A musical museum marathon will be organized in Polotsk during the Night of Museums
A musical museum marathon will be held in Polotsk during the Night of Museums, the National Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve informed a BELTA correspondent.
The International Museum Day in the ancient Belarusian capital will be held under the banner of the 30th anniversary of the concert hall of St. Sophia Cathedral. Residents and guests of Polotsk will have the opportunity to enjoy music of various styles and genres at events featuring professional and amateur creative groups.
For example, young talents – students of the art school – will perform at the Children's Museum, and a musical quiz "Winged Singers" will be held for children at the Nature and Ecology Museum. A literary and musical evening "Melodies Scorched by War" will take place at the House of Peter I, and "Silver Trumpet Sounds" will be heard at the Art Gallery.
The Museum of Belarusian Book Printing invites you to the presentation of the film "The History of Belarusian Opera" by A. Alekseev and O. Lukashevich (members of the film crew are scheduled to participate in the event).
The Museum of Traditional Folk Crafts of Pozerie will organize an evening called "Play, Play, Piper!" for visitors on the night of May 18-19, and the Local History Museum will turn into a dance floor of the late last century during the Night of Museums.
On May 18, the final concert of the XXVI International Festival of Ancient and Modern Chamber Music (Ksenia Pogorelaya – organ, Victoria Babenko – violin) will begin in the concert hall of St. Sophia Cathedral itself.
New exhibitions will open in the museums of the National Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve from May 18: the Art Gallery will host the exhibition "Under the Vaults of Sophia," dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the concert hall of St. Sophia Cathedral; the Children's Museum will feature the exhibition of classical musical instruments "Seven Magical Resonant Notes." At the Local History Museum, the exhibition "Melodies of Our Neighborhood" will showcase the musical preferences of Polotsk residents, and the Museum of Traditional Folk Crafts will display folk instruments.