Moscow on the Weekend

By The Moscow Times

Oct. 15, 2015

Evening of Ballets by Jerome Robbins: In the Night, Other Dances and The Concert. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater.

2morrowFilm Festival of Short Films

The big weekend film event is a selection of documentary and art-house shorts from around the world at the 2morrow Festival. It runs from Friday through Sunday with a variety of programs. Must-sees are "Brother Deyan," Bakur Bakuradze's portrait of former Balkan war military general Dejan Stanic (Friday at 9 p.m., in Serbian with Russian subtitles) and Cemetery of Splendor, a metaphorical drama by Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Sunday at 12:30 and 9 p.m., in Thai with Russian subtitles). See the site for detailed schedule.

Center for Documentary Cinema. 2 Zubovsky Bulvar, Bldg. 7. Metro Park Kultury. 495-637-7919, cdkino.ru.

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. 4/31 Triumfalnaya Ploshchad. Metro Mayakovskaya. 495-232-0400, 232-5353. Friday at 7 p.m.

Eugene Onegin: a simple and dazzling staging of Tchaikovsky's opera by Sergei Artsibashev with sets by Sergei Barkhin. Novaya Opera. 3 Karetny Ryad. Metro Mayakovskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-694-0868. Friday at 7 p.m.

Evening of Ballets by Jerome Robbins: In the Night, Other Dances and The Concert. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. Metro Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-723-7325. Saturday at 7 p.m.

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. 13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. Metro Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 495-629-9401. Sunday at 7 p.m.

Two Flea Markets are being held this weekend.

The Cat & Fox Flea Market offering a variety of vintage accessories and jewelry, organized by employees and friends of the cultural centre DK Petlura.

DK Petlura, 28 Ulitsa Petrovka, Bldg. 2. Metro Tverskaya, Trubnaya. Saturday from noon to 8 p.m.

City Flea Market: The first weekly city flea market opens this Sunday in the Bauman Garden, an atmospheric 18th century park in central Moscow, with crafts, vintage clothing, rare books, musical instruments, souvenirs, gifts and even contemporary art work.

Bauman Garden. 15 Staraya Basmannaya Ulitsa. Metro Krasnye Vorota. 499-261-5883. Sunday noon to 7 p.m.

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