Event Category: Single Day Event

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PERFORMERS:

Creative and Visual Arts
Merve Bulun, script, concept, costumes, story board
Mariya Medvedeva, oil painting
Suleyman Hakan Bulun, book design
Esra Eren Cimen, animation and painting
Abdulla Dasuki, animation

Guest Artists
Giovanni Pasini, Salieri, conductor, viola, chorus master
Alessio Mastrodonato, W. A. Mozart
Law Sze Han, young Mozart -piano -violin
Anna Dieterich, Constanze- soprano -moderation
Ahmad El Halou, Narrator
Melisa Yener, coloratura soprano
Murat Duyan, baritone
Peter Davida, piccolo horn
Zehra Özçelik, oud
Qatar Concert Choir
Qatar Music Academy Youth Choir
Zlatan Fazlic, chorus master

E- Ensemble
Lorena Manescu, violin
Annemari Ainomae, violin
Anca Bold, viola
Kirill Bogatyrev, cello
Matteo Gaspari, bass guitar
Paul Gette, drum set

Historical String Quartet
Tobias Gette, violin
Raluca Gette, violin
Harald Georgi, cello

PROGRAMME:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mozart, A Musical Sitcom

Join the Philharmonic for a night featuring two of Tchaikovsky’s greatest compositions. The evening will begin with Piano Concerto No. 1, a piece particularly famed for the sequence of pounding chords with which the soloist’s part launches the first movement. Symphony No. 5 will conclude the night, and is considered a favourite of concertgoers since its premiere in 1888. Performing under the baton of Renchang Fu, the orchestra will be joined by French-Armenian pianist Vardan Mamikonian.

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PERFORMERS:
Renchang Fu, conductor
Joo Young Oh, concertmaster
Vardan Mamikonian, piano

PROGRAMME:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 23

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

PERFORMERS:
Merve Bulun Kenet, conductor
Cinemoon Ensemble

Programme:
Oldies Goldies

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The Qatar Philharmonic presents an enchanting musical experience featuring major works from Mozart and Beethoven. The concert will commence with Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat for Violin and Viola, a piece that is widely regarded as the grandest of Mozart’s violin concertos. The solo violin and viola parts will be performed by the Philharmonic’s own concert master, Joo Young Oh and principal viola player, Giovanni Pasini. The concert will end with Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, considered the world’s most famous symphony, and widely recognised by the ominous opening four-note motif. The Philharmonic will be led by passionate German conductor Elias Grandy.

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PERFORMERS:
Elias Grandy, conductor
Lionel Schmit, concertmaster
Joo Young Oh, violin
Giovanni Pasini, viola

PROGRAMME:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, K.364 (320d)

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Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op. 67

Follow the Philharmonic into A Midsummer Night’s Dream, featuring the magical works of Mendelssohn and Schumann. The evening will begin with pieces from the score written by Mendelssohn for William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the music of which is arguably the most famous incidental music ever composed. The last symphony composed by Schumann; Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major (Rhenish) will close the concert. The Philharmonic will be led by spirited German conductor Elias Grandy.

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PERFORMERS:
Elias Grandy, conductor

PROGRAMME:
Felix Mendelssohn:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 21 – Overture
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 – Nocturne
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 – Intermezzo
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 – Scherzo
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 – Wedding March

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Robert Schumann:
Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 (Rhenish)

The Philharmonic Orchestra presents a musical event featuring the incredible works of Bizet and Schubert. The concert will highlight Suites No. 1 and No. 2 from French composer Bizet’s famous opera Carmen, considered one of the greatest operas of the 19th century. The concert will conclude with Symphony No. 9 in C Major, otherwise known as Great C Major, a piece described as ‘pure musical majesty’, and the final large-scale orchestral work by Austrian composer Schubert. The Philharmonic will be led by inspired German conductor Elias Grandy.

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PERFORMERS:
Elias Grandy, conductor
Lionel Schmit, concertmaster

PROGRAMME:
George Bizet:
Carmen: Suite No. 1
Carmen: Suite No. 2

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Franz Schubert:
Symphony in C Major, D.944 (The Great C Major)

The Qatar Philharmonic opens the 2023/24 season with a unique musical event that aims to enhance and preserve Gulf folk music by intertwining traditional Gulf folk styles with a Western orchestra. The music will emphasise Qatar’s rich maritime history with influences from the art of ‘Fijiri’, a traditional form of music associated with pearl divers and the sea. The Philharmonic’s Deputy Executive Director, Nasser Sahim composed the music for the event, with Dr. Amer Jaffar. The orchestra will be led by distinguished Uzbek conductor Kamoliddin Urinbaev.

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Join the Qatar Philharmonic for a delightful evening in partnership with the British Embassy in a musical celebration of the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Queen Camilla. The concert will feature a blend of traditional and contemporary music commissioned for previous Coronations with masterpieces such as, Handel’s Royal Fireworks Music, Walton’s Orb & Sceptre, and William’s Fantasia on Greensleeves being performed.

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PERFORMERS:
Renchang Fu, conductor
Anton Pavlovski, cello
Joris Laenen, trumpet

PROGRAMME:
George Frideric Handel:  Royal Fireworks Music, HWV 351
Vaughan Williams:  Greensleeves
Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto in D major for Violoncello, Hob.VIIb:2 – 1. Movement
Jeremiah Clarke: Trumpet Tune
William Walton: Crown Imperial (Coronation March)
Gustav Holst:  The Planets (Jupiter)
Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations, op.36 (Nimrod)
William Walton: Orb & Sceptre
George Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow
Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance, March No.4 in G major

The term Harmoniemusik is usually used to describe a wind chamber ensemble of flexible instrumentation. In the eighteenth century, this type of performance was frequently found at the court and salons of musical Europe. Members of the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra will perform pieces for wind octet by Rossini, Haydn, Beethoven and Dvořák in the final concert of the Philharmonic at the Library Series 2022-23.

PERFORMERS:
Blanco German Diaz, oboe
Claire Louise Glago, oboe
Rony Georg Moser, clarinet
Thomas Gnausch, clarinet
Daniel Hrinda, bassoon
Yoshiko Koyama, bassoon
László Fröschl, horn
Attila József Szücs, horn
Radovan Hetsch, double bass

Programme:
Gioachino Rossini- Ouverture to ‘The Italian Girl in Algiers’
Franz Joseph Haydn- Divertimento No. 1 B-flat major Hob.II:46
Ludwig van Beethoven- Octet in E-Flat Major Op. 103
Antonin Dvorák- Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, No. 8

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The upcoming chamber music concert at Qatar National Library features two beautiful works, Alexander Borodin’s Early Sextet and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence. Both of these pieces showcase the extraordinary talents of their composers and demonstrate their unique styles.

PERFORMERS:
Aura Lorena Manescu, violin
Dmitri Torchinsky, violin
Andreea Mereuta, viola
Victor Sumenkov, viola
Christoph Carlos Eduard Schmitz, cello
Hassan Moataz Hassan El Molla, cello
Gennady Krutikov, double bass

Programme:
Alexander Borodin: String Sextet No. 2 in D Minor
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Souvenir da Florence for Stringsextett

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