Thursday The 24th
Christmas Concert: Pavel Slobodkin Center Chamber Orchestra performs Bach, Handel, Haydn, Corelli and Vivaldi. Pavel Slobodkin Center. 7 p.m.
Early Music Academy Ensemble performs Handel. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.
MT PICK? Khibla Gerzmava (soprano), Francesco Anile (tenor) and the Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra perform Italian arias in a charity concert. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
Maria Tchaikovskaya (cello), Armen Mardzhanyan (violin), Lyudmila Darseliya (piano) and an ensemble of cellists perform Brahms, Respighi, Weber, Barber, Prokofiev and others. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.
Moscow Trio in a concert of classical music. Dom Kompozitorov. 6 p.m.
FESTIVAL? MT PICK? Vladimir Spivakov Invites:? Virtuosos of Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Shio Okui (piano), Dmitry Korchak (tenor) and Ildar Abdrazakov (bass) perform Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 and Rimsky-Korsakov's Mozart and Salieri in the closing concert. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.
Friday The 25th
Alexei Chernov (piano) performs Rachmaninov's sonatas. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.
Moscow Trio performs Tchaikovsky and Taneyev. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.
MT PICK? Nikolai Lugansky (piano) and the Russian National Orchestra perform Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2. Mikhail Pletnev conducts. Also in program are Karlowicz's Stanisslaw i Anna Oswiecimowie, his Lithuanian Rhapsody and Eternal Songs. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.
Pavel Nersesyan and Filipp Kopachevsky (piano duet) perform Rachmaninov and Brahms. Philharmonic-2 Hall. 7 p.m.
Strauss Gala: Darya Zykova (soprano), Maxim Paster (tenor) and the Russian Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra in concert. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra performs Brahms' Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra in A minor, Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini, Wagner's The Flight of the Valkyries and Dreaming from Schumann's Scenes from Childhood. Soloists Vadim Repin (violin), Alexander Knyazev (cello), conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
MT PICK? Triple Meter Music: Anton Batagov (piano) performs Bach, Satie, Scarlatti, Schubert, Rachmaninov, Byrd, Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Glass and Beethoven in his Piano Restart series of solo concerts. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.
Yelizaveta Kanauzova (soprano) and Anastasia Bykova (organ) perform Christmas music by Bach, Saint-Saens, Gounod, Messiaen and others. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. 7:30 p.m.
Saturday The 26th
MT PICK? Christmas Gala: Incanto Vocal Quartet (Italy), the Novaya Rossiya Symphony Orchestra and a children's choir in concert. Alessandro d'Agostini conducts. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.
Maria Lazareva (violin), Yevgeniya Krivitskaya (organ) and the Cantus Boy's Choir in a Christmas concert. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and the Sveshnikov Russian Choir perform Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. Soloists Anna Aglatova (soprano), Svetlana Shilova (mezzo-soprano), Nikolai Didenko (bass) and Andrei Dunayev (tenor). Also in program is Schubert's Symphony No. 8. Yury Simonov conducts. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
Symphony Orchestra of Cinematography and the Yurlov Capella in a concert of film music. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.
Verdi Gala: Symphony Capella of Russia and vocalists in concert. Philharmonic-2 Hall. 7 p.m.
Yevgeny Finkelshtein (guitar), Nina Macharadze (viola), Andrei Poskrobko, Kirill Kravtsov (both violin) and Alexei Naidyonov (cello) perform Vivaldi, Marais, Boccherini, Weiss and others. Conservatory Great Hall. 2 p.m.
Sunday The 27th
Cosa Nostra: 21st-Century Tenors and the Emotion Orchestra with the Italian Mafia Songs program. Dom Muzyki Theater Hall. 7 p.m.
Dmitry Khvorostovsky (baritone), Asmik Grigoryan (soprano), Yulia Mazurova (mezzo-soprano) and the Russian National Orchestra perform Glinka, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Rubinshtein, Kalman, Bizet and others. Constantine Orbelian conducts. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.
MT PICK? Grand Organ Christmas Gala: Philip Scriven (organ), the Popov Children's Choir and the Russian Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra in concert. Graham Wili conducts. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.
Guy Bovet (organ) performs Bach, Balbastre, Dubois, Guilmant, Martin and Bovet. St. Mary's Cathedral. 8 p.m.
Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra performs Haydn and Mendelssohn. Soloist Julian Milkis (clarinet). Philharmonic-2 Hall. 7 p.m.
National Philharmonic of Russia performs Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances and Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2. Soloist Denis Matsuyev, conductor Vladimir Spivakov. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
Russian Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra performs Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, his Piano Concertos No. 21 and 23. Soloist Alexander Sinchuk. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 2 p.m.
Russian Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra performs Vivaldi's The Four Seasons and Piazzolla's The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. Soloist Rodion Petrov (violin). Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 6 p.m.
Tarja Turunen (soprano) performs Bach-Gounod, Grieg, Schubert, Luzzi and Christmas songs. Conservatory Great Hall. 3 p.m.
Monday The 28th
MT PICK? Fred Astair Show: Joan Hess and Kirby Ward and the Novaya Rossiya Symphony Orchestra in concert. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.
Moscow Conservatory Choir in concert. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m. Free admission.
MT PICK? Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra performs Mahler's Symphony No. 5 and Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 4. Soloist Lucas Debargue. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
Tatarstan Symphony Orchestra performs Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody, Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Enescu's Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Ravel's Spanish Rhapsody and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Soloist Denis Matsuyev (piano), conductor Alexander Sladkovsky. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.
Yekaterina Monisova (soprano) and the Moscow Camerata Orchestra perform Handel, Gounod, Massenet, Gershwin, Bernstein and others. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.
Tuesday The 29th
Alexander Udaltsov (organ) performs Bach. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. 7:30 p.m.
MT PICK? Mariinsky Theater Orchestra in concert. Conductor Valery Gergiev. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 8 p.m.
Marina Karpechenko (soprano), Yelena Sosulnikova (piano), Yegor Kolesov (organ) and Yulia Draginda (organ) perform Wagner. Sts. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. 8 p.m.
Russian Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra, Vasily Gerello (baritone), the Bolshoi Theater Children's Choir and a balalaika trio in a New Year's concert. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.
Yulia Lezhneva (soprano) and the Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra perform Mozart, Rossini, Bellini and Schubert. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
Wednesday The 30th
Anastasia Sidelnikova (organ) performs Handel, Boellmann, Charpentier, Purcell, Franck and Tchaikovsky. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. 7 p.m.
Arseny Chubachin (cello) and Andrei Korobeinikov (piano) perform Beethoven, Grieg, Shchedrin, Piazzolla and others. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.
MT PICK? Christmas Gala Concert. St. Mary's Cathedral. 8 p.m.
Hermitage Ensemble performs Vivaldi's The Four Seasons and Piazzolla's The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.
Pavel Kogan Orchestra performs music of Vienna balls. Pavel Kogan conducts. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
Piazzolla Quintet in a New Year's concert. Orchestrion Hall. 7 p.m.
MT PICK? Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra and the Vesna Children's Choir perform Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker ballet music. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.
and Beyond…
Bach performed by the Antonio Orchestra, Anastasia Sidelnikova (organ) and others. Sts. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. Dec. 31, 6 p.m.
Cantus Boy's Choir in a New Year's a cappella concert. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. Dec. 31, 2 and 6 p.m.
MT PICK? Gunnar Idenstam, concert organist, composer and folk musician, in concert. St. Mary's Cathedral. Dec. 31, 8:30 p.m.
Hermitage Ensemble in a New Year's concert of classic pops. Dom Muzyki Theater Hall. Dec. 31, 2 and 6 p.m.
MT PICK? Khibla Gerzmava (soprano) and the National Philharmonic of Russia in a New Year's concert. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. Dec. 31, 7 p.m.
Moscow Camerata Orchestra, Viktoria Nosovskaya (soprano), Yekaterina Nesheva (soprano), Pavel Bykov (baritone) and Leonid Bakhtalin (baritone) perform Johann Strauss. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. Dec. 31, 2 p.m.
MT PICK? New Year's Evening With Yury Bashmet: Fantasies on the theme of Johann Strauss' operetta "Die Fledermaus"? performed by the Soloists of Moscow Chamber Ensemble, the Novaya Rossiya Symphony Orchestra, the Yurlov Capella, Yury Bashmet (viola), Igor Butman (saxophone), Vladislav Lavrik (trumpet), Anna Aglatova (soprano), Vasily Ladyuk (baritone) and others. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. Dec. 31, 7 p.m.
New Year's Organ Concert. Conservatory Small Hall. Dec. 31, noon.
New Year's Tango: Arkady Reznik (guitar), Oleg Bugayev (cello) and the Dominant Quartet perform Albeniz, Tarrega, Piazzolla and others. Conservatory Small Hall. Dec. 31, 7 p.m.
Popular Organ Music and Arias performed by Anna Suslova (organ), Anastasia Preminina (contralto) and Andrei Pichugin (baritone). St. Andrew's Anglican Church. Dec. 31, 7 p.m.
Therimin and Organ: Marianna Vysotskaya (organ), Olesya Rostovskaya (theremin) and Pyotr Shabanov (countertenor) perform Zipoli, Handel, Saint-Saens and Puccini. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. Dec. 31, 4 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/contacts/muzey-kvartira-a-b-goldenveyzera-.php
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. 495-739-6226/87,? glinka.museum
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 Golovanov Apartment Museum
7 Bryusov Pereulok, apt. 10. M. Tverskaya, Pushkinskaya. 495-629-7083, glinka.museum/contacts/muzey-kvartira-n-s-golovanova.php
Nikolai Ostrovsky Humanitarian Center
14 Tverskaya Ul. M. Pushkinskaya, Tverskaya. 495- 629-8552, museumpreod.ru, ChamberOrchestraKremlin.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 and Moscow Museum
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