The Philharmonic Hall is in a very convenient location. Very close to the metro and a large number of Parking lots. The repertoire deserves only praise. The poster is full of concert offers for every taste. I would like to share my impressions of a recent visit to a concert called the Musical Lounge. I've been to these concerts more than once. The atmosphere is simply mesmerizing. You really feel like not just a listener, but a welcome guest. We came out with a great New Year's Eve mood. In addition to music, it was created by a live Christmas tree in the lobby, which is unfortunately rare nowadays. One of the disadvantages is that the chairs are not very comfortable, and it is especially uncomfortable to sit on the balcony. But the beauty of the music and the art of the performers certainly make up for this shortcoming.
Our family's favorite gym!
We have been regularly visiting our Philharmonic hall for many years.
For the first time I have an incomprehensible emotion ((- I accidentally got to "music therapy".. Mozart was there.
But in the words "relax your hips, shoulders."..It seemed that we were at a session with Kashpirovsky..
Please forgive my subjectivity, but in my opinion, the philharmonic is not the place for therapeutic sessions of such a video sequence in the dark under an ensemble of instruments and some tantric sounds at a price too low-budget and primitive. Somehow, the Philharmonic was unpleasantly surprised.
Moreover, not only we have this impression, we heard other puzzled listeners during the intermission, with the same regret.
You can relax in a rather quiet version with a video sequence both at home and for free.
But also this text at the beginning "about relaxing the members" ..
does not fit.
For 80 rubles in the stalls and 40 in the gallery.. it smacks of pure commerce.
Many private projects were attended at the Philharmonic, but there was never any disappointment.
I'm sorry for the opinion, it's subjective.
Maybe the Philharmonic is for music , scale and emotional health , and not for dubious sessions for a lot of money.
We have never written reviews about our wonderful Philharmonic hall.
We have been living next to the Philharmonic Hall for many years/decades. We visit regularly. We rejoice in the variety of the repertoire.
The Philharmonic itself is a top five!
But I still want to discuss something.
On November 24, 2024, a performance by Nastya Ivanova and a jazz quartet was announced on the poster, which, as it turned out, included herself (?).
In large print it is highlighted: "Glenn Miller - 120". And Nastya Ivanova (trombone, vocals). And that bribed us.
Our Philharmonic Hall is a wonderful place, which is an indicator of the level of high-class musicians and performers.
And everything seems to be clear.
80 minutes of the concert. A couple of compositions by G. Miller with variations and a "medley".... Not the highest class of performance. It's true. I don't want to discuss the whole quartet, but it was announced that it was "international" (people from different cities). They remembered.
The microphone was playing. Nastya reported that their driver was "tuning the sound", like, "he's still studying." They remembered.
She probably plays the trombone well (she said she was from Gnesinka), But, excuse me, her voice is not jazz, and not from the 30-40s. A new "reading"? But we didn't read it. Well, that's all I didn't read. Why? But because everything was at the jam session level. Not a performance by a pro, but a skit of jazz musicians who just have fun(?) from his game. This is what big pros can do, whose skills everyone knows about, and these "all" forgive them for slight falsehood and everything else. It's a session, that's how it's done. But there the performers replace each other. Such happiness did not happen here))).
But we didn't come to such a performance. We have come to the professionals who can (and should) capture us.
This did not happen.
The last straw was Nastya's phrase that Glenn Miller is by no means her favorite author/performer, but she loves someone else... because of the microphone settings (oh, the driver), they never heard who this "lucky guy" was.
When the call was made for the fourth time to "buy her CD in the lobby after the concert" - the desire to do so completely disappeared. And according to the performance itself, nothing motivated me to do this.
My wife and I have only one question: What are the criteria for selecting performers for the country's main philharmonic venue? And it's not about some 30 rubles for a ticket in the 18th row, not even Glenn Miller. And it's not that the trombone is not even close to a trumpet or a saxophone as a soloist. And there was no music, or rather there was very little of it. It's a pity ...
God grant Nastya good luck and success in the future (in the way she herself said that she "does it best"). But this is not a solo concert, especially at the PHILHARMONIC.
This is more modest for halls...