GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA PAAVO JÄRVI conductor HILARY HAHN violin SARAH NEMȚANU concertmaster Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in D major Op. 11 No. 2 Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47 Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in E minor Op. 27

NATIONAL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF MOLDOVA CRISTIAN FLOREA conductor MARIA FLOREA violin Enescu Intermezzi Op.12 Juan Manén Concerto da camera No. 2. op. A-24 for violin and string orchestra Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte Elgar Serenade for Strings in E minor Op. 20

ZAGREB PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA DAWID RUNTZ conductor VALENTIN ȘERBAN violin – winner of the George Enescu International Competition 2020/2021 JAE MIN HAN cello – winner of the George Enescu International Competition 2020/2021 Blagoje Bersa Idyll for Orchestra Op. 25b Brahms Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor Op. 102 Enescu Concert Overture on Popular Romanian Themes Op. 32 Stravinsky The Firebird Suite (1945 version)

LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RADIO ROMANIA ACADEMIC CHOIR Sir SIMON RATTLE conductor CIPRIAN ȚUȚU conductor of the choir Enescu Isis Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements Stravinsky Symphony in C Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in A major op. 11 No. 1

BALTIC SEA PHILHARMONIC KRISTJAN JÄRVI conductor MARIA JOÃO PIRES piano Program: Aurora Kristjan Järvi Aurora Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat major K. 271 Enescu Symphony No. 2 in A major Op. 17

LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Sir SIMON RATTLE conductor MAGDALENA KOŽENÁ mezzo-soprano Ondřej Adámek Where are You?, for voice and orchestra, written especially for Magdalena Kožená & Sir Simon Rattle (new commission) Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major Op. 68, Pastoral

BALTIC SEA PHILHARMONIC KRISTJAN JÄRVI conductor VIKTORIA MULLOVA violin Program: Nordic Swans Pärt Swansong Pärt Fratres Pärt Passacaglia (for vibraphone and strings) Tchaikovsky Swan Lake (dramatic symphony, arr. Kristjan Järvi)

RUNDFUNK-SINFONIEORCHESTER BERLIN VLADIMIR JUROWSKI conductor RALF SOCHACZEWSKY assistent to the chief conductor YEON-MIN PARK piano – winner of the George Enescu International Competition 2020/2021 Anatol Vieru Memorial for Chamber Orchestra Op. 118 Stravinsky Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments Shostakovich 2 Pieces for String Octet Op. 11 (version for string orchestra) Hindemith Symphony – Mathis der Maler

ORCHESTRE DE CHAMBRE DE LAUSANNE JOSHUA WEILERSTEIN conductor CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF violin Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61 Enescu String Octet in C major Op. 7 (arrangement for string orchestra)

Concert supported by:      RUNDFUNK-SINFONIEORCHESTER BERLIN VLADIMIR JUROWSKI conductor RALF SOCHACZEWSKY assistent to the chief conductor CHOIR OF THE GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC IOSIF ION PRUNNER conductor of the choir CARMEN LIDIA VIDU multimedia director Stravinsky The Flood: A musical play (A Biblical Allegory based on Noah and the Ark) ROBERT POWELL Narrator, Noah, Noah’s Wife (spoken) VLADIMIR OGNEV The Voice of God (first bass) BASTIAN KOHL The Voice of God (second bass) IVAN TURŠIĆ Satan (tenor) Stravinsky Variations – Aldous Huxley in memoriam Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments Stravinsky Renard, histoire burlesque chantée et jouée IVAN TURŠIĆ tenor ALEXANDER FEDOROV tenor BASTIAN KOHL bass VLADIMIR OGNEV bass Stravinsky Les Noces (Russian choreographic scenes with singing and music for voices, four pianos and percussion) SOFIA FOMINA soprano ELENA MANISTINA mezzo-soprano ALEXANDER FEDOROV tenor VLADIMIR OGNEV bass DANIEL CIOBANU piano (laureate of the Arthur Rubinstein International Competition) ANDREI LICAREȚ piano MIHAI RITIVOIU piano (laureate of the George Enescu International Competition) ALEXANDRA SILOCEA piano (Bösendorfer Artist)    

Recital MARIA JOÃO PIRES Beethoven Sonata No. 31 in A flat major Op. 110 Debussy Suite bergamasque Beethoven Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111

ORCHESTRE DE CHAMBRE DE LAUSANNE JOSHUA WEILERSTEIN conductor CRISTIAN BUDU piano Mozart Symphony No. 31 in D major K. 297/300a, Paris Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54 George Benjamin Canon & Fugue Haydn Symphony No. 82 in C major Hob. I:82, The Bear  

TRANSYLVANIA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF CLUJ-NAPOCA ALEXANDER LIEBREICH conductor Cornel Țăranu Aphoristic Symphony Jiří Kadeřábek In me la morte for Soprano and Orchestra DIANA ȚUGUI soprano Dieter Ammann The Piano Concerto ANDREAS HAEFLIGER piano Pascal Dusapin Wenn du dem Wind for Mezzo-soprano and Orchestra IULIA MERCA mezzo-soprano

TRANSYLVANIA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF CLUJ-NAPOCA ALEXANDER LIEBREICH conductor Cornel Țăranu Aphoristic Symphony Jiří Kadeřábek In me la morte for Soprano and Orchestra DIANA ȚUGUI soprano Dieter Ammann The Piano Concerto ANDREAS HAEFLIGER piano Pascal Dusapin Wenn du dem Wind for Mezzo-soprano and Orchestra IULIA MERCA mezzo-soprano

FILARMONICA DELLA SCALA ANDRÉS OROZCO-ESTRADA conductor DANIEL MÜLLER-SCHOTT cello Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104 Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 73

ROYAL CAMERATA CONSTANTIN GRIGORE conductor SHLOMO MINTZ violin Holst St Paul’s Suite in C Major Op. 29 Piazzolla Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (arr. by Fabián Bertero)     Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence Op. 70

MIHAIL JORA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF BACĂU JESSICA COTTIS conductor Dan Dediu Spini (Thorns) for Orchestra Op. 153 Adrian Iorgulescu Symphony no. 6 “Obelisk” Jonathan Dove In Exile, Concert pentru violoncel, bariton și orchestră      RAPHAEL WALLFISCH cello      SIMON KEENLYSIDE baritone Jessie Montgomery Strum

MIHAIL JORA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF BACĂU JESSICA COTTIS conductor Dan Dediu Spini (Thorns) for Orchestra Op. 153 Adrian Iorgulescu Symphony no. 6 “Obelisk” Jonathan Dove In Exile, Concert pentru violoncel, bariton și orchestră      RAPHAEL WALLFISCH cello      SIMON KEENLYSIDE baritone Jessie Montgomery Strum

YEON-MIN PARK piano, winner of the George Enescu International Competition 2020/2021 Enescu Piano Suite No. 2 in D major Op. 10, Des cloches sonores Chopin Scherzo No. 4 in E major Op. 54 Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58   VALENTIN ȘERBAN violin, winner of the George Enescu International Competition 2020/2021 Beethoven Kreutzer Sonata Enescu Torso Sonata Nikolai Kapustin Jazz Sonata Op. 70 GABRIEL GÎȚAN piano

Claude Debussy – A Passionate Life With ROBERT POWELL & ROHAN MCCULLOUGH Guests CLIVE CONWAY flute & NATHAN TINKER piano   Robert Powell brings vividly to life, through the composer’s own words, the fascinating character of one of the most extraordinary superstars in musical history. Charismatic, fascinating, outrageously unconventional, possessed of great charm and wit, he was a true Bohemian, equally at home in the lowlife nightclubs of Montmartre as in the aristocratic salons of Parisian Society. Rohan Mccullough joins Robert in presenting the unfortunate women who were bewitched by this strange and complex man. Shootings, attempted suicide, adultery, public scandal – all featured in the passionate life of Debussy! Throughout all of the drama of his life flowed the inspired music which shocked the Establishment by its sensuality and daring harmonic language; and how this quixotic genius loved to shock the Parisian Society! His wicked sense of humour, and delight in poking fun, is wonderfully revealed in his own words. Speaking of a society lady who sang his songs, he remarked: “She sings like a locomotive in distress, but her buttered scones are marvellous!” Debussy wrote to his wife while on tour in Europe: “Vienna is a raddled old city where one suffers an excess of Brahms and Puccini. As for Budapest, the river Danube refuses to be as blue as a certain famous waltz maintains it is. The Hungarians are all liars, but charming! But I brought back some marvellous chocolates...”

FILARMONICA DELLA SCALA ANDRÉS OROZCO-ESTRADA conductor JULIAN RACHLIN violin Enescu Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major Op. 9 Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major K. 216 Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op. 95, From the New World

QUATUOR DANEL with LISE DE LA SALLE piano Enescu Piano Sonata No. 3 in D major Op. 24 Debussy String Quartet in G minor Op. 10 Franck Piano Quintet in F minor

TRANSYLVANIA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF CLUJ-NAPOCA ALEXANDER LIEBREICH conductor Cornel Țăranu Aphoristic Symphony Jiří Kadeřábek In me la morte for Soprano and Orchestra          DIANA ȚUGUI soprano Dieter Ammann The Piano Concerto          ANDREAS HAEFLIGER piano Pascal Dusapin Wenn du dem Wind for Mezzo-soprano and Orchestra           IULIA MERCA mezzo-soprano

ATHENS STATE ORCHESTRA STEFANOS TSIALIS conductor SASKIA GIORGINI piano (winner of the Mozart Competition Salzburg in 2016) Nikos Skalkottas Five Greek Dances – Peloponnisiakos 1 (Ser. I/3) / Epirotikos 1 (Ser. I/4) / Epirotikos 2 (Ser. III/2) / Hostianos (Ser. III/1) / Kleftikos (Ser. III/3) Enescu Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra Franck Symphony in D minor

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA, LONDON RADIO ROMANIA ACADEMIC CHOIR SANTTU-MATIAS ROUVALI conductor CIPRIAN ȚUȚU conductor of the choir NEMANJA RADULOVIĆ violin (laureate of the George Enescu International Competition in 2001) Bartók Dance Suite Sz. 77 Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 63 Enescu Symphony No. 3 in C major Op. 21 

FINE ARTS QUARTET ITAMAR GOLAN piano Beethoven String Quartet No. 1 in F major Op. 18 No. 1 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 1 Op. 49 Enescu Piano Quartet in D major (1896)

STATE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF BACĂU JESSICA COTTIS conductor Dan Dediu Spini (Thorns) for Orchestra Op. 153 Adrian Iorgulescu Symphony no. 6 “Obelisk” Jonathan Dove In Exile, Concerto for Cello, Baritone and Orchestra      RAPHAEL WALLFISCH cello      SIMON KEENLYSIDE baritone Jessie Montgomery Strum

LONDON MOZART PLAYERS NICOLAE MOLDOVEANU conductor CHOIR OF THE GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC IOSIF ION PRUNNER conductor of the choir Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major K. 495    FELIX KLIESER horn Mozart Great Mass in C minor K. 427    ELENA MOȘUC soprano    EMILIE ROSE BRY soprano (laureate of the Georges Enesco Singing Competition in Paris)    IOAN HOTEA tenor    ADRIAN SÂMPETREAN bass  

ROYAL CAMERATA CONSTANTIN GRIGORE conductor Piazzolla Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (arr. by Fabián Bertero)                 SHLOMO MINTZ violin Vivaldi The Four Seasons                 SIMINA CROITORU violin

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA, LONDON RADIO ROMANIA ACADEMIC CHOIR CIPRIAN ȚUȚU conductor of the choir RADIO ROMANIA CHILDREN CHOIR RĂZVAN RĂDOS conductor of the choir CARMEN LIDIA VIDU multimedia director JOSÉ CURA composer & conductor José Cura Modus (kyrie from the Argentinean Requiem) José Cura Te Deum dedicated to the 25th Festival Anniversary (first audition) for Female soloist, Children Choir and Adults choir   POLINA PASTIRCHÁK soprano José Cura Ecce Homo (Triptychum: Magnificat; Calvarium; Stabat Mater)    VLAD IVANOV narrator    ELISA BALBO Maria (soprano)    RAMÓN VARGAS Cristo (tenor)    ROXANA CONSTANTINESCU Magdalena (alto)    MARIUS VLAD BUDOIU Iuda, Tribunos, Ioannes (tenor)    NICOLAS TESTÉ Vox Creaturæ, Caiphas, Pilatus (bass)    VLAD IVANOV narrator  

KAMMERORCHESTER BASEL ÁDÁM FISCHER conductor ALEXANDRA DARIESCU piano Clara Schumann Piano concerto in A minor Op. 7 Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A minor Op. 56, Scottish

FINE ARTS QUARTET Beethoven String Quartet No. 1 in F major Op. 18 No. 1 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 1 Op. 49 Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D major Op. 11

MÜNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER VALERY GERGIEV conductor LEONIDAS KAVAKOS violin Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35 Bruckner Symphony No. 6 in A major WAB 106

ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS NIKOLAJ SZEPS-ZNAIDER violin Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture Bizet Symphony in C Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 26

Jean Constantin Youth Center GHIORGHIŢĂ TĂNASE cello (Stradivarius-Montagnana cello from 1723) ANDREEA BRATU piano   Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38 Enescu Cello Sonata No. 2 in C major Op. 26

MÜNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER VALERY GERGIEV conductor GAUTIER CAPUÇON cello Enescu Orchestral Suite No. 2 in C major Op. 20 Shostakovich Cello Concerto No.1 in E flat major Op. 107 Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68

ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA VASILY PETRENKO conductor JULIA FISCHER violin Enescu Orchestral Suite No. 2 in C major Op. 20 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64 Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98  

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA EDWARD GARDNER conductor PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA violin Tippett Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage Enescu Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor Op. 25, “dans le caractère populaire roumain” (arr. for violin and orchestra by Valentin Doni) Elgar Enigma Variations

ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA VASILY PETRENKO conductor DMITRY SITKOVETSKY violin Ravel Ma mère l'Oye Suite Enescu Caprice Roumain for Violin and Orchestra Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67  

"DINU LIPATTI" PHILARMONIC ORCHESTRA SATU MARE MIHNEA IGNAT conductor VALENTIN ȘERBAN violin   Enescu Dixtuor à vents in D major Op. 14 Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47

BANATUL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF TIMIŞOARA RUMON GAMBA conductor PETER JABLONSKI piano Program: In Memoriam Remus Georgescu Remus Georgescu Triade Symphony Patrick Hawes Piano Concerto Tim Benjamin Symphony

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA EDWARD GARDNER conductor NICOLAS ALTSTAEDT cello Wagner Tannhäuser Overture Enescu Symphonie Concertante for Cello and Orchestra in B minor Op. 8 Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 43

ENSEMBLE L’ARPEGGIATA CHRISTINA PLUHAR theorbo & musical direction PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY countertenor CÉLINE SCHEEN soprano JUDITH STEENBRINK baroque violin CATHERINE AGLIBUT baroque violin FILIP REKIEĆ baroque violin LATHIKA VITHANAGE baroque violin ANIA NOWAK baroque viola RODNEY PRADA viola da gamba BRUNO COCSET baroque cello LEONARDO TERRUGGI double bass JOSEP MARIA MARTI DURAN theorbo & baroque guitar DANI ESPASA positive organ Program: Stabat mater – Caldara & Pergolesi Antonio Caldara Introduzione from La Passione di Gesu Cristo Signor Nostro Antonio Caldara “Per il Mar del Pianto Mio” – Aria di Maddalena from Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo (Céline Scheen) Antonio Caldara “Só, lieti festeggiate” – Aria di Amor Celeste from Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo (Philippe Jaroussky) Antonio Caldara “Pompe inutile” – Aria di Maddalena con violoncello solo from Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo (Céline Scheen) Antonio Caldara “Quel buon pastor son io” from La morte di Abel (Philippe Jaroussky) Antonio Caldara “In lagrime stemprato il cor qui cade” – Aria di Maddalena from Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo (Céline Scheen) George Frideric Handel “Lascia la spina” – Aria di Piacere from Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (Philippe Jaroussky) Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Stabat Mater I. Stabat Mater II. Cujus Animam III. O quam tristis IV. Quae moerebat V. Quis est homo VI. Vidit suum VII. Eia Mater VIII. Fac ut ardeat IX. Sancta Mater X. Fac ut portem XI. Inflamatus X. Inflamatus XII. Quando corpus – Amen (Céline Scheen, Philippe Jaroussky)

MANUEL FISCHER-DIESKAU cello CYPRIEN KATSARIS piano Schumann Adagio and Allegro Op. 70 Enescu Trois mélodies, arr. for cello and piano (Le desert, Le galop, Soupir) Enescu Allegro in F minor for Cello and Piano Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major Op. 99

MOLDOVA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF IAŞI ADRIAN PETRESCU conductor Martin Torp Concerto for Piano and Orchestra            CRISTIAN NICULESCU piano Fred Popovici Concerto for Violin, Live electronics and Orchestra            PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA violin            GRIG BURLOIU live electronics Gabriel Iranyi Passages for Orchestra Peter Ruzicka Furioso for Orchestra

MOLDOVA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF IAŞI ADRIAN PETRESCU conductor Martin Torp Concerto for Piano and Orchestra            CRISTIAN NICULESCU piano Fred Popovici Concerto for Violin, Live electronics and Orchestra            PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA violin            GRIG BURLOIU live electronics Gabriel Iranyi Passages for Orchestra Peter Ruzicka Furioso for Orchestra

GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA  GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC CHOIR FRÉDÉRIC CHASLIN conductor IOSIF ION PRUNNER conductor of the choir NONA CIOBANU, PETER KOSIR multimedia directors Korngold Die tote Stadt (concert version) ROLF ROMEI Paul (tenor) CRISTINA PĂSĂROIU Marietta (soprano) MARKUS WERBA Frank (baritone) KISMARA PEZZATI Brigitta (contralto) DIANA ȚUGUI Juliette (soprano) STEPHANIE HOUTZEEL Lucienne (mezzo-soprano) MICHAEL GNIFFKE Victorin (tenor) FLORIN ESTEFAN Fritz (baritone) ILYA SELIVANOV Count Albert (tenor)

CLARA HASKIL TRIO NINA REDDIG violin / KAJANA PAČKO cello / FIL LIOTIS piano Guests: ÄNEAS HUMM baritone / JUDIT POLGAR piano Bartók Sonata for Solo Violin, Tempo di ciaccona Bartók „A tömlöcben”, „Régi keserves”, „Párosító”, „Panasz”, „Bordal” from Twenty Hungarian Folksongs for voice and piano Sz 92 Enescu Piano Trio in A minor Enescu 7 Chansons de Clément Marot for voice and piano Ravel Piano Trio

BANATUL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF TIMIŞOARA RUMON GAMBA conductor PETER JABLONSKI piano Program: In Memoriam Remus Georgescu Remus Georgescu Triade Symphony Patrick Hawes Piano Concerto Tim Benjamin Symphony  

MÜNCHENER BACH-CHOR and MÜNCHENER BACH-ORCHESTER HANSJÖRG ALBRECHT conductor & harpsichord Johann Sebastian Bach: Johannes-Passion REGULA MÜHLEMANN soprano WIEBKE LEHMKUHL alto PATRICK GRAHL tenor (arias) DANIEL JOHANNSEN tenor (Evangelist) MICHAEL VOLLE bass (arias) CHRISTIAN IMMLER bass (Jesus)

Recital MAXIM VENGEROV violin & POLINA OSETINSKAYA piano Mozart Violin Sonata No. 32 in B flat major K. 454 Enescu Violin Sonata No. 2 in F minor Op. 6 Strauss Violin Sonata in E flat major Op. 18 Ravel Tzigane

ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LAHAV SHANI conductor GIL SHAHAM violin Brahms Violin Concerto in D major Op. 77 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op. 64

MANUEL FISCHER-DIESKAU cello CYPRIEN KATSARIS piano Schumann Adagio and Allegro Op. 70 Enescu Trois mélodies, arr. for cello and piano (Le desert, Le galop, Soupir) Enescu Allegro in F minor for Cello and Piano Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major Op. 99        

MOLDOVA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF IAŞI ADRIAN PETRESCU conductor Martin Torp Concerto for Piano and Orchestra        CRISTIAN NICULESCU piano Fred Popovici Concerto for Violin, Live electronics and Orchestra        PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA violin        GRIG BURLOIU live electronics Gabriel Iranyi Passages for Orchestra Peter Ruzicka Furioso for Orchestra

THE DEUTSCHE KAMMERPHILHARMONIE BREMEN JÉRÉMIE RHORER conductor DIANA DAMRAU soprano R. Strauss Metamorphosen, study for 23 solo strings (TrV 290, AV 142) R. Strauss “Das Rosenband” Op. 36/1; “Ständchen” Op. 17/2; “Freundliche Vision” Op. 48/1; “Wiegenlied” Op. 41/1; “Allerseelen” Op. 10/8 ; “Zueignung” Op. 10/1 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 3 in D major Op. 29, Polish

Recital GIL SHAHAM violin Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata No. 2 in A minor for Solo Violin Johann Sebastian Bach Partita No. 2 in D minor for Solo Violin Scott Wheeler Isolation Rag for Solo Violin Max Raimi Violin Etude – Anger Management Reena Esmail When the Violin Johann Sebastian Bach Partita no. 3 in E major for Solo Violin

ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR OF THE ROMANIAN NATIONAL OPERA CLUJ-NAPOCA DAVID CRESCENZI conductor RAREȘ TRIFAN director, choreographer, lighting designer VALENTIN CODOIU set designer CRISTINA ALBU, ALINA SIMONA NISTOR backstage stage direction ANCA MONA MARIAȘ musical training of Apparitions II, III Giuseppe Verdi Macbeth ȘERBAN VASILE Macbeth (baritone) NADIA CERCHEZ Lady Macbeth (soprano) CORNELIU HUȚANU Banco (bass) CRISTIAN MOGOȘAN Macduff (tenor) EUSEBIU HUȚAN Malcolm (tenor) IULIA MERCA Lady-in-waiting (mezzo-soprano) SIMONFI SANDOR Doctor (bass) SEBASTIAN BALAJ / GEORGE GODJA Sevant, Assassin, Herald, First Apparition (bass) TBA Fleanzio TBA Second Apparition TBA Third Apparition TBA Duncan

ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LAHAV SHANI conductor YEFIM BRONFMAN piano Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor Op. 30 Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. by Maurice Ravel)  

THE DEUTSCHE KAMMERPHILHARMONIE BREMEN CRISTIAN LUPEŞ conductor Dinu Lipatti Concertino en style classique for Piano and Chamber Orchestra Op. 3    JULIEN LIBEER piano Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 26    ARABELLA STEINBACHER violin Webern Passacaglia Op. 1 Copland Appalachian Spring

OPENING OF THE XXVIIth SEASON, 2021-2022 ION DUMITRESCU PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF RÂMNICU VÂLCEA CONSTANTIN ADRIAN GRIGORE conductor ȘTEFAN CAZACU cello   Ceaikovski Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33, for cello and orchestra Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B flat major Op. 60

ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE CHOIR OF THE GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC CRISTIAN MĂCELARU conductor IOSIF ION PRUNNER conductor of the choir MAXIM VENGEROV violin Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op. 77 Dutilleux Mystère de l'instant for string orchestra, cimbalom & percussion Ravel Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

Recital JOYCE DiDONATO and Il Pomo d’Oro Part I: Gli antichi Salamone Rossi Sinfonia grave from Il primo libro delle sinfonie et gagliarde  Claudio Monteverdi Penelope’s aria “Illustratevi, o cieli” from Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria Antonio Cesti Orontea’s aria “Intorno all’idol mio” from Orontea Tarquinio Merula Ciaccona (instrumental) Claudio Monteverdi Sinfonia from L’incoronazione di Poppea Claudio Monteverdi Ottavia’s aria “Addio Roma, addio patria” from L’incoronazione di Poppea Giovanni Battista Buonamente Ballo del Granduca from Il ballo degli reali amanti (instrumental) John Dowland Come again, sweet love Claudio Monteverdi Sì dolce è’l tormento Part II: I moderni Johann Adolph Hasse Cleopatra’s aria “Morte col fiero aspetto” from Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra George Frideric Handel Cleopatra’s aria “Piangerò la sorte mia” from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 George Frideric Handel Overture from Ariodante (instrumental) George Frideric Handel Ariodante’s aria “Scherza infida, in grembo al drudo” from Ariodante HWV 33 Jean-Philippe Rameau Sarabande, Air en rondeau, Air très vif from Zoroastre (instrumental) Jean-Philippe Rameau Orage from Les Indes galantes (instrumental) George Frideric Handel Ariodante’s aria “Dopo notte” from Ariodante HWV 33 *Joyce DiDonato appears courtesy of Erato/Warner Classics.

MAHLER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA YUJA WANG conductor and soloist MATTHEW TRUSCOTT concertmaster & leader Haydn Symphony No. 31 in D major, Hornsignal Janáček Capriccio for Piano Left-Hand and Chamber Ensemble, Vzdor (Defiance) Stravinsky Octet for Winds Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major Op. 102

ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE CHOIR OF THE GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC CRISTIAN MĂCELARU conductor IOSIF ION PRUNNER conductor of the choir DENIS MATSUEV piano Messiaen Les Offrandes oubliées  Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16 Enescu Poème roumain Op. 1      NONA CIOBANU, PETER KOSIR multimedia directors Ravel La Valse  

MAHLER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA YUJA WANG piano MATTHEW TRUSCOTT concertmaster & leader Haydn Symphony No. 31 in D major, Hornsignal Janáček Capriccio for Piano Left-Hand and Chamber Ensemble, Vzdor (Defiance) Stravinsky Octet for Winds Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major Op. 102

RADIO ROMANIA NATIONAL ORCHESTRA RADIO ROMANIA ACADEMIC CHOIR OLEG CAETANI conductor CIPRIAN ȚUȚU conductor of the choir CARMEN LIDIA VIDU multimedia director Zemlinsky Der Zwerg LUCIA CESARONI The Infant (soprano) EMILY MAGEE Ghita (soprano) KRISTINN SIGMUNDSSON The Chamberlain (bass) RODRICK DIXON The Dwarf (tenor) ALISA JORDHEIM First Maid (soprano) HAGAR SHARVIT Second Maid (soprano) MARGARET PLUMMER Third Maid (alto)

ROMANIAN-LUSITANIAN CONFLUENCES Recital CONSTANTIN SANDU piano Luiz Costa Preludes Op. 9 Cláudio Carneyro Arpa-eólea, Movimento Perpétuo Telmo Marques Three Toccatas for Piano (Toccata Bitonal. Vivace; Toccata d'Alberti. Andante; Toccata in blue. Vivo) Paul Constantinescu Three Pieces for Piano Solo Constantin Silvestri Pièce de Concert Op. 25 No. 3 George Enescu Suite Op. 10 (Pavane, Bourrée)

PAUL CONSTANTINESCU PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF PLOIEȘTI RADU POSTĂVARU conductor JOSU DE SOLAUN piano CRISTIAN CUCU trumpet Shostakovich Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra Op. 35 R. Strauss Le bourgeois gentilhomme Op. 60

WIENER KAMMERORCHESTER VLAD VIZIREANU conductor REMUS AZOIȚEI violin Enescu Ballade for Violin and Orchestra Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K. 218 Schubert Symphony No. 9 in C major D 944

STATE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF SIBIU TITO CECCHERINI conductor CAROLIN WIDMANN violin Dai Fujikura Rare Gravity Salvatore Sciarrino Giorno velato for Violin and Orchestra Francesco Filidei Fiori di Fiori Giorgio Battistelli Afterthought Mihnea Brumariu Der Nachbar des Chaos

STATE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF SIBIU TITO CECCHERINI conductor CAROLIN WIDMANN violin Dai Fujikura Rare Gravity Salvatore Sciarrino Giorno velato for Violin and Orchestra Francesco Filidei Fiori di Fiori Giorgio Battistelli Afterthought Mihnea Brumariu Der Nachbar des Chaos

PITEȘTI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CONSTANTIN GRIGORE conductor ȘTEFAN CAZACU cello Ceaikovski Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33, for cello and orchestra Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op. 95, From the New World

PITEȘTI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CONSTANTIN GRIGORE conductor ȘTEFAN CAZACU cello Ceaikovski Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33, for cello and orchestra Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op. 95, From the New World

LES DISSONANCES DAVID GRIMAL artistic director and soloist Ravel Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 Enescu Caprice Roumain for Violin and Orchestra Stravinsky Le Sacre du printemps   

LES DISSONANCES DAVID GRIMAL artistic director and soloist Ravel Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 Enescu Caprice Roumain for Violin and Orchestra Stravinsky Le Sacre du printemps   

Recital MAXIM VENGEROV violin & POLINA OSETINSKAYA piano Mozart Violin Sonata No. 32 in B flat major K. 454 Enescu Violin Sonata No. 2 in F minor Op. 6 Strauss Violin Sonata in E flat major Op. 18 Ravel Tzigane

LES DISSONANCES DAVID GRIMAL artistic director and soloist Stravinsky L'Oiseau de feu Chausson Poème Op. 25 Ravel Tzigane Bartók Concerto for Orchestra

Recital SINA KLOKE piano Program: Patience et courage Janáček In the Mists Enescu Sonata in D major Op. 24 No. 3 Enescu Mélodie Op. 18 No. 1 Brahms Three Intermezzi Op. 119 Debussy Pour le Piano L. 95

PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF SIBIU TITO CECCHERINI conductor CAROLIN WIDMANN violin Dai Fujikura Rare Gravity Salvatore Sciarrino Giorno velato for Violin and Orchestra Francesco Filidei Fiori di Fiori Mihnea Brumariu Der Nachbar des Chaos

RADIO ROMANIA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA TIBERIU SOARE conductor ALISA WEILERSTEIN cello Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C major Op. 48 Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major Hob. VIIb:1 Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra Op. 33

TONHALLE ORCHESTER ZÜRICH PAAVO JÄRVI conductor WIEBKE LEHMKUHL alto CHOIR OF THE GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC IOSIF ION PRUNNER conductor of the choir RADIO ROMANIA CHILDREN CHOIR RĂZVAN RĂDOS conductor of the choir   Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D minor

Recital NORBERT ANGER cello, SINA KLOKE piano Debussy Cello Sonata in D minor Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 Enescu Cello Sonata No. 2 in C major Op. 26

BUCHAREST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JOHN AXELROD conductor Gabriela Montero Latin Concerto for Piano and Orchestra    GABRIELA MONTERO piano José María Gallardo del Rey Diamantes Para Aranjuez    JOSÉ MARÍA GALLARDO DEL REY guitar    ROBERTO VOZMEDIANO cajón Fazil Say Istanbul Symphony Avishai Cohen An Evening with Avishai Cohen Two Roses with the Bucharest Symphony Orchestra      AVISHAI COHEN double bass and vocals      ELCHIN SHIRINOV piano      RONI KASPI drums

LA CETRA BAROQUE ORCHESTRA BASEL LA CETRA VOKALENSEMBLE ANDREA MARCON conductor Antonio Caldara La Concordia de’ pianeti MAGDALENA KOŽENÁ Venere (mezzo-soprano) MARGRIET BUCHBERGER Diana (soprano) CHRISTOPHE DUMAUX Giove (countertenor) VADIM VOLKOV Apollo (countertenor) SONIA PRINA Marte (contralto) ANTHONY GREGORY Mercurio (tenor) LUCA TITTOTO Saturno (bass)

National Opera and Ballet Theatre Oleg Danovski ENESCIANA – BALLET PERFORMANCE   HORAȚIU CHERECHEȘ director and choreographer

TONHALLE ORCHESTER ZÜRICH PAAVO JÄRVI conductor RUDOLF BUCHBINDER piano Enescu Symphony No. 1 in E flat major Op. 13 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Op. 15 Schumann Symphony No. 3 in E flat major op. 97, Rhenish  

Rediscovering Enescu Recital NOAH BENDIX-BALGLEY violin (First Concertmaster of the Berliner Philharmoniker) ELIAS GOLDSTEIN viola (Primrose International Competition) STEPHAN KONCZ cello (member of the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra) ANGELA DRĂGHICESCU piano (Seattle Chamber Music Festival) Enescu Piano Trio in G minor Mozart Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor K. 478

HUNGARIAN RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH conductor RENAUD CAPUÇON violin Korngold Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35 Bruckner Symphony No. 2 in C minor

EAST-WEST CHAMBER ORCHESTRA ROSTISLAV KRIMER conductor NICOLAS DAUTRICOURT violin Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A major K. 201 Enescu Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor Op. 25, “dans le caractère populaire roumain” (arr. for orchestra by Frédéric Chaslin) Weinberg Chamber Symphony No. 2 Op. 147 Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C major Op. 48

HUNGARIAN RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHOIR OF THE GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC CHRISTIAN BADEA conductor IOSIF ION PRUNNER conductor of the choir KIAN SOLTANI cello Enescu Vox Maris Op. 31      COSMIN IFRIM tenor Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor Op. 129 Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin Suite Wagner Tannhäuser Overture

Recital SONYA YONCHEVA soprano & MALCOLM MARTINEAU piano AD UNA STELLA Duparc L'invitation au voyage; Au pays où se fait la guerre; La vie antérieure; Chanson triste Viardot Hai Luli Chausson Le temps de lilas; Le charme; Sérénade italienne Donizetti Depuis qu’une autre Delibes Les filles de Cadix Puccini Sole e Amore; Terra e Mare; Mentia l’avviso; Canto d’anime Martucci Al folto bosco Tosti L’ultimo bacio; L’ideale Giuseppe Verdi In solitaria stanza; Ad una stella; L’esule

ROMANIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA CRISTIAN MANDEAL conductor ALEXEI VOLODIN piano Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in D major Op. 11 No. 2 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor Op. 74, Pathétique

GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA GABRIEL BEBEŞELEA conductor Grieg Peer Gynt Op. 23       VLAD IVANOV narrator       RODICA VICĂ soprano Enescu Strigoii (Ghosts)     RODICA VICĂ Queen (soprano)     ALIN ANCA Narrator     TIBERIUS SIMU Arald (tenor)     FLORIN ESTEFAN The Wizard (baritone)

ORCHESTRA DELL’ ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA DANIELE GATTI conductor JEAN YVES THIBAUDET piano Enescu Symphony No. 4 in E minor Ravel Piano Concerto in G major Debussy La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre

TRANSYLVANIA PHILHARMONIC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF CLUJ-NAPOCA LAWRENCE FOSTER conductor NÉSTOR BAYONA pianist and assistant conductor Alban Berg Lulu ANNIKA GERHARDS Lulu (soprano) ULRIKE HELZEL Countess Martha Geschwitz (mezzo-soprano) ALEXANDER KAIMBACHER Walter Schwarz, Der Maler (tenor) JOCHEN SCHMECKENBECHER Dr. Ludwig Schön (baritone) CHARLES WORKMAN Alwa (tenor) ROMAN ASTAKHOV Schigolch (bass) JOZEF BENCI (laureate of the George Enescu Singing Competition in 2001) Dr. Goll, Der Medizinalrat (spoken) PAUL GAY Tierbändiger, An athlete (bass) JOZEF BENCI The theatre manager (bass) ILSEYAR KHAYRULLOVA A schoolboy / A theatrical dresser (alto) MICHAEL GNIFFKE Prinz / Kammerdiener

ORCHESTRA DELL’ ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA DANIELE GATTI conducto Schubert Symphony No. 3 in D major D. 200 Mahler Symphony No. 4       RACHEL HARNISCH soprano  

CONTROCORRENTE ORCHESTRA ANDREAS STAIER harpsichord Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Sinfonia in D major Fk. 64 Johann Sebastian Bach Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A major BWV 1055 ANDREAS STAIER harpsichord Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in E major BWV 878 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049 ALFIA BAKIEVA violin EMILIANO RODOLFI, ALESSANDRO NAASELLO flauto dolce  Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Concerto in F major for two harpsichords Wq. 46 ANDREAS STAIER, LUCA QUINTAVALLE harpsichord Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050 LUCA QUINTAVALLE harpsichord EMILIANO RODOLFI flauto traverso ALFIA BAKIEVA violin Johann Christian Bach Sinfonia in G minor Op. 6 No. 6   Ensemble members: ALFIA BAKIEVA, MARIA GROKHOTOVA, HERIBERTO DELGADO first violin MAURO MASSA, BEATRICE SCALDINI second violin ANDREA VASSALLE viola CATHERINE JONES cello DAVIDE NAVA double bass LUCA QUINTAVALLE harpsichord EMILIANO RODOLFI first oboe, first flauto dolce, flauto traverso solo and second flute ROBERTO DE FRANCESCHI second oboi and first flute ALESSANDRO NASELLO bassoon and second flauto dolce ALESSANDRO DENABIAN, LUCA MEDIOLI horn

DOGMA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA MIKHAIL GUREWITSCH Concertmaster & Artistic Director   Cornel Țăranu Sequences for string orchestra Efrem Podgaits Viva Voce – Concerto No. 2 for Bayan KSENIJA SIDOROVA accordion Gavin Bryars In Nomine (After Purcell) Mikhail Gurewitsch Seven Rhymes for Glory Michael Nyman When Ingrid met Capa

THE ENESCU PROJECT NICOLAS DAUTRICOURT violin & artistic conception VALENTIN ȘERBAN violin RĂZVAN POPOVICI viola VALENTIN RĂDUȚIU cello THE CAPRICCIO QUARTET Enescu Aubade for string trio Massenet Méditation de Thaïs (arrangement for violin & strings: N. Dautricourt) Bartók Excerpts from the 44 Duos for Two Violins Ysaÿe Sonata No. 3 Op. 27, Ballade for solo violin, dedicated to George Enescu George-Ioan Păiș Amintire deformată, world premiere (winner of the Institut Français de Roumanie & Château Pape-Clément Composition Prize) Fauré Élégie in C minor Op. 24 (arrangement for cello & strings: N. Dautricourt) Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte (arrangement for strings: N. Dautricourt) Enescu String Octet Op. 7

TRIO PETRE LUMINITZA PETRE violin ADRIAN VASILE viola HORATIU LUDUȘAN cello Enescu Aubade for String Trio in C major Constantinescu Two studies in Byzantine style for violin, viola and cello Schubert String Trio in B flat major D. 471 Beethoven String Trio in E-flat major Op. 3

ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA ALAN GILBERT conductor KIRILL GERSTEIN piano Nielsen Helios Overture Strauss Burleske for Piano and Orchestra in D minor TrV 145 Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op. 43 Nielsen Symphony No. 5 Op. 50 FS 97

WDR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA COLOGNE CHAMBER PLAYERS Zemlinsky String Quintet Enescu String Quartet in G major Op. 22 No. 2 Brahms String Quintet in G major

LES ARTS FLORISSANTS WILLIAM CHRISTIE conductor WILLIAM CHRISTIE, PAUL AGNEW co-direction of L’Académie du Jardin des Voix SOPHIE DANEMAN semi-staging PAUL AGNEW co-director of Le Jardin des Voix academy JEAN-LUC TAILLEFERT stage and costume designer   RITA DE LETTERIIS linguistic advisor CHRISTOPHE GARCIA choreography Händel Partenope HWV 27 Soloists: Members of Le Jardin des Voix Academy for young baroque singers ANA VIEIRA LEITE Partenope (soprano) HUGH CUTTING Arsace (countertenor) ALBERTO MIGUELEZ ROUCO Armindo (countertenor) JACOB LAWRENCE Emilio (tenor) HELEN CHARLSTON Rosmira / Eurimene (mezzo-soprano) MATTHIEU WALENDZIK Ormonte (baritone) Orchestre des Arts Florissants  Violin: Emmanuel Resche*(concertmaestru); Myriam Gevers; Augusta McKay Lodge*; Christophe Robert; Catherine Girard; Sophie Gevers-Demoures; Jeffrey Girton*; Michèle Sauvé Viola: Galina Zinchenko; Simon Heyerick; Lucia Peralta Cello: David Simpson**; Elena Andreyev; Magali Boyer; Alix Verzier Double bass: Joseph Carver** Flute: Serge Saitta Oboe: Pier Luigi Fabretti; Yanina Yacubsohn Bassoon: Claude Wassmer Horn: Nicolas Chedmail; Philippe Bord Trumpet: Julia Boucaut Harpsichord: Florian Carré** * Former students of Juilliard School of New York. **Basso continuo Éditions musicales : Les Arts Florissants, Pascal Duc

Concert supported by:      ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA DANIEL HARDING conductor Enescu Pastorale-Fantaisie Wagner Tannhäuser Overture Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E major WAB 107

Music of the XXIst Century International Forum of Composers Moderator: Dan Dediu   4.30-5.00 PM Ars Poetica Conference: Jiří Kadeřábek 5.00-5.30 PM Ars Poetica Conference: Dieter Ammann 5.30-5.50 PM Coffee Break 5.50-6.30 PM Round-table with Jiří Kadeřábek, Dieter Ammann, Cornel Taranu   Free entrance

Music of the XXIst Century International Forum of Composers Moderator: Dan Dediu 4.30-5.00 PM Ars Poetica Conference: Dan Dediu and Adrian Iorgulescu 5.00-5.30 PM Ars Poetica Conference: Jonathan Dove 5.30-5.50 PM Coffee Break 5.50-6.30 PM Round-table with Dan Dediu, Adrian Iorgulescu, Jonathan Dove, Raphael Wallfisch   Free entrance

Music of the XXIst Century International Forum of Composers Moderator: Dan Dediu 4.30-5.00 PM Ars Poetica Conference: Patrick Hawes and Peter Jablonski 5.00-5.30 PM Ars Poetica Conference: Tim Benjamin 5.30-5.50 PM Coffee Break 5.50-6.30 PM Round-table with Patrick Hawes, Peter Jablonski, Tim Benjamin   Free entrance

Music of the XXIst Century International Forum of Composers Moderator: Dan Dediu 4.30-5.00 PM Ars Poetica Conference: Martin Torp/Cristian Niculescu 5.00-5.30 PM Ars Poetica Conference: Gabriel Iranyi  5.30-5.50 PM Coffee Break 5.50-6.30 PM Round-table with Martin Torp, Fred Popovici, Gabriel Iranyi   Free entrance

Music of the XXIst Century International Forum of Composers Moderator: Dan Dediu 4.30-5.00 PM Ars Poetica Conference: Salvatore Sciarrino 5.00-5.30 PM Ars Poetica Conference: Francesco Filidei 5.30-5.50 PM Coffee Break 5.50-6.30 PM Round-table with Salvatore Sciarrino, Francesco Filidei, Mihnea Brumariu   Free entrance

What are the three words that come to mind when someone asks you about Brâncuși? Would you like to know more about the Romanian sculptor and place yourself inside some of his most famous works? The Mirrors of Brâncuși project is an exhibition that invites you to be part of the universe of “the inventor of modern sculpture”. The project follows the basic concepts of Brâncuși’s creation and transplants them into modern technologies so that you have the opportunity to experiment with the ideas that inspired the sculptor, but also to look in his work as if in your personal mirror. Verticality, complexity hidden among the simple lines, emotion and return to oneself – this is what you will discover when visiting the Mirrors of Brâncuși exhibition. Curator: Silvana Dulamă-Popa Production designer: Diana Miroșu Lighting designer: Alin Popa Music: Zoli Toth Video: Dilmana Yordanova and Ovidiu Eftimie Photo: Iulian Dinu Mirrors of Brâncuși is a project organized by the Art Production Foundation, the Resource Center for Active Citizenship and Christian Westblink, with the support of JTI and the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant. *Project financed by 2014-2021EEA Grants as part of RO-CULTURA Program

TVR CONSTANTIN SILVESTRI – AVANT-GARDIST, MASTER IMPROVISER, HOMME PASSIONNÉ Produceds in UK by Anda Anastasescu and Nicolas Gaster Episodes: Prelude. Lead Soldiers. The Little Shepherd. Fireworks. Pictures at an Exhibition. Nocturne. Bacchanalia.

The George Enescu National Museum in the Festival Romanian chamber music works GAUDEAMUS QUARTET Lucia Neagoe – first violin Raluca Irimia – second violin Leona Varvarichi – viola Ștefan Neagoe – cello Maia Ciobanu Trencadis Ulpiu Vlad Pasărea tânără George Enescu Quartet No. 2 in G major Op. 22 Partners: Union of Romanian Composers and Musicologists; National University of Music Bucharest

ROYAL CONCERT Under the auspices of the Romanian Royal Family THE ROYAL CHOIR PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF BRAȘOV RĂZVAN APETREI conductor ANTONEL TEMISTOCLI conductor of the choir Jean-Baptiste Lully Le Ballet Royal de la Nuit – Overture (first audition) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 26 K. 537, Coronation CRISTIANA MIHART pian Henry Purcell Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary Z 323, “Come Ye Sons of Art” (first audition) Georg Friedrich Händel Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne HWV 74, “Eternal source of light divine” (first audition) Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea “Prayer of Queen Mary for the Dead” (Poppy Fields Oratorio) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Festival Coronation March TH 50, ČW 47 Soloists: DANIELA BUCȘAN soprano ALINA SILVIA DRAGNEA mezzo-soprano IUSTINIAN ZETEA bass

Claude Debussy – A Passionate Life With ROBERT POWELL & ROHAN MCCULLOUGH Guests CLIVE CONWAY flute & NATHAN TINKER piano   Robert Powell brings vividly to life, through the composer’s own words, the fascinating character of one of the most extraordinary superstars in musical history. Charismatic, fascinating, outrageously unconventional, possessed of great charm and wit, he was a true Bohemian, equally at home in the lowlife nightclubs of Montmartre as in the aristocratic salons of Parisian Society. Rohan Mccullough joins Robert in presenting the unfortunate women who were bewitched by this strange and complex man. Shootings, attempted suicide, adultery, public scandal – all featured in the passionate life of Debussy! Throughout all of the drama of his life flowed the inspired music which shocked the Establishment by its sensuality and daring harmonic language; and how this quixotic genius loved to shock the Parisian Society! His wicked sense of humour, and delight in poking fun, is wonderfully revealed in his own words. Speaking of a society lady who sang his songs, he remarked: “She sings like a locomotive in distress, but her buttered scones are marvellous!” Debussy wrote to his wife while on tour in Europe: “Vienna is a raddled old city where one suffers an excess of Brahms and Puccini. As for Budapest, the river Danube refuses to be as blue as a certain famous waltz maintains it is. The Hungarians are all liars, but charming! But I brought back some marvellous chocolates...”

MAIA MORGENSTERN narrator ANSAMBLUL CONSTANTIN SILVESTRI IOSIF ION PRUNNER conductor CRISTIAN NICULESCU piano CRISTINA ENĂȘESCU video projections DAN SCHLANGER director Romanian translation: VLADIMIR POPESCU-DEVESELU Part I Saint-Saëns Les cloches du soir Op. 85 Debussy La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune Dediu Pierrot solaire Act I.                    Pierrot Lunaire Part II Enescu Carillon Nocturne Op. 18 Satie Gnossienne No. 3 Satie Nocturne No. 3 Act II.                  Pierrot Lunaire Part III Mozart La tartine de beurre Mozart 6 German Dances K. 606 Act III.                 Pierrot Lunaire Final: Mozart Five Contradances K. 609 * During some of the instrumental works presented in the performance a videogram will be projected, divided into three parts, on aspects of Arnold Schoenberg’s life and creation.

George Enescu Hall, National University of Music Bucharest The George Enescu National Museum in the Festival Romanian chamber music works LIEDER RECITAL I. BIANCA MANOLEANU soprano REMUS MANOLEANU piano Viorel Munteanu “Visătorul”; “Vreau să joc” from Întoarceri la Blaga Cornelia Tăutu Trias (lyrics by Mihai Eminescu) Paul Constantinescu Cântec (lyrics by Dumitru Ciurezu) Ede Terényi “Altissimo”; “Laudate sii” from Il Cantico del sole (lyrics by San Francesco d’Assisi) Adrian Pop “Alba”; “Mărțișoare” from Mărțișoare și buruieni (lyrics by Tudor Arghezi) Liviu Dănceanu Zoo Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea Chanson d’automne (lyrics by Paul Verlaine) Daniela Cojocaru Muntele Îndepărtat (lyrics by Ion Codrescu) Dan Bălan Clipe II (lyrics by Ion Minulescu) Gabriel Mălăncioiu Stalactita (lyrics by Lucian Blaga) Diana Rotaru “La Ruota” from Soresciana (lyrics by Marin Sorescu) Theodor Grigoriu No. 9, No. 10 from 11 Haikai – Dincolo de tăcere, duhul câmpiei (lyrics by Șerban Codrin)   II. CLAUDIA CODREANU mezzo-soprano DIANA DEMBINSKI-VODĂ piano Mihail Jora Chiot on lyrics by Mariana Dumitrescu Pascal Bentoiu Obârșii from “Five Songs” on lyrics by Nina Cassian Remus Georgescu Amurg de toamnă on lyrics by Lucian Blaga Carmen Petra-Basacopol Zorile-și mână cerbii de foc on lyrics by Mariana Dumitrescu Dumitru Capoianu Vin Țigăncile on lyrics by George Topârceanu Olguța Lupu Capriciu on lyrics by Marin Sorescu Csíky Boldizsár Mint sir az feher hattyu (lyrics Codex Vietoris / 1680 tablature) Nicolae Teodoreanu “Vei plânge mult ori vei zâmbi?” from Lacrima și raza on lyrics by Lucian Blaga Sorin Lerescu “Sonuri” from the song cycle for mezzo-soprano, bass and piano O oră de iubire Op.16 on lyrics by George Tomozei Diana Dembinski-Vodă Uvedenrode on lyrics by Ion Barbu (first audition) Nicolae Coman L’amor, tal volta on lyrics by Miquel Martí i Pol Dan Buciu Arpagic on lyrics by Ana Blandiana Felicia Donceanu “Vreau să fiu cireș înflorit” from Cântece de fată frumoasă on folk verses   Partners: Union of Romanian Composers and Musicologists; National University of Music Bucharest

ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR OF THE ROMANIAN NATIONAL OPERA TIBERIU SOARE conductor George Stephănescu National Overture Enescu Dixtuor à vents in D major Op. 14 Rossini Stabat Mater    MARTA SANDU OFRIM soprano    MIHAELA IȘPAN mezzo-soprano    LUCIAN CORCHIȘ tenor    ION DIMIERU bass

Enescu (puppet) – Selina Colceru Sol – Alexandru Unguru Sică – Valeria Cristia Rică – Irina Sârbu Lola – Mona Ciuta Violinist – Monica Buștean Pianist – Raluca Ouatu Scriptwriter – Emanuel Ciocu Artistic consultant – Cristina Sârbu Director – Mona Ciuta Stage design and costumes – Sânziana Tarța Music – Irina Sârbu   It was the turn of the greatest Romanian composer, George Enescu, to be the subject of the amusing and special musical stories told with such talent, ease and charm by the two little mice, Sică and Rică, the cat Lola and the old rat Sol who, for 11 years, have become the best friends of children (of grandparents and parents!) eager to step into the wonderful world of classical music. From a small village in Moldova, Liveni, George Enescu became one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century, an acclaimed and respected violinist, pianist, composer and teacher. In his parents’ home in Cracalia, then during his studies in Vienna and Paris, his three little friends were always by his side and can recount how the little boy from Liveni became one of the world’s greatest musicians.   *Event supported by Dacia.

TEODORA ENACHE-BRODY, CĂLIN GRIGORIU, ANDREI MAXIM, JOCA PERPIGNAN and the CHOIR OF THE ROMANIAN NATIONAL OPERA Organizers: E-Multimedia and the Romanian National Opera

Béla Bartók (puppet) – Selina Colceru Ioșka – Filip Ristovski Sol – Alexandru Unguru Sică – Alexandra Laura Badea Rică – Irina Sârbu Lola – Mona Ciuta Violinist – Monica Buștean Pianist – Raluca Ouatu Scriptwriter – Cristina Sârbu Director – Mona Ciuta Stage design and costumes – Valeria Cristia, Sânziana Tarța   Sică and Rică, then Lola the cat, arrive in a new cultural space that they try to get to know better. They learn a few words in Hungarian, play children’s games with Béla and his friend, the Macedonian Ioska, listen enthusiastically to stories about folklore collections with the help of a wonder instrument called a phonograph, and even have the opportunity to play folk instruments that were previously unknown to them, such as the drâmba or the tulnic. Before returning to Bucharest, the three friends help Béla present to the children in the auditorium The Wooden Prince story, a ballet inspired by a fairy tale about a prince that is in love with a princess, whom an evil spirit tries to prevent from getting close to the one he loves.   * Event supported by the Magyar Kulturális Intézet Bukarest and the Hungarian Ministry of Culture.

The George Enescu National Museum in the Festival Romanian chamber music works PROFIL ENSEMBLE Musical direction: Dan Dediu Emil Vișenescu – clarinet Diana Moș – violin Mircea Marian – cello Adriana Maier – piano Sorin Rotaru – percussion Ștefan Niculescu Duplum for clarinet and piano George Balint Rhoe for clarinet, violin and piano Aurel Stroe Fantasia quasi una sonata for cello and piano Diana Rotaru Red Hot for clarinet, violin, cello and piano Dan Dediu Viscous Sun for clarinet, violin, cello and piano Adrian Iorgulescu Talcioc for clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion (first audition)   Partners: Union of Romanian Composers and Musicologists; National University of Music Bucharest

 CANDIDE Music by Leonard Bernstein Text by Hugh Wheeler, after Voltaire In a new version by John Caird Lyrics by Richard Wilbur Additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, John Latouche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker and Leonard Bernstein Romanian version by Emil Mirasova and Carmen Pațac Lyrics translation and adaptation: Laura Ciochină-Carasevici and Dragoş Carasevici   ORCHESTRA, CHOIR AND BALLET OF THE NATIONAL THEATER AND MUSICAL ION DACIAN CONSTANTIN GRIGORE / ALEXANDRU ILIE musical direction AUREL MURARU conductor of the choir CĂTĂLIN IONESCU ARBORE set designer UNDA POPP costume designer BOGDAN BOANTĂ, ANDRA GHEORGHE choreography SORINA MICȘUNESCU, EUGENIA STOIAN choreography assistants ANDREI MUNTEANU artistic direction   VOLTAIRE Valentino Tiron PANGLOSS Marius Mitrofan CANDIDE George Vârban / Dumitru Filip CUNEGONDA Daniela Bucșan / Miruna Dascălu MAXIMILIAN Teodor Vădana PAQUETTE Tina Munteanu / Mihaela Alexa THE OLD LADY Cristina Trandafir / Gladiola Nițulescu Lamatic CACAMBO Andrei Pleșca MARTIN Stefan Popov GOVERNOR Florin Budnaru VANDERDENDUR Mihai Urzicana / Daniel Madia BARON THUNDER-DEN-TRONCK Arnold Mack BARONESS THUNDER-DEN-TRONCK Ioana Băiașu / Ileana Lenghel CORPORAL Mihăiță Radu CAPTAIN Alin Țintea SERGEANT Alexandru Vasile DUTCH PRIEST Alexandru Onea THE PRIEST’S WIFE Irina Onea JACQUES THE ANABAPTIST Victor Bucur FRENCH OFFICER Marian Chirazi VIENNESE AMBASSADOR Relu Dobrin DON ISSACAR Marius Meragiu THE GRAND INQUISITOR Anton Zidaru PORTUGUESE SAILOR Alois Doboș INQUISITORS Răzvan Rusu, Mihăiță Radu, Bogdan Ardeleanu THE INQUISITION AGENTS Lorendi Rădulescu, Octavian Ștefănescu, Cătălin Cocheș OFFICER Mircea Crăciun KING OF ELDORADO Cătălin Petrescu QUEEN OF ELDORADO Raluca Ciocă SLAVE OF SURINAM Daniel Găină KING STANISLAUS Marius Mitrofan PRINCE IVAN Florin Ganea CHARLES EDWARD STEWART Andrei Pleșca SULTAN AHMET Anton Zidaru KING HERMANN AUGUSTUS Stefan Popov KING THEODOR Mihai Urzicana / Daniel Madia