Thursday The 15th
Anna Suslova (organ) and Lilia Lyumanova (violin) perform Vivaldi. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. 7:30 p.m.
Early Music Academy Ensemble performs Purcell. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.
Norair Barsegyan (duduk), Vlad Preobrazhensky (organ), Ivan Ipatov (organ) and the Brass Orchestra of Russia perform Bach, Mendelssohn and Armenian folk music. Sts. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. 8 p.m.
Pavel Slobodkin Center Chamber Orchestra performs overtures by Mozart, Rossini, Beethoven and Glinka. Pavel Slobodkin Center. 7 p.m.
Rem Urasin (piano) performs Chopin. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.
Romances by Mikhail Glinka performed by young vocalists. Bolshoi Theater Beethoven Hall. 7:30 p.m.
Sretensky Monastery Choir in concert. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.
Friday The 16th
Alexander Manotskov and N'Caged: In program are Manotskov's instrumental pieces, his operas La Jardiniere Chinoise, Paradiso 1 and Paradiso 2. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.
FESTIVAL Composer Leonid Desyatnikov: The Rite of Winter 1949 Symphony, Sketches to Sunset for symphony orchestra and the Pinezh Tale About Pushkin's Duel and Death Cantata. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.
Garri Eprikyan (organ) and Lev Solodovnikov (violin) perform Bach, Messiaen, Corelli, Paganini, Schittke and others. St. Mary's Cathedral. 8:30 p.m.
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra performs Brahms' Symphony No. 1 and Ciurlionis' The Sea. Gintaras Rinkevicius conducts. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
Va Bank for Trumpet and Orchestra: Semyon Milshtein, Vadim Eilenkrig and the Russian Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra in a concert classical, jazz and film music. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.
Yekaterina Mechetina and Alexander Gindin (piano duet) perform Schubert's Fantasy for four-hand piano in F minor, Saint-Saens' Variations on a Theme of Beethoven for two pianos, Ravel's Waltz and Stravinsky's Petrushka. Philharmonic-2 Hall. 7 p.m.
Yelena Keilina (organ), Sergei Filchenko (violin, viola), Regina Shteinman (violin, viola) and Filipp Nodel (oboe) perform Telemann, Franck, Reger, Krebs, Stamic and others. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.
Saturday The 17th
Bach's Vita Christi performed by the Collegium Cartusianum Ensemble and the Cologne Chamber Choir. Conductor Peter Neumann. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.
Bolshoi Theater Symphony Orchestra performs Berlioz's The Death of Cleopatra, three symphonic episodes from his Le Damnation de Faust, Ravel's Bolero, his Spanish Rhapsody and Pavanne Pour une Infante. Soloist Norah Amsellem (soprano), conductor Jesus Lopez-Cobos. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m.
FESTIVAL Composer Leonid Desyatnikov: Bouquet for choir a'capella, Vitamin of Growth one-act opera and Liebe und Leben des Dichters vocal cycle. Bolshoi Theater Beethoven Hall. 7:30 p.m.
Marianna Vysotskaya (organ), Olesya Rostovskaya (theremin) and Pyotr Shabanov (countertenor) perform Vivaldi, Handel, Mozart, Purcell, Franck and others. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. 4 p.m.
Organ Classics and Opera Arias: Fyodor Stroganov (organ), Anastasia Preminina (contralto) and Anastasia Starchikova (soprano) in concert. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. 7 p.m.
Sanel Redzic (classical guitar) in concert. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.
Sotto Voce: Elephant Orchestra, Ailen Pritchin (violin), Sergei Poltavsky (viola) and Dmitry Shchelkin (percussion) perform minimalist compositions by Sergei Akhunov. Dom. 8 p.m.
Sunday The 18th
Alexander Fiseisky (organ) and Michael Ohnimus (trumpet) perform Purcell, Bach, Handel, Mozart, Charpentier, Zipoli and others. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.
Alexander Udaltsov (organ) performs Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. 7:30 p.m.
FESTIVAL Ars Longa: Alexander Ramm (cello), Ksenia Bashmet (piano), Stepan Simonyan (piano) and others in a concert of classical music. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.
Chamber Orchestra of Russia performs Salieri and Mozart. Philharmonic-2 Hall. 7 p.m.
Ivan Sokolov, Nino Barkalaya (both piano), Alexei Lundin (violin), Rustam Komachkov (cello) and others perform Grieg and Bartok. Conservatory Myaskovsky Hall. 2 p.m.
Mikhail Voskresensky (piano) performs Scriabin, Grieg, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. Conservatory Small Hall. 2 p.m.
Musical Map of the World: Cecilia Vocal Ensemble performs American hymns, spirituals and British church chants. Conservatory Myaskovsky Hall. 7 p.m.
Novaya Opera Soloists perform operetta arias and scenes. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.
MT PICK Pavel Kogan Orchestra performs Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, his Leonore Overture No. 3 and Brahms' Symphony No. 2. Soloist Derek Hahn, conductor Pavel Kogan. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
Pieter Dirksen (organ) performs Bach, Reger, Vierne, Gigout and others. St. Mary's Cathedral. 7:30 p.m.
The King of Sympho Jazz: Novaya Opera Orchestra performs Gershwin, Shostakovich, Milhaud, Weill and others. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.
Monday The 19th
FESTIVAL Autumn Choral Festival: Kastalsky Moscow Men's Choir, the Cecilia Ensemble (US), the Moscow International Choir and others in concert. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
Concert of Waltzes performed by the Hermitage Ensemble. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.
Gaik Kazazyan (violin) and Ksenia Knorre (piano) perform Schubert, Brahms and Prokofiev. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.
Tuesday The 20th
Alexei Volodin (piano) performs Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann and Scriabin. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.
Bolshoi Theater Orchestra Soloists perform Mendelssoh's Trio for piano, violin and cello No. 2 and Brahms' Quintet for clarinet, two violins, viola and cello in B minor. Bolshoi Theater Beethoven Hall. 7 p.m.
FESTIVAL Moscow Autumn: works by Volkov, Khalitova, Kapyrin, Eshpai and Boris Tchaikovsky in the opening concert of this annual festival of contemporary music. Dom Kompozitorov. 7 p.m.
Tatyana Fedotova (soprano), Alkhas Fersba (bass) and the Sonore Ensemble perform arias and duets by Verdi, Bach, Caccini and Scarlatti. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.
Yelena Zelenskaya (soprano) performs arias and romances. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
Wednesday The 21st
Ave Maria: Fyodor Stroganov (organ), Rustam Yavayev (countertenor) and Dmitry Grinikh (baritone) perform Bach, Widor, Dvorak, Moniuszko and Pergolesi. St. Mary's Cathedral. 8 p.m.
Bach's Double Concertos performed by soloists of the Soloists of Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.
FESTIVAL Brass Days: Soloists of Moscow Brass Ensemble, the Russian National Orchestra Ensemble of Soloists, the Bolshoi Theater Ensemble of Soloists and others in concert. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.
BRICS Symphony Orchestra in concert. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.
FESTIVAL Moscow Autumn: festival of contemporary music. In program are new chamber compositions by Russian composers. Dom Kompozitorov. 7 p.m.
Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra performs Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 and Richard Strauss' The Life of a Hero. Soloist Viktor Tretyakov, conductor Mikhail Yurovsky. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
and Beyond…
FESTIVAL Alexander Zhurbin: Symphony Capella of Russia performs Zhurbin's Viola Concertos, his Symphonies No. 1 and No. 5 Soloists Andrei Baranov (violin), Lev Zhurbin (viola), Boris Andrianov (cello) and Daniil Kramer (piano). Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. Oct. 22, 7 p.m.
Beethoven's Piano Sonatas performed by Ruvim Ostrovsky, Alexei Chernov, Elmar Gasanov and Dmitry Kaprin. Conservatory Great Hall.? Oct. 22, 7 p.m.
Chamber Orchestra of Russia performs Mozart and Haydn. Soloists Alexander Knyazev (cello, piano), Alexei Bruni (violin), soloist and conductor Alexei Utkin (oboe). Philharmonic-2 Hall. Oct. 22, 7 p.m.
FESTIVAL Moscow Autumn: festival of contemporary music. In program are new chamber compositions by Russian composers. Dom Kompozitorov. Oct. 22 and 23, 7 p.m.
Organ Classics and Opera Arias: Yegor Kolesov (organ), Anastasia Starchikova (soprano) and Vladimir Avtonomov (bass) in concert. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m.
Philharmonic Debut: Nikolai Medvedev (piano) performs Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev and Stravinsky. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. Oct. 22, 7 p.m.
www.DOROGIMIRA.ru: concert of world ritual music. School of Dramatic Art. Oct. 22, 7 p.m.
Marianna Vysotskaya (organ) and Olesya Rostovskaya (theremin) perform Bach, Schubert, Saint Saens, Vierne, Satie and others. St. Mary's Cathedral. Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m.
Alexander Pushkin Apartment Museum
55/32 Arbat, entrance from Denezhny Pereulok. M. Smolenskaya. 499-241-9295, pushkinmuseum.ru
Alexander Pushkin Museum
12/2 Ul. Prechistenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 495-637-5674, pushkinmuseum.ru
Alexander Goldenweiser Apartment Museum
17 Tverskaya Ul., apt. 110. M. Tverskaya. 495-629-2929, glinka.museum/about/apartment_museum_goldenweiser/
Andrei Rublev Museum of Early Russian Culture and Art
10 Andronyevskaya Ploshchad. M. Rimskaya, Ploshchad Ilicha. 495-678-1467, rublev-museum.ru
Arkhipovsky Salon
2/14 Bryusov Pereulok. Bldg. 8. M. Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 495-692-1003/0311, arkhihall.ru
Barvikha Luxury Village
114 Rublyovo-Uspenskoye Shosse, Posyolok Barvikha. M. Molodyozhnaya. 495-933-7363
Bryusov House
30 Prospekt Mira. M. Prospekt Mira (circle line). 495-680-8683, goslitmuz.ru/ru/bryusov-museum
Concert Hall Na Prechistenke
32 Ulitsa Prechistenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 495-637-3783
Conservatory Great Hall
13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 495-629-9401
Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall
11 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 495-629-9401
Conservatory Small Hall
13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 495-629-9401
Dom
24 Bolshoi Ovchinnikovsky Pereulok, Bldg. 4. M. Novokuznetskaya. 953-7236, dom.com.ru
Dom Kompozitorov
House of Composers. 8 Bryusov Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-629-1365
Dom Muzyki, Moscow International House of Music
52 Kosmodamianskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 8. M. Paveletskaya. 495-730-1011/1852
Dom Uchyonykh
House of Scientists. 16 Ulitsa Prechistenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 495-637-4555, cdu-art.ru/afisha.shtml
Dom Shalyapina
In the wing of the Chaliapin Museum, 25 Novinsky Bulvar. M. Barrikadnaya. 495-605-6236, 252-2530
Dom Zhurnalista (?House of Journalists)
8A Nikitsky Bulvar. M. Arbatskaya. 495-691-5698, 495-222-1060, 495-697-20-86, domjour.ru
Yauza Palace (Dvorets Na Yauze)
1 Ploshchad Zhuravlyova. M. Elektrozavodskaya. 495-645-2245, yauza-palace.ru
FINOMI Hall (New Music Art Philharmonia)
20 Podsosensky Pereulok. M. Kurskaya, Chkalovskaya. 8-968 358 25 93, finomi.ru, tickets at finomi.ru/tkt
Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center
25 Ulitsa Ostozhenka, Bldg. 1. M. Kropotkinskaya, Park Kultury. 495-637-4378/7703, opera-centre.ru/index
Glinka Museum
4 Ul. Fadeyeva. M. Mayakovskaya, Novoslobodskaya. 495-739-6226
Gnesin Academy of Music
30/36 Ul. Povarskaya. M. Arbatskaya. Tickets and information, 495-690-2422
Gnesin Hall Na Povarskoi
38 Povarskaya Ulitsa. M. Arbatskaya, Barrikadnaya. 495-691-3086, gnesin.ru
Golitsyn Manor
5 Kozitsky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-694-0372, sias.ru
International Roerich Center
3/5 Maly Znamensky Pereulok. M. Kropotkinskaya. 499-271-3417/20, icr.su
Ivan Turgenev Museum
37 Ulitsa Ostozhenka. M. Park Kultury. 495-695-1078, pushkinmuseum.ru
Izmailovo Tsar's Estate
?12 Bauman Gorodok (Izmailovsky Island). M. Partizanskaya. 499-614-2092/2132, mgomz.ru/izmailovo, mgomz.ru/posetitelyam/koncerty
Jewish Museum & Tolerance Center
Ul. Obraztsova, Bldg. 1A. M. Savyolovskaya, then two stops by bus 12 to Ulitsa Obraztsova. 495-645-0550, jewish-museum.ru
Kolomenskoe Estate Museum Teatralnaya Khoromina Hall
39 Prospekt Andropova. M. Kolomenskaya. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mon. 499-614-2092/2132, mgomz.ru/kolomenskoe, mgomz.ru/posetitelyam/koncerty
Kosmos Hall
150 Prospekt Mira. M. VDNKh. 495-234-1054, cosmos-hall.ru
Kremlin Palace
Moscow Kremlin, the Troitsky Gate entrance. M. Alexandrovsky Sad. Ticket office 1 Ul.Vozdvizhenka. M. Borovitskaya. 495-628-5232, 917-2336, kremlinpalace.org
Kuskovo
2 Ulitsa Yunosti. M. Novogireyevo, Vykhino. 495-375-3131 or automated service, 495-370-0160
Leo Tolstoy Museum
Located at 11 Ul. Prechistenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 499-766-9328, tolstoymuseum.org
Leo Tolstoy Center Na Pyatnitskoi
Located at 12 Pyatnitskaya Ul. M. Novokuznetskaya. 495-951-5808, tolstoymuseum.org
Literary Museum
28 Petrovka. Metro Pushkinskaya. 495-625-1226, goslitmuz.ru
Luzhniki Stadium
24 Luzhnetskaya Naberezhnaya. M. Sportivnaya, Vorobyovy Gory. 495-637-0262
Lyublino Estate
39 Prospekt Andropova. M. Kolomenskaya. 499-614-2092/2132, mgomz.com, mgomz.ru/posetitelyam/koncerty
Marina Tsvetayeva Museum
6 Borisoglebsky Pereulok. M. Arbatskaya, Smolenskaya. 495-697-5369, dommuseum.ru
Masterslavl Hall
4 Presnenskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 1. M. Vystavochnaya (exit to the Bagration Bridge). 495-788-5835, masterslavl.ru
MDM
28 Komsomolsky Prospekt. M. Frunzenskaya. 499-248-6688, mdmpalace.ru
Mir Concert Hall
11 Tsvetnoi Bulvar, bldg. 2. M. Tsvetnoi Bulvar. 495-624-9647, mir-hall.ru
Moscow Opera Club
at the Glinka Museum. 4 Ul. Fadeyeva. M. Mayakovskaya, Novoslobodskaya. 495-739-6226, operaclub.wordpress.com, glinka.museum
Moscow Planetarium
5 Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya Ul. M. Barrikadnaya. 495-221-7690, planetarium-moscow.ru
Moskvich Cultural Center
46/15 Volgogradsky Prospekt. M. Tekstilshchiki. 499-178-3606, mskcc.ru
Museum of the Contemporary History of Russia
21 Tverskaya Ul., M. Tverskaya. Info at 8-915-137-3368, nota-agency.com, tickets at bigbilet.ru/place/nota
Nikolai Ostrovsky Humanitarian Center
14 Tverskaya Ul. M. Pushkinskaya, Tverskaya. 495- 629-8552, museumpreod.ru, wChamberOrchestraKremlin.ru
Olimpiisky Sports Complex
16 Olimpiisky Prospekt. M. Prospekt Mira. 495-786-3333, olimpik.ru
Orchestrion Hall
19 Ulitsa Garibaldi. M. Noviye Cheryomushki. 495-232-0400, 232-5353
Scriabin Museum
11 Bolshoi Nikolopeskovsky Pereulok. M. Okhotny Ryad. 499-241-1901/2152
Pavel Slobodkin Center
48 Ulitsa Arbat. M. Smolenskaya. 499-241-6226/6588, center-slobodkina.ru
Philharmonic Chamber Hall
29 Tverskaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 3. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-232-0400, 232-5353
Sergei Prokofiev Museum
6 Kamergersky Pereulok. M. Teatralnaya, Okhotny Ryad. 495-692-7959, glinka.museum/about/museum_of_prokofiev
Slavic Cultural Center
9/13 Chernigovsky Pereulok, Bldg. 2. M. Tretyakovskaya. 495-951-2951, 953-0168, slavfond.ru
Sokolniki Park
1 Ulitsa Sokolnichesky Val. M. Sokolniki. 499-393-9222, park.sokolniki.com
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. M. Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-723-7325
St. Andrew's Anglican Church
8 Voznesensky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-772-5842
St. Mary's Cathedral
27/13 Malaya Gruzinskaya Ulitsa. M. Barrikadnaya, Ulitsa 1905 Goda. 252-4051
7/10 Starosadsky Pereulok. M. Kitai-Gorod. 495-624-5820
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
4/31 Triumfalnaya Ploshchad. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-232-0400, 232-5353
Tchaikovsky Cultural Center
46/54 Kudrinskaya Ploshchad. M. Barrikadnaya. 495-690-2588
Theater Gallery Na Maloi Ordynke
9 Malaya Ordynka, Bldg. 1. M. Polyanka, Tretyakovskaya. 495-953-1245, bakhrushin.theatre.ru/branches/mo
Theater Na Perovskoi
75 Perovskaya Ulitsa. M. Novogireyevo. 8-916-789-3657, teatrperovo.ru
Theater of Russian Song
14 Olimpiisky Prospekt. M. Prospekt Mira. 495-681-3410, folkteatr.ru
Tretyakov Gallery
10/12 Lavrushinsky Pereulok. M. Tretyakovskaya. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., closed Mon. 495-951-1362, 499-230-7788, 238-1378
Tsaritsyno Estate Museum
1 Ulitsa Dolskaya. M. Tsaritsyno, Orekhovo. 499-725-7287
TsDRI
9 Pushechnaya Ulitsa. Metro Kuznetsky Most, Lubyanka. 495-625-0267, cdri.ru
Vernadsky Geological Museum Concert Hall
11 Mokhovaya Ul., Bldg. 11. M. Okhotny Ryad. 8-905-520-1749, sgm-hall.ru
VDNKh
M. VDNKh. 495-544-3400, vdnh.ru
Watercolor and Fine Arts Academy
15 Ul. Akademika Vargi. M. Tyoply Stan, bus 144, 227, 281 to Ulitsa Akademika Vinogradova. 495-531-5555, ext. 298, academy.andriaka.ru
Shchusev Architecture Museum
5 Vozdvizhenka. M. Biblioteka Imeni Lenina, Arbatskaya, Alexandrovsky Sad. 495-691-2109, muar.ru
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