Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra – Nikolai Alexeev
Works by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, P. I. Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Igor Stravinsky

Conducted by the great Nikolai Alexeev, the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra invites audiences to two special evenings under the shadow of the Acropolis. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya will be presented on 6 July, followed by internationally renowned, 25-year-old Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández’s performance of P. I. Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece for cello and orchestra, Variations on a Rococo Theme. The evening will come to a close with Sergei Rachmaninoff’s final composition,Symphonic Dances. On July 7, the Orchestra will perform music from Igor Stravinsky's Petrushka ballet and P. I. Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4.