Philharmonic for children. How it works: Children's Philharmonic
Why buy season tickets at all? Well, first of all, the "wholesale is cheaper" rule works even in the Philharmonic. Compare the subscription price with regular tickets for the same concerts - you will notice. It's nice, especially if you love music (or want to love it) and dream that the closest person will share the hobby with you. Or - about happiness! - if this has already happened, and the child cannot live without symphony concerts. In short, if you often go to listen to music, a subscription will save you from ruin.
Secondly, the subscription is disciplined. At our pace of life, it's no secret that the temptation to "breathe out" and relax is pursuing. Do not forget, keep track of when tickets will appear at the box office, buy them quickly, until they run out, and everything in order to leave your cozy home on a legal day off in search of cultural entertainment ... Maybe not this time? There are still plenty of concerts ahead. Sounds familiar, isn't it? In the finale, by an inexplicable coincidence of circumstances, May comes, there are practically no concerts in the poster, and you never made it out this year. The subscription reduces the likelihood of such falling away from the culture. What to hide: padded! But even if you suddenly miss a concert, you will not lose much money in comparison with the usual ticket price.
These arguments, however, work under one condition. Going to the Philharmonic should really bring you joy and not torment your child. Otherwise - pay attention to the forum thread "Extra ticket". It is there, among the sufferers, painfully attaching the disappearing season tickets and bitterly regretting the unwisely spent money, that you run the risk of ending up.
Where to begin?
There is no one-size-fits-all recipe. When choosing, it is best not to focus on fashion, classmates or friends in the playground / kindergarten. Based on your child's addictions. You can read descriptions of concerts and reviews about them, see what kind of orchestra is playing, what they write about the performers. Or you can - and this is the safest option - to buy a trial ticket and go to the concert of the season ticket you like. Buy it next season if you like it.
How to choose a suitable subscription?
The child is ready to listen to reading aloud even for days on end, and he practically does not care what they read to him? In this case, it seems preferable to start with programs that combine music and artistic word. This can, of course, be any version of the “Tales with the Orchestra” subscription, which has firmly held the palm in popularity in all recent years. Here famous artists read aloud famous children's texts in dialogue with the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Philharmonic.
Subscription number 51A "Tales with an orchestra" season 2013-2014
Subscription number 51 "Tales with the Orchestra" season 2013-2014
Subscription number 52 "Tales with an orchestra. Selected" season 2013-2014
Subscription number 52-A "Tales with an orchestra. Selected" season 2013-2014
You can choose "There were also fables", aka "The Funny Professor", to listen to the virtuoso reading of the wonderful Pavel Lyubimtsev.
All these concerts are annually held in the Tchaikovsky Hall (it is very beautiful there, and this is also important), and not only tickets for them are in great demand, but even individual tickets are not easy to buy.
But don't get hung up! Try to choose a similar program on a less "promoted" site. For example, for the little ones - any of the fabulous subscriptions to the Chamber Hall, the Gnesins Russian Academy of Music, the Gnesinsky Concert Hall on Povarskaya, "Orchestrion" or even. Not as grandiose as the Great Philharmonic Hall, these halls can be more comfortable for kids, and tickets are cheaper there. And the concerts here are excellent too. Say, "Fairy tales for the little ones" in Gnesinka. Or, for example, Svetlana Vinogradova, who told fairy tales to us, parents, is giving concerts at the Orchestrion. It is better, however, to make sure in advance that these "Fairy Tales for All" will suit you too. Especially if there is no childish nostalgia behind your choice.
The Philharmonic Society annually prepares programs combining music and words for older children. The list changes slightly from year to year, but the selection rule described above applies here too. Try, for example, to be like "In the land of unlearned lessons" on Povarskaya. "Fabulous" subscriptions, here or in any other room, are also often interesting for grown-up children - choose according to your taste. Excellent music in a virtuoso performance is almost guaranteed.
Some happy people love to learn - learn new things, listen to stories. The Philharmonic also has concerts aimed at such an audience of different ages. First of all, I recall, again from childhood, "Big music for little ones", familiar to many parents, with the permanent presenter Natalya Panasyuk. Older children, "as well as their parents", will be interested in listening to the already mentioned Svetlana Vinogradova, the legendary Zhanna Dozortseva - she conducts programs in the Tchaikovsky Hall ("Music, Painting, Life") and in the Great Hall of the Conservatory ("By Countries and Continents"). The best performers and orchestras always play here. Prefer a more youthful style? Go to Artem Vargaftik and see how modern classical music is.
Now about the most important and most target audience of any philharmonic concerts. About children who do not want to listen to any words because words get in their way. About those who want to hear only music. This is a gift, and age does not matter here. If you notice that this is the case with your child, do not torture him. These halls are a unique place where he has such an opportunity. And he will still get the words - well, at least in the theater. There are not too many children's subscriptions with a minimum of words, but they are. Here again it makes sense, for example, to pay attention to the programs of Zhanna Dozortseva. While the child is still too small to withstand the introductory text, you can come to its end. And just listen to music. If you have not found a suitable subscription from the children's repertoire, take a look at the adult symphony concerts. After all, you can leave early if the child gets tired. True, in the event that we are dealing with the type described above, you are more likely to get tired.
The proposed division is, of course, rather arbitrary. How meaningless are attempts to get a clear recommendation when choosing any concert, performance or book. Until you listen, see, read, understand. So go ahead to good music. Just don't be late! Every year the sale of season tickets opens earlier and earlier, and the queues for them at the box office are getting longer. And this cannot but rejoice: you give a generation of music lovers!
Today will be especially useful, of the format "where to go with a child on the weekend" and "concerts with children" and the like. Professionals of music subscriptions may not read the text for beginners, about children's subscriptions to the Moscow Philharmonic and Conservatory.
So that's it. Why now. Because it's already a week since the season for the sale of season tickets for adults and children has opened. You can choose. Two main directions of the format "children + classical music" (and not only).
Classics of the genre - subscription for children No. 4, Moscow Conservatory. Conductor and storyteller - Vyacheslav Valeev. Concerts on Sundays (only 4 per season), duration about an hour. Valeev does an excellent job with a children's audience, K. loves him very much. It is important to understand that baby passes do not mean that your child will sit in one place, stretching out in line. It's not like that at all. For example, at one of the concerts of the subscription, the children sang songs with the orchestra with the whole audience, K. was very inspired, then for two days he told how he liked it, to sing like this in the conservatory. The cost of a subscription for the next season is 1200-8000 rubles.
In addition to the classic fourth subscription, there is also a "Travel Around the World" - each concert is dedicated to a country, for example, France. We listen to Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc. Etc. There is a subscription dedicated to great composers, there is a “fairytale subscription”.
The Moscow Philharmonic offers an even wider selection of different subscriptions for children. We went to listen to The Funny Professor this season. Each concert is thematic, Pavel Lyubimtsev wonderfully talks about a variety of things, Osipov's orchestra supports, slides are displayed on the screens, in a word, everything is done ideally for children so that no one is bored. For example, yesterday K. went to the concert “From Moscow to the Pacific Ocean. Great Russian travelers and discoverers of the Far Eastern lands. " I went out in absolute delight, talking about Bering, Kamchatka, geysers, Yakut music. In a word, this is not just an acquaintance with music, but also a conditionally "educational program", and Pavel Lyubimtsev talks about everything so excitingly, without lisping and flirting with the children's audience, but with a lot of interesting facts, beautiful intonations that both adults and children listen to. For example, I arrived early yesterday for K., decided to stop by, sit for a while in the lobby, listen for a little, and then run away on business. But in the end, I watched the whole concert on the screen - I just could not tear myself away.
In fact, the Philharmonic offers dozens of children's subscriptions, all of a wide variety of topics. If you like fairy tales and music, there are a lot of “fairytale subscriptions”. For example, “Tales with an orchestra. Saturday afternoon symphony concerts for children "with the participation of the beautiful Yulia Peresild and Chulpan Khamatova, a wonderful subscription of" regional music "conducted by Artem Vargaftik, there is a subscription" How the forester taught the music alphabet. " Daytime concerts for toddlers from 3 to 7 years old ”for the smallest, the only one that goes not 6+, but 0+ on the website of the Philharmonic. In general, for every taste.
By the way, with regard to age. I doubted for a long time when to start these going to concerts with a child, in the end I decided not to take him anywhere at three, we started going at four, in our case it turned out to be the very age. He runs subscriptions 6+, no questions.
Finally, another story that sometimes stops people - like buying a subscription, then getting sick, skipping, and so on. In fact, as usual, there is no spoon. In our practice, we missed only one concert out of eight due to illness. But, if you are still in doubt, you can buy tickets for some season tickets right before the concert at the kachssa.
The most practical question. When to buy. It's better to buy right now. Because some season tickets sell out quickly and quickly disappear from sale. It is also important, when choosing a subscription, to pay attention to the venue of the concerts so as not to come to the Tchaikovsky Hall when the concert is taking place at the Philharmonic-2 in the Olympic Village. And yes, the subscription is valid for one person, and not for a combination of an adult + a child.
On this, it seems, the musical life hacks are over, I'm going to fry a duck for lunch.
The perception of the fine arts requires preparation: the ability to listen to classical music and understand ballet comes when you systematically devote time and attention to it. We have selected for you the most interesting programs in Moscow, offering a harmonious trajectory of musical education for children.
Separately, we would like to note that it is better to buy tickets in advance - the seats “fly away” very quickly, and you often need luck to get to each concert of the program.
1. Title: "Four ways to learn and love music" (children's subscription number 4)
Venue: Moscow P.I. Tchaikovsky
Starting at 14:00 / 17:00
Program:
"The joy of first meeting music"
"Children's party"
Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Conservatory Students
Artistic director of the orchestra - Vyacheslav Valeev
"Music and Painting"
Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Conservatory Students
Artistic director of the orchestra - Anatoly Levin
"Music and Poetry"
Symphony Orchestra of the Opera House of the Moscow Conservatory
Artistic director of the orchestra - Alexander Petukhov
Cost: from 1200 to 6000 rubles for 4 concerts
2. Title: "Best Songs for Children" (children's subscription)
Start at 13:00
The subscription will give you a great chance to hear melodies that are rarely heard on radio and television, but, fortunately, have survived in the repertoire of wonderful collectives - the legendary V.S. Popov, titled Song and Dance Ensemble named after V.S. Loktev and the choir of the Spring Children's School. They will present the best examples of creativity of composers and songwriters of our country, popular melodies from famous cartoons and films for children.
Program:
Song and Dance Ensemble named after V.S. Lokteva
Artistic Director - Leonid Fridkin
Children's choir school "Vesna"
Artistic Director and Conductor - Nadezhda Averina
Great Children's Choir named after V.S. Popova
Russian state radio company "Voice of Russia"
Artistic Director and Conductor - Anatoly Kislyakov
Cost: from 300 to 2400 for 3 concerts
3. Title: "Favorite Fairy Tales" (children's subscription for children 5-10 years old)
Venue: Moscow International House of Music, Theater Hall
Starting at 13.00
Program:
"The wolf and the seven Young goats"
Theater of Alexey Rybnikov
"Golden Key"
Musical theater "Impromptu"
"The Bremen Town Musicians"
Stas Namin Theater of Music and Drama
"Aladdin's Magic Lamp"
Musical theater "On Basmannaya"
"Fly Tsokotukha"
Theater of Vladimir Nazarov
"Ali Baba and 40 robbers"
Musical theater "Impromptu"
Cost: from 500 to 1000 rubles for 1 concert
4. Title: "BALLET FOR CHILDREN"
Venue: Moscow International House of Music
Start: 13:00 / 17:00
Young spectators are greeted by their favorite fairy-tale characters who, it turns out, know how to communicate without words and masterly dance to classical or modern music. Knowing the plot of famous fairy tales played on the stage, young spectators easily learn to understand the expressive body language of the dancers, and bright costumes and masterful choreography turn visiting fabulous ballet performances into an unforgettable event.
Program:
"Mowgli" based on the book of R. Kipling
The performance "Mowgli" is a large-scale show designed for a large cast of artists, a serious symphony orchestra and chorus, and a modern lighting score. In "Mowgli" the innovation of choreography was manifested in the development of plasticity, brought from the world of the jungle, characteristic "animal" gestures and movements
"Cipollino"
One of the best ballet companies in Moscow "Russian Seasons" offers children the colorful ballet "Cipollino" to the music of K. Khachaturian, staged by Nikolai Androsov, turning into a fascinating comedy-detective story.
"Cinderella" based on the tale of Charles Perrault
One of the most beloved works of Sergei Prokofiev. In November 1945, he wrote: "The main thing that I wanted to convey in the music of Cinderella is the poetic love of Cinderella and Prince, the birth and flowering of feelings, obstacles in his path, the fulfillment of dreams." The interpretation of Kasatkina and Vasilev is very close to the composer's intention. In their setting, the piercing expectation of a miracle and the very miraculous transformation of the main character come to the fore, which has become a reality thanks to the magic help of the Fairy and the crystal shoe.
"Coppelia" E.T.A. Hoffmann.
The ballet "Coppelia" will tell about the relationship between people and an automaton-robot. Many surprises await the audience here: fantastic mechanisms, furniture "come to life", etc.
Price: 400-1800 rubles for 4 concerts
5. Title: “Fairy Tales with Orchestra. Favorites "(children's subscription number 59)
Venue: Concert Hall. P.I. Tchaikovsky
Start at 15:00
Program:
A. Dumas "Snow White"
Conductor - Igor Manasherov
Ensemble of soloists "Madrigal" of the Moscow Philharmonic
Saturday afternoon symphony concerts for children
Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Philharmonic
Conductor - Dimitris Botinis
Avangard Leontiev (artistic word)
V. Gauf. "Cold heart". Saturday afternoon symphony concerts for children
Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Philharmonic
Conductor - Vladimir Ponkin
Dmitry Nazarov (artistic word)
"Cinderella" (based on the tale by S. Perrot and the screenplay by E. Schwartz).
Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Philharmonic
Conductor - Yuri Simonov
Pavel Lyubimtsev (artistic word)
Ticket price: from 500 to 2000 rubles for 1 concert
6. Name:« Meeting composers» (children's subscription)
Venue: Pavel Slobodkin Theater and Concert Center
Start at 14:00
At the meetings of this cycle, young spectators get acquainted with various groups of the orchestra and their instruments. Concerts-lectures "Acquaintance with the Orchestra" are held somewhat differently than regular meetings. This is a real hands-on experience! An inquisitive audience can, if desired, touch the instruments and even try to play them. The conductor Ilya Gaisin will be in charge of this whole process. He will turn the meeting of amateurs and professionals into a real joint performance.
When the musicians perform "live" works of composers, the children will have the opportunity to listen to how this or that instrument solo in the orchestra, will be able to distinguish it from the general sound mass, and, of course, will have time to enjoy the sound of the orchestral tutti.
The musicians will reveal the secrets of their craft, because there will still be meetings ahead, at which young spectators will continue to communicate with music.
Program:
Concert-lecture number 1 "Baroque"
Moscow chamber orchestra
Conductor and presenter Ilya Gaisin
The program will include works by I.S. Bach, G. Handel, A. Vivaldi.
Concert-lecture No. 2 "Viennese classics"
Moscow chamber orchestra
Conductor and presenter Arif Dadashev
The program includes works by J. Haydn, V.A. Mozart, L.V. Beethoven
Concert-lecture number 3 "Early romanticism"
Moscow chamber orchestra
Conductor and presenter Ilya GAYSIN
The program includes works by F. Schubert, F. Mendelssohn, R. Schumann, G. Rossini
Concert-lecture No. 4 "The Rise of Romanticism"
Moscow chamber orchestra
Conductor and presenter Ilya GAYSIN
The program includes works by J. Brahms, F. Liszt, A. Dvorak, G. Verdi
Cost: from 1200 to 1500 rubles for 1 concert
7. "In the country of unlearned lessons" (subscription number 159)
Venue: Gnessin Concert Hall on Povarskaya
Start at 13:00
Sunday afternoon children's concerts for primary and secondary school children. The illustrations are sand art - cartoonist Lilia Ravilova.
Ensemble of soloists "Russian Rhapsody"
Program: Field "Clean road". Musical and literary composition based on the stories and stories of Yu.I. Koval
Program: Nikolaev, Bartok, Grieg, Hondo. Musical and literary composition based on the stories of N.M. Gribachev
Program: Malyarov, Panin, Yashina
Musical and literary composition based on the stories of N.N. Nosov
