Exhibitions
- Peter the Great
- Upcoming
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- Archive
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    - Introduction
    - Van Gogh Moves
  - Impressionism: Sensation & Inspiration
  - Rubens, Van Dyck & Jordaens
  - Splendour and Glory
  - The immortal Alexander the Great
  - Matisse to Malevich
    - Introduction
    - Highlights of the exhibition
    - Background by Henk van Os
    - Sergey Shchukin and Others
    - Artist biographies
    - Russian literature around 1900
    - Terminology
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    - Archive
      - Dance
  - At the Russian Court
  - Caspar David Friedrich
  - Images of St Petersburg
  - Art Nouveau
  - Persia
  - Collectors in St Petersburg
  - Silver wonders from the east
  - Pilgrim treasures
  - Venezia!
  - Nicholas & Alexandra
  - Greek gold
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Activities

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Free admission on display of a valid entrance ticket for the exhibition, unless otherwise stated.

Sunday 7 April, 2 pm Church Hall

Choir Byzantium

Slavic Choir Byzantium, conducted by Alesia Shayeva, sing beautiful Russian-Orthodox liturgical songs and Slavic folk songs. The repertoire also includes Russian Easter songs.

Sunday 28 April, 2 pm Church Hall

Lecture recital Zaremba

Pianist Olga de Kort-Koulikova plays unknown piano works of Nikolay Zaremba (1821–1879). She also lectures about this recently rediscovered Russian composer. Zaremba was the music theory and composing teacher of Tchaikovsky at the St Petersburg Conservatory. Out of modesty he didn’t play his own compositions in public, therefore they remained unknown.

Sunday 5 May, 2 pm Church Hall

Roots

Apart from Russian songs the Amsterdam choir Roots, conducted by Herbert de Jonge, also sings classical liturgical songs.

Wednesday 22 May, 10 am – 5 pm, Auditorium

Peter the Great, a Contemporary Tsar

Audiovisual Students of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy exhibit their new work in a video presentation in the Auditorium. They took inspiration from the current Peter the Great exhibition. Their work provides new perspectives on the life of the great Russian Tsar.

Sunday 26 May, 14 pm church hall

Russian Passion

An entirely Russian programme, performed by two top Russian musicians. In 2010 violist Alexey Naumenko and pianist Misha Fomin formed a musical duo. They play works of Rachmaninov and Prokofiev, among others.