Valery Gergiev, conductor
Daria Rabotkina, piano
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Video Program Notes
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Richard Taruskin, Professor, Department of Music, UC Berkeley, offers insight into the Kirov Orchestra's all-Russian concert conducted by Valery Gergiev on April 9, 2005. (Length: 7:30 minutes)
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Venue: Zellerbach Hall
Price: $36/$56/$72
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The incomparable Valery Gergiev and his Kirov Orchestra return following their tandem appearance with the Kirov Ballet last fall. The birthplace of some of the world's most famous ballet and opera scores and the former artistic home to such greats as Berlioz, Wagner, Verdi, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky, the Kirov Orchestra continues to rank as one of the world's most superb ensembles. Since 1988, this legendary Russian institution has been under the inspired leadership of the extraordinary Valery Gergiev, one of the most talented and charismatic conductors at the podium today. He leads his ensemble in a program perfectly suited to their illustrious heritage: Russian Spectacular, featuring Prokofiev's explosive Piano Concerto No. 1 and the enduring classic Scheherazade, Rimsky-Korsakov's lushly orchestrated musical recreation of the tales that kept a king riveted and the lovely Scheherazade alive for 1001 Arabian nights.
Program: Borodin/In the Steppes of Central Asia; Prokofiev/Piano Concerto No. 1; Balakirev/Islamey; Rimsky-Korsakov/Capriccio Espagnol; Scheherazade
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Program Notes: Program notes are available online, click here.
Education and Community Events:
Sightlines event: Ballet and Music in Russian History and Culture
Two half-day conferences celebrating Russian ballet and classical music will be held at the University of California, Berkeley, during the 2004-05 academic year. Scheduled to coincide with appearances of the Bolshoi Ballet (Nov 3-7) and The Kirov Orchestra (Apr 9), the conferences will highlight Russia's contributions to modern culture.
Open to the campus and public alike, the conferences, lectures, and demonstrations will place ballet and classical music in historical context, and explore the distinctive artistic traditions and institutions of St. Petersburg and Moscow. Particular attention will be devoted to influences from the West and perceptions of the East that have shaped ballet and classical music in Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union, and since 1992, the Russian Republic.
The April 8 conference, Celebration of Classical Music in Russian History and Culture, will continue on April 9 & 10 with a symposium, Glinka and His Legacies, honoring the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka. This forum will feature scholars and performers who will focus on the theme of Russia's European identity and Russian music over the past two centuries.
The conferences are organized by the Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies and the Department of Music, in conjunction with Cal Performances.
All events are free and open to the public.
Celebration of Ballet in Russian History and Culture
Fri, Nov, 5, 2-5:30 pm, HH
- Tim Scholl (Oberlin College): Overview of Ballet in Russian History and Culture sightlines
- Irina Klyagina (Harvard Theater Collection): The Bolshoi Ballet
- Anna Nisnevich (UC Berkeley): Glazunov's Raymonda
- Richard Taruskin (UC Berkeley): Russian Ballet and the West
Celebration of Classical Music in Russian History and Culture
Fri Apr 8, 2-5:30 pm, HH
- Richard Taruskin (UC Berkeley): "Entoiling the Falconet": Russian Musical Exoticism in Perspective
- William Quillen (UC Berkeley): Russian Simfonizm
- Caryl Emerson (Princeton): Ruslan and Liudmila, Pushkin and Glinka on Eros in Magic Opera
- Marina Frolova-Walker (Cambridge) "More Alive than the Living": Glinka in the Soviet Union
Glinka and His Legacies
Sat, Apr 9, 9 am-5 pm, HH
Sun, Apr 10, 10 am-2 pm, HH
A symposium sponsored by the Department of Music to commemorate the bicentennial of Russian composer, Mikhail Glinka. Scholars and performers will focus on Russian identity and music over the past two centuries.
Donor Events: Post-performance reception on April 9, 2005 (Donors at $250+)
Related Performances:
Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig,
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Bolshoi Ballet & Orchestra
Artists links:
Official Kirov Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre site
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