Religious, philosophical, mystical interpretation of the traditional theme of Russian literature - "journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow." The cross and the circle, the eagle and the snake, the tree and the stone, Athens and Jerusalem, Babylon and Sodom, male and female - in these archetypal categories the author examines the fate of the Russian capital, its birth and death. The music used is by Anton von Webern, Sofia Gubaidulina,... see more