Saturday, May 19, and Sunday, May 20, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Conductor / Guest Artists

Bob Ross

Bob Ross, conductor
Gala El Hadidi, mezzo soprano
Javier Castaño Medina, tuba

Program

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance No.4 in G major
Vaughan Williams: English Folksong Suite
Donizetti: From Lucrezia Borgia: Il segreto per esser felici
Glinka: Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla
Fauré: Pavane, op.50
Mozart: From The Marriage of Figaro: Non, so piu cosa son
Arnold: Four ScottishDances, op.59

Gala El Hadidi

Bizet: Carmen, Act 1 Prelude
Bizet: From Carmen: L’Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle
Vaughan Williams: Concerto in F minor for Tuba and Orchestra
Leoncavallo: From La Boheme: Mimi Pinson, la biondinetta
Arnold: Tam O’Shanter Overture, Op.51
Perhaps some British encores?

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Elgar:

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Performance Date

Saturday, May 19, and Sunday, May 20, 2012, 7:30 pm
Opera House, Katara Cultural Village Building 16 Buy Tickets

Saturday, May 19, and Sunday, May 20, 2012, 7:30 pm
Opera House, Katara Cultural Village Building 16 Buy Tickets

Conductor / Guest Artists

Gala El Hadidi

Robert Ross, conductor
Gala El Hadidi, mezzo soprano
Javier Castaño Medina, tuba

Program

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance No.4 in G major
Vaughan Williams: English Folksong Suite
Donizetti: From Lucrezia Borgia: Il segreto per esser felici
Glinka: Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla
Fauré: Pavane, op.50
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro: Non, so piu cosa son
Arnold: Four Scottish Dances, op.59
Bizet: Carmen, Act 1 Prelude
Bizet: Carmen, L’Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle
Vaughan Williams: Concerto in F minor for Tuba and Orchestra
Stolz: Venus in Seide: Spiel auf deiner Geieg das Lied von Leid und Lust
Arnold: Tam O’Shanter Overture, Op.51
Perhaps some British encores?

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Elgar:

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Performance Date

Saturday, May 19, and Sunday, May 20, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Conductor

Bob Ross, conductor
No one who saw Bob Ross conduct the Philharmonic’s brass in Funtasia will forget Bob Ross’ brand of fun music-making! But how many maestros have a Black Watch plaid tuxedo?

Performers

Gideon Seidenberg, horn
Daniel Edelhoff, trumpet
Joris Laenen, trumpet
Philipp Rebmann, trumpet
Tomoki Kirita, trumpet
Dimo Pishtyalov, trombone
James Kent, trombone
Norbert Zakó, trombone
Mátyás Veér, bass trombone
Javier Castaño Medina, tuba
Ferdinand Schäfer, percussion

Program

Music for Brass

Performance Date

Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Saturday, May 26, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Conductor / Guest Artist

David Afkham

David Afkham, conductor
George Lazaridis, piano

Program

Saygun: Suite Op. 14
Beethoven: First Piano Concerto in C Major, Op. 15
Prokofiev: From Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Montagues & Capulets, The Young Juliet, Masks, Romeo & Juliet, Morning Dance, Dance of the Girls With Lilies, Death of Tybalt, Juliet’s Death, Juliet’s Funeral

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Prokofiev:

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Performance Date

Saturday, May 26, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Friday, June 1, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Conductor / Guest Artist

Alastair Willis

Alastair Willis, conductor
Jorge Saade, violin

Program

Ranjbaran: Seven Passages
El-Masri: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (World Premiere)

This work will be performed for the first time in public with the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra. A recording was made in Moscow but has not been issued to the public.

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op.93

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Performance Date

Friday, June 1, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Performers

Patrizia Döringer, violin
Dmitri Torchinsky, violin
Nina Heidenreich, violin
Mohammed Sharara, violin
MAias Alyamani, violin
Islam Nour Elhefnawy, violin
Shaza Mohamed Oweda, violin
Ana-Maria Rusu, violin
Georges Yammine, violin
Nora Bacsovics, violin
Andrea Mereutza, viola
Victor Soumenkov, viola
Islam Abd Elaziz, viola
Judit Kelemen, viola
Kirill Bogatyrev, cello
Hassan Moataz El Molla, cello
Christoph Schmitz, cello
Hosam Hagag, double bass

Program

Nostalgia: Compositions by MAias Alyamani for String Orchestra

Performance Date

Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Saturday, June 23, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Conductor

Han-Na Chang

Program

Stravinsky: Petrushka
Tchaikovsky: Pathétique Symphony No.6 in B Minor, Op. 74

Performance Date

Saturday, June 23, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Performers

Bekirova

Program
Music of Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky

Performance Date

Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 7:30 pm Opera House, Katara Cultural Village Building 16 Buy Tickets

Saturday, June 30, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Conductor / Guest Artist

Han-Na Chang

Han-Na Chang, conductor
Tatiana Primak Khoury, piano

Program

Houtaf Khoury: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Angel of Light (World Premiere)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major, Op. 100

Performance Date

Saturday, June 30, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Saturday, July 7, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Conductor / Guest Artists

Julie Sgarro

Michalis Economou, music director
Philharmonic musicians as soloists:
Georges Yammine, violin
Tamás Marschall, alto saxophone
Simone Zanacchi , bass clarinet
Jun Cheol Lee, bassoon
Peter Dávida, French horn
Julie Sgarro, harp

Program
Glinka: Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla
Glazunov: Rêverie, Op.24
Khachaturian: Concerto for violin, second movement
Glazunov: Concerto in E Flat Major, Op. 109, for alto saxophone and strings
Debussy: Dances for harp and orchestra
Jolivet: Concerto for bassoon, second movement
Apper: Concertino for bass clarinet and strings
Falla: From El amor brujo: Ritual Fire Dance
Falla: El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat) Suite 1

Performance Date

Saturday, July 7, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Friday, July 13, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Daniel Edelhoff, Trumpet

Conductor / Guest Artist

Michalis Economou, music director
Philharmonic musicians as soloists:
Allie Bekirova, violin
Lilya Bekirova, violin
Dmitri Torchinsky, violin
Aleksandr Haskin, flute
Mohamed Ibrahim Saleh, oboe
Daniel Edelhoff, trumpet
Philipp Rebmann, trumpet

Program
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Telemann: Concerto for 2 trumpets and orchestra
Kreisler: Caprice Viennois, Op. 2
Moscheles: Concertino for flute, oboe and orchestra, second movement
Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy for violin and orchestra
Ravel: Tzigane, rapsodie de concert, for violin and orchestra
Ravel: Bolero

Performance Date

Friday, July 13, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Saturday, July 14, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Conductor / Guest Artist

Michalis Economou, music director
David Krakauer, clarinet
Friedemann Winklhofer, organ
Philharmonic musicians as soloists:
Vitalii Pervushyn, violin
Taehyun Kim, violin
Christophe Leroux, cello
Ruslan Umarov, cello
Sonja Park, piano

Program
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Marhulets: Concerto for clarinet and orchestra
Beethoven: Triple Concerto for violin, cell, piano and orchestra, Op. 56, first movement
Elgar: Concerto in E Minor for cello and orchestra, Op. 85, fourth movement
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs), Op. 20
R. Strauss: Festliches Präludium, Op. 61

Performance Date

Saturday, July 14, 2012, 7:30 pm
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