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Coordinates:59°56′09.66″N30°19′54.22″E / 59.9360167°N 30.3317278°E /59.9360167; 30.3317278

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Music society and hall in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Saint Petersburg Philharmonia
Website
Санкт-Петербургская филармония

Interactive map of Saint Petersburg Philharmonia
Address	Saint Petersburg Russia
Coordinates	59°56′09.66″N30°19′54.22″E / 59.9360167°N 30.3317278°E /59.9360167; 30.3317278
Type	Opera
Opened	June 12, 1921; 104 years ago (1921-06-12)
philharmonia.spb.ru

The Bolshoi Zal (Grand Hall) of Saint Petersburg Philharmonia

Saint Petersburg Philharmonia (Russian:Санкт-Петербургская филармония,romanized: Sankt-Peterburgskaya filarmoniya), officially theSaint 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 inSaint 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 andSaint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra. The venue is named afterDmitri Shostakovich.^[1]

History

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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

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

Bolshoi Zal

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TheBolshoi Zal (Russian:Большой зал, meaning the Grand Hall) has a capacity of 1500 seats. It is one of the best knownmusic 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

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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 byReinhold Glière, praising the heroic defence in theSiege of Leningrad, as the last piece ofencore music.

Gallery

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References

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^"История".Санкт-Петербургская филармония им. Д.Д.Шостаковича (in Russian).Archived from the original on December 18, 2023. RetrievedDecember 18, 2023.
^Saint Petersburg Philharmonia: History
^Theaters and Music Halls in Saint Petersburg Archived 2010-03-17 at theWayback Machine

External links

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Official Site Archived 2010-03-05 at theWayback Machine
Theaters and Concert Halls in Saint Petersburg, Russia

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

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 fromThe Golden Age
Suite fromThe Bolt
Suite fromThe Limpid Stream
Five Fragments
Scherzo (1922)
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 fromEncounter at the Elbe
Suite fromThe 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

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 No. 16 in B major (unrealized)
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

Family

Galina Shostakovich (daughter)
Maxim Shostakovich (son)

Named for Shostakovich

Category

v t e Sports and music venues inSaint Petersburg
Outdoor	Gazprom Arena (56,196) Petrovsky Stadium (21,405) Smena Stadium (3,000) MSA Petrovsky (2,835)
Arenas	SKA Arena (21,500) Ice Palace (12,300) KSK Arena (7,120) Yubileyny Sports Palace (7,044) Lakhta Hall (5,000) Zenith Sports Palace (3,500) Nova Arena (2,000)
Theaters / nightclubs	A2 Club (5,000) Oktyabrsky Concert Hall (3,727) Aurora Concert Hall (2,000) Kuryokhin Center (2,000) Mariinsky II (2,000) Mariinsky Theatre (1,625) Shostakovich Philharmonic Hall (1,500) Cosmonaut Club (1,500) St. Petersburg Music Hall (1,500) Alexandrinsky Theatre (1,378) Mikhailovsky Theatre (1,151) Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall (1,100)
Historic	Bolshoi Theatre Karl Knipper Theatre Kirov Stadium SKK Peterburgsky