Oct.17
Tuesday
7:30p.m |
Opening Ceremony of the 3rd Beijing Music Festival
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 (Classical), Op. 25
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Dvorak: Symphony No.7 in D minor, Op. 70
Sarah Chang, Violin Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fisher, Conductor |
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Forbidden City
Concert Hall |
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Oct.18
Wednesday
7:30p.m. |
Sarah Chang & Budapest Festival Orchestra
Prokofiev: Love for 3 Oranges Suite
Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op. 26
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
Sarah Chang, Violin
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fisher, Conductor |
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Forbidden City
Concert Hall |
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Oct.19
Thursday
7:30p.m. |
Bartok Quartet
Barto k: String Quartet No. 1
Barto k: String Quartet No. 2
Barto k: String Quartet No. 4
Barto k Quartet:
Peter Komlos
Geza Hargita
Geza Nemeth
Laszlo Mezo |
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Beijing Concert Hall |
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Oct.20-22
Friday-Sunday
7:30p.m. |
Puccini:Tosca(Opera in 3 Acts)
Arena di Verona
Conductor: Nello Santi
Director: Marco Gandini
Floria Tosca:
Giovanna Casolia (Oct. 20/22)
Adriana Morelli(Oct.21)
Mario Caravadossi:
Giovanna Casolia (Oct. 20/22)
Adriana Morelli(Oct.21)
Baron Scarpia:
Silvano Carroli(Oct.20/22)
Giorgio Cebrian(Oct.21)
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Poly Theatre |
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Oct.23
Monday
7:30p.m. |
Opera Gala
Rossini:
Overture to Guglielmo Tell
Donizetti:
Preghiera from La Favorita
Tombe, degli avi mile
from Licia di Lammermoor
Bellini:
Ah,per sempre from I Puritani
Ite sul colle/Casta Diva/Guerra-Gueera
from Norma
Verdi:
Va Pensiero from Nabucco
La Donna e mobile from Rigoletto
Di Provenza from La Traviata
Or co dadi from Il Trovatore
Sinfonia from La Forza del Destino
Il lacerate spirito from Simone Boccanegra
Atto Quarto scene II from Aida
Brindisi from La Traviata
Adriana Morelli, Soprano
Mario Malagnini, Tenor
Giorgio Cebrian, Baritone
Franco De Grandis, Bass
The Orchestra & Choir of Arena di Verona
Nello Santi, Conductor |
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Poly Theatre |
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Oct.24
Tuesday
7:30p.m. |
Chinese Music Event
Part I Traditional Wind Music
4 Pieces of Canton Music (arr. Wu Hua):
Racing the Dragon Boat
Entertainment in Peace
Tune for the Full Moon
Thunder in the Drought
Rhapsody of Taiwan Ballad (arr. Wu Hua)(Version of the 1999 Vienna New Year Concert performance)
Part II Music for Solo Pipa
Tune beyond the Great Wall
(classical piece)
Journey to the Hometown (Liu Dehai)
The Overlord Took Off His Armor
(classical piece)
Moon-Night by the Flowery Spring Riverside
(arr. Wu Hua)
Trepak Dance (arr. Wu Hua)
Par III Music for Solo Er-hu
A Blossom of Flower (Dulcimer: Xu Xuedong) (arr. Su Guo-an & Yang Shiye)
Flowing Water in the Rivers
(transformed by Huang Haihuai)
Madrigal of Henan
(Chinese zither: Wang Zhongshan)
(arr. Liu Mingyuan)
Moon Reflected in the Er-quan Pond
(Hua Yanjun)
The Grapes Are Ripe (Zhou Wei)
Part IV Tunes of Peking Opera on Orchestra
Killing a Tiger on Way to the Mountain (arr. Wu Hua)
The Uncle in My Family (arr. Wu Hua)
Deep into the Night (arr. Wu Hua)
(Version of the 1999 Vienna New Year Concert performance)
Song Fei, Er-hu
Luan Yue, Pipa
Huayun National Ensemble
Wu Hua, Coductor |
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Poly Theatre |
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Oct.25&26
Wednesday&Thursday
7:30p.m. |
Lakatos with his Ensemble
Jeno Hubay: On the Waves of the Balaton
Russian folksong: Ja vstretil vas
Russian folksong: Mama
Jacques Verri'eres / Marc Heyral:
Mon pot'le gitan
Roby Lakatos: Hora di Marrakchi
Loreena Mc Kenneth: Tango to Evora
Franz List(Transcription & Arr.
For Cymbalon solo:Ernest Bango)
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
Johann Strauss: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Roby Lakatos:
Symphony 'The Bird in the Dust'
Roby Lakatos & Kalman Cseki
A Minute for Menuhin
Django Reinhardt: Nuages
Moldavian folksong: Sirba in E flat major
Traditional: Deux Guitars
Grigoras Dinicu: L'Alouette |
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Poly Theatre |
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Oct.27
Friday
7:30p.m. |
Martin Hackleman & Beijing Symphony Orchestra
Offenbach:
Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
Handel(arr. Hackleman): Lucrezia Cantata
Faure(arr.Hackleman): Apres un Reve
Mahler(arr.Hackleman):
Ich bin der Welt Abhanden gekommen
Morricone(arr.Hackleman):
Once Upon a Time in the West
R.Strauss:
Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major
Martin Hackleman, Horn
Beijing Symphony Orchestra
Lihua Tan, Conductor |
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Beijing Concert Hall |
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Oct.28
Saturday
7:30p.m. |
Concert in Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary
of the Death of Bernstein
Selections from
Candide, Wonderful Town, Peter Pan,
On the Town, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and West Side Story
Jamie Bernstein, Narrator
China National Symphony Orchestra
Michael Barrett, Conductor |
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Poly Theatre |
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Oct.29
Sunday
2:00p.m. |
Children's Concer(free)
Bernstein Beat-What Makes Music Dance
Jamie Bernstein, Narrator
China National Symphony Orchestra
Michael Barrett, Conductor |
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Forbidden City Concert Hall |
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Oct.29
Sunday
7:30p.m. |
Charles Neidich & China Youth Symphony Orchestra
Mozart: Overture to Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail Weber: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No.2
in E flat major, Op.74
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622
(original version)
Charles Neidich, Clarinet
China Youth Symphony Orchestra
Yu Feng, Conductor |
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Beijing Concert Hall |
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Oct.30
Monday
7:30p.m. |
Concert in Commemoration for the 250th Anniversary
of the Death of Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach: Suite for Solo Cello No. 3,
in C major, BWV 1009
Bach: Suite for Solo Cello No. 2,
in d minor, BWV 1008
Bach: Suite for Solo Cello No. 5,
in c minor, BWV 1011
Mischa Maisky, Cello |
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Poly Theatre |
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Oct.31
Thesday
7:30p.m. |
Charles Neidich & Central Conservatory String Quartet
W.A.Mozart: Quintet
(arranged from the Sonata in Bb KV. 378)
Anton Reicha: Quintet in Bb
for clarinet and strings
W.A.Mozart: Quintet, K. 588
Charles Neidich, Clarinet
Central Conservatory String Quartet:
Tong Weidong
Wang Hong
Wang Shaowu
Song Zhao |
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Beijing Concert Hall |
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Oct.31
Thesday
7:30p.m. |
Anne Akiko Meyeers Violin Recital
Berlioz: Reverie et Caprice
Janacek: Sonata
Somei Satoh: Birds in Warped Time II
Stravinsky: Divertimento
Anne Akiko Meyers, Violin
Akira Eguchi, Piano: |
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Forbidden City
Concert Hall |
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Nov.1
Wednesday
7:30p.m. |
Alloys Ensemble
Hans Kox: Galgen-Trio(1997)*
(First Performance in China)
Erik Bergman: Solfatara, Op.81(1997)
(First Performance in China)
Ingvar Karkoff: Quartet [the Alloys]
for Saxophone, Cello, Piano & Percussion
(2000)*(World-Premiere)
Violeta Dinescu:
…and still it is better than winter…
(1998/2000)*(First Perfor-mance in China)
Michael Denhoff: Quartet(2000)*
(World-Premiere) * Works dedicated to the
members of the Alloys Ensemble.
John-Edward Kelly, Saxophone:
Francoise Groben, Cello
Bob Versteegh, Piano
Qi Fan, Percussion |
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Jinfan Concert Hall |
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Nov.2
Thursday
7:30p.m. |
Concert with Multimedia Stands
Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 3 in D major
Vivaldi: 'Autumn' & 'Winter'
from The Four Seasons
Mahler: Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major
Yang Jie, Mezzo soprano
Xie Nan, Violin
Shen Fanxiu, Harpsichord
China Youth Symphony Orchestra
Yang Yang, Conductor |
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Beijing Concert Hall |
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Nov.3
Friday
7:30p.m. |
Krzysztof Penderecki:Seven Gates in Jerusalem (Asia Premiere)
Bozena Harasimowicz-Haas, 1st Soprano
Izabella Klosinska, 2nd Soprano
Jadwiga Rappe, Alto
Adam Zdunikowski, Tenor
Romuald Tesarowicz, Bass
Pu Cunxin, Narrator
Neue Philharmonie Westfalen
Teatr Wielki-National Opera Warsaw
Bogdan Gola, Choirmaster
K.Penderecki(composer/conductor) |
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Forbidden City
Concert Hall |
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Nov.4
Saturday
10:00a.m. |
Students' Concert(Free)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, KV. 414
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
in C major, Op. 15
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Theo Lieven, Anthony Zerpa-Falcon,
Davide Cabassi, Piano
Neue Philharmonie Westfalen
Johannes Wildner, Conductor |
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Forbidden City
Concert Hall |
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Nov.4
Saturday
7:30p.m. |
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Bozena Harasimowicz-Haas, Soprano
Wojtek Drabowicz, Baritone
Neue Philharmonie Westfalen
Teatr Wielki-National Opera Warsaw
Antoni Wit, Conductor |
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Forbidden City
Concert Hall |
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Nov.5
Sunday
7:30p.m. |
Neue Philharmonie Westfalen Symphony Concert
R.Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35
R.Strauss: Eine Alpensinifonie, Op. 64
Cello: Jian Wang
Neue Philharmonie Westfalen
Johannes Wildner, Conductor |
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Forbidden City
Concert Hall |
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Nov.7
Thesday
7:30p.m. |
Jazz Concert-Jackie Allen with Her Band
Jackie Allen(with her band)Jazz Concert
Jackie Allen, Vocal
John Moulder, Guitar
Hans Martin Sturm, Bass
Dane Maxim Richeson, Drum & Percussion |
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Beijing Concert Hall |
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Nov.6&8
Monday&Wednesday
7:30p.m. |
Massenet: Werther Opera in IV Acts
Werther: Benoit Gendron
Charlotte: Ning Liang
Albert: George Mosley
Sophie: Deborah Wai Kapohhe
Le Bailli: Michael Rippon
Lo King-man, Producer and Director
David Stern, Conductor |
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Poly Theatre |
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Nov.9
Thursday
7:30p.m. |
Beethoven: Piano Concertos No. 1-3
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Gerhard Oppitz, Piano
Guangzhon Symphony Orchestra
David Stern, Conductor |
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Poly Theatre |
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Nov.10
Friday
7:30p.m. |
Beethoven: Piano Concertos No. 4-5
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
Gerhard Oppitz, Piano
Guangzhon Symphony Orchestra
David Stern, Conductor |
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Poly Theatre |
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Nov.11
Saturday
7:30p.m. |
Closing Ceremony of
the 3rd Beijing Music Festival
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflote
R.Strauss: Der Rosekavalier Suite
Handel: Ombra mai fu from Xerxes
Donizetti: O luce di quest'anima from Linda di Chamounix
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2
Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate
Kathleen Battle, Soprano
Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra
Yongyan Hu, Conductor |
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Poly Theatre |
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