World’s Symphony Orchestras Converge on Moscow for 10 Days
The 2nd annual Festival of the World’s Symphony Orchestras began Friday, June 1st, in Moscow. While the Vienna Philharmonis Orchestra will not be among the orchestras performing at the Kolonny Zal of the House of Unions, there is still a very impressive slate of conductors and orchestras on hand.
Friday night saw the Orchestre National de France from Paris perform to open up the festival, led by the distinguished Italian Riccardo Muti. They performed Franz Schubert’s final two Symphonies; No. 8, the “Unfinished and No. 9, the “Great C Major”.
On June 5th, Russian women and men can hear the performance of the Dresdner Phillharmonie as they perform the music of Richard Wagner and Ludwig van Beethoven.
Led by maestro Rafael Fruehbeck de Burgos the concert will take place 40 days after the death of the cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich so it will broadcast live on radio and television in his honor.
A group from Rome will be featured June 7th. The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia will be conducted by its artistic director, Antonio Pappano. They will perform music by Hector Berlioz, Peter Tchaikovsky and 20th-century Italian composer Ottorino Respighi.
