15/10
Monday
19:30 p.m. |
Grand Opening of the 4th Beijing Music Festival
Shostakovich: Festival Overture
Glazunov : Grand adagio from Raymonda
(Sergei Gershenko, violin)
Tchaikovsky: Russian dance
from Swan Lake (Sergei Gershenko, violin)
Lyadov: Kikimora
Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from Nutcracker
Waltz of the Flower
Pas de deux
Lyadov: Polonaise
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince lgor
Khatchaturian: Excerpts from Gayane
Ayesha's Dance
Dance of the Rose-Maidens
Armen's Variations
Lezghinka
Prokofiev: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
Romeo at Juliet's Gave
Death of Tibalt
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov, Conductor |
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Great Hall of the People |
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16/10
Tuesday
19:30 p.m. |
Peter Donohoe whit St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2 in E minor
Peter Donohoe, Piano
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov, Conductor |
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Forbidden City Concert Hall |
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17/10-19/10
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
19:30 p.m. |
Verdi: Nabucco Opera in IV Acts
Teatr Wielki-National Opera Warsaw
Jacek Kaspszyk, Conductor
Marek Weiss-Grzesinski, Producer and Director
Nabucco: Zbigniew Macias
Abigail: Mlada Khoudoley(Oct.17/19)
Barbara Kubiak(Oct.18)
Zaccaria: Romyald Tesatowicz
Fenena: Agnieszka Zwierko
Ismail: Remi Garin |
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Poly Theatre |
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20/10
Saturday
19:30 p.m. |
In Commemoration of the 90th Anniversary Of the Death of Gustav Mahler
Mahler:Symphony No. 2 Resurrection
Izabella Klosinska, Soprano
Jadwiga Rappe, Alto
Orchestra & Chorus Master:Bogdan Gola
Krzyszof Penderecki, Conductor |
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Poly Theatre |
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21/10
Sunday
19:30 p.m. |
Philip Glass Cello Concerto World Premiere
Guan Naizhong:Concerto for Erhu and Orchestra
Philip Glass:Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
(world premiere)
Erhu:Yu Hongmei
Julian Lloyd Webber, Cello
China Phiharmonic Orchestra
Long Yu, Conductor |
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Poly Theatre |
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22/10
Monday
19:30 p.m. |
Spectacular Sound from Canadian Brass
Girolamo Frescobaldi/arr.Fred Mills: Toccata
Anotoio Vivaldi/arr.Authur Frackenpohl:
"Fall"from The Four Seasons
Johann Sebastian Bach/arr.Authur Frackenpohl:
Suite from Goldberg Variations
DUKE ELLINGON/arr.Luther Henderson:
Come Sunday
The Cottontail Caper
Echoes of Harlem
Don'tMean a Thing
arr.Christopher DedrickL:
Atribute to Lennon & McCartney
George Gershwin/arr.Luther Henderson:
Porgy and Bess Suite
Summertime
IT Ain't Necessarily So
A Woman is a Somentime Thing -
I got Plenty O'Nuttin
I'm on My Way
The Canadlan Brss:
Ryan Anthy, trumpet
Josef Burgstller, trumpet
Jeff Nelsen, horn
Eugene Watts, trombone
Charles Daellenbach, tuba |
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Poly Theatre |
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23, 24/10
Thursday, Wednesday
19:30 p.m. |
Vladimir Ashkenazy With Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
10/23
Mozart:Piano Concerto No.27 in B-flat major
Debussy: La Mer
Ravel: La Valse
10/24
Smetana: Ma Vlast (Complete)
Czech Philharmonid Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Piano, Conductor |
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Poly Theatre |
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25/10
Thursday
19:30 p.m. |
The Nignt Of Glenn Gould - Hi-Fi Conceet
Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations
Glenn Gould Greatest Hits
Thirty two Short Films about Glenn Gould |
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Poly Theatre |
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26/10
Friday
19:30 p.m. |
Croucbing Tiger, Hidden Dragon Fervor
Tan Dun:
Concerto for Water Percussion and Orchestra-
in Memory of Toru Takemitsu
David Cossin, Percussion
Tan Dun:Crouching Tiger Concerto
Maya Beiser, Cello
Tang Junqiao, Chinese bamboo flute
David Cossin, Percussion
China Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor, Tan Dun |
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Poly Theatre |
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27/10
Saturday
19:30 p.m. |
Cho-Liang Lin With Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Barber: Violin Concerto, Op.14
Mahler: Symphony No.9 in D major
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
Lan Shui, Conductor |
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Poly Theatre |
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27/10
Saturday
19:30 p.m. |
Ode to Harmony and Elegance Liu Dehai-Pipa Virtuoso
I.Unison of Pipa
1. Traditional piece in the South/arr.Liu Dehai:
New Mid-Flowery Six Beats
2. Xu Shuhua/arr.Liuhai: Liuyang Riwer
Pipa: Luan Yue, Liu Henan, Ge Ying,
Dong Xiaolin, Li Zhumei, Gu Jingjing,
Xiao Bei, Liu Lian
II.PiPa Solo
1. Wu Zuqiang & LiuDehai:
Little Sisters on the Praie
2. Liu Dehai: Glden Dream
Pipa: Li Jia & Dong Nan
III.Plucked Instument Quintet
1. Classical tune /arr.Liu Dehai:
Wang Qiang Married to the Western Regions
2. Tune in Peking Opera: Deep into the Nignt
Zhang Ying, Ma Lanhua, Huang Yan,
Liu Fang Yi, Yang Yi
IV.Solo Pipa With Bowed String Instruments
1. Liu Dehai: Swan
2. Classical tune/arr.Gao Weijie:
Tune outside the Frontier Pass
China Children Bowed String Instrument Ensemble
V.Solo Pipa
1. Liu Dehai: Dropping Water Guanyin
2. Classical tune/arr.Liu Dehai:
Ambush from All Around
Pipa:Liu Dehai
VI.Unison Of Plucked Instruments
1. Ye Xiaogang: Starting Point
2. Three and Six Beats:
Traditional piece in the South/
arr.Gu Guangren:
3. Zhu Lin: Song without Words
4. Yao Shengchang:
Whirling Tunes of the Northern Tribe
China Children Plucked Instrument Ensemble
Liu Dehai: Conductor |
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Beijing Concert Hall |
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28/10
Sunday
14:30 p.m. |
Children's Concert(Free)
Suppe: Lignt Cavalry
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No.1
Actors: Magic Circle Mime Company
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Lim Yau, Conductor |
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Forbidden City Concert Hall |
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28/10
Sunday
19:30 p.m. |
Li Jian Meets Cho-Liang Lin
Beethoven: Sonata No.5 in F major
for Piano and Violin (Spring)
Lutoslawski: Subito
Ravel: Sonata in G major
for Violin and Piano
Ma Sitson: Pastorale
Ma Sitson: Lanter Festival
Brahms: Sonata No.3 in D minor
for vilin and piano
Cho-Liang Lin, Violin
Li Jian, Piano |
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China World Hotel |
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29/10
Monday
19:30 p.m. |
Conjunto Sabrsos Latin Group
1 Lagrimas Negras
2 Flores Para tu Altar
3 Caiman ygallinazo
4 Mi Socio
5 Medley Celina
6 Bravo
7 EI Guaguanco'y el son
8 Dile
9 Buenaventura y caney
10 Caserita
11 Ritmo, Tambor Y flores
12 Dos Gardenias
13 Conmi compay
14 Sabor a caney
15 Prende el Fogon
16 Pa'gozar contigo |
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Poly Theatre |
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30/10
Tuesday
19:30 p.m. |
Maixm Vengrov with Virtuosi
Piano : Vag Papian
Richard Strauss: Violin Sonata in Eb, Op. 18
(Maxim Vengerov and Vag Papian alone)
Deidier Lockwood: 1st Movement from
Concerto for Symphony Orchestra,
arranged for 10 violins, piano and solo violin
Rachmaninov: Vocalise
Ponce: Estrellita
Brahms: Hungarian Dances No. 7, 1, 5
Novacek: Perpetum Mobile
Dvorak: Humoreske in Gb
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d'un Lieu cher , Op . 42
Meditation - Melodie - Scherzo
Schubert: Ave Maria
Bazzini:La Ronde des Lutins |
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Poly Theatre |
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31/10
Wednesday
19:30 p.m. |
Dongjing Ceremonial Music
1. Three Bangs of Gong/Three Torrents of Drum/
Three lssues of Order
2. Songof the South
3. Triumph Song
4. Nanqing Palace
5. Opening Chant
6. Cloud Canopy
7. Big Cave jade Canto
8. Ancient Song/Celestial Joy
9. Three Ranges of Drums
10. Incense Sustain
11. Song of the Moon Goddess/Dragon;s Chant/
Dresser in the south
12. Ten Levels of Sublimity and
Thorough Perception
13. Old Trigram Chant
14. Spring Morning on the Jade Lake
15. Forever Jubilee
16. General's Song
Kunming Dongjing Ceremonial Music Ensemble
Artistic Director: Wu Xueyuan |
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Poly Theatre |
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1/11
Thursday
19:30 p.m. |
Mozart String Quintet Cylcle(1)
String Quintet No. 2 in C minor , KV. 406
String Quintet No. 6 in E flat major, KV. 614
String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, KV. 516
Fine Arts Quartet plus violist James Dunham |
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Beijing Concert Hall |
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2/11
Friday
19:30 p.m. |
Mozart String Quintet Cylcle(2)
String Quintet No. 1 in B-flat major , KV. 174
String Quintet No. 3 in C major, KV. 515
String Quintet No. 5 in D major, KV. 593
Fine Arts Quartet plus violist James Dunham |
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Beijing Concert Hall |
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2/11
Friday
19:30 p.m. |
Klaus Weise with China Philharmonic Orchestra
Boris Blacher: Variations on a Theme of Paganini
Sergei Rachmaninov:
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op. 73
Iku Miwa, Piano
China Philharmonic Orchestra
Klaus Weise, conductor |
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Poly Theatre |
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3/11
Saturday
19:30 p.m. |
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse under Michel Plasson
Bizet : Symphony in C
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson, conductor |
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Poly Theatre |
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4/11
Sunday
19:30 p.m. |
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse under Michel Plasson
Ravel: Ma Mere l'Oye
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2
Ravel: Bolero
Frank Braley, Piano
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson, conductor |
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Poly Theatre |
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5/11
Monday
19:30 p.m. |
Bravo, Olympic - Theme Music of the Olympic Games
Dmitri Shotakovicn:
Festival Overture, Op.96
(Theme of the 1980 Olympic Games, Mosco.)
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
(Performed at the Opening of
the 1984 Olympic Games, Los Angeles.)
Piano: Yin-Yin Zhao
John Williams: Summon the Heroes
(Written for the Centennial Celebration
of the Modern Olympic Games,
Atlanta, July 19, 1996)
Leonard Bernstein : Olympic Hymn
(Written for the 1981 International
Olympic Congress, Baden-Baden, with text
by Gunter Kunert, "Give an example that
applies to all : Fight as friends,
not as foes….")
John Williams : The Olympic Spirit
(Written especially for the NBC Sports
Division in celebration of
the 1988 Olympics , Seoul.)
Josef Suk : Toward a New Lift
(Silver medal winning composition
at the 1932 Olympic Games, Los Angelges.)
Chinese suite of the Universiade:
Athletes' March
Asian Gallantry and vigor
Wind from the Olympics
Music of the Radio Exercises
Martial Arts of the Shaolin Temple
Friendship Ted through Ping Pang
Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
China Philharmonic Orchestra
Yang Yang, Conductor |
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Poly Theatre |
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5/11
Monday
19:30 p.m. |
Swingle Singers - Miraculous Vocal Instruments From Britain
R.Strauss (arr.j.Forbes): Also Sprach Zarathustra Mozart (arr.b.Parry): Overture to The Magic Flute Bach (arr.W.Swingle): Organ Fugue in E minor
Debussy (arr.W.Swingle): Clair de Lune
Beethoven (arr.J. Forbes):
Moonlight Sonata (1st movement)
Chopin (arr.J.forbes): Prelude in E minor
King Henry VIII(arr.w.Swingle):
Pastime with Good Company
Chinese traditional (arr.J. Forbes):
Farewell, My Love
Spiritual (arr.J.Forbes): Amazing Grace
Jobim (arr.W.Swingle): Surfboard
Rowles (arr.A.L'Estrange): The Peacockes
Mandell (arr.A.L'Estrange): A Time for Love
Washington /Young (arr.M.Willams):
My Foolish Heart
Ellington (arr.B.Parry): It Don't Mean a Thing
Lennon / McCartney (arr.A.L'Estrange):
Ticket to Ride
Lennon / McCartney (arr.S.Lesley): Drive my Car
Tchaikovsky (arr.J.Rathbone): '1812' Overture |
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Beijing Concert Hall |
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6/11
Tuesday
19:30 p.m. |
The Night of Spain - A Centennial Commemoration of
the Birth of Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Fantasia para un Gentilhombre
Concierto Andaluz
Margarita Escarpa, Guitar
Wang Zhen, Leading
Beijing Philharmonic Guitar Ensemble
Orchestra of China National Opera
LI Xincao, Conductor |
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Poly Theatre |
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6/11
Tuesday
19:30 p.m. |
Shanghai Quartet from New York
Samuel Barber: String Quartet, Op. 11
Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12 (American)
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14
Death and Maiden
Shanghai Quartet:
Weigang Li
Yiwen Jiang
Honggang Li
Nicholas Tzavaras |
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Beijing Concert Hall |
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7/11
Wednesday
19:30 p.m. |
Norio Ohaga with Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor
Lidia Baich, Violin
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Norio Ohaga, conductor |
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Poly Theatre |
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8/11
Thursday
19:30 p.m. |
The 4th Beijing Music Festival Closing Ceremony
Wanger: OverTure to Tannhauser
Arias from Wagner's operas:
Hallenarie "Dich teure Halle, grussi'ch weider"
from Tannhauser
Elsa Traum "Einsam in truben Tagen,
Hab'ich zu Gott gefleht" from Lohengrin
Liebestod "Mild und leise wie er lachelt"
from Tristan und Isolde
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor
(From the New World)
Cheryl Studer, Soprano
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Norio Ohga, Conductor |
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Poly Theatre |
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