Saint Petersburg Philharmonia

Saint Petersburg Philharmonia (Russian: Санкт-Петербургская филармония, romanized: Sankt-Peterburgskaya filarmoniya), officially the Saint Petersburg Academic Philharmonia Named After D. D. Shostakovich (Russian: Санкт-Петербургская академическая филармония имени Д. Д. Шостаковича, romanized: Sankt-Peterburgskaya akademicheskaya filarmoniya imeni D. D. Shostakovicha), is a music society located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and is the name of the building where it is housed. Also there is another one building of Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Society: Malii Zal (Small Hall). The location of the Small Hall is in the city centre. The society now hosts two symphony orchestras: Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra. The venue is named after Dmitri Shostakovich.^[1]

History

• St. Petersburg Philharmonia was established in 1802.
• The building currently housing the Philharmonia was completed 1839. Architect: P. Jacot; and Facade design: C. Rossi.^[2]

Location

St. Petersburg Philharmonia is housed in a large building complex.

Bolshoi Zal

The Bolshoi Zal (Russian: Большой зал, meaning the Grand Hall) has a capacity of 1500 seats. It is one of the best known music halls in Russia. F.Liszt, H.Berlioz, R.Wagner, A.Dvořák, J.Sibelius, C.-A.Debussy, R.Strauss, S.Rachmaninoff, S.Prokofiev, D.Shostakovich, A.Scriabin, G.Mahler, A.Rubinstein, K.Schumann, P.Viardo, P.Sarasate, A.Schoenberg, I.Stravinsky, B.Bartok, P.Hindemith and others renowned musicians of the XIX-ХХ centuries performed here, and many works of such exponents of Russian classical tradition as A.Borodin, M.Mussorgsky, P.Tchaikovsky, N.Rimsky-Korsakov, A.Glazunov were premiered here. The hall's acoustics are excellent, but judged by some not to be the best in town.^[3]

Anecdotes

It is a well established custom in Bolshoi Zal and elsewhere in Saint Petersburg for a symphony orchestra to play "The Hymn to the Great City", composed by Reinhold Glière, praising the heroic defence in the Siege of Leningrad, as the last piece of encore music.

Gallery

See also

• Mariinsky Theatre

References

External links

• Official Site
• Theaters and Concert Halls in Saint Petersburg, Russia

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Dmitri Shostakovich

List of compositions

Operas and operettas

• The Nose
• Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District/Katerina Izmailova
• The Big Lightning (unfinished)
• Orango (unfinished)
• The Twelve Chairs (unfinished)
• Katyusha Maslova (unfinished)
• The Gamblers (unfinished)
• Moscow, Cheryomushki

Ballets

• The Golden Age
• The Bolt
• The Limpid Stream

Symphonies

• No. 1 in F minor
• No. 2 in B major (To October)
• No. 3 in E♭ major (The First of May)
• No. 4 in C minor
• No. 5 in D minor
• No. 6 in B minor
• No. 7 in C major (Leningrad)
  • Leningrad première
  • American premieres
• No. 8 in C minor
• No. 9 in E♭ major
• No. 10 in E minor
• No. 11 in G minor (The Year 1905)
• No. 12 in D minor (The Year 1917)
• No. 13 in B♭ minor (Babi Yar)
• No. 14 in G minor
• No. 15 in A major

Concertos

Piano	No. 1 in C minor No. 2 in F major
Violin	No. 1 in A minor No. 2 in C♯ minor
Cello	No. 1 in E♭ major No. 2 in G major

Orchestral works

• Tahiti Trot
• Suite from The Golden Age
• Suite from The Bolt
• Suite from The Limpid Stream
• Five Fragments
• Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1
• Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 (orch. McBurney)
• Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1 (arr. Atovmyan)
• Festive Overture
• Suite from Encounter at the Elbe
• Suite from The Gadfly (arr. Atovmyan)
• Novorossiisk Chimes, the Flame of Eternal Glory
• October
• "Intervision"

Concert/brass band

• "March of the Soviet Militia"

Film music

• The New Babylon
• Alone
• Golden Mountains
• Counterplan
• The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda
• The Youth of Maxim
• Girl Friends
• The Return of Maxim
• The Vyborg Side
• Friends
• The Great Citizen
• Zoya
• Simple People
• The Young Guard
• Pirogov
• Michurin
• Meeting on the Elbe
• The Fall of Berlin
• Belinsky
• The Unforgettable Year 1919
• The Gadfly
• Five Days, Five Nights
• Sofiya Perovskaya
• Hamlet
• King Lear
• Gogoliad (unfinished)

Vocal music

• Suite on Finnish Themes
• Song of the Forests
• The Sun Shines Over Our Motherland
• Antiformalist Rayok
• From Jewish Folk Poetry
• The Execution of Stepan Razin
• Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok
• Loyalty
• Six Poems by Marina Tsvetayeva
• Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti
• Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin

Chamber music

String quartets	No. 1 in C major No. 2 in A major No. 3 in F major No. 4 in D major No. 5 in B♭ major No. 6 in G major No. 7 in F♯ minor No. 8 in C minor No. 9 in E♭ major No. 10 in A♭ major No. 11 in F minor No. 12 in D♭ major No. 13 in B♭ minor No. 14 in F♯ major No. 15 in E♭ minor
Other	Cello Sonata in D minor Piano Quintet in G minor Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Quartet Movement in E♭ major (c. 1960s) Violin Sonata Viola Sonata

Piano music

• Three Fantastic Dances
• 24 Preludes
• Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor
• Children's Notebook
• 24 Preludes and Fugues

Family

• Galina Shostakovich (daughter)
• Maxim Shostakovich (son)

Named for Shostakovich

• Dmitri Shostakovich-class ferry
• Saint Petersburg Academic Philharmonia Named After D. D. Shostakovich
• 2669 Shostakovich
• International Shostakovich Chamber Music Competition
• London Shostakovich Orchestra
• Shostakovich (1969–1981)
• Shostakovich Peninsula
• Shostakovich Quartet

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