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Saint Petersburg Philharmonia (), officially the Saint Petersburg Academic Philharmonia Named After
D. D. Shostakovich (), is a music society located in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, 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
The Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (russian: Симфонический оркестр Санкт-Петербургской филармонии, ''Symphonic Orchestra of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia'') is a Russian orchestra based ...
and
Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra The Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra (in ), founded in 1931, is one of the two symphony orchestras belonging to the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia society, the other being the more famous Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, founde ...
.
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.
Location
St. Petersburg Philharmonia is housed in a large building complex.
Bolshoi Zal
The
Bolshoi Zal
Bolshoi (, meaning ''big'', ''large'', ''great'', ''grand'', etc.) may refer to:
* Bolshoi Theatre, a ballet and opera theatre in Moscow, Russia
** Bolshoi Ballet, a ballet company at the Bolshoi Theatre
*Bolshoi Theatre, Saint Petersburg, a ballet ...
(, 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.
Theaters and Music Halls in Saint Petersburg
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
Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (born Reinhold Ernest Glier, which was later converted for standardization purposes; russian: Рейнгольд Морицевич Глиэр; 23 June 1956), was a Russian Imperial and Soviet composer of German and ...
, praising the heroic defence in the Siege of Leningrad, as the last piece of encore
An encore is an additional performance given by performers after the planned show has ended, usually in response to extended applause from the audience.Lalange Cochrane, in ''Oxford Companion to Music'', Alison Latham, ed., Oxford University Pre ...
music.
Gallery
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See also
* Mariinsky Theatre
The Mariinsky Theatre ( rus, Мариинский театр, Mariinskiy teatr, also transcribed as Maryinsky or Mariyinsky) is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music th ...
References
External links
Official Site
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Culture in Saint Petersburg
Concert halls in Russia
Cultural infrastructure completed in 1839
1802 establishments in the Russian Empire
Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Saint Petersburg