10.05.10 - 20h00

CONCERT 5 - Flagey Studio 4, Ixelles (Brussels)

“Great Seasons”

The Russian Seasons
Leonid DESYATNIKOV (1955-)

For Violin, Soprano, and string orchestra

Dedicated to Alicia Urwiller

solistes:

Lorenzo Gatto: violin
n.n.: soprano

SPRING
“Christovskaya” (Dominical)
“Kachulnaya” (Lullaby)
“Jagoryevskaya” (Song for St. George’s Day)
SUMMER
“Platsch s kukoschkoy” (Lament with Cuckoo)
“Dukhovskaya” (Song for Whitsuntide)
“Tolotnaya” (Fertilizing Song)
AUTUMN
“Postovaya” (Song for Ember Days)
“Vosennaya” (Autumn Song)
“Svadebskaya” (Nuptial Song)
WINTER
“Sviatoshnaya” (Song for Christmastide)
“Maslennaya” (Song for Shrovetide)
“Posledniaya” (Closing Song)

Symphony No. 9 in C Major D. 944 "The Great"
Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Andante – Allegro ma non troppo
Andante con moto
Scherzo : Allegro vivace
Allegro vivace

01.03.10 - 20h00

CONCERT 4 - Flagey Studio 4, Ixelles (Brussels)

“Memories for Today”

Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan
Thomas CANNING (1911-1989)

Concerto for String Orchestra & Pipa
Tan DUN (1957-)

Oscar-winner for film score: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

soloist: Liu Fang, pipa

Andante molto
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro vivace

"Souvenir de Florence" Op. 70
P.I. TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)

25.01.10 - 20h00

CONCERT 3 - Flagey Studio 4, Ixelles (Brussels)

“3 Centuries, 3 Continents”

Piano Concerto in E flat Major, KV 271 "Jeune Homme"
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

soloist: Kim Dae Jin, piano

Allegro
Andantino
Rondeau : presto

Symphony No 2 for string orchestra
John CORIGLIANO (1938-)

Awarded the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Music
Composed for 100th Anniversary Symphony Hall BOSTON
Premiered by Maestro Seiji OZAWA and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Oscar-winning film score of 2000 for THE RED VIOLIN

Prelude
Scherzo
Nocturne
Fugue
Postlude

19.12.09 - 20h00

CONCERT 2 - Bozar, Centre for Fine Arts - Henry Le Boeuf Hall, Brussels

“Divine Inspiration”

“Mass in B minor” BWV 232
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

soloists:

Iwona Sobotka, Soprano
Julie Nesrallah, Alto
Kerem Kurk, Tenor
Tom Sol, Bass

Choir: Brussels Choral Society, Choirmaster Eric Delson

12.10.09 - 20h00

Khachatur Almazian

Maxim Novikov

CONCERT 1 - Flagey Studio 4, Ixelles (Brussels)

“Dialogues”

Lullaby
George GERSHWIN (1898-1937)

Dialogues on Stabat Mater
Lera AUERBACH (1973-)

For Violin, Viola, Vibraphone and String Orchestra
After Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater

Commissioned for Musikfest Bremen and Lucerne Summer Festival 2005

soloists:

Khachatur Almazian, violin
Maxim Novikov, viola

Moderato
Andante nostalgico
Allegro molto
Andante
Dramatico
Agitato
Moderato
Presto assai

Metamorphosen
Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)

For 23 Solo Strings