From 20 to 26 February the Mariinsky Theatre will be hosting the Maslenitsa in Song international choral festival for the second time. This year the choral forum will introduce audiences to ensembles from Russia, Slovenia, Norway, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and France, while at the chamber venues of the Mariinsky II there will be further performances by children's and youth ensembles.
On 20 February the II International Choral Festival Maslenitsa in Song opens with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Snow Maiden (Mariinsky II, 19:00).
On 21 February the chamber chorus Utopia & Reality (Norway-Slovenia), which specialises in contemporary choral music, will perform works by Scandinavian and Slavic composers (Concert Hall, 19:00). On 22 February the St Petersburg chamber chorus Festino and soloists of the Saarbrücken Kammerchor (Germany) will present a retrospective of German choral music ranging from Johann Hermann Schein (17th century) to Johannes Brahms (19th century) (Concert Hall, 19.00).
23 February will see a special festival event – the Mariinsky Chorus and Orchestra, the Children's Chorus of St Petersburg TV and Radio and the Children's Studio of the Mariinsky Theatre, members of which will be confirmed following a competition for young vocalists, will present Hans Krása's opera Brundibár (semi-staged). The Stage Director is Mstislav Pentkovsky (Concert Hall, 15.00). In the evening the same day the Mariinsky Chorus will appear with Alexander Ramm (cello), a prize-winner at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition. The programme for the concert A Voice from Heaven includes works for cello and chorus by John Tavener, Anton Arensky, Gregorio Allegri, Alexander Gasparov, Olga Viktorova and Éric Tanguy. Conductor: Andrei Petrenko (Concert Hall, 20.00).
On 24 February at the Stravinsky Foyer (Mariinsky II) there will be an a cappella marathon (12.00), and at 19.00 at the main stage of the Mariinsky II the choruses of the Moscow and St Petersburg State Universities together with the Mariinsky Orchestra under the baton of Edward Krotman will perform Gloria and Magnificat by contemporary classical British composer John Rutter. These works are being performed in St Petersburg for the first time.
On 25 February at the Stravinsky Foyer (Mariinsk II) folk dance, choral, lyrical, wedding, shrovetide songs and ditties will be performed by folklore ensembles of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region (12.00). In the evening at the Concert Hall the internationally acclaimed French ensemble Le Poème harmonique and the vocal ensemble Intrada will present a programme of French Baroque music (19.00).
The II International Choral Festival Maslenitsa in Song will close on 26 February with a grand gala concert featuring finalists of the World Children's and Youth Choral Championship of 2017: the Spartito boys' chorus (Latvia) and the Academic Chorus Jaunyste (Lithuania), as well as the Children's Chorus of St Petersburg TV and Radio (Concert Hall, 13.00).
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