Orchestras

2007-2008 Program

2007

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 - Caddebostan Culture Center - 20:00
Conductor : Gürer Aykal
Soloist : James Ehnes, violin
Program
Adnan Saygun : Symphony No. 4 op. 53
Jean Sibelius : Violin Concerto D minor op. 47
Jean Sibelius : Finlandia op. 26

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Thursday, October 4, 2007 - Lütfi Kırdar Concert Hall - 20:00
Conductor : Gürer Aykal
Soloist : James Ehnes, violin
Program
Adnan Saygun : Symphony No. 4 op. 53
Jean Sibelius : Violin Concerto D minor op. 47
Jean Sibelius : Finlandia op. 26

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Wednesday, November 7, 2007 - Caddebostan Culture Center - 20:00
Conductor : Joseph Caballé Domenech
Soloist : Emre Şen, piano
Program
Richard Wagner : Prelude from The Mastersingers of Nuremberg Opera
Franz Liszt : Piano Concerto No. 1 E bemol Major
Johannes Brahms : Symphony No. 4 in E minor op. 98

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Thursday, November 8, 2007 - Lütfi Kırdar Concert Hall - 20:00
Conductor : Joseph Caballé Domenech
Soloist : Emre Şen, piano
Program
Richard Wagner : Prelude from The Mastersingers of Nuremberg Opera
Franz Liszt : Piano Concerto No. 1 E bemol Major
Johannes Brahms : Symphony No. 4 in E minor op. 98

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Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - Caddebostan Culture Center - 20:00
"New Year’s Welcome Concert"

Conductor : Gürer Aykal
Program
Edward Elgar : In the South "Alassio" Overture op. 50
Bedrich Smetana : “Moldau, Vltava” from the Mà Vlast Symphonic Poems No. 2 JB. 1:112
Ludwig van Beethoven : "Egmont" Overture op. 84
Jean Daetwyler : "Dialogue with Nature"

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Thursday, December 13, 2007 - Lütfi Kırdar Concert Hall - 20:00
"New Year’s Welcome Concert "

Conductor : Gürer Aykal
Program
Edward Elgar : In the South "Alassio" Overture op. 50
Bedrich Smetana : “Moldau, Vltava” from the Mà Vlast Symphonic Poems No. 2 JB. 1:112
Ludwig van Beethoven : "Egmont" Overture op. 84
Jean Daetwyler : “Dialogue with Nature”

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2008

Wednesday, January 9, 2008 - Caddebostan Culture Center - 20:00
Conductor : Andreas Schüller
Soloists : Ferhan & Ferzan Önder, Piano duo
Program
   
Georges Bizet : Carmen Suite No. 1 & No. 2
Francis Poulenc : Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra D minor
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Symphony No. 5 E minor op. 64

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Thursday, January 10, 2008 - Lütfi Kırdar Concert Hall - 20:00
Conductor : Andreas Schüller
Soloists : Ferhan & Ferzan Önder, Piano duo
Program
G. Bizet : Carmen Suite No. 1 & 2
Poulenc : Concerto for two Pianos in B minor
Tchaikowsky : Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 64

Program Notes

Thursday, February 28, 2008 - Lütfi Kırdar Concert Hall - 20:00
BORUSAN ISTANBUL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA GALA CONCERT
For the first time ever, the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia Chorus will jointly present Antonín Dvořák’s masterpiece to the Istanbul public

Conductor : Gürer Aykal
Choir Master : Mark Griffiths
Soloists : Valentina Valente, soprano
Romina Boscolo, mezzosoprano
Mathias Stier, tenor
Massimiliano Viapiano, bariton
Program
Dvorak : Requiem op. 89 (B. 165)

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - Caddebostan Culture Center - 20:00
Conductor : Gürer Aykal
Soloists : Ayhan Uştuk, tenor - Çağ Erçağ, cello
Program
Necil Kazım Akses : Idyll for cello and orchestra
Necil Kazım Akses : Bir Divandan Gazel for tenor and orchestra
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Symphony No. 6 in B minor op. 74 “Pathétique”

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Thursday, March 13, 2008 - Lütfi Kırdar Concert Hall - 20:00
Conductor : Gürer Aykal
Soloists : Ayhan Uştuk, tenor - Çağ Erçağ, cello
Program
   
Akses : A "Gazel" (Lyric problem) from the Divan era (for Tenor and Orchestra)
Tchaikovsky : Symphony No. 6, op.74 in G minor (Pathétique)

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Wednesday, April 2, 2008 - Caddebostan Culture Center - 20:00
Conductor : Sascha Goetzel
Soloist : Özcan Ulucan, violin
Program
Franz Schubert : Overture Rosamunde D. 644
Max Bruch : Violin Concerto No. 1 G minor op. 26
Antonín Dvořák : Symphony No. 9 E minor op. 95, From the New World

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Thursday, April 3, 2008 - Lütfi Kırdar Concert Hall - 20:00
Conductor : Sascha Goetzel
Soloist : Özcan Ulucan, violin
Program
Franz Schubert : Overture Rosamunde D. 644
Max Bruch : Violin Concerto No. 1 G minor op. 26
Antonín Dvorak : Symphony No. 9 E minor op. 95, From the New World

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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - Caddebostan Culture Center - 20:00
Conductor : Joseph Wolfe
Soloist : John Lill (piyano), Gabriel Posdarescu (trompet), Ayşin Şensöz(korangle)
Program
Aaron Copland : Quiet City for strings, solo trumpet and solo English horn
Dmitri Shostakovich : Piano Concerto No. 1 op. 35 for piano and trumpet
Johannes Brahms : Symphony No. 2 D major 73

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Thursday, May 29, 2008 - Lütfi Kırdar Concert Hall - 20:00
Conductor : Joseph Wolfe
Soloist : John Lill (piyano), Gabriel Posdarescu (trompet), Ayşin Şensöz(korangle)
Program
Aaron Copland : Quiet City for strings, solo trumpet and solo English horn
Dmitri Shostakovich : Piano Concerto No. 1 op. 35 for piano and trumpet
Johannes Brahms : Symphony No. 2 D major 73

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Monday, June 30, 2008 - Hagia Eirene Museum - 20:00
LAST NIGHT OF THE FESTIVAL IN MEMORY OF LEYLA GENCER


Conductor : Karel Chichon
Mezzo-soprano : Elina Garanca
Arias from Romantic Opera

Lasts 100' inc. interval.

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