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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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