In Collaboration with:

Cairo Symphony Orchestra

 Music Director: Ahmed El Saedi

Season 2017 /2018

 

A- Concerts at Main & Small Halls, Cairo Opera House

 

September 2017

 

                 Saturday, September 09 – 08.00 pm

 

Season’s Opening Gala Concert

Emanuel Chabrier

“España” Rhapsody for Orchestra

Zoltan Kodaly

Dances from Galanta

Franz Liszt

Dance Macabre for Piano and Orchestra

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky

Nutcracker Suite op. 24

Alexander Borodin

Polovetsian Dances

 

Soloist: Tadashi Suenaga, piano

A Cappella Choir

Choirmaster: Maya Gvineria

Conductor: Ahmed El Saedi

                                                                                                                                   In Collaboration with Japan Cultural Foundation  

*****

                Saturday, September 16 – 08.00 pm

Aimez vous Brahms ? (I)

Brahms four symphonies at the Occasion of his 120th Death Anniversary

 

Ludwig van Beethoven

Overture to “Fidelio” op. 72b

Frédéric Chopin

Piano Concerto No. in E minor 1 op. 11

Johannes Brahms

Symphony No. 1 in C minor op. 68

 

Soloist: Meritte Hanna, piano

Conductor: Ahmed El Saedi

*****

                Saturday, September 23 – 08.00 pm

Aimez vous Brahms ? (II)

Brahms four Symphonies at the Occasion of his 120th Death Anniversary

 

Leonard Bernstein

Candide Overture

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major

Johannes Brahms

Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 73

 

Soloist: Janet Sung, violin

Conductor: David Rudge

                                                                                                                                                    In Collaboration with American Embassy

*****

October 2017

                 Saturday, October 07 08.00 pm

Aimez vous Brahms? (III)

Brahms four symphonies at the occasion of his 120th Death Anniversary

 

Ludwig van Beethoven

“Leonore III” Overture op. 72a

Triple Concerto in C Major Op. 56

Johannes Brahms

Symphony No. 3 in F major op. 90

 

Soloists:

Marco Sollini, piano

Hossam Shehata, violin

Victoria Kapralova, violoncello

Conductor: Ahmed El Saedi

                                                                                                                                           In collaboration with Italian Cultural Institute

*****

                Saturday, October 14 08.00 pm                               

Aimez vous Brahms ? ( IV)

Brahms four symphonies at the occasion of his 120th Death Anniversary

 

Ludwig van Beethoven

“Leonore I” Overture op. 138

Frédéric Chopin

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor op. 21

Johannes Brahms

Symphony No. 4 in E minor op. 98

 

Soloist: Salvatore Barbatano, piano

Conductor: Nader Abbassi

                                                                                                                                      In collaboration with Italian Cultural Institute

*****

                Saturday, October 21 – 08.00 pm                               

Hungarian Flair

Ferenc Erkel

Overture “Hunyadi László”

Franz Doppler

Concerto for 2 Flutes and Orchestra

Hungarian Fantasy for Flute and Orchestra

László Lajtha

Symphony No. 7 “Revolution Symphony” op. 63

 

Soloists:

Inès Abdel Daim - Peter Olah, flute

Conductor: Istvan Dénes

                                                                                                                                      In collaboration with Hungarian Cultural Center

***** 

November 2017 

 

                Saturday, November 25 – 08.00 pm                           

Great Works for Choir and Orchestra (I)

 

Hector Berlioz

“Roméo et Juliette”

Symphonie Dramatique op. 17 for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra

 

Soloists: Maria Cecilia Padro, mezzo soprano  

  Amr Medhat, tenor

 Reda El-Wakil, bass

A Cappella Choir

Choirmaster: Maya Gvineria

Conductor: Ahmed El Saed

*****

December 2017

               Saturday, December 09 – 08.00 pm         

Spanish Flair

 

Ramz Sabri

Double Music for Violin, Violoncello and Orchestra op. 102

Pedro Villaroig

Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra

César Franck

Symphony in D minor

 

Soloists: Joaquin Franco, saxophone

Hossam Shehata, violin

Mohamed Salah, violoncello

Conductor: Vicente Ariño Pellicer

                                                                                                                                                           In collaboration with Spanish Embassy

*****

                Saturday, December 16 – 08.00 pm

Cairo Symphony Chamber Orchestra (II)

A Baroque Christmas 

 

Arcangelo Corelli

Christmas Concerto

Johann Sebastian Bach

Concerto for Oboe, Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo in c minor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Recitativo ed Aria: Ch'io mi scordi di te?

Symphony No. 39 in E flat Major K. 543

 

Soloists: Laura Virtanen, violin

Wessam Ahmed, oboe

Iman Mustafa, soprano

Conductor: Živa Ploj Peršuh

                                                                                                                                                    In Collaboration with Slovenian Embassy

*****

                 Saturday, December 23 – 08.00 pm                            

Christmas Concert

Great Works for Choir and Orchestra (II)

 

L. v. Beethoven

Wellington’s Victory op. 91(Egyptian Premiere) 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mass in C minor K. 427/417a

 

Ksenia Skorokhodova, soprano I

Dina Eskander, soprano II

Amr Medhat, tenor

Reda El Wakil, bass

A Capella Choir

Choirmaster: Maya Gvineria

Conductor: Ahmed El Saedi

*****

                Sunday, December 31 – 08.00 pm        

New Year’s Concerts 2017

Works by Strauß Dynasty, F. Lehár, E. Kálmán etc. 

 

Nicoleta Radu, soprano

A Capella Choir

Choirmaster: Maya Gvineria

Conductor: Vassilis Tsiatsianis

                                                                                                      *****

January 2018

 

 

 

 

         Saturday, January 13 – 08.00 pm                                                                Small Hall, Cairo Opera House     

 

Cairo Symphony Chamber Orchestra III

 

An Evening with Beethoven

 

L. v. Beethoven

 

“Prometheus” Overture op. 43

W. A. Mozart

 

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A major K. 414

 

Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 36

 

 

 

Soloist: Yasser Mokhtar, piano

 

Conductor: Ahmed El Saedi

                

 

                       Saturday, January 20 – 08.00 pm                                                                    Main Hall, Cairo Opera House           

 

Brahms Piano Concerti (I)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“Magic Flute” Overture K. 622

Johannes Brahms

Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra in D minor op. 15

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 5 in C minor op. 67  

 

Soloist: Mohamed Shams, piano 

Conductor: Ahmed El Saedi

 *****

                 Saturday, January 27 – 08.00 pm                                

The World of Cross Overs (III)

“Hits of American Films”

 

John Williams

Suite from “Jaws”

Richard Rodgers

Sound of Music

John Corigliano

Red Violin

Alan Silvestri

Choral. from Forrest Gump

John Williams

Harry Poter Suite

Maurice Jarre

Lawrence of Arabia

John Williams

Jurassic Park

James Newton Howards, Hans Zimmer

“The Dark Night Suite” from Batman

Steven Price

“Gravity” arranged by Martin Gellner & Werner Stanka

 John Williams

Choral from Home Alone

Nino Rota & Ennio Morricone

The God Father

 

Soloists: Hossam Shehata, violin

Amina Khairat, mezzo-soprano 

A Cappella Choir

Choirmaster: Maya Gvineria

Conductor: Ahmed Atef

                                                                                                                                                    In Collaboration with American Embassy

 

*****

February 2018

 

                Saturday, February 03 – 08.00 pm

Brahms Piano Concerti (II)

Ludwig van Bethoven

“Zur Namensfeier” Overture op. 115

Johannes Brahms

Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra in B flat major op. 83

Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 4 in F minor op. 36

 

Soloist: Wael Farouk, piano

Conductor: Ahmed El Saedi

                                                                                                                                         In Collaboration with Goethe Institute

*****

                Saturday, February 10 – 8.00 pm                                

Valentine Concert

Roberto Molinelli

“Operissimo”

Suite of Italian Opera Arias

for Saxophone and Orchestra

Astor Piazzolla

Tangos for Flute and Orchestra

Love Songs of the Beatles

for

Saxophone and Orchestra

 

Federico Mondelici, saxophone and conductor

                                                                                                                           In Collaboration with Italian Cultural Institute

***** 

                 Saturday, February 17 – 8.00 pm        

Jazz Inspiration

 

George Gershwin

An American in Paris

Rhapsody in Blue

Leonard Bernstein

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Dmitri Shostakovitch

Waltz from Jazz Suite No. 2

 

 

Soloist: Ratko Delorko

Conductor: Nayer Nagui

                                                                                                                                                       In Collaboration with German Embassy

*****

                Saturday, February 24 – 08.00

Cairo Symphony Chamber Orchestra (III)

 

Camille Saint-Saens

Havanaise pour Violon et Orchestra op. 83

Maurice Ravel

“Tzigane” Rhapsodie de Concert pour Violon et Orchestre

Franz Danzi

Concertino for Clarinet, Bassoon and Orchestra in B-flat major op. 47

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 7 in A major op. 92

 

Soloists: Yasser El Serafi, violin

Mohamed Hamdi, clarinet

Tamer Fahmy, Bassoon

Conductor: Isabella Ambrosini

                                                                                                                                          In Collaboration with Italian Cultural Institute

*****

March 2018

                Saturday, March 03 – 08.00 pm                                  

Italian Flair

 

Gioachino Rossini

Overture and Arias from Il Barbiere di Siveglia

Ottorino Respighi

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 4 in B flat major op. 60

 

Soloists: David Alogna, violin

Jolie Faizy, mezzo soprano

Conductor: Francesco di Mauro

                                                                                                                                          In Collaboration with Italian Cultural Institute

***** 

                 Saturday, March 17 – 08.00 pm                                  

Spring Concert

 

Mikhail Glinka

“Russlan and Ludmila” Overture

Alexander Aljabiev

Nachtigall for Soprano and Orchestra

George Enescu

“La Rhapsodie roumaine en la majeur op. 11 No. 1”

Georges Bizet

Carmen Prelude

Francois Borne

 Fantasie brillante (on themes from Bizet’s Carmen) pour flute et orchestre

Reinhold Glière

Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra

Maurice Ravel

Boléro 

 

Soloists: Inès Abdel Daim, flute

Tehmine Zaryan,  soprano

Conductor: Ahmed El Saedi

*****

                 Saturday, March 24 – 08.00 pm                                   

In Memory of Claude Debussy

(100th Anniversary of Death)

 

Ludwig van Beethoven

“The Ruins of Athens” Overture op. 113

Eduard Elgar

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor

Claude Debussy

“La mer” Trois Esquisses Symphoniques

 

Soloist: Ayman El Hanbouli, cello  

Conductor: Ahmed El Saedi

                                                                                                                                          In collaboration with French Cultural Institute

*****

                Saturday, March 31 – 08.00 pm                                  

 Easter Concert

Great Works for Choir and Orchestra (III)

 

Ludwig van Beethoven  

“Leonore II” Overture op. 72a

Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major op. 36

Gabriel Fauré

Requiem

 

Soloists: Aiman Mussakhajayeva, violin

Iman Moustafa, soprano

Reda El Wakil, Bass

A Cappella Choir

Choirmaster: Maya Gvineria

Conductor: Hisham Gabr

*****

April 2018

                Thursday, April 05 – 08.00 pm                                   

Pre Tour Concert

 

Ahmed El Saedi

Passacaglia für Großes Orchester

Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky

Rococo Variations op. 33

Ludwig van Beethoven

Choir Fantasy op. 80

Camille Saint-Saens

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Capriccio Espagnol op. 34

Antonin Dvorak

Slavonic Dance op. 46 No. 1

Slavonic Dance op. 46 No. 2

Slavonic Dance op. 46 No. 8

 

Soloists: Victoria Kapralova, violoncello

Salma Serour, violin

Yasser Mokhtar, piano

A Cappella Choir

Choir Master: Maya Gveneria

Conductor: Ahmed El Saedi

                                                                                                                                           In collaboration with French Culture Institute

***** 

                 Saturday, April 21 – 08.00 pm                                    

“From the New World”

 

Leonard Bernstein

Symphonic Suite from “On the Waterfront”

Samuel Barber

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra op. 38

Antonin Dvorak

Symphony No. 9 in E minor “New World

 

Soloist: Seba Ali, piano

Conductor: Ahmed El Saedi

                                                                                                                                                     In collaboration with American Embassy

*****

May 2018

                Saturday, May 12 – 8.00 pm                                                    

Talents III

 

Ludwig van Beethoven

“King Stephen” Overture op. 117

Concerto No. 1 for piano and Orchestra in C major op. 15   

Antonin Dvorak

Symphony No. 8 in G major op. 88

 

Soloists: Mikolaj Wozniak

Conductor: Ahmed El Saedi

                                                                                                                                                          In Collaboration with Rahn Education

*****

June 2018

                Saturday, June 30 – 08.00 pm, Main Hall, Cairo Opera House

International Master Class for Conductors

Laureates Concert

 

Igor Stravinsky

The Firebird Suite (1919)

Johannes Brahms

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major op. 77

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 4 in G major

 

Soloists: Abada Ahmed, violin

Mona Rafla, soprano

Conductors: Laureates of the Workshop

*****