George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra offers to all music lovers the third edition of the Athenaeum Summer Festival from June 20 to June 29, 2024. This festival aims to create the sound of summer at the Romanian Athenaeum with famous works of classical music, jazz, original soundtracks and more.
The famous British soprano Sally Matthews will perform, for the first time in Romania, the final scene from the opera Capriccio by Richard Strauss during the June 20, 2024 concert.
The closing gala of the Festival will be performed by the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra on June 29, 2024, with a program that includes works by Tchaikovsky (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 35) and Harilaos Perpessas (Symfonia Christus).
But opera and classical music lovers are not the only ones who are welcome at the festival. Jazz lovers will be delighted on Tuesday, June 25, with the Transylvanian Folk Songs concert by Trio Lucian Ban, John Surman, and Mat Maneri.
An exciting event will also be Bach by Night, which offers a complete Bach program on Friday, June 28, performed by the SEMPRE Early Music Ensemble.
Not only indoor concerts will capture the audience at the Festival. On Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23, music will fill the garden of the Romanian Athenaeum, with two outdoor concerts performed by the Athenaeum String Quintet – Vivaldi Forever! – and by Athenaeum Wind Orchestra – Classical, entertainment, film music.
Athenaeum Summer Festival 2023 Program
Friday, June 23, 19:00 – 21:00
Vocal-symphonic concert: „George Enescu” Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Conductor JOSEPH CABALLÉ DOMENECH, Lead singer ALEXEI VOLODIN.
PERFORMANCES:
Alexander Borodin
Polovtsian dances for choir and orchestra
Frédéric Chopin
Concert no. 2, in F minor, for piano and orchestra
Joaquín Turina
Fantastic dances
Manuel de Falla
Suite no. 1 and Suite no. 2 from the Tricorn ballet
Saturday, June 24, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m
Piano recital, GÜLSIN ONAY
PERFORMANCES:
Joseph Haydn
Andante Varié in F minor, Hob. XVII no. 6
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in A major, KV 331
Ahmet Adnan Saygun
Sonatina, op. 15
Frédéric Chopin
Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante Op. 22
Saturday, June 24, 9:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m
RAFAEL BUTARU – violin, Athenaeum String Quintet
PERFORMANCES:
Ciprian Porumbescu
Ballade for violin and orchestra
George Enescu
Ballade for violin and orchestra
Antonio Vivaldi
The seasons
Outdoor concert – Nocturne on the Esplanade of the Athenaeum
Public access is free!
Sunday, June 25, 19:00 – 21:00
Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
The spirit of American music
Monday, June 26, 19:00 – 21:00
Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
The best from America
Tuesday, June 27, 7:00pm – 9:00pm
„George Enescu” Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, with the participation of the Children’s Choir of the Bucharest National Opera, Conductor, DAVID GROWS, Soloists VERONICA ANUTCA – soprano, VALENTIN RACOVEANU – tenor, MIHAI DAMIAN – baritone. Conductor of the Choir, JOSEPH ION PRUNNER. The master of the children’s choir, SMARANDA MORGOVAN-CRISTESCU
PERFORMANCE
Carl Orff
Carmina Burana
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