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| Saturday Oct 10 |
12th Beijing Music Festival Opening Concert
Opera Classics--GIUSEPPE VERDI Macbeth
Michele Kalmadi, baritone (as Macbeth)
Cynthia Makris, soprano (as Lady Macbeth)
Jaakko Ryhänen, bass (as Banquo)
Guiseppe Varano, tenor (as Macduff)
Jari Hämäläinen, conductor
Savonlinna Opera Festival
Shanghai Opera House
China Philharmonic Orchestra
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Poly Theatre
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Sunday Oct 11
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12th Beijing Music Festival Opening Concert
Opera Classics--GIUSEPPE VERDI Macbeth
Michele Kalmadi, baritone (as Macbeth)
Cynthia Makris, soprano (as Lady Macbeth)
Jaakko Ryhänen, bass (as Banquo)
Guiseppe Varano, tenor (as Macduff)
Jari Hämäläinen, conductor
Savonlinna Opera Festival
Shanghai Opera House
China Philharmonic Orchestra
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Poly Theatre
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| Monday Oct 12 |
Montage of Sound --Chamber Music I
ROBERT SCHUMANN Piano Quartet in E flat major, op.47
Intermission
JOHANNES BRAHMS Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, op.25
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
Maxim Rysanov, viola
Misha Maisky, cello
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
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Beijing Concert Hall
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| Tuesday Oct 13 |
Concerto Classics --Pinchas Zukerman with China Philharmonic Orchestra
Overture (TBC)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola, and orchestra in E-flat major, KV 364
Intermission
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61
Yin’ou Kalin, violin
Pinchas Zukerman, violin/viola/conductor
China Philharmonic Orchest |
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Forbidden City Concert Hall |
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| Wednesday Oct 14 |
Strings and Keyboard Collective --Chamber Music II
FRANZ SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A major “The Trout”, D667
Intermission
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Octet in E flat major, op.20
Cho-Liang Lin, Vera Tsu, Cheng Zeng, Xiaochen Song, violin
Maxim Rysanov, Fei Cao, viola
Misha Maisky, Yunpeng Zhao, cello
Jon Kimura Parker, piano |
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Beijing Concert Hall |
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| Thursday Oct 15 |
A Sharp, New Musical Concept --Bang on a Can - 8 Performers
BANG ON A CAN: NEW YORK
Tan Dun: Concerto for Six (2000), 12 Minutes
Conlon Nancarrow: 4 Piano Studies - arr. Evan Ziporyn, 18 Minutes
Julia Wolfe: Believing (1997), 9 Minutes
intermission
Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint (1978), 16 Minutes
David Lang: Cheating, Lying, Stealing (1995), 12 Minutes
Michael Gordon: I Buried Paul (1996), 9 Minutes
Evan Ziporyn: Shadowbang (2001), 15 minutes
Robert Black, bass
David Cossin, percussion
Lisa Moore, piano/keyboards
Mark Stewart, electric guitar
Wendy Sutter, cello
Evan Ziporyn, clarinet/bass clarinet |
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Poly Theatre |
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| Friday Oct 16 |
Sounds of Finland --Midori with China Philharmonic
All Jean Sibelius Program
JEAN SIBELIUS Finlandia
JEAN SIBELIUS The Swan of Tuonela
JEAN SIBELIUS Karelia Suite, op.11
Intermission
JEAN SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47
Midori, violin
Lin Daye, conductor
China Philharmonic Orchestra, orchestra |
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| Saturday Oct 17 |
An Exciting Musical Journey --Children’s Concert
GIOACHINO ROSINNI William Tell Overture
FRANZ LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
JACQUES OFFENBACH Pas de six Ballet Melodies from Rossini
JOHANN STRAUSS The new Pizzicato Polka
JOHANN STRAUSS Die Fledermaus Overture
Intermission
THOMAS MIFUNE Teddy Bear and his Animal Friends (Liu Chunyan, narrator)
THOMAS MIFUNE The little Train
Zhu Yibing, Zhang Ying, Li Jincan, Dong Xiao, Yang Yichen, Tang Jingwei, Zhai Huili, Yin Long, cello
Liu Chunyan, narrator |
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Poly Theater |
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| Sunday Oct 18 |
he Soul of Russia --Sydney Symphony with Vladmir Ashkenazy and Bezhod Abduraimov
SERGEI RACHMANINOV – Vocalise
SERGEI RACHMANINOV – Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, Op.18
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY – Piano concerto in B flat minor no. 1, op. 23
Intermission
SERGEY PROKOFIEV – Symphony no. 5 in B flat major, Op.100
Vladmir Ashkenazy, conductor
Bezhod Abduraimov, piano
Sydney Symphony Orchestra |
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Forbidden City Concert Hall
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| Monday Oct 19 |
New Talent Emerges – Piano Recital by The 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medal Winner
FRYDERYK CHOPIN 24 Preludes (33’)
FRANZ LISZT Spanish Rhapsody (13’)
Intermission SERGEY PROKOFIEV Ballet "Romeo and Juliet", Op.64b (Excerpts)
The Montagues And the Capulets (5’)
Juliet, the Young Girl (4’)
Madrigal
Tybalt’s Death (5’)
SERGEY PROKOFIEV Piano concerto No. 2 in G minor, op. 16 (26’)
Haochen Zhang, piano Lihua Tan, conductor
Beijing Symphony Orchestra, orchestra
Info
Venue/time TBD Gary Graffman master class
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Poly Theater |
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Tuesday Oct 20
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A Piano Master of Musical Poise --Gary Graffman Recital
Program
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN Prelude in C-Sharp minor, Op. 9, No. 1
Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN /REISE Etude in C-Sharp minor, Op. 2, No. 5
CARL REINECKE Sonata in C Minor, Op, 179
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH/JOHANNES BRAHMS Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
Intermission
MAX REGER Four Special Studies
LEON KIRCHNER For the Left Hand
JOHN CORIGLIANO "For the Left Hand Alone" from Etude Fantasy
FELIX BLUMENFELD Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 36
LEOPOLD GODOWSKY：
Selections from Fifty-Three Studies after Chopin's Etudes
Study No.13 in E-flat minor
Study No. 41 in B minor
Gary Graffman, piano |
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Forbidden City Concert Hall |
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Wednesday Oct 21
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Educational Concert
Excerpts from the Seasons by Haydn with narration
Orchester der KlangVerwaltung
Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern
Enoch zu Guttenberg, conductor/narrator
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Forbidden City Concert Hall |
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| Thursday Oct 22 |
Ethereal Proclamations – Haydn Choral Classic (I)
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, Hob. VIIe:1
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN Salve Regina in E Major, Hob XXIIIb:1 (Soprano/chorus)
Intermission
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN: Nelson Mass Hob. XXII:11
Colin Balzer, tenor
Miriam Meyer, soprano
Elisabetta Lombardi, Mezzo-soprano
Thomas Scharr, baritone
Enoch zu Guttenberg, conductor
Orchester der KlangVerwaltung, orchestra
Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, choir |
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| Friday Oct 23 |
Seasonal Flair – Haydn Choral Classic (II)
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN: The Seasons
Colin Balzer, tenor
Miriam Meyer, soprano
Thomas Scharr, baritone
Enoch zu Guttenberg, conductor
Orchester der KlangVerwaltung, orchestra
Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, choir |
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Forbidden City Concert Hall
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| Saturday Oct 24 |
A Return to Our Origins – Haydn Choral Classic (III)
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN Creation
Enoch zu Guttenberg, conductor
Colin Balzer, tenor
Miriam Meyer, soprano
Thomas Scharr, baritone
Enoch zu Guttenberg, conductor
Orchester der KlangVerwaltung, orchestra
Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, choir |
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Forbidden City Concert Hall
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| Sunday Oct 25 |
Sounds of Africa – Boys Choir of Kenya
Program TBD
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Poly Theater
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| Monday Oct 26 |
The Spirit of Ancient China – Concert featuring the Jiang Zhou Drumming Troupe
Program
Female Warriors of the Yang Family
Marriage Celebration of the Mice
The Chat
The Legend of Drum Mountain
Rolling Walnuts
Yellow River Boatman
Yellow Earth Story
Flower Drum Shanxi
Dog & Ducks Drum
Drum law of Shan Jin
Fight between the Bull and the Tiger
Roll Call of Soldiers by the King of Qin
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Poly Theatre |
| Tuesday Oct 27 |
Well-known Masters Perform the Classics – Sarah Chang and The Academy of St Martin in the Fields (I)
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings, op. 48
Intermission
ANTONIO VIVALDI Four Seasons
Sarah Chang, violin
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, orchestra
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Poly Theatre |
| Wednesday Oct 28 |
Concert on Campus
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Le nozze di Figaro Overture, K492 (5’)
EDWARD ELGAR Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op.20 (12’)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K.216 (1st movement) (10’)
Wang Wengdi, violin FELIX MENDELSSOHN Sinfonia for String Orchestra No.10 in B minor （11’）
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor, "Farewell" (last movement) (8’)
Gérard Korsten, conductor Academy of St Martin in the Fields, orchestra
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| Thursday Oct 29 |
Virtuosic Artistry on the Violin - Sarah Chang and The Academy of St Martin in the Fields (II)
GIOACHINO ANTONIO ROSSINI Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers
MAX BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (with Sarah Chang)
Intermission
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, op. 56, “Scottish”
Sarah Chang, violin
Gérard Korsten, conductor
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, orchestra
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Poly Theatre |
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| Friday Oct 30 |
Music Traversing East and West –Concert to Commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Reestablishment of Sino-US Relations and the Oscar-winning Documentary From Mao to Mozart
GUSTAV MAHLER Adagietta for Strings
ANTONIO VIVALDI Concerto in B minor for four violins and orchestra, op. 3, no. 10
Intermission
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Concerto for violin, cello and piano in C major, op. 56
Jian Wang, cello
Vera Tsu, violin
Weigang Li, violin
Yun Tang, violin
Hongguang Jia, violin
Hongying He, violin
Chun Pan, piano
TBD, harpschord
David Stern, conductor
China Philharmonic Orchestra
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