Music@Menlo and CMS in St. Petersburg! · St. Petersburg: the evocative Venice of the North....
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Join David Finckel and Wu Han on a spectacular journey to Russia and a week in dazzling St. Petersburg this fall. David and Wu Han join other Music@Menlo and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center musicians for private concerts in three exquisite venues plus a concert open to the public in the city’s oldest concert hall. St. Petersburg: the evocative Venice of the North. Founded only in 1703 by Peter the Great—New York was already seventy-seven years old—and built to be a very European capital of the Empire, St. Petersburg today carries itself with serenity and grace as the cultural heart of Russia, a fountainhead of Russian literature, music and dance. The city grew up on the banks of the Neva River created by Italian and French architects. Exploring its principal sites we’ll stroll through the superlative collections of the Hermitage Museum, arguably the most beautiful art museum in the world, visit backstage at the Mariinsky Theatre, glide along the city’s canals in our own boat, and sample its fine cuisine including our own Taste of Russia culinary adventure. Best of all we’ll hear superb chamber works in remarkable concert halls: the Glinka Academic Capella was built as a choral hall in the 1780s—Glinka and Rimsky-Korsakov performed there; the superb wood-carved hall of the House of Composers hosted Dimitri Shostakovich, the Union’s President in the 1960s; at the sumptuous Yusupov Palace, home of one of tsarist Russia’s wealthiest private citizens Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood Tour Cost: $8,350, double occupancy, ground only. Tour limited to 25 participants. For more information, contact Elizabeth at Music@Menlo: 650.330.2141 or [email protected] The Russian tour is organized exclusively for Music@Menlo and CMS by The Grand Tour, California Seller of Travel Lic. #2088711-40 September 25–October 3, 2016 Russian Reflections Music@Menlo and CMS in St. Petersburg! H H H H Tour Includes: • Four concerts performed by Music@Menlo / Chamber Music Society musicians • Five-star accommodations at the Grand Hotel Europe • Prime tickets for a performance of ballet or orchestral concert, to be announced • Private guided tours of principal sites, including early entry to the Hermitage Museum, and a backstage tour of the Mariinsky Theatre, and many others • Excursion to Catherine Palace, with private visit to the amber workshops, and the gardens of Peterhof Palace • Fine dining at the city’s best restaurants, and a Taste of Russia culinary tour around the city • Breakfast daily, 2 dinners, 5 lunches and a welcome reception • Private airport-hotel transfers • Complete visa support services and the site of Rasputin’s assassination, Chopin and Liszt played in its gem-like baroque salle. An excursion out to the elegant Catherine Palace and gardens of Peterhof Palace, a performance of Russian ballet, and perhaps a few surprises complete a magical week in St. Petersburg. Hermitage Museum
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Join David Finckel and Wu Han on a spectacular journey to Russia and a week in dazzling St. Petersburg this fall. David and Wu Han join other Music@Menlo and Chamber Music Society
of Lincoln Center musicians for private concerts in three exquisite venues
plus a concert open to the public in the city’s oldest concert hall.
St. Petersburg: the evocative Venice of the North. Founded only in 1703
by Peter the Great—New York was already seventy-seven years old—and
built to be a very European capital of the Empire, St. Petersburg today
carries itself with serenity and grace as the cultural heart of Russia, a
fountainhead of Russian literature, music and dance. The city grew up
on the banks of the Neva River created by Italian and French architects.
Exploring its principal sites we’ll stroll through the superlative collections
of the Hermitage Museum, arguably the most beautiful art museum in
the world, visit backstage at the Mariinsky Theatre, glide along the city’s
canals in our own boat, and sample its fine cuisine including our own
Taste of Russia culinary adventure. Best of all we’ll hear superb chamber
works in remarkable concert halls: the Glinka Academic Capella was built
as a choral hall in the 1780s—Glinka and Rimsky-Korsakov performed
there; the superb wood-carved hall of the House of Composers hosted
Dimitri Shostakovich, the Union’s President in the 1960s; at the sumptuous
Yusupov Palace, home of one of tsarist Russia’s wealthiest private citizens
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
Tour Cost: $8,350, double occupancy, ground only. Tour limited to 25 participants. For more information, contact Elizabeth at Music@Menlo: 650.330.2141 or [email protected] Russian tour is organized exclusively for Music@Menlo and CMS by
The Grand Tour, California Seller of Travel Lic. #2088711-40
September 25–October 3, 2016
Russian ReflectionsMusic@Menlo and CMS in St. Petersburg!
H H H H Tour Includes: • Fourconcertsperformedby
Music@Menlo / Chamber MusicSociety musicians
• Five-staraccommodationsatthe Grand Hotel Europe
• Primeticketsforaperformanceofballetororchestralconcert, to be announced
• Privateguidedtoursofprincipalsites,includingearlyentryto the Hermitage Museum, and a backstage tour of theMariinsky Theatre, and many others
• ExcursiontoCatherinePalace,withprivatevisittotheamberworkshops, and the gardens of Peterhof Palace
• Finediningatthecity’sbestrestaurants,andaTaste of Russia culinary tour around the city
• Breakfastdaily,2dinners,5lunchesandawelcomereception
• Privateairport-hoteltransfers
• Completevisasupportservices
and the site of Rasputin’s assassination, Chopin and Liszt
played in its gem-like baroque salle.
An excursion out to the elegant Catherine Palace and
gardens of Peterhof Palace, a performance of Russian
ballet, and perhaps a few surprises complete a magical
week in St. Petersburg.
Hermitage Museum
