12th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival
Warsaw, 9–22 March 2008
Beethoven and His Vienna
Elżbieta Penderecka
General Director of the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival
President of the Ludwig van Beethoven Association
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The organizers reserve the right to make changes to the programme.
Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Concert under the Honorary Patronage of the Ambassador of the Korea, Mr Si-Hyung Lee
Special concert Master and Apprentice
In-Hye Kim – soprano
So-Ock Kim – violin
Łukasz Borowicz – conductor
Marek Kluza – choir master
The Polish Radio Choir in Kraków
Anna Szostak – choir master
Camerata Silesia
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Krzysztof Penderecki (*1933)
Violin Concerto No. 2 “Metamorphosen”
Intermission
Jeajoon Ryu
Symphonic Requiem (premiere)
Cherish the memory of the late Juyung Chung and the past generation of Korea
Part 1 Requiem
Part 2 Dies irae
Dies irae
Tuba mirum
Liber Scriptus
Rex tremendae
Lacrimosa, dies illa
Part 3 Offertorio
Domine Jesu Christe
Hostias
Part 4 Sanctus
Sanctus
Benedictus
Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Opening Concert
Amanda Mace – sopran
Lioba Braun – mezzosopran
Jorma Silvasti – tenor
René Pape – bass
Kazimierz Kord – conductor
Henryk Wojnarowski – choir preparation
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
Sinfonietta Cracovia
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Missa solemnis D-dur op. 123
Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
Plac Teatralny 1
Concert under the Honorary Patronage of the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr Michael Gerdts
Viviane Hagner – violin
Hugh Wolff – conductor
Münchner Philharmoniker
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Violin concerto in D major Op. 61
Allegro ma non troppo
Larghetto
Rondo. Allegro
Intermission
Igor Strawiński (1882-1971)
Firebird Suite
1. Introduction. The Firebird and its dance. The Firebird’s Variation
2. The princesses’ round dance. Khorovod
3. Infernal dance of King Kashchei.
4. Lullaby
5. Finale
Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Concert under the Honorary Patronage of the Ambassador of the Republic of Austria, Dr Alfred Längle
2nd concert in the series Beethoven’s Complete Piano Sonatas
Rudolf Buchbinder – piano
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata in C minor Op. 10/1
Allegro molto e con brio
Adagio molto
Finale. Prestissimo
Sonata in A flat major Op. 26
Andante con variazioni
Scherzo. Allegro molto
Andante maestoso. Marcia funebre
Allegro vivace
Sonata in F major Op. 54
In Tempo d`un Menuetto
Allegretto
Intermission
Sonata in E flat major Op. 7
Allegro molto e con brio
Largo, con gran espressione
Allegro
Rondo. Poco allegretto
Sonata in C sharp minor Op. 27/2
Allegro sostenuto
Allegretto
Presto agitato
ul. Moniuszki 5
Sharon Kam – clarinet
Gustav Rivinius – cello
Paul Rivinius – piano
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Trio in B flat major op. 11 for piano, cello and clarinet
Allegro con brio
Adagio
Allegretto
Alban Berg (1885-1935)
Four Pieces for clarinet and piano
Mäβig
Sehr langsam
Sehr rasch
Langsam
Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942)
Trio in D minor op. 3 for clarinet, cello and piano
Allegro ma non troppo
Andante – poco mosso con fantasie
Allegro
Intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
7 Variations in E flat major for cello and piano WoO 46 on the aria “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen” from opera The Magic Flute by Mozart
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Trio in A minor op. 114 for clarinet, cello and piano
Allegro
Adagio
Andantino grazioso
Allegro
Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Concert under the Honorary Patronage of the Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia, Mr Alberts Sarkanis
Baiba Skride – violin
Lauma Skride – piano
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Sonata in D major Op. 137 No. 1 D 384
Allegro molto
Andante
Allegro vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata in G major Op. 30 No. 3
Allegro assai
Tempo di Minuetto
Allegro vivace
Intermission
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
V mlhách / In the Mists
Andante
Molto adagio
Andantino
Presto
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)
Sonata No. 1
Andante
Allegretto
Largo
Allegretto scherzando
Ul. Otwocka 14
Soul of the East: West Meets East concert, in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Music and Art Festival
Naseer Shamma – oud / lute
Oyoun Group:
Said Kamal – violin
ElGhandour Hussein – violin
Mahmoud Mohamed Mostafa Bedir - cello
Saber Abdelsattar – kanoon / zither
Juan AlAli – saz / mandolin
Hani ElBadri – nay / flute
Ahmed Amin – double-bass
Amro Mostafa – percussion
Naseer Shamma (*1963)
He fills my spirit to the brim
Amid the Palm trees
A state of passion
Hilal alSaba
The time of Nahawand
Intermission
The precepts of Houria
Illumination
The discourse of the soul
She blamed
Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Concert under the Honorary Patronage of the Ambassador of the Republic of Finland, Mr Jan Store
Pekka Kuusisto – violin
Osmo Vänskä – conductor
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Joonas Kokkonen (1921-1996)
Interludes from the opera The Last Temptations
Moderato
Allegretto
Allegro
Andante
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47
Allegro moderato
Adagio di molto
Allegro, ma non tanto
Intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 36
Adagio molto. Allegro con brio
Larghetto
Allegro
Allegro molto
Plac Zamkowy 4
Petersen Quartett:
Ulrike Petersen
Conrad Muck
Ula Uljona
Henry-David Varema
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
String Quartet No. 2 in F major Op. 92
Allegro sostenuto
Adagio
Allegro
Anton Webern (1882-1945)
Langsamer Satz for string quartet
Intermission
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
String Quartet in D minor “Death and the Maiden” D 810
Allegro
Andante con moto
Scherzo. Allegro molto
Presto
Plac Teatralny 1
Concert under the Honorary Patronage of the Ambassador of the Republic of Austria, Dr Alfred Längle, and the Ambassador of Ukraine, Mr Olexander F. Motsyk, and of the Ambassador of the Republic of the Lithuania, Mr Egidijus Meilunas
Christa Ludwig – speaker
Linda Watson – soprano
Yvonne Naef – mezzo-soprano
John Treleaven – tenor
Kurt Azesberger – tenor
Wolfgang Schöne – bass
Jacek Kaspszyk – conductor
Henryk Wojnarowski – choir master
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
Eugeniusz Sawczuk – choir master
National Academic Choir of Ukraine “Dumka”
Petras Bingelis, Algimantas Mišeikis – choir masters
Kaunas Choir
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951)
Gurrelieder
Dramatic Cantata
Part I
Orchestral Prelude. Now stills the twilight every sound
Part II
“Herrgott, weisst Du, wes Du tatest" / Know`st Thu, God how Thou didst wound me"
Part III
“Die Wilde Jagd "/ "The Wild Hunt”
Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Concert under the Honorary Patronage of the Ambassador of the Republic of Finland, Mr Jan Store
Sharon Bezaly – flute
Osmo Vänskä – conductor
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony in G major KV 318
Allegro spiritoso
Andante
Primo tempo
Kalevi Aho (*1949)
Flute Concerto
Misterioso, adagio
Presto, leggiero
Epilogue
Intermission
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major Op. 82
Tempo molto moderato
Andante
Allegro
Plac Zamkowy 4
Concert under the Honorary Patronage of the Ambassador of the Russian Federation, Mr Vladimir Grinin
St. Petersburg Trio:
Grigori Zhyslin – violin
Sergei Roldugin – cello
Vladimir Mischouk – piano
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Trio in B flat major Op. posth. 99 D 898
Allegro moderato
Andante un poco mosso
Allegro
Rondo. Allegro vivace
Intermission
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Trio in A minor Op. 50 “In Memory of a Great Artist”
Pezzo elegiaco. Moderato assai
Tema con Variazioni
Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Concert under the Honorary Patronage of the Ambassador of Ukraine, Mr Olexander F. Motsyk
Taras Yaropud – violin
Bohodar Kotorovych – conductor
Kiev Solists
Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)
Symphony in D major “Veneziana”
Allegro assai
Andantino grazioso
Presto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Adagio and Fugue in C minor KV 546
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Rondo in A major for violin and orchestra D 438
Intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 “Serioso”
(arranged for string orchestra by Gustav Mahler)
Allegro con brio
Allegretto ma non troppo
Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso
Allegretto agitato
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony in A major KV 201
Allegro moderato
Andante
Menuet
Allegro con spirito
ul. Moniuszki 5
Concert under the Honorary Patronage of the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr Michael Gerdts
Leipziger Streichquartett:
Andreas Seidel – violin
Ivo Bauer – violin
Tilman Buening – viola
Matthias Moosdorf – cello
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet in G major Op. 18 No. 2
Allegro
Adagio cantabile
Scherzo
Allegro molto quasi presto
String Quartet in C major Op. 59 No. 3
Allegro vivace
Andante con moto quasi allegretto
Menuetto. Grazioso
Allegro con moto
Intermission
String Quartet in F major Op. 135
Allegretto
Vivace
Lento assai, cantabile e tranquillo
Grave, ma non troppo tratto. Allegro
Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Concert under the Honorary Patronage of the Ambassador of Italian Republic, Ms Anna Blefari Melazzi, and of the Ambassador of the Republic of France, Mr François Barry Delongchamps
Sofia Soloviy – soprano (Lodoïska)
Małgorzata Pańko – mezzo-soprano (Lysinka)
Tadeusz Szlenkier – tenor (Floreski)
Alexander Kröner – tenor (Titzikan)
Lionel Lhote – baritone (Varbel)
Wojtek Gierlach – bass (Dourlinski)
Remigiusz Łukomski – bass (Altamoras)
Łukasz Borowicz – conductor
Christa Ludwig – artistic consultation
Paul-Emile Deiber – narrator
Marek Kluza – choir master
Polish Radio Choir in Kraków
Anna Szostak – choir master
Camerata Silesia
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ella Susmanek - piano
Anna Marchwińska – piano
Piotr Kamiński – linguistic conusultation
Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)
Lodoïska (heroic comedy in 3 acts)
Concert performance
Presented in its original version for the first time in Poland in 200 years
ul. Moniuszki 5
Concert under the Honorary Patronage of the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr Michael Gerdts
Leipziger Streich quartett:
Andreas Seidel - violin
Ivo Bauer - violin
Tilman Buening - viola
Matthias Moosdorf - cello
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet in A major Op. 18 No. 5
Allegro
Menuetto
Andante cantabile
Allegro
String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No. 2
Allegro
Molto adagio
Allegretto
Presto
Intermission
String Quartet in B flat major Op. 130
Adagio ma non troppo. Allegro
Presto
Andante con moto, ma non troppo
Alla danza tedesca. Allegro assai
Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo
Finale. Allegro
Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Concert under the Honorary Patronage of the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr Michael H. Gerdts
Kirsten Blaise – soprano
Trevor Pinnock – conductor
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Joseph Hyadn (1732-1809)
Symphony in E flat major Hob. I/99
Adagio. Vivace assai
Adagio
Menuetto. Allegretto
Finale. Vivace
"Radion nel alma siecle"
Aria of Flaminia from Il mondo della luna (1777)
Libretto by C. Goldoni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
"Bella mia fiamma (...) Resta, oh cara" KV 528 (1787)
Text: D.M. Sarcone (Cerere placata)
Intermission
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony in G minor KV 550
Molto allegro
Andante
Menuetto. Allegretto
Allegro assai
ul. Moniuszki 5
Concert under the Honorary Patronage of the Ambassador of the People`s Republic of China, Mr Yuan Guisen
Concert to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Shanghai Quartet
Michel Lethiec – clarinet
Ragna Schirmer – piano
Shanghai Quartet:
Weigang Li – violin
Yi-Wen Jiang – violin
Honggang Li – viola
Nicholas Tzavaras – cello
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115
Allegro
Adagio
Andantino. Presto non assai, ma con sentimento
Con moto
Intermission
Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34
Allegro non troppo
Andante, un poco Adagio
Scherzo. Allegro
Poco sostenuto. Allegro non troppo
Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Concert under the Honorary Patronage of the Ambassador of the Federal
Republic of Germany, Mr Michael H. Gerdts
Till Fellner – piano
Alexander Liebreich – conductor
Münchener Kammerorchester
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Grosse Fuge in B flat major Op. 133 (arr. by Felix von Weingartner)
Uwetura
Fuga
Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Concerto in B flat major KV 456
Allegro vivace
Andante un poco sostenuto
Intermission
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
String Quartet (arr. by Christoph Poppen)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major D 485
Allegro
Andante con moto
Menuet
Allegro
ul. Moniuszki 5
Concert to celebrate 100 anniversary Olivier Messiaen.
Michael Collins – clarinet
Dimension Trio:
Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne – violin
Thomas Carroll – cello
Richard Hyung-Ki Joo – piano
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Quatuor pour la fin du Temps
Quartet for the End of Time for clarinet, violin, cello and piano
1. Liturgie de cristal / Liturgy of crystal
2. Vocalise pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps / Vocalise for the Angel who announces the end of Time
3. Abîme des oiseaux / Abyss of the birds
4. Intermède / Interlude
5. Louange à l’Eternité de Jésus / Praise to the Eternity of Jesus
6. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes / Dance of fury, for the seven trumpets
7. Fouillis d’arc-en-ciel pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps / A mingling of rainbows for the Angel who announces the end of Time
8. Louange à l’Immortalité de Jésus / Praise to the Immortality of Jesus
Intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Trio in B flat major Op. 11 for piano, cello and clarinet
Allegro con brio
Adagio
Allegretto
Bela Bartók (1881-1945)
Contrasts for clarinet, violin and piano
Verbunkos (Moderato)
Pihenö. Lento
Sebes
Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Concert under the Honorary Patronage of the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr Michael Gerdts
Anke Vondung – mezzo-soprano
Marek Janowski – conductor
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
„Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht“
„Ging heu’morgens über’s Feld“
„Ich hab’ein glühend Messer“
„Die zwei blauen Augen“
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Allegro moderato
Scherzo. Allegro moderato
Adagio. Feierlich langsam
Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell
Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Concert under the Honorary Patronage of the Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia, Mr Ants Frosch, and of the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr Michael Gerdts
Annette Dasch – soprano
Markus Eiche – baritone
Rolf Beck – conductor
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker
Sinfonia Varsovia
Arvo Pärt (*1935)
Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten for string orchestra and bell
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Ein deutsches Requiem Op. 45
for soprano, baritone, choir and orchestra
I. Ziemlich langsam und mit Ausdruck (Selig sind, die da Leid tragen / Blessed are they who mourn)
II. Langsam, marschmäßig (Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras / For all flesh is as grass)
III. Andante moderato (Herr, lehre doch mich / Lord, make me to know mine end)
IV. Mäßig bewegt (Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth! / How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!)
V. Langsam (Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit / And ye now therefore have sorrow)
VI. Andante (Denn wir haben hier keine bleibende Statt / For here have we no continuing city)
VII. Feierlich (Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herren sterben, von nun an / Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth)
Accompanying Events:
Tuesday, 18 March 2008, 7:00 pm
Antonio Salieri (1770-1827)
Symphony in D major “Veneziana”
Allegro assai
Andantino grazioso
Presto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Adagio and Fugue in C minor KV 546
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Rondo in A major for violin and orchestra D 438
Intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 “Serioso”
(arranged for string orchestra by Gustav Mahler)
Allegro con brio
Allegretto ma non troppo
Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso
Allegretto agitato
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony in A major KV 201
Allegro moderato
Andante
Menuet
Allegro con spirito
Taras Yaropud – violin
Bohodar Kotorovych – conductor
Kyiv Soloists
The Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic, ul. Podleśna 2
Tuesday, 4th March, midday (12 pm)
Opening of the Exhibition of Manuscripts Beethoven and his Vienna
Curator: Sylwia Heinrich
Design: Lech Dziewulski
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet in F major Op. 18/1
Allegro con brio
Adagio affetuoso ed appassionato
Allegro molto
Allegro
Royal String Quartet
Izabella Szałaj-Zimak – violin
Elwira Przybyłowska – violin
Marek Czech – viola
Michał Pepol – cello
The exhibition open on:
4–21 March 2008
Monday–Friday: 10:00 am–5:00 pm
Saturday–Sunday: 10:00 am–2:00 pm
21 March, 10:00 am–2:00 pm
Free admission
Jagiellonian Library, al. Mickiewicza 22 (entrance from Oleandry st.)
Tuesday, 4 March, 7:30 pm
Concert accompanying the Exhibition of Manuscripts
Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart (1756-1791)
Flute concerto in G Major KV. 313
Allegro maestoso
Adagio
Rondo. Tempo di Minuetto
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor op. 125
Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
Molto vivace
Adagio molto e cantabile
Presto. Allegro assai
Łukasz Długosz - flute
Iwona Hossa - soprano
Małgorzata Pańko - mezzo-soprano
Rafał Bartmiński - tenor
Wojciech Gierlach - bass
Michał Dworzyński - conductor
Włodzimierz Siedlik – choir master
Jagiellonian University Choir
"Psalmodia" Choir of the Pontificial Academy of Theology in Kraków
Jacek Mentel – choir master
Choir of the Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic, Kraków
Beethoven Academy Orchestra
Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic Concert Hall
Zwierzyniecka st. no.1
Monday, 16 March, midday (11 am)
Holy Mass preceded by a solemn Palm Sunday procession
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom Op. 31(fragments)
Eugeniusz Sawczuk – choir master
The National Academic Choir of Ukraine “Dumka”
St. Catherine`s Church, Augustiańska st.
Monday, 17 March, 7:00 pm
Sergei Rachmaninov
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom Op. 31
Eugeniusz Sawczuk – choir master
The National Academic Choir of Ukraine “Dumka”
St. Catherine`s Church, Augustiańska st.
Saturday, 22 March, 5:00 pm
Concert under the Honorary Patronage of the Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia, Mr Ants Frosch, and of the Ambassador of the Republic of the Lithuania, Mr Egidijus Meilūnas, and of the Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia, Mr Alberts Sarkanis
Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)
Pater Noster for violin and strings
Maestoso assai
Prélude du Pater-Larghetto-Allegro
Giya Kancheli (*1935)
Silent Prayer for violin, cello, chamber orchestra and tape
(dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich and Gidon Kremer)
Intermission
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Die Sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze op. 51
Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross Op. 51
L`Introduzione. Maestoso ed Adagio
Sonate Nr. 1 Largo („Vater, vergibt ihnen, denn sie wissen nicht was sie tun“ / „Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do“)
Sonate Nr. 2 Grave e Cantabile (“Wahrlich, ich sage dir, heute wirst d mit mir im Paradise sein” / “Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise”)
Sonate Nr 3 Grave (“Weib, siehe hier, Dein Sohn, und Du, siehe hier, Deine Mutter” / „Woman, behold thy son!”)
Sonate Nr 4 Largo (“Mein Gott, mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen?” / “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”)
Sonate Nr 5 Adagio (“Mich durstet!” / “Jesus saith: I thirst”)
Sonate Nr 6 Lento (“Es ist vollbracht” / “It is finished”)
Sonate Nr 7 Largo (“Vater, in deine Hände empfehle ich meinen Geist” / “Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit”)
Presto e con tutta la forza. Il terremoto
Giedre Dirvanauskaite – cello
Gidon Kremer – artistic director, violin
Kremerata Baltica
Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic, Concert Hall, Zwierzyniecka st. no.1
Tuesday, 11 March, 7:00 pm |
Soul of the East: West Meets East concert, in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Festival
Naseer Shamma (*1963)
He fills my spirit to the brim
Amid the Palm trees
A state of passion
Hilal al Saba
The time of Nahawand
Intermission
The precepts of Houria
Illumination
The discourse of the soul
She blamed
Naseer Shamma – oud
Oyoun Group:
Said Kamal – violin
ElGhandour Hussein – violin
Mahmoud Mohamed Mostafa Bedir - cello
Saber Abdelsattar – kanoon / zither
Juan AlAli – saz / mandolin
Hani ElBadri – nay / flute
Ahmed Amin – double-bass
Amro Mostafa – percussion
Polish Baltic Frederic Chopin Philharmonic, ul. Ołowianka 1
Thursday, 13 March, 7:00 pm
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
String Quartet No. 2 in F major Op. 92
Allegro sostenuto
Adagio
Allegro
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Langsamer Satz for string quartet
Intermission
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
String Quartet in D minor “Death and the Maiden” D 810
Allegro
Andante con moto
Scherzo. Allegro molto
Presto
Petersen Quartett:
Ulrike Petersen, Conrad Muck, Ula Uljona, Henry-David Varema
Polish Baltic Frederic Chopin Philharmonic, ul. Ołowianka 1
Friday, 14 March 2008, 7:00 pm
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Oberon Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61
Allegro ma non troppo
Larghetto
Rondo. Allegro
Intermission
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
L’Ascension
1. The majesty of Christ demanding its glory of the Father”
2. "Serene alleluias of a soul that longs for heaven"
3.“Alleluia on the trumpet, alleluia on the cymbal"
4. "Prayer of Christ ascending towards his Father"
Robert Kabara – violin
Michał Nesterowicz – conductor
Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra
Polish Baltic Frederic Chopin Philharmonic, ul. Ołowianka 1
Saturday, 15 March, 7:00 pm
Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)
Symphony in D major “Veneziana”
Allegro assai
Andantino grazioso
Presto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Adagio and Fugue in C minor KV 546
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Rondo in A major for violin and orchestra D 438
Intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 “Serioso”
(arranged for string orchestra by Gustav Mahler)
Allegro con brio
Allegretto ma non troppo
Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso
Allegretto agitato
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony in A major KV 201
Allegro moderato
Andante
Menuet
Allegro con spirito
Taras Yaropud – violin
Bohodar Kotorovych – conductor
Kyiv Soloists
Polish Baltic Frederic Chopin Philharmonic, ul. Ołowianka 1
Sunday, 16 March 2008, 7:00 pm
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Piano Trio in G major
Andante
Poco adagio cantabile
Presto. Rondo all`Ongarese
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Trio in D major Op. 70 No. 1 “Ghost”
Allegro vivace con brio
Largo assai ed espressivo
Presto
Intermission
Franz Schubert (1797-1827)
Piano Trio in E flat major Op. 100 D 929
Allegro
Andante con moto
Scherzo. Allegro moderato
Allegro moderato
Henri Sigfridsson – piano
Patricia Kopatchinskaja – violin
Sol Gabetta – cello
Polish Baltic Frederic Chopin Philharmonic, ul. Ołowianka 1
Tuesday, 18 March 2008, 7:00 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Grosse Fuge in B flat major Op. 133
(arr. by Felix von Weingartner)
Overture
Fuga
Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1754-1791)
Piano Concerto in B flat major KV 456
Allegro vivace
Andante un poco sostenuto
Allegro vivace
Intermission
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
String Quartet (arr. by Christoph Poppen)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major D 485
Allegro
Andante con moto
Menuet
Allegro
Till Fellner – fortepian
Alexander Liebreich – dyrygent
Münchener Kammerorchester
Polish Baltic Frederic Chopin Philharmonic, ul. Ołowianka 1
Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 7:00 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String quartet in G Major op. 18 No 2
Allegro
Adagio contabile
Scherzo
Allegro molto guasi presto
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
String quartet in F Minor op.80
Allegro assai
Adagio
Allegro molto
intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String quartet In B flat Major op. 130
Adagio ma non troppo. Allegro
Presto
Andante con moto, ma non troppo
Alla danza tadesca. Allegro assai
Cavatina. Adagio molto aspressivo
Finale. Allegro
Leipziger Streichquartett:
Andreas Seidel, Ivo Bauer, Tilman Buening, Matthias Moosdorf
Polish Baltic Frederic Chopin Philharmonic, ul. Ołowianka 1
Wednesday, 5 March, 7:30 pm
The Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall, ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Concert under the Honorary Patronage of the Ambassador of the Korea, Mr Si-Hyung Lee
Special concert Master and Apprentice
Krzysztof Penderecki (*1933)
Violin Concerto No. 2 “Metamorphosen”
Intermission
Jeajoon Ryu
Symphonic Requiem (premiere)
Cherish the memory of the late Juyung Chung and the past generation of Korea
Part 1 Requiem
Part 2 Dies irae
Dies irae
Tuba mirum
Liber Scriptus
Rex tremendae
Lacrimosa, dies illa
Part 3 Offertorio
Domine Jesu Christe
Hostias
Part 4 Sanctus
Sanctus
Benedictus
In-Hye Kim – soprano
So-Ock Kim – violin
Łukasz Borowicz – conductor
Marek Kluza – choir master
The Polish Radio Choir in Kraków
Anna Szostak – choir master
Camerata Silesia
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Monday, 17 March, 3:00-5:00 pm
Wednesday, 19 March, 12:00-2:00 pm and 3:00-5:00 pm
Thursday, 20 March, 12:00-2:00 pm
Master Classes with Professor Christa Ludwig
Opera, Lied and Oratorio
Ella Susmanek – piano
Free admission
J. Elsner Concert Hall, DS Dziekanka, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 58/60
Monday - Tuesday, 17-18 March, 9:00 am-2:30 pm
International Symposium Beethowen and His Vienna
Chairperson: Professor Mieczysław Tomaszewski
Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne S.A. Oddział w Warszawie, ul. Fredry 8
The programme of symposium:
MONDAY, 17 MARCH
9 am–10:30 am
Mieczysław Tomaszewski (Krakow Academy of Music)
Introducing: Vienna, Beethoven et al.
Hermann Jung (Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim)
Natur – Landleben – Idyll. Zu Beethovens programmatisch-charakteristischen Kompositionen der Wiener Zeit
Joanna Biermann (University of Alabama)
1792. The Young Virtuoso and Composer Arrives in Vienna
10:45 am–12:45 pm
Birgit Lodes (Universität Wien)
On Beethoven’s Polonaise op. 89 and Its Relationship to the Congress of Vienna 1814
Helmut Loos (Universität Leipzig)
Beethoven – das Berliner Misverstehenis
Michael Heinemann (Hochschule für Musik Dresden)
Beethoven und Rossini - Ein Versuch über Unmittelbarkeit in der Musik
Leszek Polony (Krakow Academy of Music)
The Experience of Place and Time in Schubert’s Symphony on C major “Great”
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Zofia Helman and Zbigniew Skowron (Warsaw University)
Chopin’s Vienna Years
Maciej Negrey (Krakow Academy of Music)
Dobrzyński and Lachner – Two Laureates of the Composing Competition in Vienna, 1834
Małgorzata Janicka-Słysz (Krakow Academy of Music)
Szymanowski and Vienna
TUESDAY, 18 MARCH
9:00 am – 10:30 am
Stefan Keym (Universität Leipzig)
Wien - Paris - Wien. Stilmerkmale Beethovens im Licht einer "histoire croisée"
Robert Hatten (Indiana University)
The influence of Mozart on Beethoven’s First Viennese Style
Ewa Siemdaj (Akademia Muzyczna w Krakowie)
The Resonance of Mozart’s String Quartets in Beethoven
10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Marcin Trzęsiok (Katowice Academy of Music)
Beethoven. Schönberg. Adorno
Andrzej Chłopecki (Katowice Academy of Music)
Alban Berg’s Vienna
Maciej Gołąb (Wrocław University)
Koffler’s Vienna
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Alicja Jarzębska (Jagiellonian University)
Vienna and the Musikwissenschaft idea
Regina Chłopicka (Krakow Academy of Music)
The Resonance of the Second Viennese School in the Work of Penderecki
Dyskusja końcowa
Thursday, 13 March 2008, 7:00 pm
Soul of the East: West Meets East concert, in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Festival
Naseer Shamma (*1963)
He fills my spirit to the brim
Amid the Palm trees
A state of passion
Hilal alSaba
The time of Nahawand
Intermission
The precepts of Houria
Illumination
The discourse of the soul
She blamed
Naseer Shamma – oud / lute
Oyoun Group:
Said Kamal – violin
ElGhandour Hussein – violin
Mahmoud Mohamed Mostafa Bedir - cello
Saber Abdelsattar – kanoon / zither
Juan AlAli – saz / mandolin
Hani ElBadri – nay / flute
Ahmed Amin – double-bass
Amro Mostafa – percussion
Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Hall, ul. Narutowicza 20/22
Saturday, 15 March, 3:00 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony in G major KV 318
Allegro spiritoso
Andante
Primo tempo
Kalevi Aho (*1949)
Flute Concerto
Misterioso, adagio
Presto, leggiero
Epilogue
Intermission
Jean Sibelius (1750-1825)
Symphony No. 5 Op. 82
Tempo molto moderato
Andante
Allegro
Sharon Bezaly – flute
Osmo Vänskä – conductor
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Hall, ul. Narutowicza 20/22
Wednesday, 17 March, 7:00 pm
Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)
Symphony in D major “Veneziana”
Allegro assai
Andantino grazioso
Presto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1750-1791)
Adagio and Fugue in C minor KV 546
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Rondo in A major for violin and orchestra D 438
Intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 “Serioso”
(arranged for string orchestra by Gustav Mahler)
Allegro con brio
Allegretto ma non troppo
Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso
Allegretto agitato
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony in A major KV 201
Allegro moderato
Andante
Menuet
Allegro con spirito
Taras Yaropud – violin
Bohodar Kotorovych – conductor
Kyiv Soloists
Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Hall, ul. Narutowicza 20/22
Wednesday, 19 March, 7:00 pm
Concert to mark the 100th birthday of Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen
Quatuor pour la fin du Temps
Quartet for the End of Time for clarinet, violin, cello and piano
1. Liturgie de cristal / Liturgy of crystal
2. Vocalise pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps / Vocalise for the Angel who announces the end of Time
3. Abîme des oiseaux / Abyss of the birds
4. Intermède / Interlude
5. Louange à l’Eternité de Jésus / Praise to the Eternity of Jesus
6. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes / Dance of fury, for the seven trumpets
7. Fouillis d’arc-en-ciel pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps / A mingling of rainbows for the Angel who announces the end of Time
8. Louange à l’Immortalité de Jésus / Praise to the Immortality of Jesus
Intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Trio in B flat major Op. 11 for piano, cello and clarinet
Allegro con brio
Adagio
Allegretto
Bela Bartók (1881-1945)
Contrasts for clarinet, violin and piano
Verbunkos (Moderato)
Pihenö. Lento
Sebes
Michael Collins – clarinet
Dimension Trio:
Rafał Zambrzycki-Payne – violin
Thomas Carroll – cello
Richard Hyung-Ki Joo – piano
Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Hall, ul. Narutowicza 20/22
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