Formal Semantics in Moscow 3

Museums

The Pushkin art museum (GMII), including several galleries, e.g., the Gallery of European and American Art of the 19th�20th Centuries. Current exhibitions: "Meeting Modigliani"; "Merovings' era" (an archeological exhibition); "Claude Monet: the Raphael of water" (5 Monet paintings from Paris museums).
The Tretyakov Gallery. There are two buildings of the Tretyakov Gallery. The main gallery at Lavrushinsky pereulok (Tretyakovskaya station, on the Orange line) hosts Russian art from 11th to early 20th century, while the new building's collection at Krymskiy Val (Oktyabrskaya station, Circle and Orange lines) represents Russian 20th century art (starting from Kandinsky, Malevich, Shagal to the 60-80s Soviet avant-garde). Behind the new building at the embankment of the Moskva river you can find an open air exhibition of Soviet and post-Soviet monumental art. Current exhibitions at the main gallery: "White Gold. Classic and modern china porcelain".

These two places (or, rather, three, given that the Tretyakov gallery is divided into two non-adjacent galleries) are definitely worth visiting, but surely there is a lot of other museums. A little googling (e.g., with "Moscow museums") will provide you with more or less comprehensive lists, like, say, this one or that one.

Classical music

Wednesday, April 25
- Roman-Catholic Cathedral, Malaya Gruzinskaya str. 27/13, Metro 'Belorosskaya'. Bach, Buxtehude, Pachelbel, Krebs, Walter. Organ works, Marek Stefanski (19:30)
- Glinka's Musical Museum, Fadeeva str. 4, Metro 'Mayakovskaya' or 'Novoslobodskaya'. Marcello, Ekchard, Cherubini, Paradisi, Platti. Harpsichord music, Tatiana Zenaishvili (19:00)
- Prince Golitzin's Mansion, Kozitsky sidestr. 5, Metro 'Pushkinskaya', 'Tverskaya', 'Tchekhovskaya'. Brahms. Piano trios, Brahms-Trio (19:00)
- Moscow State Conservatory. Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 11, Metro 'Biblioteka imeni Lenina', 'Okhotny ryad', Rakhmaninov Hall. Denisov, Saint-Saens, Poulenc. Mark Pekarsky's instrumental ensemble (19:00)
- Moscow State Conservatory, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 11, Metro 'Biblioteka imeni Lenina', 'Okhotny ryad', Great Hall. Cherepnin, Yuon, Rakhmaninov. Chaikovsky State Orchestra, cond. Vladimir Fedoseev, Pittsburg Piano trio. (19:00)
Thursday, April 26
- Anglican Church of St. Andrew, Voznesensky sidestr. 8, Metro 'Okhotny ryad', 'Biblioteka imeni Lenina'. Friedrich the Great, Briccialdi, Mozart. Eugeny Zhuravkin (countertenor), Elena Ivanova (flute), Darya Meerkova (Organ) (19:30)
- Moscow State Conservatory, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 11, Metro 'Biblioteka imeni Lenina', 'Okhotny ryad', Small Hall. Schubert, Franck, Prokofiev. Sonatas for violin and piano, Vladimir Ivanov & Tigran Alikhanov. (19:00)
- Moscow State Conservatory, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 11, Metro 'Biblioteka imeni Lenina', 'Okhotny ryad', Great Hall. Wagner, Liszt, Berlioz. Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Yuri Simonov, Vladimir Ovchinnikov (piano) (19:00)
- The House of Music, Kosmodamianskaya quai, 52/8, Metro 'Paveletskaya', Great Hall. Schumann, Tchaikovsky. Russian Philharmonic Orchesra, cond. Maxim Fedotov, Sergey Raldugin. Elena Mirtova (mezzo-soprano), Maxim Fedotov (violin), Sergey Raldugin (cello). (19:00)
Friday, April 27
- Moscow State Conservatory, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 11, Metro 'Biblioteka imeni Lenina', 'Okhotny ryad', Small Hall. Mozart, Silvestrov. Music for cello. Maria Tchaikovskaya et al. (19:00)
- Moscow State Conservatory, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 11, Metro 'Biblioteka imeni Lenina', 'Okhotny ryad', Great Hall. Karl Nilsen. Symphonic music. Cond. Gennady Rozhdestvensky. (19:00)
- The House of Music, Kosmodamianskaya quai, 52/8, Metro 'Paveletskaya', Chamber Hall. Mozart, Schubert. String quartets. Juillard Quartet. (probably all the tickets are already sold out or, if any left, are very expensive, but the concert should be very, very good) (19:00)
Saturday, April 28
- Moscow State Conservatory, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 11, Metro 'Biblioteka imeni Lenina', 'Okhotny ryad', Small Hall. Shostakovich. String quartets Nos. 10 - 12. Borodin Quartet (19:00)
Sunday, April 29
- Roman-Catholic Cathedral, Malaya Gruzinskaya str. 27/13, Metro 'Belorosskaya'. Bach, Caccini, Schubert, Franck. Erik Kurmangaliev (countertenor), Ekaterina Melnikova (Organ) (19:30)
- Moscow State Conservatory, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 11, Metro 'Biblioteka imeni Lenina', 'Okhotny ryad', Small Hall. Handel, Haynd, Vivaldi, Shostakovich. Russian chamber orchestra, cond. Konstantin Orbelyan (19:00)
- Moscow State Conservatory, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 11, Metro 'Biblioteka imeni Lenina', 'Okhotny ryad', Rakhmaninov Hall. Russian sacred chants and folk songs. Male chorus 'Blagozvonnica' (19:00)
- Moscow State Conservatory, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 11, Metro 'Biblioteka imeni Lenina', 'Okhotny ryad', Great Hall. Bruckner. Symphony No. 9. National Philharmonic of Russia, cond. Theodor Kurentzis. (19:00)
- The House of Music, Kosmodamianskaya quai, 52/8, Metro 'Paveletskaya', Chamber Hall. Marais, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wieniawski etc. Elena Revich (violin) (19:00)
- Tchaikovsky's Concert Hall, Triumfalnaya sq. 4/31, Metro 'Mayakovskaya'. Tchaikovksy, Prokofiev. Natalia Trul' (piano), Valentin Zhuk (conductor).
Monday, April 30
- Moscow State Conservatory, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 11, Metro 'Biblioteka imeni Lenina', 'Okhotny ryad', Small Hall. Faure, Dohnanyi. Chamber music. Graf Murzha, Nazar Kozhuhar, Boris Lifanovsky, Eugeny Petrov et al. (19:00)

The most convenient way to get tickets is through an online booking service. This one usually works well and has an English version. (However, the direct booking seems to be unavailable in the English version - one has either to go to the Russian one or to fill a booking request form in English and then wait for the reply.)

Jazz music

While sometimes there are jazz concerts in big halls (especially when some famous person comes to Moscow to give a concert), of course, the better and more traditional way to enjoy jazz music is sitting in a jazz club:

Usually one does not need to buy a ticket in advance to get in - one may just pay the cover (included in the bill or paid at the entrance). However, one also may always book a table in advance by phone, to be on the safe side.