Mariinsky Orchestra/ Valery Gergiev ****
Cadogan Hall, 8th October 2017
There are many incarnations of the Mariinsky Orchestra. On any day, it can be found simultaneously in its three St Petersburg venues. Yesterday evening, for example, it played Les Noces and Firebird for the ballet in its main theatre, Lohengrin (under Nikolaj Znaider) in Mariinsky II and a concert of French repertoire in its Concert Hall. Meanwhile, a fourth Mariinsky Orchestra – under indefatigable music director Valery Gergiev – took to the Cadogan Hall stage in London for the first of two colourful programmes pairing Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov with his pupil, Igor Stravinsky. That must approach 400 musicians in action!
Valery Gergiev
© Valentin Baranovsky
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