Program of the Enescu Festival 2005
George Murnu
Spring Festival 2005, here is the program of the Enescu Festival which will
be held in Bucharest in September 2005. Note that at a previous edition we
had as guests Henry Fogel and the Chicago Symphony.
Sunday 4 September 2005
19.30 Big Hall of the Royal Palace
THE GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conductors: HORIA ANDREESCU
Soloists: DMITRI SITKOVETSKY, ALEXANDER RUDIN, BRIGITTE ENGERER
Program: Enescu - Romanian Rhapsody No.1 in la major, Op.11
Beethoven - Triple concerto in C major for piano, violin, cello and
orchestra, Op.56
Enescu - Symphony No.1 in mi flat major, Op.9
Monday 5 September 2005
17.00 Romanian Atheneum Hall
KAMMERORCHESTER BASEL
Conductor and vocal soloist: BOBBY McFERRIN
Program:
Mozart - Symphony no.29, KV201 in A major
Mendelssohn - Symphony No.4 in do minor "Italiana"
Vivaldi - Concerto for cello (arrangement for cello and voice) - -
"Improvisation Sets"
18.00 National Opera Hall
"OEDIPE" by George Enescu
Choir and orchestra of the Bucharest National Opera
Management: PETRIKA IONESCO
Scenography: CHRISTOPHE VALLEAUX
Conductor: MICHAEL BODER
Choir Conductor: STELIAN OLARIU
Soloists: Oedipe: ESA RUUTUNNEN
Iocasta: AURA TWAROWSKA
The Sphinx: ECATERINA TUTU
Créon: IORDACHE BASALIC
Phorbas: POMPEI HARASTEANU
Tirésias: HORIA SANDU
Thésée: FLORIN DIACONESCU
The Guard: MIHNEA LAMATIC
The Pastor: MARIAN SOMESAN
Antigona: NEAGU SIMONA
Merope: ADRIANA ALEXANDRU
The Great Priest: STEFAN SCHULLER
Tuesday 6 September 2005
17.00 Romanian Atheneum Hall
"EMERSON" QUARTET
Program: Corneliu D. Georgescu - String Quartet No.8
Shostakovich - String Quartet no.4 in re major, Op. 83.144
Mendelssohn - String Quartet nr.6 in fa minor, Op. 80
Bartok - String Quartet No. 2 in do minor
19.30 Big Hall of the Royal Palace
KIROV SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor: VALERY GERGIEV
Soloist: to be announced
Program: Enescu - Suite No.1 in do major, Op.9
Rest of the program to be announced
19.00 National Theatre Hall- Bucharest
EIFMAN BALLET THEATRE OF ST.PETERSBURG
Program: Giselle Rouge
Art Director and Choreographer: Boris Eifman
Main Soloists: Maria Abashova, Vera Arbuzova, Elena Kuzmina, Natalia
Povorozniuk, Julia Trandasir, Albert Galichanin, Yuri Ananyan, Alexei Turko,
Yuri Smekalov, Igor Markov;
Soloists: Alina Solonskaya, Alexander Melkaev, Alexander Ratchinsky, Sergei
Zimin, Constantine Matulevsky, Oleg Markov.
Wednesday 7 September 2005
17.00 Romanian Atheneum Hall
Recital GERHARD OPPITZ - piano
Program: Beethoven - "Diabelli-Variationen", Op.120
Enescu - Sonata No.1, Op.24
Brahms - "Klavierstücke" No.1-4, Op.119
19.30 Big Hall of the Royal Palace
KIROV SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor: VALERY GERGIEV
Soloist: to be announced
Program: to be announced
19.00 National Theatre Hall - Bucharest
EIFMAN BALLET THEATRE OF ST.PETERSBURG
Program: Giselle Rouge
Art Director and Choreographer: Boris Eifman
Main Soloists: Maria Abashova, Vera Arbuzova, Elena Kuzmina, Natalia
Povorozniuk, Julia Trandasir, Albert Galichanin, Yuri Ananyan, Alexei Turko,
Yuri Smekalov, Igor Markov;
Soloists: Alina Solonskaya, Alexander Melkaev, Alexander Ratchinsky, Sergei
Zimin, Constantine Matulevsky, Oleg Markov.
Thursday 8 September 2005
17.00 Romanian Atheneum Hall
Recital ANTONIO MENESES - cello
GERARD WYSS - piano
Program: G.Enescu - Sonata for cello and piano, Op.26 No.2
rest of the program to be announced
19.30 Big Hall of the Royal Palace
"TRANSYLVANIA" PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA - Cluj
Conductor: ELIAHU INBAL
Soloist: UTO UGHI
Program: Enescu - Romanian Caprice for violin and orchestra (manuscript
finished by Cornel Taranu)
Friday 9 September 2005
17.00 Romanian Atheneum Hall
"STRADIVARI" QUARTET
Guest: VALENTIN GHEORGHIU
Program:
W. A. Mozart - String Quartet in G major, K387 "The Hunt"
Antonín Dvorák - Quartet in F major, Op.96 "The American"
R.Schumann - Quintet for Piano, 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello in E flat
major, Op. 44
18.00 National Opera Hall
"OEDIPE" by George Enescu
Choir and orchestra of the Bucharest National Opera
Management: PETRIKA IONESCO
Scenography: CHRISTOPHE VALLEAUX
Conductor: MICHAEL BODER
Choir Conductor: STELIAN OLARIU
Soloists: Please see Monday 5th September
22.00 Romanian Atheneum Hall
The Midnight Concerts
"KING'S CONSORT"
Program:
Bach - Complete Suites for Orchestra
Suite no. 1 in do major BWV 1066
Suite no. 2 in si minor BWV 1067
Suite no. 3 in re major BWV 1068
Suite no. 4 in re major BWV 1069
Saturday 10 September 2005
11.00 Radio Hall
"Contemporary Romanian Music"
THE "PHILHARMONIA" CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conductor: NICOLAE ILIESCU
Program: Nicola Brandus - "Antifonia"
Fred Popovici - "Concerto per archi"
Ulpiu Vlad - "Dreams II"
Liviu Danceanu - Cuasiricerare, Op. 14
Solist: EUGEN TICHINDELEANU - Winner of the George Enescu International
Contest
Aurel Stroe - "Canto 2"
Adrian Iorgulescu - Divertissement for Orchestra
17.00 Romanian Atheneum Hall
Recital JOSE VAN DAM - bariton
MACIEJ PIKULSKI - piano
Program: Schumann - "Dichterliebe"
Debussy - Fêtes galantes 2 (Les Ingénus, Le Faune, Colloque sentimental), La
Mer est plus belle, Le Son du cor s'afflige dans les bois, L'Echelonnement
des haies);
Duparc - Invitation au voyage, Le Manoir de Rosemonde, Extase, Chanson
triste;
Enescu - Estrene à Anne, Présent de couleur blanche;
Ravel - Don Quichotte à Dulcinée (trois mélodies)
19.30 Big Hall of the Royal Palace
The ROMANIAN NATIONAL RADIO ORCHESTRA
Conductor: ADAM FISCHER
Soloist: NIGEL KENNEDY
Program: To be announced
22.00 Romanian Atheneum Hall
The Midnight Concerts
"KING'S CONSORT"
Program: Bach - The Six Brandenburg Concertos:
Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F Major, BWV 1046
Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F Major, BWV 1047
Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G Major, BWV 1048
Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G Major, BWV 1049
Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D Major, BWV 1050
Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat Major, BWV 1051
Sunday 11 September 2005
11.00 Radio Hal
"Contemporary Romanian Music"
Program: Lieder by Mihail Jora, Dan Voiculescu and Valentin Petculescu
Soloists: BIANCA and REMUS MANOLEANU
Aurel Stroe - "Humoreska"
Maia Ciobanu - "Silence with Variations"
Livia Teodorescu - "The Missing Time"
Calin Ioachimescu - "New York"
Octavian Nemescu - "Finalis Septima"
Performed by: "ARHEUS" Ensemble - Conductor: LIVIU DANCEANU
George Balint - "12 Strokes for Ensemble"
Sorin Lerescu - "Eikona"
Performed by: "TRAIECT" Ensemble - Conductor: SORIN LERESCU
Ana Maria Avram -"Lux Animae"
Iancu Dumitrescu -"Derives chaotiques"
Performed by: "HYPERION" Ensemble -
Conductor: IANCU DUMITRESCU
16.00 Romanian Atheneum Hall
The GEORGE ENESCU International Contest Final Gala
"MOLDOVA" PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA - Iasi
Conductor: ALEXANDRU LESCAE
19.30 Big Hall of the Royal Palace
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
The ACADEMIC RADIO CHOIR
Conductor: ZUBIN MEHTA
Choir Conductor: DAN MIHAI GOIA
Program: Enescu - "Vox Maris" Symphonic Poem, Op. 31
Soloist: MARIUS BRENCIU - Winner of the GEORGE ENESCU International Contest
Beethoven - The 9th Symphony
Soloists: ROXANA BRIBAN, MARIUS BRENCIU, AURA TWAROWSKA, SORIN COLIBAN
Monday 12 September 2005
17.00 Romanian Atheneum Hall
SAINT MARTIN IN THE FIELDS
Conductor and Soloist: MURAY PERAHIA
Program: Bach - Concerto for piano and orchestra in D minor BWV 974
Mozart - Concerto for piano and orchestra No.23 in A major KV488
Mozart - Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543
19:00 National Theatre Hall - Bucharest
NIGEL KENNEDY and the "KROKE" Jazz Project
19.30 Big Hall of the Royal Palace
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conductor: ZUBIN MEHTA
Program: Bruckner - Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Tuesday 13 September 2005
17.00 Romanian Atheneum Hall
Recital AUGUSTIN DUMAY - violin
GIANLUCA CASCIOLI - piano
Program: Janacek - Sonata
Mozart - Sonata - to be announced
Enescu - Sonata No. 3 Op. 25 (Dans le caractère populaire roumain)"
Beethoven - Sonata No.7 in A minor, Op.30
19.30 Big Hall of the Royal Palace
STAATSKAPELLE DRESDEN
Conductor: MYUNG-WHUN CHUNG
Program: Beethoven - Symphony No.6, Op.68 "Pastoral"
Brahms - Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.68
Wednesday 14 September 2005
17.00 Romanian Atheneum Hall
WIENER PHILHARMONIKER QUARTET
Program: Haydn - String Quartet in re major Hob. III:34
Enescu - String Quartet no. 2 in G-major, Op. 22 No.2 Schubert - String
Quartet in D minor D 810 "Death and the Maiden"
19.30 Big Hall of the Royal Palace
STAATSKAPELLE DRESDEN
Conductor: MYUNG-WHUN CHUNG
Program: Enescu - Intermezzo, Op. 12
Haydn - Symphony No. 44, Op.68 "Trauersymphonie"
Bruckner - Symphony No. 4 "Romantica"
Thursday 15 September 2005
17.00 Romanian Atheneum Hall
"SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE"
Program: Enescu - Quartet for piano and strings No 2, Op.30
Martin Butler - "Sequenza Notturna" for Piano Quartet
Fauré - Quartet for piano and strings No.2 in do minor, Op. 115
19.30 Big Hall of the Royal Palace
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conductor: VLADIMIR JUROWSKI
Soloist: BENEDETTO LUPO - piano
Program: Messiaen - "L'Ascension"
Ravel - Concerto in G
Prokofiev - Symphony No. 4 in C major, Op. 47
Friday 16 September 2005
17.00 Romanian Atheneum Hall
"VOCES" QUARTET and their Guests
AURELIAN OCTAV POPA - clarinet
MARIN CAZACU - cello
Program: Brahms - Quintet for clarinet and string quartet in B minor, Op.115
Schubert - Quintet for strings and two cellos in C major D 956
Rest of the program to be announced
19.30 Big Hall of the Royal Palace
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
THE CHOIR OF THE ROMANIAN RADIO SOCIETY
Conductor: CRISTIAN MANDEAL
Choir Conductor: ION IOSIF PRUNER
Soloist: VALENTIN GHEORGHIU
Program: Enescu - Suite for Orchestra no 2 in C major, Op. 20
Beethoven - Fantasy for Piano, Orchestra and Choir, Op.80
Wagner - Prelude; Death of Isolde
Scriabin - "Poem of Ecstasy"
Saturday 17 September 2005
11.00 Radio Hall
"Contemporary Romanian Music"
Program: Mihail Jora - "Ma Mieram"
Paul Constantinescu - "Minune prea mare"
Alexandru Pascanu - "Chindia"
Dan Buciu - "Rondeau" (lyrics by C. D'Orleans)
Felicia Donceanu - "Among the Birds" (lyrics by Mihai Eminescu)
Vasile Spatarelu - "Catre" (lyrics by Nichita Stanescu)
Diana Voda - "The Little Crocodile" (after Lewis Carroll's Alice in
Wonderland)
Interpreters: The PRELUDE Choir
Conductor: VOICU ENACHESCU
Tudor Jarda - "Pan" (lyrics by Lucian Blaga)
Cris Al Petrescu - Tramonto - Mattina (lyrics by G.Ungaretti)
Dan Dediu - "Labirint Armonic si Fuga (lyrics by W. Goethe)
Constantin Râpa - "Pax" (lyrics by Ovidius)
Interpreters: The ANTIFONIA Choir
Conductor: CONSTANTIN RAPA
Viorel Munteanu - "De rerum natura" (lyrics by Lucian Blaga)
Cornel Taranu - "Horea" (lyrics by Nichita Stanescu)
Irina Odagescu -"Cântarea patimilor noastre" (lyrics by O. Goga)
Interpreters: The ACADEMIC Radio Choir
Conductor: DAN MIHAI GOIA
17.00 Romanian Atheneum Hall
The ENESCU Quartet - Paris
Guest: GABRIEL TACCHINO - piano
Program: Myriam Marbe -Quartet No.1
Anatol Vieru - Quartet No.5
Philippe Hersant - Quartet No.2
Louis Vierne - Quintet for Piano and Strings, Op. 42
19.30 Big Hall of the Royal Palace
STUTTGART RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor: Sir ROGER NORRINGTON
Soloist: HELENE GRIMAUD
Program: Brahms - Concerto No.1 for piano and orchestra, Op.15
Mahler - Symphony No.4
Soloist: EVA JANKOVA
22.00 Romanian Atheneum Hall
The Midnight Concerts
LAUSANNE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conductor and Soloist: CHRISTIAN ZACCHARIAS
Program: Beethoven's Concertos for piano and orchestra
- Concerto No.1 in C major, Op.15
- Concerto No.5 in E-Flat Major, Op.73
Sunday 18 September 2005
11.00 Radio Hall
"Contemporary Romanian Music"
"BANATUL" PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA - Timisoara
Conductor: REMUS GEORGESCU
Program: Stefan Niculescu - "Deisis"
Paul Constantinescu - Triple Concerto for piano, violin, cello and orchestra
Soloists: VINICIU MOROIANU, FLORIN CROITORU, LAURA BURUIANA
Theodor Grigoriu - Concerto for oboe and orchestra (first release)
Soloist: ADRIAN PETRESCU
Violeta Dinescu - "Akrostichon"
Tiberiu Olah - Symphony No.4 "Giocosa"
17.00 Romanian Atheneum Hall
The ROMANIAN RADIO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conductor and Soloist: SHLOMO MINTZ
Program: Doina Rotaru - Concerto pentru flute and ochestra
Soloist: IONUT STEFANESCU
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64
Mendelssohn - Symphony (to be announced)
19.30 Big Hall of the Royal Palace
The GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conductor: Sir NEVILLE MARRINER
Soloist: DAN GRIGORE
Program: Glinka - Overture to "Ruslan and Lyudmila"
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Enescu - Romanian Rhapsody No.2 in D major, Op.11
Respighi - "Pini di Roma"
22.00 Romanian Atheneum Hall
The Midnight Concerts
LAUSANNE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conductor and Soloist: CHRISTIAN ZACCHARIAS
Program: Beethoven's Concertos for piano and orchestra
- Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op.19
- Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op.37
- Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op.58
Monday 19 September 2005
17.00 Romanian Atheneum Hall
BARBARA HENDRICKS and The MAGNUS QUARTET JAZZ PROJECT
Program: Works by Cole Porter, Duke Ellington and George Gershwin
19.30 Big Hall of the Royal Palace
ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE
Conductor: KURT MASUR
Soloist: ELISABETHA LEONSKAYA
Program: Brahms - Concerto No.2 for Piano and Orchestra in B-flat Major,
Op.83
Franck - Symphony in D minor M 48
Tuesday 20 September 2005
17.00 Romanian Atheneum Hall
Recital MARJANA LIPOVSEK
Piano: ANTHONY SPIRI
Program: Works by Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Richard Wagner and George
Enescu
19.30 Big Hall of the Royal Palace
ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE
Conductor: KURT MASUR
Program: Enescu : Ouverture "Sur des thèmes dans le caractère populaire
roumain" in La major, Op.32
Debussy - La Mer
Debussy - Prelude - "Afternoon of a Faun"
Ravel - Bolero
Dan Koren
September 19th is the only interesting concert.
dk
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