Program Mezzo

Berliner Solisten Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115 1989 Directed by Klaas Rusticus

András Schiff (piano), Yuuko Shiokawa (violin), Nobuko Imai (viola), Miklós Perényi (cello) Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 1992 Directed by Janos Darvas

Le nozze di Figaro 'Opera buffa' in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte based on 'La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro' by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais First performance in Vienna, Burgtheater, 1 May 1786 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Raphaël Pichon (Conductor) Martin Kušej (Stage director) Raimund Orfeo Voigt (Set designer), Alan Hranitelj (Costume designer), Friedrich Rom (Lighting designer) Krzysztof Bączyk (Figaro) Sabine Devieilhe (Susanna) Andrè Schuen (Il Conte di Almaviva) Adriana González (La Contessa di Almaviva) Léa Desandre (Cherubino) Peter Kálmán (Bartolo) Kristina Hammarström (Marcellina) Manuel Günther (Basilio) Serafina Starke (Barbarina) Rafał Pawnuk (Antonio) Andrew Morstein (Don Curzio) Salzburg Festival, 27 July 2023

Milan Al-Ashhab, Bilal Alnemr, Elias Elias, Michael Guttman, Gidon Kremer, Sergey Ostrovsky, Tedi Papavrami (violin), Lyda Chen, Amihai Grosz, Blythe Teh Engstroem (viola), Steven Isserlis, Victor Julien-Laferrière, Jing Zhao (cello), Chen Halevi (Clarinet), Avi Avital (Mandolin), Gil Dor (Guitare), Taiseer Elias (Oud), Martha Argerich, Sergei Babayan, Iddo Bar-Shaï, Nizar Elkhater, Leonardo García Alarcón (Piano), Noa (Singer), Mariana Flores (Soprano), Magdalena Kožená (Mezzo-soprano), Yousef Sweid (Actor), Mathieu Herzog (Conductor) Robert Schumann Fantasiestücke for Clarinet (or Cello/Violin) and Piano, Op. 73 Dichterliebe, Op. 48 | 10. Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen Nizar Elkhater Mowashah Ernest Bloch From Jewish Life, for cello and piano | I. Prayer Jules Massenet Élégie Frédéric Chopin Waltz in E Minor, Op. posth. Antonín Dvořák Slavonic Dances, Op. 72 | 2. Dumka. Allegretto grazioso (E minor) Mateo Romero Romerico florido Mercedes Sosa Alfonsina y el mar Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 | 1. Allegro moderato ma con fuoco Valentin Silvestrov Serenade Mieczysław Weinberg/Gidon Kremer 24 Preludes for Cello, Op. 100 (arr. for violin) | No. 5 Johannes Brahms Two Songs, Op. 91 | 1. Gestillte Sehnsucht (Assuaged longing) Sergei Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 Arvo Pärt Für Alina Riad Al Sunbati/Taiseer Elias/Avi Avital Longa Riad Noa/Mira Awad/Gil Dor There Must Be Another Way Johann Sebastian Bach/Noa (Achinoam Nini) Look At Me (Largo from BWV 1056) Johann Sebastian Bach/György Kurtág Cantata "Gottes Zeit ist der Zeit allerbeste," BWV 106: Sonatina (Arr. for piano four hands) Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 | 1. Allegro brillante Geneva, La Cité Bleue, 21 September 2025

International Conducting Competition Rotterdam 2025

Jascha Heifetz - God's Fiddler Not since Paganini had there been such a magician on the violin, a musical ‘wunderkind’ who went on to set the standards for nearly a century. Through home movies and personal family photos taken from 1903-1987, this documentary filmed in Vilna, Lithuania, Saint Petersburg, Russia, and in Los Angeles, re-creates a life that spanned the 20th Century. We hear from all the great violinists of his generation, and from many of his former students who are still alive, that Heifetz was a legendary but mysterious figure whose story embodies the dual nature of artistic genius. Is the man and the artist the same person? What is the price each pays? And who was the man behind the music? Directed by Peter Rosen 2011

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (Conductor) Orfeón Donostiarra, José Antonio Sáinz Alfaro (Choir Master) Susanne Bernhard (soprano), Aude Extremo (mezzo-soprano), Airam Hernández (tenor), Adam Palka (bass) Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) Paris, Philharmonie, 1 June 2022 Tv Director, Jean-Pierre Loisil

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Gergely Madaras (conductor) hungarian National Choir (Csaba Somos, choir conductor) Anne-Catherine Gillet (soprano) Héloïse Mas (mezzosoprano) Eve-Maud Hubeaux (contralto) John Irvin (tenor) Artavzd Sargsyan (tenor) David Bižić (baritone) Patrick Bolleire (bass) Yorck Felix Speer (bass) César Franck (1822 – 1890) Les Béatitudes Liège, Salle Philharmonique, December 8, 2022

Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (Conductor) Mao Fujita (piano) Sergei Rachmaninov (1873–1943) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 Lucerne, KKL, 13 August 2022