This Thursday - Carnegie Hall!

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Yuri Temirkanov (pictured at left). Thursday, November 1, 2007 at 8 PM.

The “sound ... seems to emanate out of the stage floorboards and throb.” Or so says the New York Times about the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. Let's see for ourselves on Thursday. It's an all-Russian program, featuring Sviridov's "Small Triptych," Mussorgsky's "Songs and Dances of Death," and Prokofiev's "Alexander Nevsky." Click here for more about the music, the artists, and to listen to samples.

Thursday's itinerary: We'll spend class discussing the rest of the "Tings Dey Happen" reviews, and then talking about review structure and classical music criticism.

Then we'll walk over to the hall (at 57th Street and 7th Avenue) together after class for the preconcert talk at 7pm. (That won't give us much time to stop to eat, so bring a snack if you think you'll need one, or some money to pick up something quick.) The speaker is Simon Morrison, Professor of Music, Princeton University. The concert starts at 8pm and should be over by 10pm.

So what did everyone think of Danny's talk on Thursday? Did he say anything that made you view his performance, or your job as a critic, differently? Let's get some thoughts out here.