Repertoire

December 2024
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14 December, Saturday 8:00 pm
Grand Hall
Opening of the festival
For the 25th anniversary of the festival
XXIV International Festival "Arts Square"

Conductor - Nikolay Alexeev
Denis Matsuev - piano
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini; Voronov: Symphony (World premiere); Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No 2

14 December, Saturday 3:00 pm
Small Hall
Voices of the Academy

Soloists of Elena Obraztsova Musical Academia
Ildar Abdrazakov - artistic director

14 December, Saturday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
"Russian soul"

State Russian concert orchestra
Artistic director, conductor - Vladimir Popov
Alexander Pakhmutov - baritone
Shishkin; Bulakhov; Feldman; Morozov; Dmitriev; Kabalevsky; Khrennikov; Russian folk songs

14 December, Saturday 12:00 pm

Images of northern folklore in "Ruslan and Lyudmila" by A.Pushkin and its reflection by M.Glinka

Yulia Moshnik - lecturer

15 December, Sunday 12:00 pm
Grand Hall
Tchaikovsky. Children's Album
Prokofiev. "Peter and the Wolf"
For the 25th anniversary of the festival
XXIV International Festival "Arts Square"

Conductor - Alexey Nyaga
Nikolay Burov - presenter
Eva Sosnina - sand and watercolor illustrations
The performance will be accompanied by a display of "live illustrations" in sand and watercolor

15 December, Sunday 8:00 pm
Grand Hall
Conductor – Vladimir Spivakov
Soloist – Hibla Gerzmava
For the 25th anniversary of the festival
XXIV International Festival "Arts Square"

The National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia
Bellini: Norma, Overture; Verdi: Leonora's aria and cabaletta "Tacea la notte placida" from "Il Trovatore", Introduction to the opera "Attila", Elvira's aria ("Surta è la notte... Ernani, involami") from the opera "Ernani"; Puccini: Intermezzo from "Manon Lescaut", Tosca Aria, "Tosca"; Verdi: Ouverture from "La forza del destino" ("The Force of Destiny"), Aria “Pace, pace mio Dio” from "La Forza del Destino" (Leonora), Overure from "I vespri siciliani", The Prayer of Desdemona from "Othello"; Mascagni: Intermezzo from "Cavalleria Rusticana"; Cilèa: Aria of Adrienne Lecouvreur from opera "Adriana Lecouvreur"

15 December, Sunday 3:00 pm
Small Hall
Two Scarlattis
Alessandro – opera maestro and Domenico – clavier maestro

Alexander Pirozhenko - piano
Elizaveta Bokova - soprano
Anastasia Sinkevich - soprano
Tatiana Neviardovskaya - mezzo-soprano
Artem Arutynov - tenor
Lada Potemkina - flute
Anastasia Shapovalova - flute
Arina Mulyukova - flute
Artur Zyskunov - trumpet
Alyona Muzaleva - piano
Maria Kustanovich - piano
Natalya Zyskunova - piano
Natalia Entelis - presenter

15 December, Sunday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
Carols of the Christmas service

"Konevets Quartet"
Igor Dmitriev - artistic director
Maxim Mostovoy - tenor
Julian Danshin - tenor
Egor Bogorad - baritone
Adrian Zykov - vocals

16 December, Monday 7:00 pm
Grand Hall
Guided tour of the Grand hall, visit to the "royal rooms" and introduction to the organ

16 December, Monday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
Alexander Knyazev
Evening of cello music
For the 25th anniversary of the festival
XXIV International Festival "Arts Square"

Alexander Knyazev - cello
Ksenia Bashmet - piano
Brahms: Cello Sonatas; R. Strauss: Cello Sonata

16 December, Monday 6:00 pm

Music of the Grand Tour
Travel of Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna to Europe

Natalia Bakhareva - lecturer

17 December, Tuesday 7:00 pm
Grand Hall
Guided tour of the Grand hall and a visit to the "royal rooms"

17 December, Tuesday 6:00 pm

The Echoes of Leningrad
City’s musical institutions in evacuation

Julia Kantor - lecturer

18 December, Wednesday 8:00 pm
Grand Hall
Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Conductor – Valery Gergiev
For the 25th anniversary of the festival
XXIV International Festival "Arts Square"

Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
Conductor - Valery Gergiev
Claudia Yang - piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3; Mahler: Symphony No 5

18 December, Wednesday 6:00 pm

Fritz Stiedry

Nadezhda Markaryan - lecturer

19 December, Thursday 10:00 am
Grand Hall
Exhibition "Mercy Square"

19 December, Thursday 8:00 pm
Grand Hall
Mahler. Symphony No. 3
Conductor – Alexander Sladkovsky
Soloist – Olga Borodina
In memoriam Mariss Jansons. For the 25th anniversary of the festival
XXIV International Festival "Arts Square"

St. Petersburg Choral Collegium
Nikolai Romanov - artistic director
Children's choir of TV and radio of St.Petersburg
Igor Gribkov - choirmaster

19 December, Thursday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
Beethoven. Violin Romance No. 2
Symphony No. 8

"Northern Sinfonia" Symphony Orchestra
Artistic director, conductor - Fabio Mastrangelo
Sergey Slovachevsky - cello
Sandra Shinder - violin
Mozart: Symphony No 33; Beethoven: Violin Romance No 2, Symphony No 8; Haydn: Cello Concerto ¹ 2 in D Major

20 December, Friday 8:00 pm
Grand Hall
Conductor – Alexander Lazarev
For the 25th anniversary of the festival
XXIV International Festival "Arts Square"

State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia "Evgeny Svetlanov"
Conductor - Alexander Lazarev
Ivan Bessonov - piano
Chopin: Piano Concerto No 1; R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfoniå (An Alpine Symphony)

20 December, Friday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
Haik Kazazyan
Evening of music for solo violin
On the 100th anniversary of Leonid Kogan's birth. For the 25th anniversary of the festival
XXIV International Festival "Arts Square"

Bach: Partita; Ysaÿe: Two sonatas for solo violin; Paganini: Caprices (No. 2, 5, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17); Milshtein: "Paganiniana"