CLASSICAL PROGRAM


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 Silphides," Levenschold

    Shostakovich Philharmonia

  • Piano concert, Mozart; Soloists Krainev, Chetuyev

    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20

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

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • "La Traviata," Verdi

    Mariinsky Theater

  • Andreyev Orchestra folk instruments concert

    Shostakovich Philharmonia

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

    THURSDAY, MARCH 21

    Chamber (Glinka) Hall
  • Tchaikovsky; Taneyev String Quartet

    Glinka Cappella

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

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • "The Nutcracker," Tchaikovsky

    Mariinsky Theater

  • Argentine Ballet, with Julio Bocca

    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, T Kravtsova

    Glinka Cappella

  • "From the Avant-garde to Now," Festival, two concerts for flute, violin and chamber orchestra, Tcherepnin

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • "Prince Igor," Borodin

    Mariinsky Theater

  • "Sleeping Beauty," Tchaikovsky

    Shostakovich Philharmonia

  • Tchaikovsky, Skriabin; Russian Academic Symphony Orchestra

    SATURDAY, MARCH 23

    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
  • 7 pm, Children's Music School Concert

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • "Les Silphides," Levenschold

    Mariinsky Theater

  • "Salome," Strauss

    Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory

  • 6 pm, "The Tale of the Dead Princess 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, Berd, Penderetsky, Stravinsky, Bortnyansky, Rachmaninov

    SUNDAY, MARCH 24

    Chamber (Glinka) Hall
  • Noon, "Harp, Harpsichord, Piano, Cello" Lecture-Concert
  • 4 pm, "Music's Stormy 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, "The Little Humpbacked Horse"
  • 7 pm, "Iolanta," Tchaikovsky

    Mariinsky Theater

  • "Bayaderka," Minkus; with Julio Bocca (Argentina)

    Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory

  • 6 pm, "La Traviata," Verdi

    Shostakovich Philharmonia

  • Noon, Opening of the "Hymn to the Wonderful City," Children's Festival. Gliere, Prokofyev, Banevich, Glazunov
  • 7 pm, Opening of the "Virtuosi 2000" International Youth Music Festival; Tchaikovsky Youth chamber choir, Youth chamber choir "Notre Dame de Lourdes;" Mozart

    Smolny Cathedral

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

    MONDAY, MARCH 25

    Chamber (Glinka) Hall
  • Noon, "Problems, Quests, Discoveries," Lecture-Concert
  • 7 pm, "Virtuosi 2000" Festival, piano evening; Vera Gornostayeva

    Glinka Cappella

  • Organ evening; Bach, Liszt

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • "Esmerelda," Pugni

    Shostakovich Philharmonia

  • Tchaikovsky, Glazunov; Philharmonia Academic Symphony Orchestra

    TUESDAY, MARCH 26

    Glinka Cappella
  • Tchaikovsky; Cappella Symphony Orchestra

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • "The Nutcracker," Tchaikovsky

    Mariinsky Theater

  • "Madame Butterfly," Puccini

    Shostakovich Philharmonia

  • Sviridov Festival -- Sviridov's "Poem in Memory of Sergei Yesenin;" State Symphony Orchestra St Petersburg

    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27

    Chamber (Glinka) Hall
  • 6 pm, "Virtuosi 2000" festival; Paris national conservatoire students & the special school of the St Petersburg conservatoire

    Glinka Cappella

  • Bach, Britten, Shostakovich; Mravinsky Children's School Choir

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • Noon, "Les Silphides." Levenschold
  • 7 pm, "The Tsar's Bride," Rimsky-Korsakov

    Mariinsky Theater

  • "The Legend of Love," Melikov

    Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory

  • 6 pm, "Ognivo," Kogan

    Shostakovich Philharmonia

  • Noon, Concert Ensemble "Viva, Percussion"
  • 7 pm, Grieg, Shostakovich, Nilsson; Conductor T Daussgard (Denmark)

    THURSDAY, MARCH 28

    Chamber (Glinka) Hall
  • Violin evening with Irina Bochkova

    Glinka Cappella

  • Vocal evening with with N Kopylova and folk instrument orchestra

    Mariinsky Theater

  • "Catherine Izmailova," Shostakovich

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • Noon, "The Tale of the Priest and His Foolish Deacon, Baldo," Shostakovich
  • 7 pm, "Petrushka" & "The Little Wedding," Stravinsky

    Shostakovich Philharmonia

  • Grieg, Schumann, Nilsson; Conductor T Daussgard (Denmark)

    Smolny Cathedral

  • 6:30 pm, Smolny Cathedral Choir & Academy Symphony State Orchestra; Vivaldi

    FRIDAY, MARCH 29

    Glinka Cappella
  • Violin evening, Mozart, Schubert, Ravel, Prokofiev; M Gantvarg (violin)

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • "The Tale of the Tsar Sultan," Rimsky-Korsakov

    Mariinsky Theater

  • "The Legend of Love," Melikov

    Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory

  • 6 pm, "Yevgeny Onegin," Tchaikovsky

    Shostakovich Philharmonia

  • "Hymn to the Wonderful City," Children's Festival

    SATURDAY, MARCH 30

    Chamber (Glinka) Hall
  • Noon, "Hymn to the Wonderful City," Festival
  • 7 pm, Chamber music evening, "St Petersburg" string quartet

    Glinka Cappella

  • "Virtuosi 2000" international youth festival, Closing Night: Tchaikovsky Youth Orchestra; Bach Mozart, Tchaikovsky

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • Noon, "Giselle," Adam
  • 7 pm, "The Nutcracker," Tchaikovsky

    Mariinsky Theater

  • "Sadko," Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory

  • 6 pm, "The Wolf and The Seven Little Goats," Koval

    Shostakovich Philharmonia

  • Youth Palace Choir and Symphony Orchestra

    Smolny Cathedral

  • 6:30 pm, Russian Spiritual evening, Tchesnokov, Grechaninov, Rachmaninov; Smolny Cathedral chamber choir

    SUNDAY, MARCH 31

    Chamber (Glinka) Hall
  • Noon, "Hymn to the Wonderful City"
  • 7 pm, Opening of the Rimsky-Korsakov International Vocalists Competition

    Glinka Cappella

  • Noon, "Hymn to the Wonderful City," festival; Grand choir concert
  • 5 pm, Closing concert of the 2nd International Andreyev competition for young folk performers

    Maly (Musorgsky) Theater

  • Noon, "The Wizard of Oz," Lebedev

    Mariinsky Theater

  • 11:30 am, "Love for Three Oranges," Prokofiev
  • 7 pm, "Don Quixote," Minkus

    Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory

  • 6 pm, "The Marriage of Figaro," Mozart

    Shostakovich Philharmonia

  • Weber, Venyavsky, Ravel, Respighi

    Smolny Cathedral

  • Noon, "Choral Classics of the 18th-19th centuries," Smolny Cathedral chamber choir; Dubyansky, Berezovsky, Bortnyansky, Alyabiyev, Kyui, Glinka, Balakirev

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