Grand Palace Hall

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

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

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

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

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)    

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

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

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 

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  

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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)  

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

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  

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)

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   

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

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

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  

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

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

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

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

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  

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

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