An evening of baroque, where the choir and orchestra showcase everything they are capable of! Baroque music can be both festive and sharp. In this program, it reveals itself from many angles: from the clear, almost sunny Gloria to motets, where the solo voice argues with the strings, and each pause sounds like a reply in a conversation. At the conductor's podium is Dmitry Sinkovsky. He brings together the La voce strumentale orchestra and the Nizhny Novgorod Opera and Ballet Theatre choir into a single organism, where precision and live energy are essential. Soprano Dilyara Idrisova and mezzo-soprano Yana Dyakova lead the listener through contrasts-from prayerful concentration to bursts of temperament. Vivaldi here is not a "museum" composer: he knows how to surprise with sharp turns, bold harmonies, and how quickly the mood changes. Gloria is a rare case where solemnity does not turn into heaviness. The choir sounds like a great wave, and the orchestra picks it up with a resilient rhythm. The motets add drama and a personal perspective. In one of them, the voice takes a risk, challenging the elements, while in another, it seeks light and support, as if conversing with itself aloud. A separate highlight of the evening is the concert for the feast of Saint Lawrence, a true fireworks display of instrumental colors. The violin, oboes, horns, and viola take turns entering like characters in a play, and the music becomes three-dimensional, almost visible. Here it is especially noticeable how baroque loves movement: the theme is born, changes form, and returns with a new character. Where to go in Moscow on the weekend, our website will tell you.