CLASSICAL PROGRAM


TUESDAY, MARCH 12

Chamber (Glinka) Hall
  • "From the Avant-garde to Now," Dorfman, Rabinovich, Henze

    Glinka Cappella

  • Vocal-organ evening, Verdi, Mozart, Scarlatti, Caccini, Pergolesi

    Mariinsky Theater

  • "Don Quixote," Minkus

    Shostakovich Philharmonic

  • Piano soloist. Rachmaninov

    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13

    Glinka Cappella
  • Evening of Old Romances, Kapylov (Baritone), Yachmenov (Piano)

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • "Iolanta," Tchaikovsky

    Mariinsky Theater

  • "Swan Lake," Tchaikovsky

    Shostakovich Philhatrmonia

  • "From the Avant-garde to Now" Festival; Gavrilin

    THURSDAY, MARCH 14

    Chamber (Glinka) Hall
  • "From the Avant-garde to Now," Chamber Music, Britten, Shostakovich, Schnitke, Vorobyev

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • "White Knight," Milhaud

    Mariinsky Theater

  • "The Magic Flute," Mozart

    Shostakovich Philhatrmonia

  • "From the Avant-garde to Now" Schahidy, Britten, Mahler; Soloist Martin Jones, (GB)

    FRIDAY, MARCH 15

    Glinka Cappella
  • Terem-Quartet ensemble

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • "The Golden Cockerel," Rimsky-Korsakov

    Mariinsky Theater

  • "Giselle," Adan

    Shostakovich Philhatrmonia

  • "From the Avant-garde to Now," Schahidy, Penderetsky, Mahler

    Smolny Cathedral

  • 6:30 pm, Bach, Gluck, Marais, Weber, Haydn, Chopin, Schubert, Paganini

    SATURDAY, MARCH 16

    Chamber (Glinka) Hall
  • 3 pm, "From the Avant-garde to Now," Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Shostakovich; Kim Chzhon, piano
  • 7 pm, Violin and guitar music evening

    Glinka Cappella

  • Organ evening, Peter Plianyavsky; Bach, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Frank, Plianyavsky

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

    Tchaikovsky ballet evening

    Mariinsky Theater

  • "Bayaderka," Minkus

    Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory

  • 6 pm, "La Boheme," Puccini

    Shostakovich Philharmonia

  • Piano evening, Mozart, Prokofiev

    SUNDAY, MARCH 17

    Glinka Cappella
  • Debussy (Sonata), Schumann (Fantasia op 73), Strauss (Sonata F major)

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • Noon, "The Nutcracker," Tchaikovsky
  • 7 pm, "Yevgeny Onegin," Tchaikovsky

    Mariinsky Theater

  • Noon, Vaganova Academy performs "The Fairy Puppet"
  • 7 pm, Gala Concert

    Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory

  • 6 pm, Conservatory troup Concert

    Shostakovich Philhatrmonia

  • Sviridov Festival, Cappella Choir

    Smolny Cathedral

  • Noon, Bortnyansky and His Epoch," Women's Chamber Choir Lestvitsa

    MONDAY, MARCH 18

    Glinka Cappella
  • Student and Graduate pianists

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • "La Boheme," Puccini

    Shostakovich Philharmonia

  • "From the Avant-garde to Now," Skriabin symphony

    TUESDAY, MARCH 19

    Chamber (Glinka) Hall
  • "From the Avant-garde to Now" Festival; Ravel, Jolivet, Hindemith, Korolyev, Xenakis; Rimsky-Korsakov Quartet

    Glinka Cappella

  • Sen-Sans, Frank, Schumann; Cappella symphony orchestra

    Mariinsky Theater

  • "Les Silfides," Levenschold

    Shostakovich Philharmonia

  • Piano concert, Mozart; Soloists Krainev, Chetuyev

    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20

    Chamber (Glinka) Hall
  • Violin evening, Bartok, Prokofiev, Ravel

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • "La Traviata," Verdi

    Mariinsky Theater

  • "From Avant-Garde to Our Days," Andreyev Russian Folk Orchestra

    Shostakovich Philharmonia

  • Beethoven, Bruch, Kazalls, Vivaldi, Brahms; Russian Academic Symphony Orchestra

    THURSDAY, MARCH 21

    Chamber (Glinka) Hall
  • Taneyeva String Quartet, Tchaikovsky

    Glinka Cappella

  • Bach, Vivaldi, Handel; "Soloists of St Petersburg," Ensemble & St Petersburg Chamber Choir

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • "Nutcracker," Tschaikovsky

    Mariinsky Theater

  • Evening of Argentine ballet

    Shostakovich Philharmonia

  • Sviridov Festival -- Vocal evening with Dmitri Khvoristovsky

    Smolny Cathedral

  • 6:30 pm, Pergolesi, Wagner, Puccini, Strauss, Tchaikovsky

    FRIDAY, MARCH 22

    Chamber (Glinka) Hall
  • Vocal evening; M Tarasova, V Tsydypova

    Glinka Cappella

  • "From the Avant-garde to Now," Festival; Tcherepnin

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • "Prince Igor," Borodin

    Mariinsky Theater

  • "Sleeping Beauty," Tchaikovsky

    Shostakovich Philharmonia

  • Skriabin, Tchaikovsky; Honored Orchestra of Russia

    SATURDAY, MARCH 23

    Chamber (Glinka) Hall
  • Handel, Vivaldi, Bach; "Entertainment" ensemble

    Glinka Cappella

  • Noon, "Once A Giraffe Jumped Out of the Cupboard," Salozhnikova; Ensemble "Joy"
  • 3 pm, "The Swirling Waltz is a Sensational Vortex," a History of Dance, Ballet; Waltzes from Chopin, Schubert, Strauss, Tchaikovsky

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • "Les Silfides," Levenschold

    Mariinsky Theater

  • End of "From Avant-Gardeto Our Days" Festival. "Salome," Strauss

    Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory

  • 6 pm, "The Tale of the Dead Empress and the Seven Giants," Pleshak

    Shostakovich Philharmonia

  • Tchaikovsky, Skriabin; Russian Academic Symphony Orchestra

    Smolny Cathedral

  • 6:30 pm, "Music from the Renaissance to the Current Day," Monteverdi, Hassler, Penderetsky, Stravinsky, Berd, Rachmaninov, Bortnyansky

    SUNDAY, MARCH 24

    Chamber (Glinka) Hall
  • Noon, "Harp, Harpsichord, Piano, Cello" Lecture-Concert
  • 4 pm, "Music's Rebellious Spirits -- Brahms, Wagner," Lecture-Concert

    Glinka Cappella

  • 2 pm, 2nd V V Andreyev International Competition for Young Performers on Folk Instruments
  • 7 pm, Concert by leading St Petersburg musical figures

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • Noon, "Little Humpbacked Horse," Shchedrin
  • 7 pm, "Iolanta," Tschaikovsky

    Mariinsky Theater

  • "Bayaderka," Minkus

    Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory

  • 6 pm, "La Traviata," Verdi

    Shostakovich Philharmonia

  • Noon, Opening of the "Hymn to the Wonderful City," Children's Festival. Gliere, Prokofiev, Banevich, Glazunov
  • 7 pm, Opening of the "Virtuosi 2000" Festival; Mozart; Tchaikovsky Youth Orchestra, "Notre Dame de Lourdes" Youth Chamber Choir

    Smolny Cathedral

  • Noon, Noon Chants; "Smolny Cathedral" chamber choir

    See Addresses for events.