15th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival – PROGRAM
Saturday, 9 April 2011, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Artists:
Michaela Kaune – soprano
Ekaterina Semenchuk – mezzo-soprano Antoni Wit – conductor
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Pieces:
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
Sunday, 10 April 2011, 7:00 pm Royal Castle – Grand Hall
Plac Zamkowy 4 Artists:
Danilo Rossi – viola Fine Arts Quartet Ralph Evans – violin Efim Boico – violin Nicolò Eugelmi – viola Robert Cohen – cello Pieces:
Anton Bruckner
Intermezzo in D minor
Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart
Quintet for Strings in D major, K. 593 Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quintet in C major, Op. 29
Monday, 11 April 2011, 5:00 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
“Beethoven’s Complete Piano Concerto” I Artists:
Rudolf Buchbinder – piano Sinfonietta Cracovia Pieces:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19 Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Monday, 11 April 2011, 8:00 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
“Beethoven’s Complete Piano Concerto” II Artists:
Rudolf Buchbinder – piano Sinfonietta Cracovia Robert Kabara - leader Pieces:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73
Tuesday, 12 April 2011, 5:00 pm Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall ul. Moniuszki 5
Artists:
Serena Benedetti – soprano J.J. Penna – piano Pieces: Richard Strauss Mädchenblumen Op. 22 1. Kornblumen 2. Mohnblumen 3. Epheu 4. Wasserrose
Brentano Lieder Op. 68
1. An die Nacht
2. Ich wollt ein Sträußlein binden 3. Säusle, liebe Myrthe!
4. Als mir dein Lied erklang 5. Amor
Einerlei Op. 69 No. 3 Wiegenlied Op. 41 No. 1
Muttertändelei Op. 43 No. 2 Meinem Kinde Op. 37 No. 3 Schlechtes Wetter Op. 69 No. 5 Morgen Op. 27 No. 4
Schlagende Herzen Op. 29 No. 2 Die Nacht Op. 10 No. 3
Ständchen Op. 17 No. 2
Tuesday, 12 April 2011, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Artists:
Annely Peebo – mezzo-soprano Ola Rudner – conductor
Württembergische Philharmonie Pieces:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a
Alma Mahler
Lieder
1. Die stille Stadt 2. Laue Sommernacht 3. Licht in der Nacht 4. Waldseligkeit
5. In meines Vaters Garten 6. Bei dir ist es traut 7. Erntelied
Gustav Mahler
Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Gustav Mahler
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Songs of a Wayfarer
Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht / When My Sweetheart is Married Ging heut Morgen übers Feld / I Went This Morning over the Field Ich hab'ein glühend Messer / I Have a Gleaming Knife
Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz /The Two Blue Eyes of my Beloved
Wednesday, 13 April 2011, 5:00 pm Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall ul. Moniuszki 5
Artists:
Massimo Mercelli – flute Bruno Canino – piano
Pieces:
Ludwig van Beethoven
6 National Airs with Variations for Piano and Flute, Op.105 10 National Airs with Variations for Piano and Flute , Op. 107
Wednesday, 13 April 2011, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Concert in cooperation with the Yale School of Music Voice and Opera Department, artistic director Doris Yarick-Cross
Artists:
Nelly Miricioiu (Maria Padilla) – soprano Eric Barry (Don Luigi) – tenor
Eric Downs (Don Alfonso) – bass Jorge Prego (Don Ruiz) – tenor
Helena Zubanovich (Ines Padilla) – mezzo-soprano David Pershall (Don Pedro) – baritone
Andrew Craig Brown (Ramiro) – bass
Jennifer Feinstein (Francisca) – mezzo-soprano Łukasz Borowicz – conductor
Artur Sędzielarz - choir master Polish Radio Choir
prof. Violetta Bielecka - choir master Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Pieces:
Gaetano Donizetti
Maria Padilla
Opera in 3 acts (concert performance)
Thursday, 14 April 2011, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Artists:
Viviane Hagner – violin Danjulo Ishizaka – cello John Axelrod – conductor Dresdner Philharmonie Pieces:
Ferenc Liszt
Symphonic Poems “Hamlet” Johannes Brahms
Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102 Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No.9 in E minor “From the New World”, Op. 95
Friday, 15 April 2011, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Artists:
Krzysztof Jabłoński – piano Okko Kamu – conductor Lahti Symphony Orchestra Pieces:
Jean Sibelius Cassazione, Op. 6 Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82
Saturday, 16 April 2011, 5:00 pm Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall ul. Moniuszki 5
Artists:
Muza Rubackyte – piano Pieces:
Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 784 Franz Schubert / Ferenc Liszt (arr.) Songs:
Die junge Nonne Gretchen am Spinnrade Du bist die Ruh
Erlkönig
Franz Schubert / Ferenc Liszt (arr.) Songs: Ave Maria Der Doppelgänger Der Leiermann Die Stadt Ferenc Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor
Saturday, 16 April 2011, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Artists:
Camilla Tilling – soprano Giancarlo Guerrero – conductor
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice Pieces:
Richard Strauss
Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils
Richard Strauss
Das Rosenband Op. 36 No. 1 Befreit Op. 39 No. 4
Meinem Kinde Op. 37 No. 3 Muttertändelei Op. 43 No. 2 Cäcilie Op. 27 No. 2
Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Sunday, 17 April 2011, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Artists:
Brigitte Fournier – soprano Tove Dahlberg – mezzo-soprano Benjamin Bruns – tenor
Simon Kirkbride – bass Jerzy Semkow – conductor Warsaw Philharmonic Choir Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Pieces:
Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart
Great Mass in C minor, K. 427
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Monday, 18 April 2011, 5:00 pm Royal Castle – Grand Hall
Plac Zamkowy 4
Recital in the series “Beethoven’s Complete Piano Sonatas” Artists:
Rudolf Buchbinder – piano Pieces:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 2 Sonata in E major, Op. 14 No. 1 Sonata in D major, Op. 28 “Pastorale” Sonata in E minor, Op. 90
Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”
Monday, 18 April 2011, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Artists:
Eric Stoklossa – tenor Panajotis Iconomou – bass Günter Papendell – bass Tomas Selc – bass Rolf Beck – conductor
Schleswig-Holstein Festival Choir Elbipolis Barockorchester Hamburg Pieces:
Johann Sebastian Bach
St. John Passion, BWV 245
Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 5:00 pm Royal Castle – Grand Hall
Plac Zamkowy 4
Recital in the series “Beethoven’s Complete Piano Sonatas” Artists:
Pieces:
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in E major, Op. 109 Sonata in A flat major, Op. 110 Sonata C minor, Op. 111
Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Artists:
Agata Zubel – soprano Katie Bray – mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Mulroy (Evangelist) – tenor Håkan Vramsmo (Jesus) – baritone William Berger (Pilat) – bass Andrzej Kosendiak – conductor Wrocław Philharmonic Boys' Choir Wrocław Philharmonic Choir Wrocław Baroque Orchestra Pieces:
Johann Sebastian Bach
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Wednesday, 20 April 2011, 7:30 pm
Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, Moniuszko Hall Plac Teatralny 1
Artists:
Petra Lang – mezzo-soprano Marek Janowski – conductor Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin Pieces: Richard Wagner Wesendonck-Lieder 1. Der Engel 2. Stehe still! 3. Im Treibhaus 4. Schmerzen 5. Träume Richard Wagner
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major “Eroica”, Op. 55
Thursday, 21 April 2011, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Artists:
Christiane Oelze – soprano Rafał Bartmiński – tenor Hubert Soudant – conductor Krakow Philharmonic Choir
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice Pieces:
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Songs from Youth’s Magic Horn 1. Rheinlegendchen
2. Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht 3. Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen 4. Das irdische Leben
5. Urlicht
6. Der Schildwache Nachtlied 7. Lob des hohen Verstandes Przerwa / Intermission Ferenc Liszt (1811-1886) Faust Symphony, S. 108
Friday, 22 April 2011, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Artists:
Iwona Hossa – soprano Thomas Bauer – baritone Tomasz Konieczny – bass Krzysztof Gosztyła – narrator Krzysztof Penderecki – conductor Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
Choir of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic in Białystok National Academic Choir of Ukraine “Dumka”
Warsaw Boys Choir Sinfonia Varsovia Pieces:
Krzysztof Penderecki
St. Luke Passion
Accompanying Events – Kraków:
Tuesday-Friday, 5–22 April 2011
Jagiellonian Library, Aleja Mickiewicza 22
“Beethoven and Eternal Femininity” – the Exhibition of Musical Manuscripts Curator: Michał Lewicki
Design: Lech Dziewulski Exhibition Opening Hours: Daily: 10:00 am – 5.00 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 am – 2.00 pm Good Friday (22nd April) 10:00 am – 2.00 pm Admission free
Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 7:00 pm
Filharmonia Krakowska, ul. Zwierzyniecka 1 Gustav Mahler
Blumine
Ludwig van Beethoven
Triple Concerto in C major, Op. 56 Intermission
Johanes Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 Agata Szymczewska – violin
Rafał Kwiatkowski – cello Hinrich Alpers – piano
Christoph Altstaedt – conductor Orkiestra Akademii Beethovenowskiej
Accompanying Events – Warszawa:
Friday– Saturday, 8–9 April
The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, ul. Okólnik 2 Master Classes
Danilo Rossi – viola
Friday–Sunday, 8–10 April
The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, ul. Okólnik 2 Master Classes
Fine Arts Quartet
Monday–Tuesday, 11–12 April
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Plac Małachowskiego 3
15th International Symposium Beethoven and Eternal Femininity Chairperson: prof. dr hab. Mieczysław Tomaszewski