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20:30 | Bach: All Works for Organ |
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Soloist of the Moscow State Philharmonic Society, Honored Artist of Russia, professor Alexander Fiseisky (organ) will present 6th concert of all works for organ by Bach from his cycle including 15 concerts. In program: prelude, fugue, chorale interpretations. Professor Alexander Fiseisky was born in Moscow. He completed his studies in the Piano and Organ Departments at the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire in Moscow with distinction, and today has a reputation as one of the most famous and influential organists in Russia. He has given concerts in more than 30 countries, and amongst them some very special ones such as in the "Festival on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the End of the Second World War" in Vienna, and the "Special Concert for Parents, Children, and Families in Memory of the Children Murdered in Dunblane". In the Bach Anniversary Year of 2000 A. Fiseisky played the complete organ works of J.S. Bach four times in Germany (two times under the auspice of EXPO 2000 in Hanover, and once in a single day in Dusseldorf as Bach-Marathon). For this occasion he was given an entry in the book Records of the Planet Earth in Moscow. Several works by noted composers have been dedicated to him, and his musicological offerings (e.g. the anthologies Organ Music in Russia, Organ Music in the Baltic States, published by Berenreiter) have received first class notices everywhere. In 2009 a book about the history of organ and organ music was published by him in Russia.
Roman Catholic Cathedral of Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary  |
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Klaxons are an English new rave pop band, based in London. Following the release of several 7-inch singles on different independent record labels, as well as the success of previous singles "Magick" and "Golden Skans", the band released their debut album, Myths of the Near Future on 29 January 2007. The album won the 2007 Nationwide Mercury Prize. After playing festivals and headlining tours worldwide (including the NME Indie Rave Tour) during late 2006-2007, the band started working on their follow-up album in July 2007. Klaxons' second album, Surfing the Void, was released on 23 August 2010. Their 3rd album, Love Frequency, was released on 16 June 2014. This album is a collection of songs that are more openly emotional and personal than before, according to the group's frontman. The album entered the UK charts at #38. The trio have spent almost three years recording Love Frequency with a cast of "computer music" luminaries including James Murphy, Erol Alkan, Gorgon City and Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers. The band describes their musical style as "acid-rave sci-fi punk-funk" by the NME in Tim Chester's Radar feature and were at the forefront of the New Rave movement. Generally derided by critics, Jamie Reynolds explained New Rave as something that "started as an in-joke and became a minor youth subculture." Read more
Izvestiya Hall |
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19:00 | Mnozil Brass (Austria) |
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Mnozil Brass is an Austrian brass septet. They play classical, jazz and other styles of music using traditional brass instruments and more unusual instruments such as the keyed trumpet and Wagner tuba. Music is presented with a typical Austrian style of humour, which can be approximately characterized as "jet black" and "here and there" absurd. Elements of slapstick exist next to virtuosic brass playing. Austrian and German schlager songs of the 20th century are often caricatured. All founding members were graduates of the renowned Vienna College of Music, who met while playing at the Mnozil pub in Vienna's first inner city district. The band was founded in 1992. Former member Sebastian Fuchsberger was a great talent in imitating, for example, Johannes Heesters and Udo Jurgens. Mnozil Brass is able to convince the audience that playing music is not just serious business. The septet cooperates with freelance director Bernd Jeschek who developed the stage programs "Smoke", "Ragazzi" and "Seven" and the "first operetta of the 21st century" titled "Das Trojanische Boot" ("The Trojan Boat"), whose world premiere was in 2005 during the German art festival RuhrTriennale. The group has toured internationally and won praise from artists such as Barry Tuckwell, Chuck Findley, Jeff Nelson and Wycliffe Gordon. Mnozil has a wide repertoire. Their two-hour-long concerts feature the group playing all manners of music along with comedic antics. While the majority of items feature the band playing their brass instruments, they incorporate other instruments such as the recorder, as well as sing (Bohemian Rhapsody being a key example). Genres include Austrian Drinking and Folk Songs, Jazz, Pop, rearrangements of Classical pieces, and Schlager.
MMDM Svetlanov Hall |
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19:00 | Stars of the 21st Century |
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"Stars of the 21st Century" series presents Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra's concert with the participation of Miroslav Kultyshev (piano) and Ivan Pochekin (violin). Conducted by Conrad van Alphen (the Netherlands). The program includes Concerto # 1 for piano and orchestra and Concerto # 2 for piano and orchestra by Liszt and Concerto # 1 for piano and orchestra by Shostakovich. The South African conductor Conrad van Alphen has delighted audiences and musicians alike in his performances of the orchestral repertoire. A well-established conductor, he has gained tremendous popularity with orchestras for the manner in which he rehearses and performs, and is continually re-invited by the orchestras he conducts. As artistic director and chief conductor of Sinfonia Rotterdam he has moulded this orchestra to one of the foremost orchestras in The Netherlands who host their own concert series in the "Wereldmuseum" in Rotterdam and in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Furthermore Sinfonia Rotterdam is one of the house ensembles of Rotterdam's grand concert hall De Doelen. Conrad regularly takes the orchestra on tours throughout The Netherlands and Europe. Intercontinental tours include countries like Brazil, Russia, Mexico and Colombia. Conrad van Alphen is a popular guest conductor of various orchestras nationally and internationally. He regularly conducts orchestras in The Netherlands, England, Germany, Denmark, Bulgaria, Russia, Poland, South Africa, China and Mexico. Last season included successful debuts with the Noord Nederlands Orkest, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra and the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall |
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