31.08 - Tharice Virtuosi at the Athenaeum

31.08 - Romanian Athenaeum

THARICE VIRTUOSI
 Recitals and Chamber Music

Violin: LIVIU PRUNARU, VALENTINA SVYATLOVSKAYA, BOGDAN ZVORIŞTEANU, OLEG KASKIV, EDGAR PUJOL, VLAD STĂNCULEASA
Viola: SOPHIA REUTER, ETTORE CAUSA
Cello: STANIMIR TODOROV, PABLO DE NAVERAN
Conductor: LIVIU PRUNARU

Program:

Vivaldi – Concerto for 3 violins and strings in fa Major, F-Dur, F.1. No 34
Soloists: BOGDAN ZVORISTEANU, VALENTINA SVYATLOVSKAYA, VLAD STĂNCULEASA

Bridge – „LAMENT“ for two violas
Soloists: ETTORE CAUSA, SOPHIA REUTER

Shostakovich – Duos for violins
Soloists: LIVIU PRUNARU, BOGDAN ZVORISTEANU

Bruch – Andante from the violin, viola and strings concerto in e-Moll op. 88
Soloists: OLEG KASKIV, ETTORE CAUSA

Barrière – Sonata for two cellos in G -Dur
Soloists: STANIMIR TODOROV, PABLO DE NAVERAN

Ysaÿe – «AMITIÉ » – op. 26 for 2 violins and strings
Soloists: LIVIU PRUNARU, VALENTINA SVYATLOVSKAYA

Bruch – Octet for strings in B flat major

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30.08 - Madrigal Choir, midnight concert at the Athenaeum

30.08 - Romanian Athenaeum

“MADRIGAL” NATIONAL CHOIR
 By Midnight

Conductor: ANNA UNGUREANU

Program: «Ars Nova and Renaissance» from Guillaume de Machaut’s ballads to Claudio Monteverdi’s madrigals – programme of sacred and profane music

Francesco Landini – Ecco la Primavera
Guillaume de Machaut – De toutes flours
Pierre Bonnet – Francion vint l’autre jour
Claudin de Sermisy – Languir me fais
Francis Pilkington – Rest, sweet nymphs
William Byrd – Missa a quattro voci-Sanctus
Thomas Tallis – O sacrum convivium
Thomas Morley – Now is the month of Maying
Heinrich Isaac – Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen
Hans Leo Hassler – Cantate Domino
Cristobal de Morales – Pie Jesu
Tomas Luis de Victoria – O Magnum Mysterium
Jacques Arcadelt – Il bianco e dolce cigno
Roland de Lassus – Bonjour mon Coeur
Josquin Desprez – Baisez moi, ma douce amie
Costanzo Festa – Madonna, io v’amo e taccio
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – I vaghi fiori
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Missa Papae Marcelli – Agnus Dei
Luca Marenzio – Scaldava il sol
Gesualdo da Venosa – Io tacero
Claudio Monteverdi – Quel augellin che canta

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30.08 - The Romanian Youth Orchestra & Sarah Chang - Palace Hall

30.08 - Palace Hall

ROMANIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Great Orchestras of the World

CHOIR OF THE “GEORGE ENESCU” PHILHARMONIC
CHILDREN’S CHOIR of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Society
Conductor: KRISTJAN JÄRVI
Conductor of the Choir: ION IOSIF PRUNNER
Conductor of the children’s choir: VOICU POPESCU

Soloist : SARAH CHANG – violin

Program:
Enescu – Rhapsody no. 1 in A Major op. 11 no. 1
Sibelius – Concerto for violin and orchestra in D minor op. 47
Orff – “Carmina Burana”

Soloists:
JENNIFER O’LOUGHLIN (soprano)
MAX EMANUEL CENČIĆ (countertenor)
DANIEL SCHMUTZHARD (baritone)

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29.08 - The press conference preceding the 2015 George Enescu Festival

The press conference opening the 2015 George Enescu Festival

Guests
Sarah Chang, violinist
Jennifer O'Loughlin, soprano
Kristjan Järvi, conductor
Max Emanuel Cenčić, countertenor
Tiberiu Soare, conductor
Sorin Oprescu, Mayor of Bucharest
Steven van Groningen, CEO Raiffeisen
Radu Cosarca, ENEL
Sorina Goia, Radio Romania
Marius Constantinescu, TVR
Cristina Liberis, TVR

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