The Mariinsky Orchestra

For the first time ever, McCarter’s Music Series is honored to present one of the world’s greatest symphony orchestras. Under the Artistic Direction of Valery Gergiev, The Mariinsky Orchestra from St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre is the best orchestra in Russia today. Under the baton of Ignat Solzhenitsyn, this historic concert will feature works by three Russian giants: Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain; Rachmaninoff’s Isle of the Dead; and the monumental Fifth Symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich, one of the landmark musical compositions of the 20th century.