3CSO DECEMBER 2018 Issue 3

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W.A. MOZART & J. STRAUSS JR. IN THIS ISSUE

Bruch & Nielsen premieres, Beethoven’s night, Rossini 150th anniversary, New Year.

December is always rich in repertoire. His delightful musical events to celebrate double piano concerto the whole holiday’s season. Egyptian premiere is This month includes introduced by Ghada

romantic, Nordic, Christmas Shaker, and Amany Mounir

Concerts along with a Ghada Shaker & Amany Mounir Beethoven evening and the Mendelssohn epic 2nd Perform Egyptian premiere of Bruch concerto on the 1st traditional New Year gala. symphony, Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise) was Romantic Affairs composed, to mark the 400th anniversary of the This unique event includes printing press by Gutenberg. Brahms “ironic” Academic The soloists are Soprano Festival and is Mona Rafla, Soprano Iman conducted by the promising Moustafa, and Ahmed Farag. Hisham El Guindy Max Bruch’s first violin accompanied by A Cappella Mona Rafla & Hisham El Guindy concerto has become a under Choir Master With Iman Moustafa are soloists in Lobgesang on the 1st staple of the fiddle May Gvineria. CSO DECEMBER 2018 | Issue 3 2

Voices from the North

Carl Nielsen is recognized as Denmark's great composer. In cooperation with the Danish embassy, the concert of all Egyptian premiere on the 8th follows the cycle of Nielsen major works such as the 2nd & 4th symphonies, concerto etc.. Soprano Julie Meera Albersten will introduce the The perfect conclusion is the JULIE MEERA ALBERSTEN, SOPRANO

5 poems by J.P. Jacobsen 3rd symphony whose power The soloist in both Nielsen's Five Poems by and Mina Ghobrial will and vitality of the music took J. P. Jacobsen & Sinfonia Espansiva on the 8th interpret one of the major even Nielsen by surprise flute concertos in the whole when he directed the repertoire under conductor rehearsals for the first Peter Ettrup Larsen. performance in 1911.

An Evening with Beethoven Few works by great Beethoven’s concerti. composers are as famously Antonio di Cristofano is the infamous as Beethoven's ultimate virtuoso. Wellington's Victory,a Music director Ahmed El commissioned piece for a Saedi concludes the evening jubilee occasion.. by the third symphony

“Eroica”, a pillar grounded in On the other hand, Piano the Classical symphonic Concerto No. 5 known for its tradition by stretching Antonio di Cristofano grandeur, bold melodies, th boundaries of form, length, Is performing Beethoven Emperor concerto, on the 15 and heroic spirit, remains the harmony, and perceived best known and most emotional and even cultural frequently performed of content. CSO DECEMBER 2018 | Issue 3 3

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Petite Messe Solenelle: A Rossini Christmas on the 22

Gioachino Rossini was the This heartfelt religious work THE SOLOISTS greatest Italian composer of was Rossini’s last serious his time. In the first half of work—with it he sincerely his life he was astonishingly hoped to gain admittance to prolific, and composed the next world—and shows nearly forty operas by the the extraordinary age of 38. Of those many are capabilities of this key to the repertories of astonishing man of the modern opera companies theatre. The sheer variety of around the world. movements is extraordinary,

nd ranging from a desolate On the 22 , Cairo ‘Crucifixus’, ecstatic solos, Symphony orchestra, in Mohamed Hamdy sublime duets and dramatic Clarinet cooperation with the Italian trios, a hair-raising ‘Et Cultural Institute, celebrates resurrexit’, as powerful an his 150th death anniversary ‘Agnus Dei’ as any of the era, with his instrumental through to two examples of Introduction, Theme and the form of which Rossini Variations for Clarinet and was the undisputed master, Orchestra followed by his the fugue: both are utterly sacred work, Petite Messe compelling. Solenelle. The soloists on the 22nd are

The variations, based on two Russian Dina Iskander, Alto of Rossini's most moving Jolie Faizy, Tenor Hany El Dina Iskander dramatic arias, remain Safie and Bass Reda El Soprano among the most popular Wakil accompanied by A virtuosic works for clarinet to Cappella choir under Choir this day & will be interpreted Master May Gvineria. by veteran clarinetist Guest Conductor Roberto Mohamed Hamdy. Molinelli will conduct this unique Christmas Concert. Full of drama, pathos, colour and intensity, Rossini’s Petite Messe was originally

written two pianos and a Reda El Wakil & Hany El Safie French harmonium. Bass and Tenor CSO DECEMBER 2018 | Issue 3 4

Happy New Year 2019

Join the CSO for an intimate The tradition of the New evening of Viennese flavor Year Concert was initiated in on the 31st in Cairo. 1939 by Austrian conductor The orchestra will offer a . The music retrospective look on Waltz, always includes pieces from polkas, marches etc.. the Strauss family—Johann favorite music of all time Strauss I, Johann Strauss II, under music director Ahmed Josef Strauss and Eduard El Saedi alongside with Strauss—with occasional Semperoper Dresden soloist additional music from other Mezzo-Soprano Gala El mainly Austrian composers, Hadidi accompanied by A including Joseph Lanner,

Classical crossover broa dly encompa sses bot h classical music that has become popularized and a wide variety of popular music forms performed in a classical manner. It can also refer to collaborations between classical and popular performers, as well as music that blends elements of classical music (including operatic and sym phonic) with popular music (including pop, rock, jazz, and Lati n, among other Cappella choir under Choir Otto Nicolai, Franz Lehar, types). Gala El Hadidi Master May Gvineria. Franz von Suppé, Emmerich Solo Mezzo-Soprano in New Year’s gala Kálmán and Robert Stolz.

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