ALEXANDER NEVSKY
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND -- The opening concert of the 2013 Edinburgh International Festival will take place in Usher Hall on August 9 at 7.30 pm when the Royal Scottish National Orchestra performs Sergei Prokofiev's ALEXANDER NEVSKY
(Piano Concerto No. 3).
Conducted by Valery Gergiev, the concerto will feature pianist Danil Trifonov, mezzo soprano Yulia Matochkina, and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, led by Christopher Bell.
First composed as a film score, Prokofiev's concerto celebrates the battles and victories of medieval Russia.
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THE MUSIC
GUILD SUMMER FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED
The Music Guild’s Summer Festival begins on June 23. This is the
fourteenth season of the popular series of “Coffee, Cookies and Concerts”
held annually on Sunday afternoons at the University Synagogue on Sunset
Boulevard in Brentwood.
This year’s series of four concerts begins with the Fiato String
Quartet performing Haydn’s String Quartet in C Major, Op. 76, No.
3, Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major and Smetana’s String Quartet
in E Minor.
The Music Guild’s Summer Festival in June, July and August is performed
on Sunday afternoons at 3:00 P. M. for subscribers who prefer afternoons
rather than evenings and for parents and grandparents to attend with their
children and grandchildren. Refreshments (Peet’s© coffee and
tea, cakes and cookies, cheese and crackers, strawberries and whipped
cream and vegetables) are served before the concert and at intermission.
The 2012 series also features concerts by: the Piano Trio Celeste on July
14, the California String Quartet on August 4, and the Saguaro Piano Trio
on August 25. Complete programs are listed on line at TheMusicGuild.org.
Tickets for the season or for individual dates are available through The
Music Guild on their website, TheMusicGuild.org,
or by telephone 310.558.3500.