VIII Moscow Easter festival, despite an economic crisis, will pass in the planned terms and with habitual scope. Today in the White hall of the Moscow mayoralty has passed gathering of heads, sponsors of festival and the press following the results of which Valery Gergiev and Jury Luzhkov declared the poster and a tour card of festival.
The present festival will not be limited to a format of capital event, it will pass in 28 cities of Russia from April, 19th till May, 9th. 100 concerts, including charitable and popular, are planned to give in the Choral and Symphonic block, and Zvonilnaja the program which this year will capture not only the Moscow temples, but also the Peter and Paul Fortress, the Peter and Paul cathedral in Petersburg, temples of the Russian cities becomes a separate easter exclusive by tradition. On the Choral program which as a matter of fact is independent festival of choruses, there will arrive secular and spiritual collectives from Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ossetias, Ukraine, Armenia, and also chorus "Renaissance" from Tshinvala.
As performances of the State choral chapel of Abkhazia, Shauljajsky State chamber chorus "Polyphony", Orthodox Singers from Estonia are expected. Traditional gala concert of choruses will pass in the Concert hall of a name of Tchaikovsky on May, 7th. However traditionally centre of festival there is a symphonic program – a marathon of an orchestra of the Maryinsky Theater under control of Valery Gergiev. In the program of an orchestra not only Tchaikovsky traditional symphonies, but also orchestral products of Shenberga seldom executed in Russia, «the Lock of the Duke the Dark blue Beard» Bely Bartoka, the world premiere of an opera of Vyacheslav Kruglika on a Gogol plot "Carriage".
Having opened festival on April, 19th in the Big hall of the Moscow conservatory a world premiere Symphony Rodion Schedrin and a concert of the new subscription of the Moscow philharmonic society where Mahler's Second symphony and the Violin concert of Sibeliusa will sound, the orchestra will open the big travel by train on a route.
The festival will come to the end on May, 9th with a traditional concert on a grief Poklonnaya holm and the symphonic ending in the music House.
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