Official Programme

GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CRISTIAN MĂCELARU conductor GAUTIER CAPUÇON cello Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104 Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in D major Op. 11 No. 2 Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite Op. 59

WDR SINFONIEORCHESTER KÖLN JÖRG WIDMANN conductor CAROLIN WIDMANN violin Widmann Con Brio Widmann Violin Concerto No. 2 Mendelssohn/Widmann Andante from the Clarinet Sonata in E flat major Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op. 107, The Reformation

ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR OF THE MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO ZUBIN MEHTA conductor LORENZO FRATINI chorus master NONA CIOBANU, PETER KOŠIR multimedia directors Verdi Otello (concert version) FABIO SARTORI Otello (tenor) ANASTASIA BARTOLI Desdemona (soprano) LUCA SALSI Iago (baritone) JOSEPH DAHDAH Cassio (tenor) ADRIANO GRAMIGNI Lodovico (bass) ELEONORA FILIPPONI Emilia (mezzo-soprano) FRANCESCO PITTARI Rodrigo (tenor) EDUARDO MARTINEZ Montano (bass) MATTEO MANCINI Un Araldo (baritone)  

WDR SINFONIEORCHESTER KÖLN CRISTIAN MĂCELARU conductor MATTHIAS GOERNE baritone Dediu Formido (Romanian premiere) Mahler/Glanert Selection from Des Knaben Wunderhorn Bartók The Wooden Prince Op. 13

ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR OF THE MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO ZUBIN MEHTA conductor LORENZO FRATINI chorus master Enescu Prélude from Œdipe Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor, The Resurrection        CHRISTIANE KARG soprano        MICHÈLE LOSIER alto

CZECH PHILHARMONIC MANFRED HONECK conductor KATIA & MARIELLE LABÈQUE piano Dessner Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op. 64

LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Sir SIMON RATTLE conductor Mahler Symphony No. 9

CZECH PHILHARMONIC CHOIR OF THE GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC MANFRED HONECK conductor IOSIF ION PRUNNER conductor of the choir Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C major Op. 21 Dvořák Rusalka Fantasy (Orchestral Suite from the Opera Rusalka; arr. Tomáš Ille / Manfred Honeck) Enescu Vox Maris Op. 31               COSMIN IFRIM tenor               LAVINIA MAMOT soprano

LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Sir SIMON RATTLE conductor PETER DONOHOE piano CYNTHIA MILLAR ondes Martenot   Enescu Voix de la nature Messiaen Turangalîla-Symphonie

ENSEMBLE INTERCONTEMPORAIN PIERRE BLEUSE conductor SÉBASTIEN VICHARD piano RENAUD DÉJARDIN cello JEANNE-MARIE CONQUER violin Ligeti Chamber Concerto for 13 instrumentalists Ligeti Piano Concerto Ligeti Cello Concerto Ligeti Violin Concerto

ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DU CAPITOLE DE TOULOUSE ROMANIAN RADIO ACADEMIC CHOIR CHRISTIAN BADEA conductor CIPRIAN ȚUȚU conductor of the choir RENAUD CAPUÇON violin MICHEL BOUVARD organ Enescu Isis, symphonic poem for female choir and orchestra (completed by Pascal Bentoiu) Chausson Poème for Violin and Orchestra Op. 25 Ravel Tzigane, concert rhapsody for violin and orchestra Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor Op. 78, The Organ Symphony

Recital OLGA PERETYATKO soprano & MARIUS VLAD BUDOIU tenor MATTHIAS SAMUIL, HOREA HAPLEA piano MARIUS VLAD BUDOIU Brahms Der Mond steht über dem Berge (serenade) Schubert Leise flehen meine Lieder (serenade) R. Strauss Die Nacht op. 10 nr. 3 Bohm Still wie die Nacht Erwin Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame Stolz Das Lied ist aus Stolz Du, du, du, schließ deine Augen zu! from Wenn die kleinen Veilchen blühen Benatzky Es muss was Wunderbares sein from Im weißen Rößl Lehár Dein ist mein ganzes Herz from Das Land des Lächelns OLGA PERETYATKO Gounod Quand tu chantes, bercée (sérénade) Santoro Luar de meu bem from Três Canções Populares Pimenta Estrela (Brazilian lullaby) De Falla Nana from Siete canciones populares españolas Tchaikovsky Spi, ditya moyo Op.16/1 Puccini E l’uccellino Tosti Ninna nanna Mozart Schlafe, mein Prinzchen, schlaf ein K. 350 Schumann Der Sandmann Op. 79/12 Gershwin Summertime from Porgy and Bess OLGA PERETYATKO & MARIUS VLAD BUDOIU Lehár Lippen schweigen (Duet Hanna – Danilo from Die lustige Witwe)

FINE ARTS QUARTET RALPH EVANS violin, EFIM BOICO violin, GIL SHARON viola, NIKLAS SCHMIDT cello Guests GISELE & FABIO WITKOWSKI piano, SĂNDEL SMĂRĂNDESCU double bass Enescu Sérénade lointaine for Piano Trio Enescu Piano Quintet in D major Enescu Aubade for String Trio Enescu Pastorale, Menuet triste et Nocturne for Violin and Piano, four hands Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in A major op. 11 No. 1 (arranged for piano quintet and bass by Jacques Enoch)

TRANSYLVANIA STATE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF CLUJ-NAPOCA JONATHON HEYWARD conductor ANDREI GOLOGAN piano Doina Rotaru Nymphea Britten Piano Concerto Op. 13 Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 in F minor Op. 10

DOGMA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA MIKHAIL GUREWITSCH concertmaster & artistic director ALEXANDRA SEGAL piano, winner of the George Enescu International Competition 2022 MARIA MARICA violin, winner of the George Enescu International Competition 2022 Buciu Cristiane II Mendelssohn Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Strings in D minor MWV O4 Barber Serenade for String Orchestra Op. 1 Britten Simple Symphony Gurewitsch Lifebyrinth – chamber symphony in four movements (first audition)

ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DU CAPITOLE DE TOULOUSE ROMANIAN RADIO ACADEMIC CHOIR JOSEP PONS conductor CIPRIAN ȚUȚU conductor of the choir NONA CIOBANU, PETER KOŠIR multimedia directors Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Op. 14 Berlioz Lélio, ou Le retour à la vie Op. 14b         LAMBERT WILSON narrator         MATHIAS VIDAL tenor         VINCENT LE TEXIER baritone

ENSEMBLE ZEFIRO ALFREDO BERNARDINI conductor Mozart Serenade No. 10 for Winds in B flat major K. 361/370a, Gran Partita Musicians: ALFREDO BERNARDINI, PAOLO GRAZZI oboes LORENZO COPPOLA, EDUARDO BELTRAN clarinets DANILO ZAULI, MIRIAM CALDARINI basset horns EMMANUEL FRANKENBERG, FABIO FORGIARINI, DILENO BALDIN, FRANCESCO MEUCCI horns ALBERTO GRAZZI, GIORGIO MANDOLESI bassoons PAOLO ZUCCHERI double bass

ROYAL CAMERATA ORCHESTRA ANDREI FEHER conductor CRISTINA BOHACIU SÂRBU presenter MIHAI BISERICANU narrator RALUCA OUATU, ANDREI LICAREȚ piano Orchestra Goes to the Zoo Ibert Divertissement – Finale Saint-Saëns Le Carnaval des animaux Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf

V COLORIS QUINTET  ȘTEFAN DIACONU flute, FELICIA-GABRIELA GRECIUC oboe, JONAS LYSKJÆR FRØLUND clarinet, CONSTANTIN BARCOV bassoon, NIKLAS KALLSOY MOURITSEN horn Guests EDOUARD SABO flute, ADRIAN LUNCANU English horn, AURELIAN BĂCAN clarinet, ALEXANDRU CHIRICA bassoon, IONUȚ PODGOREANU horn Ligeti Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet Rotaru The Light (dedicated to V COLORIS) Lipatti Aubade for Wind Quartet Enescu Decet for Winds Op. 14 Bartók Romanian Folk Dances (arr. for wind dixtuor by Ștefan Diaconu)

ROMANIAN RADIO NATIONAL ORCHESTRA FRANCESCO LECCE-CHONG conductor DAVID FRAY piano EMIL VIȘENESCU clarinet Diana Rotaru Clarinet Concerto, De simplici duplex II Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber Bernstein Symphony No. 2 for Orchestra and Solo Piano, The Age of Anxiety

CAMERISTI DELLA SCALA WILSON HERMANTO conductor DANIEL CIOBANU piano Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande Suite Op. 80 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Op. 58 Brahms Serenade No. 1 in D major Op. 11

ROMANIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA STEFAN ASBURY conductor JAN LISIECKI piano Țăranu Cercar la nota Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16 Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op. 47

FAZIL SAY piano Debussy 5 Preludes from Book I (No. 4 – Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir; No. 8 – La fille aux cheveux de lin; No. 10 – La cathédrale engloutie; No. 11 – La danse de Puck; No. 12 – Minstrels) Debussy Clair de lune Say New Life Sonata; Sound; Nazim; Black earth Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 57, Appassionata Bach Prelude and Fugue for Organ in A minor BWV 543 (transcr. for piano by Franz Liszt)

CAMERISTI DELLA SCALA WILSON HERMANTO conductor DANIEL MÜLLER-SCHOTT cello ȘTEFAN APRODU violin, laureate of the George Enescu International Competition 2022 GEORGE TODICĂ piano, laureate of the George Enescu International Competition 2022 Enescu Aria and Scherzino for Violin and Orchestra R. Strauss Romance for Cello and Orchestra in F major TrV 118 Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra Op. 33 Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A minor Op. 56, Scottish

TONHALLE-ORCHESTER ZÜRICH PAAVO JÄRVI conductor ANDREI IONIȚĂ cello Honegger Pacific 231. Mouvement Symphonique No. 1 Enescu Symphonie Concertante for Cello and Orchestra in B minor Op. 8 Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op. 95, From the New World

GEWANDHAUSORCHESTER HERBERT BLOMSTEDT conductor Enescu Prélude à l’unisson from the Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major Op. 9 Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E major WAB 107

TONHALLE-ORCHESTER ZÜRICH PAAVO JÄRVI conductor Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D minor WAB 109

GEWANDHAUSORCHESTER HERBERT BLOMSTEDT conductor Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B flat major D 485 Berwald Erinnerung an die norwegischen Alpen Berwald Symphony No. 3 in C major, Singulière

ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC LAHAV SHANI conductor GIL SHAHAM violin Farrenc Overture No. 2 in E flat major Op. 24 Haydn Symphony No. 104 in D major H. 1/104 Brahms Violin Concerto in D major Op. 77

EAST-WEST CHAMBER ORCHESTRA ROSTISLAV KRIMER conductor BENJAMIN KRUITHOF cello, winner of the George Enescu International Competition 2022 Enescu Chamber Symphony Op. 33 (arrangement for strings, winds and percussion for EWCO by Andrei Pushkarev; world premiere of the arrangement) Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major Hob. VIIb:1 Weinberg Chamber Symphony No.1 op.145 Shostakovich/Stasevich Chamber Symphony Op. 110a

ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC LAHAV SHANI conductor ALEXANDRE KANTOROW piano Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in A major Op. 11 No. 1 Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 16 Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68

NATIONAL CHAMBER CHOIR “MADRIGAL – MARIN CONSTANTIN” ANNA UNGUREANU conductor Monteverdi Cantate Domino Palestrina Missa Brevis         IONUȚ POPESCU tenor Hassler Cantate Domino Cezar Flames and Wheels (selection)         DENIS MAXIM tenor         SILVIU RUSU bass         EMANUEL PECINGINA percussion Ramirez Misa Criolla          NACHO GUZMÁN, NICOLÁS GUZMÁN voice          NACHO GUZMÁN guitar         RADU VÂLCU charango         ABEL CORBAN piano/harpsichord         ZOLI TÓTH, BOGDAN POP percussion

FRANZ LISZT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA ISTVÁN VÁRDAI conductor PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD piano Ligeti Ramifications for String Orchestra Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major Sz. 119 Enescu String Octet in C major Op. 7 (arr. for string orchestra)

GOTHENBURG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA GUSTAVO GIMENO conductor ALENA BAEVA violin Ligeti Romanian Concerto Enescu Caprice Roumain for Violin and Orchestra (completed by Cornel Țăranu) Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor Op. 36

AVI AVITAL, his BETWEEN WORLDS ENSEMBLE & the RUSTAVI CHOIR Trad. Georgian Imeruli Naduri – Imereti – work song Bruce Cut the Rug Trad. Georgian Romelni Querubinta – sacred hymn, Quartli-Kakheti mode Erkomaishvili Tu Ase Turpa Ikavi – Quartli-Kakheti – amorous song Bartók Bulgarian Rhythm, Bagpipe Music, Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm from Mikrokosmos Sz. 107 (arr. Jonathan Keren) Trad. Crimean Tatar Medley of traditional melodies (arr. Lev „Ljova“ Zhurbin) Say Black Earth (arr. David Bruce) Trad. Turkish Nacyem nacyem (arr. Avi Avital) Tsintsadze Sheperds Dance from Miniatures (arr. Avi Avital) Trad. Georgian Khasanbegura – Guria – historic song Bardanashvili Prayers Trad. Klezmer/Harel Odessa Klezmer Fantasy (arr. Jonathan Keren) Taktakishvili Chaguna, Didavoi Nana, Chiche Tura, Tskarostan, Kuchkhi Bedineri-Samgrelo from Mingrelian Songs (arr. David Bruce)

DUO HARRIET KRIJGH cello & LAUMA SKRIDE piano Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38 Enescu Nocturne et Saltarello for Cello and Piano Dvořák Waldesruhe Op. 68 No. 5 Franck Sonata in A major

BANATUL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF TIMIŞOARA MARTIJN DENDIEVEL conductor ARCADIA QUARTET Pop Hore for Orchestra Adams Absolute Jest – Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra Weinberg Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major Op. 70

Recital KIRILL GERSTEIN piano Stravinsky Piano Sonata Schubert Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor D. 958 Ligeti Étude No. 5, Arc-en-ciel Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor S. 178

GOTHENBURG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SANTTU-MATIAS ROUVALI conductor LEIF OVE ANDSNES piano L. Boulanger D’un matin de printemps Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major Op. 73 Stravinsky Petrushka Suite

Recital PLATTFORM K+K VIENNA & VALENTINA NAFORNIȚA A Sense of Mosaic R. Strauss Suite from Der Rosenkavalier Brahms Ophelia-Lieder WoO22 (Wie erkenn ich dein Treulieb; Sein Leichenhemd Weiss; Auf morgen ist Sankt Valentins Tag; Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloss; Und kommt er nicht mehr zurück?) Saint-Saëns Violons dans le soir Respighi Antiche danze et arie per liuto, Suite No. 3 Piazzolla Invierno Porteño de Falla Introducción; Danza ritual del Fuego Poulenc Hotel; Les Chemins de l’amour Gershwin Summertime; By Strauss Musicians: KIRILL KOBANTSCHENKO violin PETRA KOVAČIČ violin MICHAEL STRASSER viola FLORIAN EGGNER cello BARTOSZ SIKORSKI double bass CHRISTOPH EGGNER piano

ROMANIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA GABRIEL BEBEȘELEA conductor CRISTINA BOHACIU SÂRBU presenter IOANA MĂRCOIU narrator PETRU PANE clarinet Pinocchio… with “strings” attached Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, mvt. I Bartók Romanian Folk Dances (arr. for clarinet and string orchestra by Alin Chelărescu) Gandolfi Pinocchio’s Adventures in Funland

ENSEMBLE CONTEMPO PARIS MIHAELA SMOLEAN violin, ALINA PETRESCU-LEPPER violin, TEODOR COMAN viola, RADU NAGY cello, CRISTIAN NICULESCU piano Enescu Piano Quintet in A minor Op. 29 Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat major Op. 44

BUCHAREST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA DELYANA LAZAROVA conductor DIANA MOȘ violin VLAD STĂNCULEASA violin Dediu Frenesia for Orchestra Op. 84 Iorgulescu Hypostases VI for Violin, Brass and Percussion Bartók Violin Concerto No. 1 Sz. 36 Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E flat major Op. 82

Aida Garifullina – Solo Opera Gala WÜRTH PHILHARMONIKER CLAUDIO VANDELLI conductor Gounod Roméo et Juliette Overture Gounod Aria of Juliette, Je veux vivre, from Roméo et Juliette Gounod Philémon et Baucis Overture Delibes Les filles de Cadix Giménez Intermezzo from La boda de Luis Alonso Giménez/Nieto Me llaman la primorosa from El barbero de Sevilla Villa-Lobos Bachianas brasileiras No. 7, II: Giga (Quadrilha Caipira) Gardel/Le Pera Por una Cabeza Leoncavallo Mattinata Verdi La traviata Prelude Verdi Aria of Violetta, È strano! Sempre libera, from La traviata Verdi Ballàbili from Otello Verdi Aria of Violetta, Teneste la promessa… Addio del passato, from La traviata Puccini Le Villi Prelude Puccini Aria of Lauretta, O mio babbino caro, from Gianni Schicchi Schubert Ave Maria Mascagni Intermezzo from L’amico Fritz Puccini Aria of Floria Tosca, Vissi d’Arte, from Tosca

MUSICA RICERCATA ENSEMBLE PRELUDIU CHAMBER CHOIR GABRIEL BEBEȘELEA conductor ANDREI STĂNCULESCU conductor of the choir LAWRENCE BROWNLEE tenor / Almarico, Duke of Transylvania RODICA VICĂ soprano / Elisena, Princess of Bulgaria MIHAIL DOGOTARI baritone / Oswaldo Transilvania (Bel)cantans Part I: Arias and duets by Gioacchino Rossini and Gaetano Donizetti Rossini La pietra del paragone Overture Rossini Aria of Fiorilla, Non si dà follia maggiore, from Il turco in Italia Rossini Aria of Taddeo, Ho un gran peso sulla testa, from L’italiana in Algeri Rossini Aria of Uberto, O fiamma soave, from La donna del lago Rossini Ciro in Babilonia Overture Donizetti Aria of Ranuccio, Ecco un pugnal, from La zingara Donizetti Aria of Lucrezia, Era desso il figlio mio, from Lucrezia Borgia (Napoli 1838 version) Rossini Aria of Count Almaviva, Cessa di più resistere, from Il barbiere di Siviglia Part II: Fioravanti Selection from La foresta d’Hermanstad (1812; modern premiere) Overture Duet of Elisena and Oswaldo, T’avvanza… e taci Aria of Oswaldo, Và… sulle altrui rovine Duettino, Storc torna li dentro Cavatine of Almarico, Quanto grato al cor mi scende Duet of Almarico and Oswaldo, Eppur non son felice Cavatine of Elisena, Se voi mi circondate Final, Inni di gioia

VIENNA PHILHARMONIC JAKUB HRŮŠA conductor IGOR LEVIT piano Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op. 83 Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G major Op. 88

EUROPA GALANTE FABIO BIONDI violin, conductor Mozart Divertimento in D major K. 136/125a Haydn String Divertimento in D major Vivaldi The Four Seasons

WÜRTH PHILHARMONIKER ROMANIAN RADIO ACADEMIC CHOIR ANU TALI conductor CIPRIAN ȚUȚU conductor of the choir TILL FELLNER piano Enescu Isis (completed by Pascal Pentoiu) Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37 Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67

CLUJ-NAPOCA HUNGARIAN OPERA LAWRENCE FOSTER conductor Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande STANISLAS DE BARBEYRAC Pelléas (tenor) ANNIKA GERHARDS Mélisande (soprano) ALEXANDRE DUHAMEL Golaud (baritone) NADINE WEISSMANN Geneviève (mezzo-soprano) VAZGEN GAZARYAN Arkel (bass) NOEMI MODRA Yniold (soprano) JUSTIN HOPKINS Doctor (bass-baritone) JUSTIN HOPKINS Shepherd (bass-baritone)

VIENNA PHILHARMONIC JAKUB HRŮŠA conductor Janáček Suite from the opera The Cunning Little Vixen (compilation by Charles Mackerras) Enescu Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major Op. 9 Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances Op. 45

CAMERATA BERN PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA leader and violin  Death and the Maiden Nörmiger Dance of Death (arr. Michi Wiancko) Anonymous Byzantine Chant on Psalm 140 for Solo Violin and Strings (arr. PatKop) Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor D 810, Death and the Maiden (arr. for string orchestra by PatKop) Schubert Death and the Maiden D 531 (arr. for voice and string orchestra by Michi Wiancko) Gesualdo Moro, lasso, al mio duolo from Book VI Kurtág Ligatura-Message to Frances-Marie (The Answered Unanswered Question) Op. 31b Kurtág Ruhelos from Kafka-Fragments for Solo Violin Op. 24

GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR HANNU LINTU conductor IOSIF ION PRUNNER conductor of the choir CARMEN LIDIA VIDU multimedia director Britten Billy Budd (concert version) PETER WEDD Captain Vere of HMS Indomitable (tenor) VILLE RUSANEN Billy Budd (baritone) TIMO RIIHONEN John Claggart, Master-at-Arms (bass) JONATHAN MCGOVERN Mr. Redburn, First Lieutenant (baritone) ANDREW FOSTER-WILLIAMS Mr. Flint, Sailing Master (bass-baritone) DANIEL OKULITCH Lieutenant Ratcliffe (bass-baritone) CHRISTOPHER GILLETT Red Whiskers, an impressed man (tenor) MIHAI DAMIAN Donald (baritone) MATTI TURUNEN Dansker, an old seaman (bass) TUOMAS MIETTOLA a Novice (tenor) CHARLES RICE the Novice’s Friend (baritone) COSMIN IFRIM Squeak (tenor) BARNABY REA Bosun (bass) JACOB PHILLIPS First Mate (baritone) EDWARD GRINT Second Mate (bass) PAUL CURIEVICI Maintop (tenor)

PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA narrator & violin JULIA GALLEGO flute & piccolo JOONAS AHONEN piano MEESUN HONG-COLEMAN violin THOMAS KAUFMANN cello RETO BIERI clarinet C.P.E. Bach Presto (arr. by PatKop) Schoenberg Pierrot lunaire, Part I PatKop For Reto; Sonnerie Milhaud Jeu for Violin and Clarinet Schoenberg Pierrot lunaire, Part II Bartók Bagpipes – duo for two violins Ravel Très vif from the Sonata for Violin and Cello Schoenberg Pierrot lunaire, Part III

BAYERISCHES STAATSORCHESTER  VLADIMIR JUROWSKI conductor YEFIM BRONFMAN piano Wagner Tristan und Isolde Prelude Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54 Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G major         LOUISE ALDER soprano

ZÜRCHER KAMMERORCHESTER DANIEL HOPE violin, conductor Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor BWV 1043 Enescu Intermezzi Op. 12 Glass Echorus Pärt Darf ich Mendelssohn Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra in D minor Elgar Introduction and Allegro for Strings Op. 47 Silvestri Three Pieces for String Orchestra Op. 4 No. 2 Bartók Romanian Folk Dances

BAYERISCHES STAATSORCHESTER  VLADIMIR JUROWSKI conductor VILDE FRANG violin Poleva White Interment Berg Violin Concerto R. Strauss Eine Alpensinfonie Op. 64

COLLEGIUM VOCALE GENT PHILIPPE HERREWEGHE conductor Bach Mass in B minor BWV 232         Soloists and choir: Soprano I: DOROTHEE MIELDS & ANNELIES BRANTS, MAGDALENA PODKOŚCIELNA Soprano II: MARGOT OITZINGER & AISLING KENNY, CHIYUKI OKAMURA Alto: ALEX POTTER & DANIEL FOLQUÉ, CÉCILE PILORGER, BART UVYN Tenor: GUY CUTTING & GRAHAM COOPER, THOMAS KÖLL, ERIC PRICE Bass: PETER KOOIJ & ERIC ANDER, PHILIP KAVEN, BART VANDEWEGE Orchestra: Concertmaster: CHRISTINE BUSCH 1st violin: MENG HAN, MARIA ROCA 2nd violin: DIETLIND MAYER, PAUL BIALEK, VERENA SOMMER Viola: DEIRDRE DOWLING, KAAT DE COCK Cello: AGEET ZWEISTRA, HARM-JAN SCHWITTERS Double bass: MIRIAM SHALINSKY Organ: MAUDE GRATTON Traverso: PATRICK BEUCKELS, AMÉLIE MICHEL Oboe: JASU MOISIO, TAKA KITAZATO, NATHALIE PETIBON Bassoon: JULIEN DEBORDES, HUGO RODRIGUEZ Horn: BART CYPERS Trumpet: ALAIN DE RUDDER, ARNE VAN EENO, YORICK ROSCAM Timpani: DAVID DEWASTE

ORCHESTRA DELL’ ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA TUGAN SOKHIEV conductor Enescu Symphony No. 1 in E flat major Op. 13 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op. 64

JEWISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA MUNICH DANIEL GROSSMANN conductor CHEN REISS soprano TASSILO PROBST violin, laureate of the George Enescu International Competition 2020/2021 The Mendelssohn family: Felix Mendelssohn and Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn The Hebrides Overture Op. 26 Hensel 4 Lieder – Mainacht; Dämmrung; Gondellied; Die frühen Gräber Hensel Hero und Leander Mendelssohn Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra in D Minor Mendelssohn Infelice Op. 94 – Concert Aria for Soprano and Orchestra

Recital ALEXANDER KRICHEL piano Enescu Piano Suite No. 2 in D major Op. 10, Des cloches sonores Ravel Gaspard de la nuit Rachmaninoff Études-Tableaux Op. 39

STATE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF SIBIU RODERICK COX conductor IOANA CRISTINA GOICEA violin Ligeti Lontano Korngold Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor Op. 36

BERLIN ACADEMY OF AMERICAN MUSIC GARRETT KEAST conductor MIHAELA MARTIN violin Shaw Entr’acte Bernstein Serenade after Plato’s “Symposium” Teodorescu Eritrean Ring (first audition) Copland Appalachian Spring Suite

ORCHESTRA DELL’ ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA TUGAN SOKHIEV conductor BERTRAND CHAMAYOU piano Berlioz Le Carnaval romain Overture Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major S. 124 Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D major

Recital KATE LINDSEY mezzo-soprano BAPTISTE TROTIGNON piano and musical arrangements Weill Nanna’s Lied; Thousands of Miles, Big Mole (from Lost in the Stars); Denn wie man sich bettet, so liegt man (from Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny) Korngold Schneeglöckchen Zemlinsky Und hat der Tag all seine Qual Weill Buddy on the Nightshift – Berlin im Licht; Don’t Look Now Alma Mahler Die stille Stadt; Hymne Weill Pirate Jenny – Barbara Song (from The Threepenny Opera); Je ne t’aime pas; Lonely House – We’ll go away together (from Street Scene); Trouble Man (from Lost in the Stars) Zemlinsky Selige Stunde

ROMANIAN RADIO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CRISTIAN SPĂTARU conductor CRISTINA BOHACIU SÂRBU presenter ANDREEA MATEIU narrator BENI D. MĂCELARU illustrations Parizade and the Singing Tree Bizet Jeux d’Enfants Suite (I. Marche: Trompette et tambour; II. Berceuse: La poupée; III. Impromptu: La toupie; IV. Duo: Petit mari, petite femme; V. Galop: Le bal) Haydn Toy Symphony Al-Zand Parizade and the Singing Tree

ANDREI LICAREȚ piano AVIGAIL BUSHAKEVITZ violin ANDREA CASARRUBIOS cello Kodály Sonata for Cello and Piano Op.4 Boulanger Three Pieces for Cello and Piano Enescu Impressions d’enfance Suite Op. 28 Enescu Serenade lointaine for Violin, Cello and Piano Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2

MOLDOVA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF IAŞI HANKYEOL YOON conductor FLORIAN MITREA piano Munteanu Symphony No. 2 Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat major Op. 10 Žebeljan Hum away, strings Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin Suite

GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR ARNAUD ARBET conductor IOSIF ION PRUNNER conductor of the choir Ligeti Le Grand Macabre (new French version translated by Michel Vittoz and Arnaud Arbet) PETER HOARE Piet du Bock (tenor) ROBIN ADAMS Nekrotzar (bass-baritone) SOPHIE PONDJICLIS Mescalina (mezzo-soprano) JUDITH THIELSEN Amando (mezzo-soprano) MARION TASSOU Amanda (soprano) VINCENT LE TEXIER Astradamors (bass) SARAH ARISTIDOU Chef de la Gepopo / Venus (soprano) ANDREW WATTS Prince Go-Go (countertenor) PAUL CURIEVICI Le Ministre Blanc (tenor) CHARLES RICE Le Ministre Noir (baritone)

ROMANIAN RADIO NATIONAL ORCHESTRA TAN DUN conductor XAVIER DE MAISTRE harp Tan Dun Nu Shu: The Secret Songs of Women Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

Recital CAMERON CARPENTER organ Bach Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV 537 Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 870, WTC II Prelude and Fugue in F major BWV 880, WTC II Fantasia super – Komm, heiliger Geist BWV 651         O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß BWV 622 Prelude and Fugue in E flat major BWV 552 Carpenter Improvisations  

MANCHESTER CAMERATA GÁBOR TAKÁCS-NAGY conductor CAROLINE PETHER leader JEAN-EFFLAM BAVOUZET piano ALEXANDRA DARIESCU piano JESS GILLAM saxophone Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in A major Op. 11 No. 1 (arr. by Teodora Brody; orch. by Lee Reynolds)         TEODORA BRODY voice Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in E flat major K. 365/316a Nyman Where the Bee Dances for Soprano Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B flat major Op. 60  

HUNGARIAN NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CHARLES DUTOIT conductor MARTHA ARGERICH piano Enescu Pastorale-fantaisie pour petit orchestre Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major Op. 26 Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Op. 14

CAMERATA SALZBURG GREGORY AHSS concertmaster KRISTOF BARATI violin THIMOTY RIDOUT viola Haydn Symphony No. 6 in D major Hob. I:6, Le Matin Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major K. 216, Strassburg Haydn Symphony No. 7 in C major Hob. I:7, Le Midi Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in mi bemol flat major K. 364

HUNGARIAN NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CRISTIAN MANDEAL conductor SHEKU KANNEH-MASON cello Kodály Dances of Galánta Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major Op. 107 Enescu Symphony No. 2 in A major Op. 17

LE BALCON ORCHESTRA OF THE ROMANIAN NATIONAL OPERA MAXIME PASCAL conductor CHOIR OF THE ROMANIAN NATIONAL OPERA ETHAN SCHMEISSER conductor of the choir ROMANIAN RADIO ACADEMIC CHOIR CIPRIAN ȚUȚU conductor of the choir NIETO video design Messiaen Saint François d’Assise (concert version) ANTOIN HERRERA-LÓPEZ KESSEL Saint François (baritone) ELENA TSALLAGOVA L’Ange (soprano) DAMIEN BIGOURDAN Le Lépreux (tenor) MATHIEU DUBROCA Frère Léon (baritone) SAFIR BEHLOUL Frère Massée (tenor) RODOLPHE BRIAND Frère Elie (tenor) ANDRIY GNATIUK Frère Bernard (bass)

IL GIARDINO ARMONICO GIOVANNI ANTONINI conductor NFM CHOIR LIONEL SOW artistic director of the choir   Haydn The Seasons Hob XXI:3        ANETT FRITSCH Hanne (soprano)        MAXIMILIAN SCHMITT Lucas (tenor)        FLORIAN BOESCH Simon (bass-baritone) Musicians: STEFANO BARNESCHI*, FABRIZIO HAIM CIPRIANI, ANNA MADDALENA GHIELMI, JUDITH HUBER, AYAKO MATSUNAGA, LIANA MOSCA, LUCAS BERNARDO DA SILVA° 1st violin ANGELO CALVO*, ELENA ABBATI, FRANCESCO COLLETTI, ESTHER CRAZZOLARA, NATASCHA PICHLER°, GUILLERMO SANTONJA DI FONZO° 2nd violin ERNEST BRAUCHER*, ARCHIMEDE DE MARTINI, ELZBIETA STONOGA, MARIA CRISTINA VASI alto MARCELLO SCANDELLI*, GIULIO PADOIN, ELENA RUSSO, MATYLDA ADAMUS° cello GIANCARLO DE FRENZA*, ALEXANDRA DIENZ, STEFAN PREYER double bass MARCO BROLLI, EVA OERTLE flute EMILIANO RODOLFI, THOMAS MERANER oboe TINDARO CAPUANO, STEFANO FURINI clarinet MICHELE FATTORI, YOAN OTANO bassoon MAURIZIO BARIGIONE contrabassoon GAVIN EDWARDS, EDWARD DESKUR natural horn JONATHAN PIA, RENÉ MAZE trumpet EMILY WHITE, PETER THORNTON, ADAM CRIGHTON trombone RICCARDO BALBINUTTI timpani RICCARDO DONI fortepiano *= principals °= Theresia Orchestra

ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE CRISTIAN MĂCELARU conductor AUGUSTIN HADELICH violin Boulez Notations I-IV & VII Dutilleux Violin Concerto L’Arbre des songes Stravinsky Le Sacre du printemps

LES DISSONANCES DAVID GRIMAL artistic director and soloist Debussy La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre L. 109 Chausson Poème for Violin and Orchestra Op. 25 Schoenberg Pelleas und Melisande Op. 5

ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE ROMANIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA CHOIR OF THE GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC CRISTIAN MĂCELARU conductor IOSIF ION PRUNNER conductor of the choir KIRILL GERSTEIN piano Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18 Enescu Symphony No. 3 in C major Op. 21 Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in A major Op. 11 No. 1

Recital XAVIER DE MAISTRE harp Dussek Sonata in C minor Fauré Impromptu Tárrega Recuerdos de la Alhambra Smetana The Moldau (arr. for solo harp) Granados Valses poeticos Enescu Allegro de concert for Chromatic Harp Renié Légende

VOCALISE ENSEMBLE STELUȚA RADU piano, MIRCEA CĂLIN violin, VIOREL TUDOR viola, MARIN CAZACU cello Enescu Piano Quartet No. 1 in D major Op. 16 Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor Op. 25

GEORGE ENESCU PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ALEXANDRE BLOCH conductor ALEXANDRA SILOCEA piano Ciobanu Symphony No. 2… from Enescu Say Piano Concerto, Water Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 43

FILARMONICA DEL TEATRO COMUNALE DI BOLOGNA ROBERTO ABBADO conductor ANNA TIFU violin RĂZVAN POPOVICI viola Enescu Ballade for Violin and Orchestra Op. 4 Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E flat major K. 364 Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major Op. 68

ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA KLAUS MÄKELÄ conductor YUJA WANG piano Debussy Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune Ravel Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major Ravel Piano Concerto in G major Debussy La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre L. 109

JOSÉ CURA soloist and conductor ROMANIAN RADIO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA BARBORA KUBÍKOVÁ guitar OANA BERBEC narrator Carlos Guastavino and José Cura From Argentina to Bucharest José Cura Si muero, sobrevíveme! Carlos Guastavino         Riqueza         Préstame tu pañuelito         La rosa y el sauce  José Cura Concierto para un Resurgir (1st movement) Carlos Guastavino         Se equivocó la paloma         Romance de José Cubas         Two Argentinean Flowers: Cortadera, plumerito; Qué linda la madreselva         Ya me voy a retirar          Yo, maestra          El albeador

ION DACIAN NATIONAL OPERETTA AND MUSICAL THEATER ORCHESTRA CONSTANTIN GRIGORE conductor CRISTINA BOHACIU SÂRBU presenter RADU GHEORGHE narrator The composer… Who is it? Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67 (selection) Dukas La Péri – Fanfare Stookey The Composer Is Dead

Recital RALUCA ȘTIRBĂȚ piano, DAVID GRIMAL violin Enescu Nocturne in D flat major, “Hommage à la Princesse Marie Cantacuzène” Franck Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano, “à Eugène Ysaÿe” Ysaÿe Sonata for Solo Violin No. 3, Ballade, “à Georges Enesco” Enescu Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor Op. 25, “dans le caractère populaire roumain”

MIHAIL JORA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF BACĂU ALAN BURIBAYEV conductor ȘTEFAN CAZACU cello Vlad Centenary Sound Light Salonen Cello Concerto (Romanian premiere) Bartók Concerto for Orchestra Sz. 116  

LES ARTS FLORISSANTS LE JARDIN DES VOIX WILLIAM CHRISTIE musical director WILLIAM CHRISTIE și PAUL AGNEW co-directors of Le Jardin des Voix academy MOURAD MERZOUKI stage director and choreographer RÉMI AUTECHAUD choreography assistant CLAIRE SCHIRCK costumes FABRICE SARCY lighting SOPHIE DANEMAN language counselor Purcell The Fairy-Queen Z. 629 Soloists (Jardin des Voix 2023): PAULINA FRANCISCO soprano GEORGIA BURASHKO, REBECCA LEGGETT, JULIETTE MEY mezzo-sopranos ILJA AKSIONOV, RODRIGO CARRETO tenors HUGO HERMAN-WILSON, BENJAMIN SCHILPEROORT baritones Dancers (Compagnie Käfig): GWENAËL FIEDERER, SAMUEL FLORIMOND, ANAHI PASSI, ALARY RAVIN, DANIEL SAAD, TIMOTHÉE ZIG Ensemble members: EMMANUEL RESCHE-CASERTA (leader), CATHERINE GIRARD, RAVENNA LIPCHIK, CHRISTOPHE ROBERT 1st violin TAMI TROMAN, JEFFREY GIRTON, MICHELE SAUVÉ 2nd violin LUCIA PERALTA, SIMON HEYERICK viola NICHOLAS MILNE viola da gamba FELIX KNECHT, ELENA ANDREYEV, MAGDALENA PROBE cello HUGO ABRAHAM double bass SEBASTIEN MARQ flûte à bec PIER LUIGI FABRETTI, NATHALIE PETIBON oboe / flûte à bec YANINA YACUBSOHN oboe taille EVOLENE KIENER bassoon / flûte à bec RUPPRECHT DREES, SERGE TIZAC trumpet ELIZABETH KENNY lute MARIE-ANGE PETIT timpani FLORIAN CARRÉ harpsichord, organ * Les Arts Florissants are supported by the French State – Direction régionale des affaires culturelles des Pays de la Loire, the Département de la Vendée and the Région des Pays de la Loire. The Selz Foundation is their Principal Patron. Aline Foriel-Destezet and the American Friends of Les Arts Florissants are Grand Patrons. Les Arts Florissants is in residence at the Philharmonie de Paris and has also been awarded the Centre Culturel de Rencontre label.

ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA ROMANIAN RADIO ACADEMIC CHOIR ROMANIAN RADIO CHILDREN CHOIR KLAUS MÄKELÄ conductor CIPRIAN ȚUȚU conductor of the choir RĂZVAN RĂDOS conductor of the children choir Enescu Concert Overture on Popular Romanian Themes Op. 32 Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D minor         JENNIFER JOHNSTON mezzo-soprano