikovsky, "Swan Lake"
7 pm, Pugni, "Esmeralda"
THURSDAY, JANUARY 4
Mariinsky Theater
Rimsky-Korsakov, "Sadko"
Maly (Musorgsky) Theater
Noon, Levenschold, "Silfida"
7 pm, "Don Quixote, or, Caprices of a Madman," Minkus
Chamber (Glinka) Hall
Lecture concert: "New Wave in Art. Glinka." Lecturer: I Levant.
Glinka Cappella
Organ-vocal evening. Featuring works of Frank, Schubert, Caccini,
Rimsky-Korsakov
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