Cultural Picks; What to do in Moscow on Monday

By The Moscow Times

Feb. 23, 2015

Catch Anton Chekhov's "Three Sisters" tonight in Moscow. Wikicommons

War and? Peace. The? Beginning of? the Novel? (Voina i Mir. Nachalo Romana): Pyotr Fomenko's dramatization of? sections of? Leo Tolstoy's novel. English, German and? French subtitles available.? Fomenko Studio New Stage. 30/32 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Metro Kutuzovskaya. 499-249-1921/1740. At 7 p.m.

Three Sisters? (Tri Sestry): Andrei Konchalovsky's production of? Chekhov's story about three sisters who live with the? faint hope of? escaping the? deadly atmosphere of? their provincial town.? Mossoviet Theater. 16 Bolshaya Sadovaya Ulitsa. Metro Mayakovskaya. 495-699-2035. At 7 p.m.?

Bach? performed by? Einar Steen-Nokleberg (piano), Alexander Zagorinsky (piano), Anastasia Sidelnikova (organ) and? Tatyana Lanskaya (soprano).? Sts. Peter and? Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. 7/10 Starosadsky Pereulok. Metro Kitai-Gorod. 495-624-5820. At 7 p.m.

Quodlibet:? New Music Studio Ensemble soloists perform Penderecki's Duo Concertante, Vedyakova's Fantasy, Messiaen's The? Blackbird, Berio's Sequenza VII, Rihm's Dyade, Saariaho's Mirrors and? Aitken's Plainsong.Conservatory Mayaskovsky Hall. 13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. Metro Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 495-629-9401 7 p.m.

Man and? Catastrophe? (Chelovek i Katastrofa): Exhibit of? paintings by? Jan Vanriet and? photographs by? Yegor Zaika marks the? 70th anniversary of? the liberation of? Auschwitz concentration camp, to? March 1.? Jewish Museum & Tolerance Center.? 11 Ul. Obraztsova, Bldg. 1A. Metro Savyolovskaya. Noon to? 10 p.m. 495-645-0550.

Leviathan? (2014): Andrei Zvyagintsev's award-winning existential drama stars Alexei Serebryakov, Yelena Lyadova and? Vladimir Vdovichenkov.

Pioner. 21 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Metro Kutuzovskaya. 499-240-5240. Mon. at? 2 p.m. English subtitles.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya. 8 Sredny Ovchinnikovsky Pereulok. M. Novokuznetskaya. 495-916-9169. Mon. at? 11:25 a.m. 4:45 and? 7:25 p.m.

Pyat Zvyozd-Paveletskaya. 25 Ulitsa Bakhrushina. Metro Paveletskaya. Mon. at? 10:15 a.m. and? 5:50 p.m.

Rolan Mon. at? 10:30 a.m. and? 6:05 p.m.

Foreign-Language Films

The Humbling? (Unizheniye, 2014): Barry Levinson's adaptation of? the Philip Roth novel about an? aging, suicidal stage actor Simon Axler (Al Pacino) and? his struggles to? find passion for? life again.

Center of? Documentary Cinema. 2 Zubovsky Bulvar, Bldg. 7. M. Park Kultury. 495-637-7919. At? 5 p.m. In? English; Russian subtitles.

Pioner. 21 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Metro Kutuzovskaya. 499-240-5240. At? 7 p.m. In? English; Russian subtitles.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya. 8 Sredny Ovchinnikovsky Pereulok. M. Novokuznetskaya. 495-916-9169. At? 5:10 p.m. In? English; Russian subtitles

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