Piano Festivities 2007, Program

 

Friday, April 27
Saturday, April 28
Tickets

 


 

Thursday, April 26

 

 20:30,  Piano Solo and Chamber Music

              Jie Chen, Pianist
                    with
              Members of the Woodwind Quintet

Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
   Arr: Petri
"Sheep May Safely Graze"
from Cantata BWV 208
Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897)
Variations in B flat major on a theme by Handel,
op. 24
Johann Strauss, Jr.
(1825-1899)
   Arr: Schultz - Evler
Concert Arabesques on the "Beautiful Blue Danube"
 
Intermission
 

Ludwig Van Beethoven
(1770-1827)

Quintet in E flat Major for Piano and Woodwinds,
op. 16



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




22:30, South America My Love

             Danny & Jonathan Wolach, Father and Son

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Friday, April 27

 

11:00, Piano Solo and Chamber Music

            Tatiana Kolesova, Pianist
                     with
            Members of the Woodwind Quintet

 

Domenico Scarlatti
(1685-1757)
 Sonata in A major, K. 24     
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791)
 Sonata in F major, K. 332          
Frederick Chopin
(1810-1849) 
 Barcarolle in F sharp major, op. 60           
Franz Liszt
(1811-1886)   
 La Campanella, no. 3 from the 6 Grandes Etudes de   Paganini
Intermission
 
Francis Poulenc 
(1899-1963)
Trio for Piano, Oboe, and Bassoon      
Sextet for Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn

                                          

                                

                 

                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                          















17:00, Victor Borge's Humorous Piano

            Presented by Idith Zvi

 

21:00, Pianists & Orchestra

            Jie Chen, Pianist
            Minsoo Sohn, Pianist
                          with
            The Israel Camerata Jerusalem
            Arie Vardi, Conductor & Lecturer

 

    

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791)
Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major, K. 488




   soloist: Jie Chen


Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54


   soloist: Minsoo Sohn


23:00,  "Crazy about Opera,
              A musical parody (Texts: David Zebba)  
   

              David Sebba, Baritone
              Irit Rub, Pianist

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Saturday, April 28

 

       

11:00, Piano Solo and Chamber Music

 

            Minsoo Sohn, Pianist
                  with
            Members of the Woodwind Quintet

 

Ludwig Van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata No.30 in E Major, op.109
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Reminiscences de Don Juan (Mozart)

 

 

 



         Intermission

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791)
Quintet in E flat major for Piano and Woodwinds, K.452

 





17:00, Only 13 Years Old!
            

             Young talent from the Far East

             Winners of the 2nd Schimmel USasu International Piano Competition
             Min Soo Hong, Wei Xin Zhou, Liyan He

 

     Liyan He, China, Third Prize

 

Frederick Chopin (1810-1849) Etude in B minor, Op. 25, no. 10
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
(1840-1893)
Dumka, op. 59

 

 

 

 

 

     Wei Xin Zhou, China, Second Prize

 

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Concert Paraphrase on Waltz from Gounod's "Faust"
Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev
(1837-1910)
Islamey, Oriental Fantasy

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Min Soo Hong, S. Korea, First Prize

 

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

- Gnomenreigen, from 2 concert etudes,
S. 145

- Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514

 

 

 

 

 

     Liyan He & Wei Xin Zhou

 

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Petruchka, 3 movements for Piano 4 hands

 

 

 

 

     Min Soo Hong, Wei Xin Zhou & Liyan He

 

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Romance for Piano 6 hands

 

 

 

 

21:00, Pianists & Orchestra
    

            Tatiana Kolesova, Pianist
            Avner Biron, Conductor

 

George Friederich Handel
(1685-1759)
Agrippina Overture
Ludwig Van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Concerto no. 2 in B flat major, op. 19

 

 

 




       Intermission

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791)
Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550

 

 


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                          or  

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Members of the Circle of the Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society are entitled to a 15% discount on tickets and accommodation.

 

Leumi Card holders are entitled to a 15% discount on tickets, accommodation and flights.

 

 

Thanks to

 

The Rishon LeZion Symphony Orchestra, who has invited pianist Jie Chen for a series of concerts
Dr. Baruch Meir, President & Artistic Director of the Schimmel USasu International Piano Competition, Tempe, Arisona, USA
Belmont Hotel & Kibbutz Tzuba, http://www.belmont.co.il
Tzfunot Tarbut Foundation
Rina & Uri Menashe
Ayala & Alex Sacharov