City: St Petersburg| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
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| Wednesday 13-Nov-13 07:30pm |
 Mikhailovsky Theatre, St PetersburgGods and Dogs |
Bavarian State Ballet |
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| Mikhailovsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Iskusstv sq. 1, St Petersburg, Russia Wednesday 13-Nov-13 07:30pm In 2008 Jiří Kylián created this mysterious, almost mystical ballet for four couples for the NDT with almost the identical team of composers, stage designers and project designers who had realized his “Zugvögel” (“Migratory Birds”) in Munich. “Gods and Dogs”, a puzzling double figure that emerged from the realm of the pharaohs, is a further step into the current cosmos of the Czech choreographer, who says of himself: “I am interested in the borderlines between normality and madness, between health and illness, and the norms which define both. At any moment of his life, a person can be designated as being in the one or the other category. But the precise moment when he is ultimately pushed over the border into pathological madness is beyond his perception.”Image credit: (c) Wilfried Hösl | ||
| Thursday 14-Nov-13 07:30pm |
Mikhailovsky Theatre, St Petersburg Gods and Dogs |
Bavarian State Ballet |
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| Mikhailovsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Iskusstv sq. 1, St Petersburg, Russia Thursday 14-Nov-13 07:30pm In 2008 Jiří Kylián created this mysterious, almost mystical ballet for four couples for the NDT with almost the identical team of composers, stage designers and project designers who had realized his “Zugvögel” (“Migratory Birds”) in Munich. “Gods and Dogs”, a puzzling double figure that emerged from the realm of the pharaohs, is a further step into the current cosmos of the Czech choreographer, who says of himself: “I am interested in the borderlines between normality and madness, between health and illness, and the norms which define both. At any moment of his life, a person can be designated as being in the one or the other category. But the precise moment when he is ultimately pushed over the border into pathological madness is beyond his perception.”Image credit: (c) Wilfried Hösl | ||
| Tuesday 10-Dec-13 07:00pm |
Shostakovich Philharmonic Hall (Grand Hall), St Petersburg Nino Gvetadze |
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| Shostakovich Philharmonic Hall (Grand Hall), St Petersburg, St Petersburg 191023, Russia Tuesday 10-Dec-13 07:00pm Nino Gvetadze Schoenberg once described Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) as ‘a depiction of the night and an expression of human feelings.’ Upon hearing the music Gustav Mahler immediately declared it a work of genius. In this unique masterpiece Schoenberg fully exploits every facet of the string orchestra. Reason aplenty for Amsterdam Sinfonietta to adopt Verklärte Nacht as one of its favourite showpieces. The CD recording of the work was awarded the French Opus d’or prize, among others. In collaboration with the Cheltenham Festival and other institutions Amsterdam Sinfonietta has commissioned the English composer David Matthews to write a double concerto for violin and viola.
The talented Georgian pianist Nino Gvetadze makes her first appearance with the ensemble with a piano concerto of Mendelssohn. She made her name in the Netherlands after winning three prizes at the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, followed by the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Award. Her poetic playing has received high acclaim.Image credit: Marco Borggreve | ||
