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| | Arts Calendar / January 7 / Concerts |
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| A New Year Tale for Hedgehog and Orchestra |
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 12:00, 16:00. Antique Cirque Independent Theater and Circus Company and Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra presents A New Year Tale for Hedgehog. Holiday music fantasy a la nouveau cirque based on Hedgehog and Bear stories by Sergei Kozlov. Circus Meets Orchestra. With no children of his own and not knowing his natural parents (in 1940 he was adopted from an orphanage) Sergey Kozlov grew up to become one of the best Russian fairytale writers ever. Despite his vocation, which became evident during his school years, Kozlov lived a quiet, almost solitary life and never desired fame; he didn’t even earn his living by writing alone. Although Kozlov’s stories are written as bedtime stories, to send children to sleep, they also keep parents wide awake and enchanted. Centred on the lives of various forest characters: Hedgehog, Little Bear, Hare, Squirrel and other animals endowed with human traits and distinct personalities, his fairytales have been translated into French, Japanese and several other languages. One of Sergey Kozlov’s tales, Hedgehog in the Fog, became famous worldwide after it was used as the basis for an acclaimed 1975 animated film of the same title by Soviet director Yuriy Norshteyn. Kozlov’s tales also furnished plots for cartoons such as In the Port and How Little Lion and Tortoise were Singing, whilst his nursery rhymes set to music gained vast popularity amongst children in the former USSR. Kozlov brings us back to our roots, and invites us to experience ourselves anew. In this respect, the fairytale has only just begun.
Rachmaninov Concert Hall (Philharmonia-2)  |
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19:00 | Christmas with Musica Viva and Alexander Rudin |
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 Moscow Chamber Orchestra Musica Viva, Conductor Alexander Rudin and Maria Ostroukhova (mezzo-soprano) present Christmas Gala Concert. Alexander Rudin is known as one of the most prominent musicians of the new generation. He is equally world famous as conductor, working with both symphony and chamber orchestras, music instructor – professor of the Moscow Conservatoire, researcher of the early music scores, and author of his own orchestra arrangements of chamber music, as well as unique thematic cycles. He belongs to the new era of Russian performers whose talent can be applied universally. Rudin stands out in a group of his truly professional colleagues for his extraordinary personality: he is talented in various aspects of musical performance, with all his talents creating a perfect balance. He strictly follows the direction he has chosen for himself, the path of creative ideas and experiments in a purely academic musical tradition. “Music cannot be brought down to simply something you create for entertainment. It does not exist solely for the audiences’ appreciation and applause,” believes Rudin. Moscow’s Musica Viva is one of the most popular and loved chamber orchestras of the Russian capital. The unique atmosphere of the orchestra’s concerts is but one of many attractions for the audience. Without any fuss or fanfares and unnecessary pathos the musicians present refined and unconventional musical programmes, in which acknowledged masterpieces rub shoulders with musical rarities. The reserved charm of high-level professionalism and genuine enthusiasm of the members of the orchestra, the delicate taste in their choice of musical works and invited soloists have formed a unique artistic image of the Musica Viva. “A kingdom of singing violins, transparent (easy to grasp) texture, irreproachable ensemble, ideal mutual understanding between the conductor and the musicians” – wrote an observer of the Novue Isvestia, describing orchestra’s style of performance.
Moscow Conservatory Great Hall |
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