New Orthodox music in a theatrical St Petersburg setting

By Gavin Dixon, 11 July 2014

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Reviewed at Hermitage Theatre, St Petersburg, St Petersburg on 7 July 2014

Martynov, The Beatitiudes

Protasov, Song of St. Sergius of Radonezh

Demutsky, The Tale of Peter and Fevroniya of Murom

Youth Chamber Choir of St Petersburg Philharmonic Society

The Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory Choir of the Opera and Ballet Theatre

State Hermitage Orchestra

Olga Georgieva, Soprano

Ilya Kuzmin, Baritone

Yulia Khutoretskaya, Choirmaster / chorus director

Fabio Mastrangelo, Conductor

An International Composers Competition in St. Petersburg: Part 2

Paul Kilbey, 19th April

The second concert of the St. Romanos Melodos I International Composers Competition featured the remaining six winning pieces performed by two choirs: that of the Mikhailovsky Theatre with Vladimir Stolpovskikh, and the St. Petersburg Youth Chamber Choir with Yulia Khutoretskaya.

Mischievous Pan at Hong Kong Sinfonietta's French May

Christopher Halls, 30th May

French clarinettist Raphaël Sévère unearths beauty in Nielsen's concerto and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta impress in two settings of Pan's antics at the French May Festival.

****1

An azure secret: Yunchan Lim’s star power at Wigmore Hall

Asher Rubenstein, 29th May

The Korean pianist astonishes in Schubert and Scriabin, in a performance sure to be a highlight of Wigmore Hall’s 125th anniversary festivities.

*****

Christian Gerhaher: pure poetry in glorious Wigmore Hall recital

Dominic Lowe, 29th May

Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber survey composers from Beethoven to Berg in a varied and deeply moving recital.

*****

An end-of-term Mahler 6 from the Hallé in Manchester

Rohan Shotton, 28th May

Kahchun Wong conducts The Hallé in Mahler's epic Sixth Symphony, although directorial idiosyncrasies sometimes get in the way of the music.

***11

Elim Chan takes the New York Philharmonic to the ball

Susan Stempleski, 27th May

The Hong Kong-born conductor conducts a masterful performance of selections from Prokofiev’s Cinderella and Philharmonic Principal Carter Brey bids farewell in Saint-Saëns’ First Cello Concerto.

****1

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Gavin Dixon

Gavin Dixon is a writer, journalist and editor specialising in classical music. He writes for publications such as Gramophone, Classical Music and BBC Music Magazine. Gavin has a PhD on the symphonies of Alfred Schnittke and is a member of the editorial team for the “Alfred Schnittke Collected Works” edition. His website is here.