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The Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra play two works for violin, cello and orchestra by Vivaldi and Saint-Saëns, plus Mozart’s Symphony No 40, in one of the Denizbank Concerts.
Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Cello in F major, RV 544
Saint-Saëns: La Muse et le Poète
Mozart: Symphony No 40
The Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra accompany Turkish pianist Özgür Aydın in a Beethoven piano concerto, then play a symphony by a gifted but rarely-heard Russian composer.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4
V. Kalinnikov: Symphony No 2
Ayşegül Sarıca was an internationally famous Turkish lady pianist who passed away in 2023.
Programme:
Beethoven: Adagio from Sonata No 29 (pianist: Aydın Karlıbel)
Ali Darmar: No 1 (Kar – ‘Snow’) from Six Preludes (pianist: Renan Koen)
Fauré: Après un rêve (cello: Sedef Erçetin; piano: Renan Koen)
Beethoven: Sonata No 28 (pianist: Jerfi Aji)
Haydn: Andante con Variazioni in F minor (pianist: Gülsin Onay)
Songs by Schumann (Frauenliebe und Leben & Dichterliebe) in the foyer of the Atatürk Cultural Centre. Soprano Anna Sirel Y. Etyemez and baritone Önay Günay are accompanied on the piano by Efe Gerdanoğlu.
Frauenliebe und Leben (‘A Woman’s Love and Life’, 1830) and Dichterliebe (‘A Poet’s Love’, 1840) are two song cycles by Schumann that are seen as high points of Romantic music in general, and of the German lieder tradition in particular.
The Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by İbrahim Yazıcı, plays music by Latvian composer Arturs Maskats and Tchaikovsky.
Programme:
Arturs Maskats: Accordeon Concerto ‘What the Wind Told Over the Sea' (soloist: Ksenija Sidorova);
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini (Symphonic Fantasy after Dante)
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Issue 66, December 2023
Turkey’s Centenary Issue
