If you simply can't resist including all 25 performances of the Festival we are offering a 6 night extension to our main escorted tour. These extra nights are on an unescorted basis and don't include any additional meals other than breakfast at the hotel. We guess though by now you will have decided on your favourite dining options and will know the city well! So to summarise whats included:
All of the inclusions of our main tour (separately listed) May 14 - 26 plus:
6 additional nights at the Adina on a bed & breakfast, unescorted basis
10 additional concerts & recitals - here are the details:
Monday May 26 1930h
Elena Stikhina, soprano; Marina Prudenskaya, alto; Bogdan Volkov, tenor; Günther Groissböck, bass; Elena Bashkirova, piano
Satires (Pictures of the Past), Five Romances for soprano and piano on words of Sasha Chorny, Op. 109
From Jewish Folk Poetry, song cycle for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and piano, Op. 79a
Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti, for bass and piano, Op. 145
Tuesday May 27 1930h
Elena Stikhina, soprano; Marina Prudenskaya, alto; Bogdan Volkov, tenor
Sebastian Breuninger, violin; Christian Giger, cello; Elena Bashkirova, piano
Six Romances on Texts of Japanese Poets, for tenor and piano, Op. 21a
Six Poems of Marina Tsvetayeva for alto and piano, Op. 143
Gaetano Braga
La serenata, for soprano, mezzo-soprano, violin, and piano (arr. Shostakovich, sketch for an opera on Anton
Chekhov’s The Black Monk)
Dmitri Shostakovich
Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok, for soprano, violin, cello, and piano, Op. 127
Wednesday May 28 1930h
Gewandhausorchester, Men of the MDR Radio Chorus, Leipzig Opera Chorus, and Gewandhaus Chorus, Andris Nelsons
Michael Schönheit, organ; Baiba Skride, violin; Günther Groissböck, bass
Passacaglia from the opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29 (version for organ solo)
Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp minor, Op. 129
Symphony No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 113, Babi Yar
Thursday May 29 1100h (Ascension Day)
Festival Orchestra, MDR Radio Chorus
Andris Nelsons conducting (symphonies 2, 3)
Anna Rakitina conducting (Symphony No. 1)
Symphony No. 2 in B, Op. 14, To October
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, The First of May
Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10
Thursday May 29 1500h
Quatuor Danel
Marc Danel, violin; Gilles Millet, violin; Vlad Bogdanas, viola; Yovan Markovitch, cello
String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108
String Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp, Op. 142
String Quartet No. 3 in F, Op. 73
Friday May 30 1500h
Quatuor Danel
Marc Danel, violin; Gilles Millet, violin; Vlad Bogdanas, viola; Yovan Markovitch, cello
String Quartet No. 4 in D, Op. 83
Two Pieces for String Quartet
String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat, Op. 133
Friday May 30 1930h
Yulianna Avdeeva, piano
24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87
Saturday May 31 1100h
Quatuor Danel
Marc Danel, violin; Gilles Millet, violin; Vlad Bogdanas, viola; Yovan Markovitch, cello
String Quartet No. 1 in C, Op. 49
String Quartet No. 10 in A-flat, Op. 118
String Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor, Op. 144
Saturday May 31 1930h
Festival Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Thomas Rolfs, trumpet
Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112, The Year 1917
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35
Symphony No. 9 in E-flat, Op. 70
Sunday, June 1 1100h - Farewell Concert
Gewandhausorchester, Andris Nelsons
Kristīne Opolais, soprano; Dmitry Belosselskiy, bass
Symphony No. 14 for soprano, bass, and chamber orchestra, Op. 135
Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
To include this extension to your tour please use the Book This Tour button above which will book you for the entire tour.
Deposit is £2500 per person for this full version of the tour which includes your complete Ticket Subscription.
Final balance payment is due 1st March 2025
