EVENTS

All performances start 7pm unless otherwise stated

TUESDAY 3rd Jan
• CAPPELLA Young Siberian Talents.
• MARIINSKY (Midday) Tchaikovsky's þThe Nutcracker.þ
• MARIINSKY Solo Concert þ V Chernomortseva, (Baritone).
• MUSSORGSKY Minkus' þDon Quixote,þ by the B Eifmann Ballet Theater.

WEDNESDAY 4th Jan
• CAPPELLA The Cappella Choir and Symphony Orchestra, Y Chernushenko, conductor; D Bashkirov, soloist. Beethoven.
• MARIINSKY (Midday) Tchaikovsky's þThe Nutcracker.þ
• MARIINSKY Verdi's þTraviata.þ
• MUSSORGSKY (Midday) þSleeping Beauty,þ by Tchaikovsky. V Korolkova Classical Ballet Theater.

THURSDAY 5th Jan
• CAPPELLA Piano Quartet Evening. Faure, Dvorzak and Schumann.
• MARIINSKY (Midday) þKashchei the Immortal,þ Rimsky-Korsakov's Opera.
• MARIINSKY Minkus' þDon Quixote.þ
• MUSSORGSKY Tchaikovsky's þThe Nutcracker.þ Performed by the V Korolkova Classical Ballet Theater.
• SMALL HALL Piano Night, with D E Wilberchwitt.
• SMOLNY CATHEDRAL (6.30pm) Choral Music. Girls Concert Choir (G Dybna), Chamber Choir, þVirtuosi.þ

FRIDAY 6th Jan
• CAPPELLA Russian Orthodox Christmas Singing, V Chernushenko conducting.
• MARIINSKY (Midday) Tchaikovsky's þThe Nutcracker.þ
• MARIINSKY V Gerello (Baritone) in concert..
• MUSSORGSKY (Midday) þSleeping Beauty,þ by Tchaikovsky. V Korolkova Classical Ballet Theater.
• SMALL HALL St Petersburg Orchestra, R Martykov , conductor, soloists V Mishuk, V Kuleshov, Fu Ts'Ong, (GB).

SATURDAY 7th Jan
• CAPPELLA Chamber Music. D Gilad, A Aronskovaya, A Dogadin, L Shukayev.
• MARIINSKY (Midday) þKashchei the Immortal,þ Rimsky-Korsakov's Opera about the eternal demon, Kashchei.
• MARIINSKY Minkus' þDon Quixote.þ
• MUSSORGSKY Adan's þGiselle,þ B Eifmann Ballet Theater.
• SMALL HALL Family Ensemble. þChristmastideþ Concert.

SUNDAY 8th Jan
• CAPPELLA (3pm) Young Siberian Talents þ Piano Night with Fu Ts'Ong. Featuring Chopin, List.
• MARIINSKY (Midday) Tchaikovsky's þThe Nutcracker.þ
• MARIINSKY Adan's þGiselle.þ
• MUSSORGSKY (Midday) þSleeping Beauty,þ by Tchaikovsky. V Korolkova Classical Ballet Theater.
• SMALL HALL Percussion Instruments, Students of E I Brona.
• SMOLNY CATHEDRAL (Midday) Russian Ecclesiastical Music. Boys Choir, þJupiter,þ V Pchelkin, conductor.

• MONDAY 9th Jan
• CAPPELLA Duets by G Carr (Contrabass) and H Lewis (Piano). Albininni, Bruch and Rachmanninov.
• MUSSORGSKY Minkus' þDon Quixote,þ B Eiffmann Ballet Theater.

• CAPPELLA Moika Embankment 20, tel 314-10-58. Metro: Nevsky Prospect.
• CAPPELLA CHAMBER HALL (former Bosse Mansion), V.O. 4th-liniya 15, tel. 213-6170. Metro: Vasileostrovskaya.
• COMPOSERS' HOUSE, Bolshaya Morskaya ul. 45, tel. 311-1833. Metro: Nevsky Prospect.
• ILYINA-KOTCHNEVA HOUSE, Reki Fontanka Emb. 41, tel. 110-4043. Metro: Gostiny Dvor.
• MIKHAILOVSKY CASTLE, 2 Sadovaya ul., tel. 210-4732. Metro: Gostiny Dvor
• MUNICIPAL CULTURE CENTER Nevsky Prospect 4, tel. 315-3821. Metro: Mayakovskaya.
• MUSSORGSKY THEATER OF BALLET AND OPERA Pl. Iskustv 1, tel. 312-2040. Metro: Nevsky Prospect or Gostiny Dvor. Near Grand Hotel Europe.
• RIMSKY-KORSAKOV CONSERVATORY Tetralnaya Pl. 3, tel. 312-2519. Take Tram No. 31 from behind St Isaac's Cathedral.
• SHOSTAKOVICH PHILHARMONIC Ul. Mikhailovskaya 2, tel. 110-4257. Metro: Nevsky Prospect or Gostiny Dvor. Across from Grand Hotel.
• SMALL HALL OF PHILHARMONIC Nevsky Pr. 30, tel. 110-4257. Metro: Nevsky Prospect or Gostiny Dvor.
• SMOLNY CATHEDRAL, Rastrelli pl. 3, tel. 271-9182. Metro: Chernyshevskaya.
• YUSUPOV PALACE, Reki Moiki nab. 94, tel. 314-9883. Metro: Sennaya Ploshchad.

fourth international festival of christmas music in northern palmyra

Shostakovich Philharmonic

Thursday Dec 29,
New Year Celebration Concert. Bruch Violin Concerto, Brahms' 1st Violin concerto and Strauss' Tone Poem, Till Eulen Speigel," performed by the Grand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Mu Hi Tank, (Belgium), soloist S Stadler, (violin).

Saturday Dec 31,
National Academic Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Soloists - S Stadler, (violin) and S Cooper, (Soprano). Featuring Ernst, Vietan, Verdi, Mozart, Castellenuovo-Tedesco, Sarasate and Veniavsky.

Monday Jan 2,
An Organ Music Evening with the Kislovodsk State Philharmonic's S.Berezhnaya. Featuring , Albinoni, Bach, Brahms, Buxtehoode, Frank and Mendelson.

Wednesday Jan 4,
Gregory Moiseevitch Sandler's Tribute.National Academic Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by O Soldatov, with The Choir of the St Petersburg State University; director E.Krotman. Featuring Taneyev and Tchaikovsky.

Thursday Jan 5,
Venyamen Basner's 70th anniversary. Academic Symphonic Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by V.Zivah with soloist S Novikov, (cello).

Friday Jan 6,
The Grand Waltz Christmas Concert. S Stadler, S.Cooper (Britain) and Mariinsky Ballet soloists -- Z.Ayupova, F.Ruzimatov, Z.Terzamava, O.Menshikov, Y.Stadler and A.Melentiev. Ensemble of Academic Symphonic Philharmonic Orchestra -- Nation-Honoured artists.

Saturday Jan 7 (4pm),
Christmas Concert. St.Petersburg Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, conducted by V.Altschuller with G Karr, (double bass), and A Barakhovsky, (violin). Featuring Vivaldi, Botteccini and Paghanini

Saturday Jan 7, (7pm),
Saint-Petersburg Camerata, the Hermitage Orchestra and Clare College Choir (Britain), conducted by Peter Ash. Featuring: Handel's "Messiah", 3-act sacred oratory.

Sunday Jan 8,
Academic Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, directed by Y Temirkanov with N Petrov on piano. Featuring Beethoven's music.

Other venues

Tuesday Jan 3
CAPPELLA CHAMBER HALL, N Budashkine's Russian folk music ensemble from Chita (Siberia). Directed by A Mironov.
ILYINA-KOTCHNEVA HOUSE, "Philharmonica", a quartet from Novosibirsk.Featuring Roslovetz, Mosolov and Schnitke.

Wednesday Jan 4
CHAMBER PHILHARMONIC HALL, "Philharmonica", a quartet from Novosibirsk, featuring Beethoven and Shostakovich.
COMPOSERS' HOUSE, Veniamine Bassner's 70th anniversary -- "It happened recently, it was so long ago." A meeting with the author. Featuring T Kalinchenko, M Paknomenko, L Sentchina, Z Cherkashenko and E Petushkov. S Grinberg on Piano.
MIKHAILOVSKY CASTLE, (4pm), N Budashkine's Russian folk music ensemble from Chita (Siberia). Directed by A Mironov.
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV HOUSE, Vocal Evening with mezzo-soprano V Sorokina and pianist E Lavrova (Orenburgh, Russia). Featuring Glinka, Dargomyzhsky, and Minkov.

Friday Jan 6
YUSUPOV PALACE, (6pm), My beloved Christmas with the Divertissment Band. Directed by E Komarova with soloist L Kazarnovskaya. Featuring Bach, Bortnyansky, Chesnokov, Davydov, Donitsetti, Korelli, Schubert and Verdi.

Saturday Jan 7 (6.30pm)
SMOLNY CATHEDRAL. Russian Orthodox Christmas Singing. Smolny Cathedral Chamber Choir; directed by A Petrenko.

Sunday Jan 8 (4pm)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV HOUSE, Belgorod Philharmonic vocalists, E Spasova, (soprano) and N Kolodochka, (bass), pianist L Petrova. Featuring: operatic arias and romances by Russian and West-European composers.