George Enescu Festival Program: September 12,13,14

The following three days belong to the great orchestras of the world. Enescu and his contemporaries will surely enchant the public. The Hungarian National Philarmonic and Gilbenkian Symphony Orchestra will be some of the top performers. All representations are listed below.

September 12

Lights and shade of interpretation.
The Atheneum, 20:00
Lights and shade of interpretation. Lecture delivered by pianist Alfred Brendel

Great Orchestras of the World. The Mariinksy Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Mihail Jora Hall of the Romanian Radio Society, 19:30
Conductor: Valery Gergiev; Conductor of the choir: Dan Mihai Goia; Program: R. Shchedrin – Naughty Limmericks; G. Enescu – Symphony no. 3 with choir in C Major op. 21; M. Mussorgsky / M. Ravel – Pictures of an Exhibition

September 13

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21st Century Music. Enescu and his contemporaries
Gulbenkian Symphony Orchestra
The Atheneum, 17.00
Conductor: Lawrenece Foster; Soloist: Dana Ciocarlie – piano; Program: Ch. Ives – 4th of July; L. Bernstein – Symphony no. 2 – The age of anxiety for piano and orchestra; G. Enescu – Suite no. 3 in D Major “Villageoise” op. 27; B. Britten – Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell op. 34 (The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra)

Great Orchestras of the World. Staatskapelle Berlin
Grand Palace Hall, 19.30
Conductor and soloist: Daniel Barenboim; Program: W.A. Mozart – Concerto no. 24 for piano and orchestra in c minor KV491; A. Bruckner – Symphony no. 7 in E Major

September 14

21st Century Music. Enescu and his contemporaries
Hungarian National Philharmonic
The Atheneum, 17.00
Conductor: Zoltan Kocsis; Soloist: Boris Berezovski – piano; Program: B. Bartók – Dance Suite Sz. 77; B. Bartók – Concerto no. 2 for piano and orchestra in G Major Sz. 95; G. Enescu – Symphony no. 2 in A Major op. 17

Great Orchestras of the World. Staatskapelle Berlin
Grand Palace Hall, 19.30
Conductor and soloist: Daniel Barenboim; Program: W.A. Mozart – Concerto no. 22 for piano and orchestra in E flat Major KV482; Fr. Liszt – Symphony for Dante’s Divina Commedia S109