Triumph of Jazz: Terence Blanchard (trumpet) and E-Collective. Igor Butman Club Na Taganke. 21 Verkhnyaya Radishchevskaya Ulitsa. Metro Taganskaya. 495-792-2109. Sat. At 8:30 p.m.
Gala Concert. This concernt is marking the Conservatory Small Hall opening after reconstruction, features Khibla Gerzmava (soprano), Anna Viktorova (mezzo-soprano), Vasily Ladyuk (baritone), Mikhail Voskresensky (piano), the Borodin Quartet, Alexei Shmitov (organ), Nikita Borisoglebsky (violin) and others. Conservatory Small Hall. 13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. Metro Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 495-629-9401. Fri. at 7 p.m.
La Boheme (Bogema): the concert version of Leoncavalloi's opera, written close on the heels of Puccini's. Performed by the Symphony Capella of Russia, Oleg Dolgov (tenor), Andrei Baturkin (baritone), Lyudmila Kuznetsova (mezzo-soprano), Anastasia Privoznova (soprano) and others. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. (See address above) Fri. At 7 p.m.
Sergei Antonov (cello), Alexei Kudryashov (piano) and the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra perform Vieuxtemps's Cello Concerto No. 1 and Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2. Fabio Mastrangelo conducts. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 4/31 Triumfalnaya Ploshchad. Metro Mayakovskaya. 495-232-0400, 232-5353. Sat. At 7 p.m.
Foreign Language Films
Fifty Shades of Grey (Pyatdesyat Ottenkov Serogo, 2015): Sam Taylor-Johnson's erotic romantic drama based on E. L. James' best-selling novel of the same name. Stars Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson.
35MM. 47/24 Ulitsa Pokrovka. Metro Krasniye Vorota, Kurskaya. 495-780-9142 Sat. at noon, Sun. at 9:35 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.
Pioner. 21 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Metro Kutuzovskaya. 499-240-5240. Fri. at 11:45 a.m., 7:10 and 11:45 p.m., Sat. at 1:45, 6:40 and 11:40 p.m., Sun. at 11:30 a.m., 8:10, 9:45 p.m. and 1:05 a.m., In English; Russian subtitles.
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014): A spy organization recruits a promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius. Directed by Matthew Vaughn, stars Colin Firth, Taron Egerton and Samuel L. Jackson.
35MM (See address above) Fri. at 2:40 p.m., Sat. at 8:10 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.
Check out the calendar for more events this weekend.
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