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Grand Hall
December 2014
Mikhailovskaya st., 2
www.philharmonia.spb.ru

02 December, Tuesday 8:00 pm
To the 100th anniversary of A. Mikhailov

St. Petersburg Concert Choir
Artistic director and conductor - Vladimir Begletsov
Conductor - Nikolay Alexeev
Elena Ushakova - soprano
Galina Sidorenko - mezzo-soprano
Alexander Timchenko - tenor
Oleg Losev - tenor
Yuri Monchak - bass
Schubert: Mass No 6 in E flat major; Honegger: Symphony No 3 "Liturgique"

03 December, Wednesday 7:00 pm
The Rimsky-Korsakov Central Navy Band of Russia

The Rimsky-Korsakov Central Navy Band of Russia
Conductor - Alexei Karabanov
Elena Semenova - soprano
Maxim Perebeynos - baritone
Gennadiy Bezzubenkov - bass
Rimsky-Korsakov: Three Miracles from The Tale of Tsar Saltan; Dukas: L'Apprenti sorcier; Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmila, opera excerpts; Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, opera excerpts; Stravinsky: Firebird, ballet excerpts

04 December, Thursday 8:00 pm
Giulio Mercati
Organ Recital

Giulio Mercati - organ (Italy)
Scarlatti; Buxtehude; J.-S. Bach; Franck; Ibert; Reger

05 December, Friday 8:00 pm
"Pelléas and Mélisande" by Fauré, Sibelius and Schoenberg

Conductor - Alexander Dmitriev
Faure: Pelléas et Mélisande; Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande; Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande

06 December, Saturday 8:00 pm
Polina Osetinskaya
Recital

Rachmaninoff: Piano transcription; Tchaikovsky: The Seasons; Shostakovich: Dances of the Dolls; Prokofiev: Sonata No 7

07 December, Sunday 8:00 pm
Haydn

Petersburg Chamber Choir
Nikolai Kornev - artistic director and conducor
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (chamber orchestra)
Conductor - Leo Kraemer (Germany)
Zhanna Dombrovskaya - soprano
Galina Sidorenko - mezzo-soprano
Boris Stepanov - tenor
Petr Migunov - bass
Haydn: Symphony No 100 "Military", "Nelson Mass"

08 December, Monday 8:00 pm
International Cultural Forum

St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

Conductor - Sergey Stadler
Paata Burchuladze - bass
Yekaterina Shimanovich - soprano
Elizaveta Sveshnikova - soprano
Yulia Suleymanova - soprano

09 December, Tuesday 8:00 pm
Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti

Conductor - Kai Bumann (Germany)
Oxana Shilova - soprano
Dmitry Voropaev - tenor
Overtures and arias from operas

11 December, Thursday 7:00 pm
The Fifth Charity council in honor of St Nicholas the Wonderworker

Choir of St. Petersburg metropolitanate
Yuri Gerasimov - artistic director
Russian Spiritual Music

12 December, Friday 8:00 pm
Joshua Bell
Recital

Joshua Bell - violin (USA)
Alessio Bax - piano
Grieg: Violin Sonata in F major; Schubert: Violin Sonata in A major; Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor

14 December, Sunday 8:00 pm
Festival Opening
XV International Winter Festival "ARTS SQUARE"

Conductor - Yuri Temirkanov
Olga Peretyatko - soprano (festival debut)
Elgar: "Cockaigne" , Concert Overture; Britten: 'Les Illuminations'' for high voice and strings; Elgar: "Enigma", variations on an Original Theme

15 December, Monday 7:00 pm
Jonas Kaufmann
Recital
XV International Winter Festival "ARTS SQUARE"

Jonas Kaufmann - tenor (Germany)
Helmut Deutsch - piano (Austria)
Schumann: Kerner Lieder (excerpts), "Dichterliebe", song cycle; Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Liszt: 3 Sonetti del Petrarca

16 December, Tuesday 8:00 pm
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Excerpts of Musicals
XV International Winter Festival "ARTS SQUARE"

Children's choir of TV and radio of St.Petersburg
Stanislav Gribkov - artistic director
Petersburg Chamber Choir
Nikolai Kornev - artistic director and conducor
Conductor - Fabio Mastrangelo
Ivan Ozhogin - tenor
Olesya Petrova - mezzo-soprano
Dmitry Voropaev - tenor
Maria Yelizarova - soprano
Excerpts of musicals
Lloyd Webber: Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, Evita, The Woman in White, The Phantom of the Opera, Sunset Boulevard, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Song and Dance, The Beautiful Game, Aspects of Love, Starlight Express, Whistle Down the Wind, Love Never Dies

18 December, Thursday 8:00 pm
"Opus Posth" Ensemble
XV International Winter Festival "ARTS SQUARE"

"Opus Posth" Ensemble
Tatiana Grindenko - artistic director
Yulia Makaryantz - mezzo-soprano
Anastasia Melnik - soprano
Mikhail Dubov - harpsichord
Purcell: Music for theatre; Manotskov: La Follia; Nyman: Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings

19 December, Friday 8:00 pm
The Philharmonics Ensemble (Austria)
XV International Winter Festival "ARTS SQUARE"

The Philharmonics (Austria)
Strauss: Csárdás from Die Fledermaus; Godár: Lullaby; Bottesini: «Nel cor più non mi sento»; Jobim: Quiet Nights; Sting: Englishman in New York; Verdi-Bossi: Rigoletto-Fantasy; Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen; Kovach: Barmitzvah-Suit; Weill: Mack The Knife; Gardel: «Por una cabeza»; Bazzini: La Ronde des Lutins

20 December, Saturday 8:00 pm
Holst "The Planets"
XV International Winter Festival "ARTS SQUARE"

Concert Choir of the St. Petersburg State University of Culture
Rimsky-Korsakov State Musical College Female choir
Sergey Ekimov - artistic director
Conductor - Nikolay Alexeev
Alexander Rudin - cello
Elgar: Cello Concerto; Holst: The Planets, orchestral suite

21 December, Sunday 3:00 pm
The Snowman
XV International Winter Festival "ARTS SQUARE"

Conductor - Simon Chalk (UK)
Alexei Yemelyanov - presenter
Egor Maksimov - descant
Christmas music (Tchaikovsky, Rebikov, Korngold); Howard Blake: The Snowman, music from cartoon (with a demonstration of animated film on the screen)

21 December, Sunday 8:00 pm
Schubert. «Winterreise»
XV International Winter Festival "ARTS SQUARE"

Ian Bostridge - tenor (UK)
Julius Drake - piano (UK)

22 December, Monday 8:00 pm
Concert is cancelled! Love's Duel
Freiburger Barockorchester

25 December, Thursday 8:00 pm
Festival Closing
XV International Winter Festival "ARTS SQUARE"

Conductor - Yuri Temirkanov
Christian Blackshaw - piano (UK)
Julia Novikova - soprano (festival debut)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24; Mahler: Symphony No. 4

26 December, Friday 8:00 pm
Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky

Conductor - Ivan Kozhuharov (Bulgaria)
Glinka: Overture to A Life for the Tsar, Kamarinskaya; Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden, suite from opera; Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave, Suite from the Sleeping Beauty

28 December, Sunday 8:00 pm
Daniel Zaretsky
Organ Evening
To the 50th anniversary of musician

Russian Early Music Ensemble
Vladimir Shulyakovsky - artistic director
Daniel Zaretsky - organ
Valeria Stenkina - soprano
Gennady Nikonov - trumpet
Evgeny Zaretsky - piano
J.-S. Bach; Handel; Purcell; Scarlatti; Caccini; Widor; Soler; Karg-Elert; Gigout

29 December, Monday 8:00 pm
Grieg. Piano Concerto
Mendelssohn. "Scottish" Symphony

Conductor - Pavel Bubelnikov
Nikolai Demidenko - piano
Weber: Overture to Oberone; Grieg: Piano Concerto; Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 "Scottish"

30 December, Tuesday 7:00 pm
New Year's Eve Concert

Conductor - Vladimir Altschuler
Svetlana Monchak - soprano
R. Strauss; Kálmán; Lehár

31 December, Wednesday 7:00 pm
New Year's Eve Concert

Conductor - Vladimir Altschuler
Svetlana Monchak - soprano
Alexander Gergalov - baritone
R. Strauss; Kálmán; Lehár