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19:00 | J.Strauss. Die Fledermaus |
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 Concert performance. Vera Kononova (soprano), Vadim Zaplechny (tenor), Andrey Baturkin (baritone and others). Famous operetta will be presented in a live version, but listeners should not tune in to a formal academic evening: Strauss's marvelous music will be supplemented by a video series, theatrical special effects and interactive, which turns spectators into participants of the action.
MMDM Svetlanov Hall  |
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19:00 | Where We are Not. Letters of Hegumenia Serafima |
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 Letters of Mother Seraphima. Anton Batagov will present piano cycle with excerpts from the letters of Mother Seraphima, an abbess of the Novo-Diveevo Convent (Natalia Janson). This composition can in a sense be regarded as a continuation of "Selected Letters of Sergei Rachmaninoff", a piano cycle written after visiting Rachmaninoff’s grave. The starting point for the new piano cycle was as strong an impression, also in the US and also Russia-related: visiting the Novo-Diveevo Convent and Cemetery. It is a Russian Orthodox convent, and about seven thousand people are buried in the cemeter y – mainly those who left Russia after the 1917 revolution, and their families. Between the parts of the piano cycle, Anton Bagtagov will be reading excerpts from the letters of Natalia Janson (1895 – 1988). After the death of her husband, Mikhail Alekseevich Janson (1887 – 1953) – biologist, teacher, religious writer and social activist – Natalia Janson became ordained under the name of Mother Seraphima. In the last years of her life she was the Mother Superior of the Novo-Diveevo Convent. Anton Batagov is one of the most influential Russian composers and performers of our time. The post-Cagean philosophy of Batagov's projects eliminates any boundaries between "performance" and "composition" by viewing all existing musical practices—from ancient rituals to rock and pop culture and advanced computer technologies—as potential elements of performance and composition. More info
MMDM Chamber Hall |
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