BROADWAY AND FILM MUSIC

September 9, 2022 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Pre-University Education Theatre, Education City

The Qatar Philharmonic is rolling out the red carpet for their silver screen inspired Broadway and Film Music Concert. Feel the nostalgia and excitement of scores from beloved musical classics to modern blockbusters such as, Grease, James Bond, Chicago, Aladdin, Mamma Mia! and many more. Unlock your imagination while narrator Ahmed El Helou and vocalist Fabienne Conrad join Giovanni Pasini, Cinemoon Ensemble, and the Philharmonic for this spectacular evening filled with all of your family favourites made famous by Hollywood!

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PERFORMERS:

Giovanni Pasini, conductor
Ahmed El Helou, narrator
Fabienne Conrad, vocals
Merve Kenet-Bulun, creative supervisor
Cinemoon Ensemble, members of Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra

 

PROGRAMME:

Louis Prima:
Sing, Sing, Sing (Barrage)

Leonard Bernstein:
Mambo (West Side Story)

Frederick Loewe:
Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady)

Warren Casey:
Grease (Greased Lightnin’-Summer Nights-We Go Together)

Andrew Lloyd Webber:
The Music of the Night (Phantom of the Opera)

Alan Menkel:
Aladdin (Arabian Nights-A Whole New World-Friend Like Me)

John Kander:
Chicago (And All That Jazz-Cell Block Tango-Roxie-We Both Reached For The Gun)

Abba:
Mamma Mia (Mamma Mia!-Chiquitita-Money Money Money)

Henry Mancini:
Salute to Mancini (Pink Panther-Moon River-Peter Gunn)

Dick Dale:
Pulp Fiction (Misirlou)
Once Upon A Time in the West

Ennio Morricone:
Ecstasy of Gold (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly)

James Horner:
The Mask of Zorro

Robert Longfield:
James Bond Theme (Live and Let Die-Nobody Does It Better-Goldfinger-Skyfall)

PETER AND THE WOLF

September 16, 2022 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Hamilton International School Theatre, Mesaimeer

The great Russian composer, Sergei Prokofiev composed many of his most popular works, including Peter and the Wolf in 1936. Prokofiev subtitled this piece “An Orchestral Fairy Tale for Children,” but he should have added “and for adults, too,” as this remarkable composition is appealing to people of all ages. The story of Peter and the Wolf is told by a narrator, with the orchestra musically illustrating the events that unfold for the audience.

 

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PERFORMERS:

Giovanni Pasini, conductor
Christoph Schmitz, narrator

 

PROGRAMME:

Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

THE PHILHARMONIC AT THE LIBRARY:
SCHUBERT OCTET

September 14, 2022 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Qatar National Library

In this first concert of the Philharmonic at the Library Series 2022-23, eight members of the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra join forces to perform Schubert’s Octet in F Major. This beloved titan of the chamber music repertoire consists of six movements and effuses tender warmth of expression and lyrical beauty from first note to last.

 

PERFORMERS:

Joo Young Oh, violin
Mohamed Oweda, violin
Giovanni Pasini, viola
Hassan Moataz El Molla, cello
Gennady Krutikov, double bass
Rony Moser, clarinet
Daniel Hrinda, bassoon
Gideon Seidenberg, horn

 

PROGRAMME:

Franz Schubert: Octet in F Major, D. 803 (1824)

Adagio – Allegro
Andante un poco mosso
Scherzo: Allegro vivace
Andante con variazioni
Menuetto: Allegretto
Andante molto – Allegro

 

For event registration, please visit Qatar National Library’s website here.

GULF FOLK MEETS THE PHILHARMONIC

August 27, 2022 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM Katara Cultural Village, Opera House

The Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra presents a unique musical event that aims to enhance and preserve Gulf folk music by intertwining traditional Gulf folk styles with a Western orchestra for the first time.

Gulf Folk Meets the Philharmonic

The music will put particular emphasis on 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 and Mansour Al Mohanadi, a Qatari singer providing vocals for the performance.

The event will include a traditional Gulf percussion group led by Dr. Faisal Ibrahim Al-Tamimi, composer, Qatari director and researcher in arts and Qatari folklore.

With the participation of the Qatar Concert Choir, led by Giovanni Pasini”

 

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EUROPEAN DAY CONCERT

May 28, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Katara Cultural Village, Opera House

The Philharmonic will celebrate The European Day 2022 with inspiring concert from various European regions, the program includes the most enduring work of Sibelius “Finlandia”, Strauss “On the Beautiful Blue Danube”, Puccini “Manon Lescaut”, Chabrier “España”, Liszt “Hungarian Rhapsody”, You will also enjoy the music of widely known composers like Charpentier, Wagner, Berlioz and Offenbach, all conducted by the Maestro David Niemann.

 

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PERFORMER:

David Niemann, conductor

 

PROGRAMME:

Marc-Antoine Charpentier:
Te Deum, H.146: Prelude

Emmanuel Chabrier: 
España

Jean Sibelius: 
Finlandia, Op.26

Richard Wagner: 
Die Meistersinger – Prelude Act I

Johann Strauss, Jr.: 
On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314

Giacomo Puccini : 
Manon Lescaut, Intermezzo, Act III

Franz Liszt: 
Hungarian Rhapsody

Hector Berlioz: 
Rob Roy

Jacques Offenbach: 
Orpheus in the Underworld Overture (Orphée aux enfers)

NORTHERN EUROPEAN IMPRESSIONS
BY GRIEG AND SIBELIUS

June 25, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Katara Cultural Village, Opera House

Book your ticket for Northern European Impression Concert.

The program includes Sibelius’ most enduring work “Finlandia” the symbol of ending struggle for nationhood, in addition to the universal favorites with its bright and cheery character “Peer Gynt, Suite No 1” by Edvard Grieg. The program ends with the romantic and memorable melodies of Sibelius’ Symphony No.2.

Join the Philharmonic for a memorable evening!

 

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PERFORMER:

Elias Grandy, conductor

 

PROGRAMME:

Jean Sibelius:
Finlandia, Op.26

Edvard Grieg:
Peer Gynt, Suite No 1, Op.46

Jean Sibelius:
Symphony No.2 in D-Major, Op. 43

 

CLASSICAL HITS – BRUCH VIOLIN CONCERTO

June 21, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Katara Cultural Village, Opera House

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Join Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra for A Classical Hits evening.

The concert includes one of Mozart’s supreme achievements and one of the greatest operas of all time “Don Giovanni – Overture”.  Also featuring Max Bruch’s most popular violin concertos in solo violin repertoire “Violin Concerto No. 1”. in addition to Beethoven “Symphony No.4”. Joo Young Oh will perform solo violin and the renowned Elias Grandy will conduct.

 

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PERFORMER:

Elias Grandy, conductor
Joo Young Oh, violin

 

PROGRAMME:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Don Giovanni: Overture – KV 527

Max Bruch:
Concerto No.1 in G-Minor, Op. 2

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphony No.4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60

 

THE BEST OF BRAHMS

June 18, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Katara Cultural Village, Opera House

Three of the greatest pieces of classical music ever played, the perfect introduction to classical music, join the Philharmonic for a wonderful evening with the Maestro Elias Grandy.

The concert includes one of the great musical expressions of tragedy from the Romantic age “Brahms’ Tragic Overture” and Brahms’ Symphony No.  1. You will listen to Queen Marie Antoinette’s favourite Symphony “Symphony No 85 known as La Reine (The Queen)” by Haydn.

 

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PERFORMER:

Elias Grandy, conductor

 

PROGRAMME:

Johannes Brahms:
Tragic Overture, Op. 81

Franz Joseph Haydn:
Symphony No.85 in B-flat major (La reine; The Queen of France)

Johannes Brahms:
Symphony No.1 in C-Minor, Op. 68

 

PEARLS OF MUSIC

March 26, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Abdul Aziz Nasser Theatre, Souq Waqif

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Bundle up and save on concerts  MUSICAL JOURNEY MARCH 11, 2022 and PEARLS OF MUSIC MARCH 26, 2022

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Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra will collaborate with the award winner of the Young Talent Award, American Protege Competition and Crescendo Competition. Soloist Lulwa Al Shamlan and the leading Conductor Kamoliddin Urinbayev in a memorable concert featuring Saint-Saëns’ most popular piano concerto and Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 which consider one of the most performed symphonies of the end of the twentieth century, a pillar of the Western classical orchestral repertoire.

Join the Philharmonic and enjoy extra ordinary concert.

 

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PERFORMERS:

Kamoliddin Urinbayev, conductor
Lulwa Al Shamlan, piano

 

PROGRAMME:

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Eugen Onegin – Polonaise

Camille Saint-Saëns:
Concerto No.2 in G-Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op.22

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36

MUSICAL JOURNEY

March 11, 2022 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM Abdul Aziz Nasser Theatre, Souq Waqif

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Do you like to travel?
Join Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra and the remarkable conductor Marcus Bosch for a Musical Journey in East and Northern Europe.
Our Journey begins with Bedřich Smetana’s Moldau , continuing to Hungary with Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No.2, D Minor.
A Brief stop in Russia with Tchaikovsky Overture from Romeo and Juliet followed by one of his most famous Waltz Eugen Onegin.
Our final destination takes us to Finland with Jean Sibelius and his Karelia Suite, Op.11
Sit back and travel with Qatar Philharmonic orchestra, you will be thrilled.

 

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PERFORMER:

Marcus Bosch, conductor

 

PROGRAMME:

Bedřich Smetana:
Overture from The Bartered Bride

Bedřich Smetana:
Vltava (The Moldau), from Ma Vlast

Franz Liszt:
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2, D Minor

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Romeo and Juliet Overture

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Eugen Onegin – Waltz

Jean Sibelius:
Karelia Suite, Op.11