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George Enescu Classical Music Festival
Bucharest, September 1 - 23, 2007
Schedule of Performances

Saturday
9/01/2007
Sunday
9/02/2007
Monday
9/03/2007
Tuesday
9/04/2007
Wednesday
9/05/2007
Thursday
9/06/2007
Friday
9/07/2007
Saturday
9/08/2007
Sunday
9/09/2007
Monday
9/10/2007
Tuesday
9/11/2007
Wednesday
9/12/2007
Thursday
9/13/2007
Friday
9/14/2007
Saturday
9/15/2007
Sunday
9/16/2007
Monday
9/17/2007
Tuesday
9/18/2007
Wednesday
9/19/2007
Thursday
9/20/2007
Friday
9/21/2007
Saturday
9/22/2007
Sunday
9/23/2007
Festival Fast Facts Ticket Information and
Reservations

Saturday, September 1

BUCHAREST

Time: 8:00pm
Opening Gala Concert of the George Enescu International Festival and Competition
Bucharest National Opera Orchestra


Sunday, September 2

BUCHAREST

Time: 7:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Romanian Contemporary Music Series
Philharmonia Chamber Orchestra

Program:
George Enescu - Preludiu la unison from the first suite for orchestra in C major op. 20
Constantin Silvestri - - Three works for string orchestra no. 2, op. 4
Marcel Mihailovici - Exercizio per archi

Profil Chamber Orchestra
Program:
Ludovic Feldman - Chamber Symphony
Nicolae Brândus - Drums
Vasile Timis - Mirage for 10 instruments and soprano
Cristian Lolea - Rem
Sorin Lerescu - Topos

CLUJ

Cluj - Transilvania Philharmonic Orchestra
Program:
Aurel Stroe : Ciaccona con Alzune
Pascal Bentoiu - Concerto for cello and orchestra
Stefan Niculescu - Symphony no 2 Opus Dacicum

George Enescu International Festival and Competition Monday, September 3

BUCHAREST

Time: 7:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Romanian Contemporary Music Series
Program:
Lieder by Mihail Jora, Theodor Grigoriu, Ede Terenyi, Cornel Taranu, Diana Rotaru, Serban Nichifor, Adrian Pop, Livia Toedorescu-Ciocanea, Carmen Cârneci

Archaeus Ensemble
Program:
Corneliu Dan Georgescu - Dialog mit D moll - ensemble
Violeta Dinescu - Scherzo da Fantasia III - violin and cello
Liviu Marinescu - A Gain - ensemble
Costin Miereanu - Solo - oboe /clarinet/ basson/ percussion
Mihai Mitrea- Celarianu - Glose - viola
Horia Surianu - Diffractions brisées - ensemble

CLUJ

George Enescu Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach / Erich Bergel - The Art of the Fugue

IASI

Romanian Contemporary Music Series
Iasi - Moldova Philharmonic Orchestra

Program:
Anatol Vieru -Memorial
Liviu Glodeanu - Etudes for orchestra
Dumitru Capoianu - Concert for violin and orchestra
Tiberiu Olah - Simfonia a III- a

George Enescu International Festival and Competition Tuesday, September 4

BUCHAREST

Time: 7:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Romanian Contemporary Music Series
Cluj -Transilvania Philharmonic Orchestra

Program:
Aurel Stroe : Ciaccona con Alzune
Pascal Bentoiu - Concerto for cello and orchestra
Stefan Niculescu - Simphony no 2 Opus Dacicum

Wednesday, September 5

BUCHAREST

Time: 7:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Series Romanian Contemporary Music
Iasi - Moldova Philharmonic Orchestra

Program:
Anatol Vieru - Memorial
Liviu Glodeanu - Etudes for orchestra
Dumitru Capoianu- Concerto for violin and orchestra
Tiberiu Olah - Symphony no. 3

IASI

Voces Quartet / with Jean Claude Vanden Eijndenv
Program:
Johannes Brahms - Quartet with piano no.1 in G minor, op.25
Viorel Munteanu - Quartet no. 2
Dmitri Shostakovich - Quintet with piano, op. 57

George Enescu International Festival and Competition Thursday, September 6

BUCHAREST

Time: 5:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Contraste Trio / with Ionut Bogdan Stefanescu - flute, Sorin Petrescu - piano,
Doru Roman - percussion

Program:
Violeta Dinescu - Tabu Suite
Eugen Wendel - Triaul for flute and tape
Lucian Metianu - Sonata for piano
Maia Ciobanu - Concerto for percussion and tape
Irinel Anghel - La belle indifference

Hyperion Ensemble
Program:
Iancu Dumitrescu - Eruption for ensemble and sounds assisted by computer (p.a.a.)
Ulpiu Vlad - Lontano for ensemble and sounds assisted by computer (p.a.a.) Petru Teodorescu - Tractatus for ensemble ( p.a.a;)
Ana-Maria Avram - Voices of the desert (III) p.a.a. for ensemble and sounds assisted by computer

Time: 7:30pm - Royal Palace Great Concert Hall (Sala Mare a Palatului)
Orchestre de Paris
Program:
George Enescu - Symphony concertante for cello and orchestra in B-flat minor, op. 8
Claude Debussy - Symphonic suite Iberia
Claude Debussy - Symphonic suite La Mer

George Enescu International Festival and Competition Friday, September 7

BUCHAREST

Time: 5:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Voces Quartet / with Jean Claude Vanden Eijnden - piano
Program:
Johannes Brahms - Quartet with piano no.1 in G minor, op.25
Viorel Munteanu - Quartet no. 2
Dmitri Shostakovich - Quintet with piano, op. 57

Time: 7:30pm - Royal Palace Great Concert Hall (Sala Mare a Palatului)
Orchestre de Paris
Program:
Albert Roussel - Second suite, op. 43 "Bacchus and Ariane
Max Bruch - Concerto for violin and orchestra no. 1 in G minor, op. 26
Antonín Dvorák - Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 From the New World

Time: 10:30pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Midnight concerts - Europa Galante
Program:
Francesco Geminiani - Concerto Grosso no. 6 in D minor, La Follia
Francesco Geminiani - Concerto no.2, op.3
Antonio Vivaldi - Concert for two violins no. 8, op. 3
Giovanni Battista Sammartini - Symphony for string orchestra in F major, JC36
Antonio Vivaldi - Symphony for string ochestra in G major, RV 149, Il Coro delle Muse (1740)
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for violin no.9 in D major, op.3, RV230
Giovanni Battista Sammartini - Symphony for string orchestra in G major, JC39
Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto Grosso no.4 in D major, op.6, BWV 1068

BRASOV

George Enescu Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach / Erich Bergel - Art of Fugue

George Enescu International Festival and Competition Saturday, September 8

BUCHAREST

Time: 11:00am - Royal Palace Concert Hall II (Sala Mica a Palatului)
Romanian Contemporary Music Series
Antifonia Choir

Program:
Mihaela Stanculescu Vosganian - Crezul (for choir and percussion instruments)
Adrian Pop - Refugio d'uccelli notturni
Liliana Alexandra - Barcarola
Doru Popovici - Trei poeme liturgice (based on old religious texts)
Petru Stoianov -Tara în toamna -( triptic for choir and soloists)
Adrian Iorgulescu - Strigaturi 2
Constantin Râpa - Declin
Sigismund Toduta - Pe cerul cu flori frumoase
Eduard Terényi - Rex tremendae

Madrigal Choir
Program:
Livia Teodorescu - Ciocanea - Orationes aliquot Sanctae Briggitae
Corneliu Cezar - Flacari si roti
Alexandru Pascanu - Bocete strabune
Ulpiu Vlad - De nunta
Marin Constantin - Heteros
Myriam Marbé - Ritual pentru setea pamântului

Time: 5:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Zukerman Chamber Players / with Pinchas Zukerman - violin, Jessica Linnebach - violin, Jethro Marks - viola, Ashan Pillai - viola, Amanda Forsyth - cello
Program:
Wolfgang A. Mozart - Two Violas Quintet in C minor, K406
Antonín Dvorák - Two Violas Quintet in E-flat major, op. 97
George Enescu - String Trio Aubade

Time: 6:00pm - Bucharest National Opera (Opera Nationala din Bucuresti)
Choir and Orchestra of Bucharest National Opera
Program:
CARMEN by Georges Bizet

Time: 7:30pm - Royal Palace Great Concert Hall (Sala Mare a Palatului)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Program:
Jean Sibelius - Le Cygne de Tuonelaor, La fille de Pohjola
Edvard Grieg - Concerto for piano and orchestra in A minor, op. 16.
Jean Sibelius - Lemmikainen Suite, op. 22

Time: 10:30pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Midnight concerts -Europa Galante
Program:
Domenico Scarlatti's excerpts from the opera Narciso

George Enescu International Festival and Competition Sunday, September 9

BUCHAREST

Time: 11:00am - Royal Palace Concert Hall II (Sala Mica a Palatului)
Romanian Contemporary Music Series - Radio Academic Choir
Program:
George Enescu - Waldgesang
Martian Negrea - Psalmul 123
Mihail Jora - Toaca
Paul Constantinescu - Rugaciunea inimii
Alexandru Pascanu - Suita scurta
Sigismund Toduta - Arhaisme
Viniciu Grefiens - Lautareasca
Vasile Spatarelu - Ave Maria
Tiberiu Olah - Strigatura
Radu Paladi - Atât de frageda
Adrian Pop - Strade, stradele
Octavian Nemescu - Salve Regina (cu orga)
Felicia Donceanu - Culori, flori, fructe
Vasile Timis - Trei valsuri- ciclul III- (cu pian)
Pascal Bentoiu - Te slavesc pe Tine, Parinte
Cornelia Tautu - Divertisment folcloric
Irina Odagescu -Tutuianu - Tatal nostru

Time: 4:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
George Enescu International Competition - Final Gala
Iasi - Moldova Philharmonic Orchestra

Program:
David Philip Hefti (Switzerland) - Concerto for violin and orchestra

Time: 7:30pm - Royal Palace Great Concert Hall (Sala Mare a Palatului)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Program:
Claude Debussy - Jeux,
George Enescu - Suite no.3 for orchestra op. 27 in re major
Béla Bartok - The Wooden Prince orchestral Suite
Maurice Ravel - La Valse

Time: 10:30pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Midnight concerts - George Enescu Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach / Erich Bergel - The Art of Fugue

  BRASOV

Zukerman Chamber Players
Program:
George Enescu - String Trio Aubade (1899)
Wolfgang A. Mozart - Quintet with two violas in C minor, K 406
Antonín Dvorak- Quintet with two violas in E-flat major, op. 97

George Enescu International Festival and Competition Monday, September 10

BUCHAREST

Time: 5:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Camerata Lysy
Program:
George Enescu -Octuor in do major op. 7
Kurt Atterberg - Suite for violin, viola and string orchestra op. 19. no. 1
B. Schulé - Elegie for string orchestra (dedicated to Camerata Lysy)
George Enescu - Intermezzi in D major, op. 12
Anonimous - Eili-eili for solo violin - ; Homage à Yehudi (arrangement by Alberto Lisy)
Alexandr Glazunov - Chant du menestrel for cello and string orchestra in fa major op.71
Bela Bartok - Romanian dances op. 68

Time: 7:30pm - Royal Palace Great Concert Hall (Sala Mare a Palatului)
Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra
Program:
Johannes Brahms - Symphony no. 3 in F major op. 90
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov - Symphonic Suite Sheherazade, op. 35

CLUJ

Europa Galante
Program:
Francesco Geminiani - Concerto Grosso no. 6 in D minor, La Follia
Francesco Geminiani - Concerto no.2, op.3
Antonio Vivaldi - Concert for two violins no. 8, op. 3
Giovanni Battista Sammartini - Symphony for string orchestra in F major, JC36
Antonio Vivaldi - Symphony for string orchestra in G major, RV 149, Il Coro delle Muse (1740)
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for violin no.9 in D major, op.3, RV230
Giovanni Battista Sammartini - Symphony for string orchestra in G major, JC39
Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto Grosso no.4 in D major, op.6, BWV 1068

George Enescu International Festival and Competition Tuesday, September 11

BUCHAREST

Time: 5:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Budapest National Philharmonic Orchestra
Romanian National Radio Choir

Program:
George Enescu - Vox Maris Symphonic poem, op. 31
Leos Janácek - Concerto for violin and orchestra Pilgrimage of the soul
Béla Bartók - Cantata Profana op. 94

Time: 7:30pm - Royal Palace Great Concert Hall (Sala Mare a Palatului)
Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra
Choir of Goerge Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra

Program:
George Enescu - Symphony no. 3 in C major, op. 31
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no.5, op.67

BRASOV

Camerata Lysy
Program:
George Enescu -Octuor in do major op. 7
Kurt Atterberg - Suite for violin, viola and string orchestra op. 19. no. 1
B. Schulé - Elegie for string orchestra (dedicated to Camerata Lysy)
George Enescu - Intermezzi in D major, op. 12
Anonimous - Eili-eili for solo violin - ; Homage à Yehudi (arrangement by Alberto Lisy)
Alexandr Glazunov - Chant du menestrel for cello and string orchestra in fa major op.71
Bela Bartok - Romanian dances op. 68

CLUJ

George Enescu International Competition Gala

TIMISOARA

Europa Galante
Program:
Francesco Geminiani - Concerto Grosso no. 6 in D minor, La Follia
Francesco Geminiani - Concerto no.2, op.3
Antonio Vivaldi - Concert for two violins no. 8, op. 3
Giovanni Battista Sammartini - Symphony for string orchestra in F major, JC36
Antonio Vivaldi - Symphony for string ochestra in G major, RV 149, Il Coro delle Muse (1740)
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for violin no.9 in D major, op.3, RV230
Giovanni Battista Sammartini - Symphony for string orchestra in G major, JC39
Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto Grosso no.4 in D major, op.6, BWV 1068

George Enescu International Festival and Competition Wednesday, September 12

BUCHAREST

Time: 5:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Trio Lipatti / with Paul Florin - violin, Radu Nagy - cello, Cristian Niculescu - piano
Program:
Doina Rotaru - Trio for violin, cello and piano Umbre 2
Toru Takemitzu - Trio Between Tides for violin, cello and piano
Dmitri Shostakovici - Trio nr. 2 for violin, cello and piano in E minor, op. 67

Time: 6:00pm - Bucharest National Opera (Opera Nationala din Bucuresti)
Choir and Orchestra of Bucharest National Opera
Program:
LA TRAVIATA by Giuseppe Verdi

Time: 7:30pm - Royal Palace Great Concert Hall (Sala Mare a Palatului)
George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra
Program:
Dumitru Capoianu - Oda
Frédéric Chopin - Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2 in F minor, op. 21
Cèsar Franck - Symphony in D minor, op. 48

TIMISOARA

Choir and Orchestra of Timisoara National Opera
Program:
TOSCA by Giacomo Puccini

George Enescu International Festival and Competition Thursday, September 13

BUCHAREST

Time: 5:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Virtuosii din Bucuresti Chamber Orchestra
Program:
György Ligeti - Romanian Concert (1951)
Edward Elgar - Serenade for string orchestra, op. 20
Franz Schubert - Symphony no.5 in B-flat major, D 485
Camille Saint- Saëns - Concert for piano and orchestra no.1 in D major, op. 17

Time: 7:30pm - Royal Palace Great Concert Hall (Sala Mare a Palatului)
Dresdner Philharmoniker
Choir of Mdr Radio Leipzig

Program:
Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 8 in E- flat major

IASI

George Enescu International Competition Gala

TIMISOARA

George Enescu International Competition Gala

BRASOV

George Enescu International Competition Gala

George Enescu International Festival and Competition Friday, September 14

BUCHAREST

Time: 5:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Chamber music with Argerich & friends
Program:
TBA

Time: 7:30 pm - Royal Palace Great Concert Hall (Sala Mare a Palatului)
Dresdner Philharmoniker
Choir of Mdr Radio Leipzig

Program:
George Enescu - Suite no. 1 for orchestra in C major, op. 9
Manuel De Falla - La vida breve - lyric drama in 2 acts and 4 scenes
Libretto : Carlos Fernandez Shaw

Time: 10:30pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Midnight concerts
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Hespèrion XXIEnsemble

Program:
Luces y sombras del siglo de Oro de la antigua Hesperia al Nuevo Mundo 1492 -1692
Romances antiguos & danzas moriscas
      Anonyme - Propiñan de Melyor (instr.)
      Mateo Flecha - Negrilla a 4 : San Sabeya, gugurumbé
      Anonyme - Moresca (instr.)
      Juan del Enzina - Villancico: Levanta Pascual
Músicas cortesanas
      Carlo Verardi - Viva el Gran Rey Don Fernando (instr.)
      Anonyme/Lope deVega - Romance: Ya es tiempo de recoger
      Lluis del Milà - Pavana & Gallarda (instr.) -
      Mateo Flecha - Dindirindin a 4 : Ande pues vuestro apellido
Músicas espirituales
      Gaspar Fernandes - Mestizo e Indio: Tleycantimo choquiliya
      Francisco Correa de Arrauxo - Glosas sobre Todo el mundo en General (instr.)    
      Juan García de Zéspedes - Jugete a 4: Convidando esta la noche
      Guaracha: Ay que me abraso ay
Romances, chaconas & Romanescas
      Pedro Guerrero - Moresca (instr.)
      Juan Perez Bocanegra - Ritual formulario: Hanacpachap cussicuinin
      Anonyme - Romanesca & Canarios (instr.)
      Chacona - Un sarao de la chacona

BRASOV

Piano Recital: Abdel ­ Rahman El Bacha
Program:
Serghei Prokofiev - 20 visions fugitives, op.22
Maurice Ravel - Gaspard de la nuit
George Enescu - Suite for piano, op. 10

George Enescu International Festival and Competition Saturday, September 15

BUCHAREST

Time: 11:00am - Royal Palace Concert Hall II (Sala Mica a Palatului)
Mornings with Enescu's Music
Program:
George Enescu - Sonata no.3 for violin and piano sur des themes dans le caractere populaire roumain, op. 25
Sonata no.2 for cello and piano, op. 26

Time: 5:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Radio Chamber Orchestra
Program:
Edward Elgar - Introduction and Allegro (1904)
Liviu Danceanu - Seven Days
Joseph Haydn - Concert for cello and orchestra in C major
Richard Strauss - Metamorphosen, AV 142 (1945)

  Time: 6:00pm - Bucharest National Opera (Opera Nationala din Bucuresti)
Choir and Orchestra of Bucharest National Opera
Program:
LA TRAVIATA by Giuseppe Verdi

Time: 7:30pm - Royal Palace Great Concert Hall (Sala Mare a Palatului)
Russian National Orchestra
Program:
Igor Stravinsky - Divertimento from Le baiser de la fée
Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1 in C major, op. 15
Serghei Prokofieff - Romeo and Juliette Suite, op. 64

Time: 10:30pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Midnight concerts - La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI Ensemble
Program:
Encuentro de Músicas, de Ayre y del Fuego
Villancicos & Músicas de Navidad de la Antigua Hespèria al Nuevo Mundo
Mateo Flecha - Pedro Guerrero Moresca (instr.)
Diego Ortiz - Negrilla a 4: San Sabeya gugurumbé
Mateo Flecha - Romanesca & Passamezzo
Mateo Flecha - La Girigonza: Así, así cuerpo de nos!
Ensalada: Ande pues nuestro apellido - Santiago de MurciaJácaras & Canarios - MEXICO José Marín Canarios: No piense menguilla ya - MEXICO
Paradetas: Mi señora mariantaños - Gaspar FernándezMestizo e Indio: Tleycantimo choquiliya OAXACA
Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco
Juan Cabanilles - Villancico a Duo: Si el alba sonora - CUZCO
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla Negrilla: A siolo flasiquiyo PUEBLA - Corrente italiana (instr.)
Anónimo - Propiñán del Melyor (instr.)
Anónimo - Villancico: Ay luna que reluzes
Anónimo - Folias antiguas: Rodrigo Martínez (instr.)
Bartomeu Cárceres Bransle - Tau garçó la durundena
Lucas Ruíz de Ribayaz - Tarantelas & Fandango (instr.) - MEXICO
Juan Pérez Bocanegra - Ritual formulario: Hanacpachap cussicuinin - LIMA
Juan Arañés - Chacona: A la vida bona - ARGENTINA
Tomás de Torrejón y velasco - Rorro: Desvelado dueño mio - CUZCO
Anónimos/ Improvisaciones - Vacas & Canarios (instr.) - rei Filipe da Madre de Deus
Negro a 5: Antonia Flaciquia Gasipà - GUATEMALA

CLUJ

Piano Recital - Abdel Rahman El Bacha
Program:
Serghei Prokofiev - 20 visions fugitives, op.22
Maurice Ravel - Gaspard de la nuit
George Enescu - Suite for piano, op. 10
Mili Balakirev - Islamey Oriental Fantasy

George Enescu International Festival and Competition Sunday, September 16

BUCHAREST

Time: 11:00am - Royal Palace Concert Hall II (Sala Mica a Palatului)
Mornings with Enescu's Music
Program:
Armand Sully Prudhomme - Pensée Perdue
Géraldine Rolland - Chant Indou
Albert Samain - Silence
A. Roderich - Wüstenbild
Carmen Sylva - Mittagläuten
                      - Frauenberuf
                      - Morgengebet
                      - Ein Sonnenblick
George Enescu - La Quarantaine
                        - Souhait
                        - Eu ma duc, codrul ramâne (old text)
George Enescu - Sonata no.2 for violin and piano, op.6
                        - Impromptu concertante

Time: 5:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Piano recital - Murray Perahia
Program:
TBA

Time: 7:30pm - Royal Palace Great Concert Hall (Sala Mare a Palatului)
Russian National Orchestra
Program:
Georges Bizet / Rodion Shchedrin - Carmen Suite (1967)
Franz Liszt - Concerto no.1 for piano and orchestra in E-flat major, op. 124
Modest Musorgsky / Maurice Ravel - Pictures from an exhibition

Time: 10:30pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Midnight concerts - Munchener Bachsolisten
Program:
Georg Friedrich Haendel - Wassermusik Suites, HWV 341, 348, 349 and 350
Georg Friedrich Haendel - Suite "Royal Fireworks Music - HWV 351

George Enescu International Festival and Competition Monday, September 17

BUCHAREST

Time: 5:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Victoria Mullova and Marielle Lebèque
Program:
Igor Stravinsky - Italian Suite
Clara Schumann - Romance no.1, op.22
Dave Maric - Falling to the Sky (TBC)
Franz Schubert - Fantasy in C major, op. 159, D934
Maurice Ravel - Violin Sonata

Time: 7:30pm - Royal Palace Great Concert Hall (Sala Mare a Palatului)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Program:
TBA

Tuesday, September 18

BUCHAREST

Time: 5:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Trio Beaux Arts / with Menahem Pressler - piano, Daniel Hope - violin, Antonio Meneses - cello
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven - Trio no. 1 in D major, op. 70 Geistertrio
George Enescu - Trio Serenade Lontaine
Franz Schubert - Trio in E-flat major, op. 100, DK 929

Time: 7:30pm - Royal Palace Great Concert Hall (Sala Mare a Palatului)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / with Dan Grigore - piano
Program:
TBA

George Enescu International Festival and Competition Wednesday, September 19

BUCHAREST

Time: 5:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Basel Chamber Orchestra
Program:
George Enescu - Chamber Symphony for 12 solo instruments, op. 33
Felix Mendelssohn - Bartholdy - Concerto for two pianos and orchestra in E major
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60

Time: 7:30pm - Royal Palace Great Concert Hall (Sala Mare a Palatului)
National Radio Orchestra
Academic Radio Choir
Preludiu Choir
Children Choir of the Romanian National Orchestra

Program:
Leonard Bernstein - Mass

Thursday, September 20

BUCHAREST

Time: 5:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
L'ensemble Intercontemporain
Program:
Franco Donatoni - Tema for 2 instruments
Yan Maresz - Eclipse for clarinet and 14 instruments
Dan Dediu - Hyperkardia for chamber orchestra, op.39
Magnus Lindberg - Joy for big ensemble and electronic

Time: 7:30pm - Royal Palace Great Concert Hall (Sala Mare a Palatului)
London Symphony Orchestra
Program:
Piotr Ilici Tchaikovsky - Concert for violin and orchestra in D major, op. 35
Hector Berlioz - Simphonie Fantastique, op. 14

BRASOV

Contempo Quartet
Program:
Elgar - Piano Quintet
Jane O'Leary - Piano Quintet
Enescu - Piano Quintet

  CLUJ

Basel Chamber Orchestra
Program:
George Enescu - Chamber Symphony for 12 solo instruments, op. 33
Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto no.2 for piano and orchestra in B-flat major, op. 19
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony IV in B-flat major, op. 60

George Enescu International Festival and Competition Friday, September 21

BUCHAREST

Time: 5:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Lieder Recital
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven - Adelaide, op. 46, Wonne der Wehmut, nr. 1, op. 83, Der Kuss, op. 128
Franz Schubert - Trost an Elisa, D. 97, Laura am Klavier, D. 388, Gesang (An Silvia), D. 891, Ständchen, D. 889
Franz Liszt - Tre sonetti di Petrarca nr. 1 - 3, S270, Pace non trovo, Benedetto sia 'l giorno, I vidi in terra angelici costumi
Maurice Ravel - Cinq mélodies populaires grecques (1904- 6), Le Réveil de la Mariée, Là- bas, Vers l'Èglise, Quel
Galant!, Chanson des Cueilleuses de Lentisques, Tout Gai!
Gabriel Fauré - Nell, nr. 1, op. 18, Adieu aus Poème d'un jour, nr. 3, op. 21, Sylvie, nr. 3, op. 6, Fleur jetée, nr. 2, op. 39
Richard Strauss - Cäcilie, nr. 2, op. 27, Nichts, nr. 2, op. 10, Morgen, nr. 4, op. 27, Zueignung, nr. 1, op. 10

Time: 6:00pm - National Theatre I. L. Caragiale (Teatrul National I. L. Caragiale)
Bejart Ballet Company
Program:
Le Sacre du Printemps
Boléro
L'Oiseau de feu

Time: 7:30pm - Royal Palace Great Concert Hall (Sala Mare a Palatului)
London Symphony Orchestra
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55 Eroica

Time: 10:30pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Midnight concerts - Freiburger Barok Orchestra
Program:
J.G. Pisendel - Sonata for 2 oboes, bassoon, strings and basso continuo in C minor
J.D. Zelenka - Two Lamentationes Jeremiae for bass and orchestra
G.Ph. Telemann - Concerto TWV 54:B1 for 2 flutes, Oboe, violin, strings and basso continuo in B- flat major
J.G. Pisendel - Concerto à 5 da Chiesa for violin, 2 Oboe, bassoon, strings and basso continuo in G minor
G.Ph. Telemann - Kantate Das Manna deiner Speise TWV 1:192 for bass and orchestra

BRASOV

Basel Chamber Orchestra
Program:
George Enescu - Chamber Symphony for 12 solo instruments, op. 33
Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto no.2 for piano and orchestra in B-flat major, op. 19
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony IV in B-flat major, op. 60

George Enescu International Festival and Competition Saturday, September 22

BUCHAREST

Time: 11:00am - Royal Palace Concert Hall II (Sala Mica a Palatului)
Mornings with Enescu's Music - Cvartetul Contempo
Program:
George Enescu - Piano Quartet
                        - String Quartet

Time: 5:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Romanian Brass
Program:
Aaron Copland - "Fanfare for the Common Man
Richard Strauss - Solemn Entry for brass and organ
Maurice Ravel - Pavane pour une infante defunte
Jan Koetsier - Brass Symphony
Dan Dediu - Assalto
Dmitri Shostakovich - Fugal Symphony
George Gershwin - Three preludes for brass ensemble
J.van der Rost - Limelight Fanfare
J.van der Rost - Albion

Time: 6:00pm - National Theatre I. L. Caragiale (Teatrul National I. L. Caragiale)
Bejart Ballet Company
Program:
Le Sacre du Printemps
Boléro
L'Oiseau de feu

Time: 7:30pm - Royal Palace Great Concert Hall (Sala Mare a Palatului)
Munchner Philharmoniker
Program:
Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30
Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 1 in D major

Time: 10:30pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Midnight concerts - Freiburger Barok Orchestra
Program:
Henri Desmarets - Suite from Didon for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons and string orchestra
Jean-Baptiste Lully - Suite from Roland for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons and string orchestra
Jean-Phillipe Rameau - Suite and arias from Les Indes Galantes

George Enescu International Festival and Competition Sunday, September 23

BUCHAREST

Time: 11:00am - Royal Palace Concert Hall II (Sala Mica a Palatului)
Piano Recital - Luiza Borac
Program:
George Enescu - Suita no. 1 in G minor op. 3
George Enescu - Suita no. 2 in D major op. 10
George Enescu - Nocturna in D-flat major (1907)
George Enescu - Sonata no. 3 in D major op. 24

Time: 5:00pm - Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman)
Camilla Tilling - soprano
Paul Rivinius - piano

Program:
Stenhammar - En Vandrare
                    - Det far ett skepp
                    - Jungfru Blond och Jungfru Brunett
                    - I skogen
Sibelius - Demanten pa marssnon
            - Sav ,sav susa
            - Svarta Rosor
            - Flickan kom ifran sin alsklings mote
Grieg - Med en Vandlilje
         - En Svane
         - Solveigs Sang
         - En Dröm
Schubert - An Silvia
              - Im Frühling
              - Ganymed
              - Gretchen am Spinnrade
Strauss - Befreit
            - Du meines Herzens Krönelein
            - Das Rosenband
            - Einerlei
            - Muttertänderlei
            - Cäcilie

Time: 7:30pm - Royal Palace Great Concert Hall (Sala Mare a Palatului)
Munchner Philharmoniker
George Enescu Philharmonic Choir

Madrigal Choir
Program:
George Enescu - Symphony no.1 in C major, op. 9
Carl Orff - Carmina Burana
George Enescu International Festival and Competition
 



Festival Fast Facts


Dates:


September 4 - 20, 2007


Place:


Bucharest - Romania (Bucuresti - Romania)


Venues:

















































Royal Palace - the Great Hall
(Sala Mare a Palatului)
Intrarea Kretzulescu 1
Telephone: (011 4) 021 615.97.10
Access:
Subway line:
Subway stop: Piata Universitatii or Piata Romana
Bus route: 122, 126, 131, 137, 168, 178, 226, 268, 300, 301, 331, 368
Bus stop: 'Piata Romana' or 'Sala Palatului'

Romanian Athenaeum (Atheneul Roman)
Strada Franklin 1, Bucharest
Telephone: (011 4) 021 315.87.98
Access:
Subway line:
Subway stop: Piata Universitatii or Piata Romana
Bus route: 122, 126, 131, 137, 168, 178, 226, 268, 300, 301, 331, 368
Bus stop: 'Piata Romana' or 'Sala Palatului'

National Opera (Opera Nationala)
Address: Bd. M. Kogalniceanu 70 - 72
Telephone: (011 4) 021 314.69.80
Access:
Subway line:
Subway stop: Piata Izvor
Bus route: 104, 122, 123, 126, 137, 168, 226, 236, 268, 336, 368, 601
Bus stop:
Troleybus route: 61, 69, 90, 91
Troleybus stop:

Bucharest National Theater (Teatrul National)
Address: Bd. Nicolae Balcescu 2
Telephone: (011 4) 021 313.91.75
Access:
Subway line:
Subway stop: Piata Universitatii
Bus route:
Bus stop:

National Radio Music Hall (Sala de Concerte Radio)
Address: Strada General Berthelot 60 - 64
Telephone: (011 4) 021 314.68.00
Access:
Subway line:
Subway stop: Gara de Nord
Bus route: 126, 128, 178, 368.
Bus stop:
Tramway route: 20, 35, 37, 44.
Tramway stop:

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