George Enescu Festival Program: September 9

Recitals and Chamber Music. Korean Chamber Orchestra
The Atheneum, 17:00
The Korean Chamber Orchestra was founded in 1965 in Seoul by cellist Bong-Cho Jeon. In 1999, the KCO participated in the UNESCO Concert for Peace in Paris where it was officially designated a UNESCO Chamber Orchestra for Peace.
Conductor: Min Kim
Program: E.T. Zwilich – Prologue and Variations for string orchestra; Malcom Arnold – Concerto for 2 violins and chamber orchestra op. 77; W. Walton – Sonata for string orchestra

Great orchestras of the world: London Symphony Orchestra
Grand Palace Hall, 19.30
Conductor: Nikolai Znaider
Soloist: Saleem Abboud Ashkar – piano
Program: R. Wagner – Overture to The Mastersingers of Nuremberg; L. van Beethoven – Concerto no.1 for piano and orchestra in C Major op. 15; J. Brahms – Symphony no. 4 in E minor op. 98

By midnight: Orchestre de chamber de Lausanne
The Atheneum, 22.30
Conductor and soloist: Christian Zacharias; Soloist: Antonio Meneses – cello
Program: R. Schumann – Allegro and Introduction in D minor for piano and orchestra op. 134; R. Schumann – Concerto for cello and orchestra in A minor op. 129; R. Schumann – Symphony no. 2 in C Major op. 61