Lech Classic Festival
3. Lech Classic Music Festival 2014
4th August, 2014, 9pm 5th – 9th August, 2014, 5pm
Neue Kirche Lech
DE/EN FÜR DEUTSCHE VERSION BITTE WENDEN Lech Classic Festival
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PARTNER PARTNER SCHEDULE Monday, 4th August, 2014
9pm
Neue Kirche Lech
4th August 2014, 9pm Der Vorabend 5th - 9th August 2014, 5pm ”Und Gott schuf den Menschen Neue Kirche Lech nach seinem Ebenbilde...“ (And God created man in his own image) Gospels and Spirituals about Genesis Entrance fee: € 30,–
Hotel bookings and ticket reservation: Carole Alston – Singing and Presentation Lech Zürs Tourismus GmbH Dorf 2, A - 6764 Lech am Arlberg phone: +43 (5583) 2161-0 fax: +43 (5583) 3155 The Afro-American daughter of a Baptist priest in Washington 24h-Infoline: +43 (810) 966 150 DC, grew up with this music. She is an authentic interpreter of [email protected] this genre and guides through the program. www.lechzuers.com www.lech-classic-music-festival.com Carole Alston is accompanied by:
”The Good News Messengers“ Box office: (as of 20/12/ 2013) Uli Datler - Piano; Uli Langthaler- Bass; Andi Weiss- Drums Lech Zürs Tourismus Ö-Ticket ”Praise Choir“ All branches of the Volksbank Vorarlberg Performance Ensemble
Ticket counter: opens 8.30pm, 4th August Neue Kirche Lech opens 4.30pm, 5th-9th August Neue Kirche Lech
Imprint: An event by Lech Classic Music (www.lech-classic-music-festival.com) A non-profit organization represented through Marlies Wagner Artist‘s Management in cooperation with Lech Zürs Tourism
PROGRAM PROGRAM TUESDAy, 5TH AUgUST, 2014 WEDNESDAy, 6TH AUgUST, 2014
5pm 5pm
Neue Kirche Lech Neue Kirche Lech opening Concert
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) ”Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen“ „Ich lade gern mir gäste ein...... „ Solo cantata BWV 51 Cornelia Horak - Soprano (I like to invite guests ….) Siegfried J. Koch – Trumpet Operetta from a different point of view G.F. Händel (1685 - 1759) ”Dopo notte“ from ”Ariodante“ Stephanie Houtzeel – Mezzo Soprano
W.A. Mozart (1756 -1791) ”Come scoglio immoto resta“ An operetta concert with extracts out of out of „Cosi fan tutte“ J. Strauss ”Die Fledermaus“ and Cornelia Horak - Soprano F. Lehár ”Die Lustige Witwe“ (The Merry Widow)
W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) ”Non hò colpa“ out of ”Idomeneo” Cornelia Horak – Soprano Stephanie Houtzeel – Mezzo Soprano Jörg Schneider – Tenor Peter Edelmann – Bariton and F. Schubert (1797 -1828) Rondo A Major Christoph Wagner - Trenkwitz Edwin E.S. Kim – Violin Rudolf Bibl – Conductor
Break Lech Festival orchestra
J. Haydn (1732-1809) Concert for trumpet and orchestra These two classic Viennese operettas are presented in extracts E-flat Major while they are sung, acted, commented and questioned. Siegfried J. Koch – Trumpet
N. Paganini (1782-1840) Concert for violin and orchestra No. 2 , B Minor Edwin E.S. Kim – Violin
Lech Festival orchestra
The soloists of the opening Concert are kindly supported by The soloists of the concert are kindly supported by
PROGRAM PROGRAM THURSDAy, 7TH AUgUST, 2014 FRIDAy, 8TH AUgUST, 2014
5pm 5pm
Neue Kirche Lech Neue Kirche Lech
MoZART !!!!
Concert aria KV 577 ”Al desio di chi t‘adora“ W.A. Mozart (1756 – 1791) ”Laudamus te „ Marija Jokovic – Mezzo Soprano ”Et incarnatus est“ out of: Große Messe C Minor KV 427 Julia Novikova – Soprano Serenade D- Dur KV 320 ”Posthorn – Serenade“ Siegfried J. Koch – Posthorn J.N. Hummel (1778 –1837) Concert for trumpet and orchestra E Major, 3rd movement Break Siegfried J. Koch – Trumpet
W.A. Mozart (1756 – 1791) ”Exsultate, jubilate“ KV 165 Concert for Horn and orchestra No. 4 E-flat Major KV 495 Julia Novikova – Soprano Hermann Ebner – Horn
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Concert for violin and orchestra No. 5 A Major KV 219 Edwin E.S. Kim – Violin J. Brahms (1833 – 1897) Concert for violin and orchestra D Major Edwin E.S. Kim – Violin Vito Cristofaro – Conductor
Lech Festival orchestra Lech Festival orchestra
The soloists of the concert are kindly supported by Edwin E.S. Kim is supported by
PROGRAM PROGRAM SATURDAy, 9TH AUgUST, 2014 LECH FESTIVAL oRCHESTRA
5pm The Festival orchestra is kindly supported by our partner hotels in Lech Neue Kirche Lech
Anniversary Concert 300th Birthday of Christoph Willibald gluck
Chr. W. Gluck (1714-1787)
”orfeo ed Euridice“ Opera in 3 acts Violin: in Italian language Martin Yavryan – Concertmaster Concert performance Esther Bachkönig Marina Dimitrova Andrej Jablokov Orfeo – Stephanie Houtzeel Gunnar Kindel Euridice – Julia Novikova Kristina Kostrokina Amor – Marija Jokovic Zhanna Li Conductor – Vito Cristofaro Cordula Schröck Viola: Lech Festival Choir Rainer Ullreich (Rehearsed by Peter Goldner and Johann Pichler) Deborah Ullreich Violoncello: Lech Festival orchestra Milan Karanovic Peter Polzer
The Lech Festival Choir is kindly supported by Bass: our Lech partner guest houses Walter Bachkönig Flute: Charles Brink Clarinet: Reinhold Brunner Bassoon: Stephanie Holzschuster oboe: Peter Mayrhofer Horn: Hermann Ebner Boris Pelikan Trumpet: Siegfried J.Koch Percussions: Hans Finner
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Cornelia Horak Edwin E.S. Kim the self-employed soprano from Vienna has a ver- is the lead soloist of the Fes- satile repertoire and is an internationally highly de- tival. In Asia, the violin virtuo- manded opera and concert singer. At the Tyrolean so is one of the leading mu- Landestheater, Volksoper Vienna and the Theater sicians of his instrument. He am Gärtnerplatz, Munich she had solid engage- is the youngest professor of ments and could develop over 50 different roles. the well-known Hanyang mu- Guest performances and concerts take the singer sic university in Seoul. Nume- to many European opera houses and festivals. rous concerts in Europe, Asia and the US.
Melanie Chae Melanie Chae is the Musical Director of Studies of the Festival. Having grown up in Seoul she studied piano at the Royal College of Music in Stephanie Houtzeel London. She mainly accom- was born in Germany and grew up in the USA. She panies her husband Edwin is a Mezzo Soprano who is to be heard and seen in E.S. Kim at recitals. Melanie all important roles as part of the Staatsoper Vi- is a correpetitor at numerous enna as of season 2010/11 (i.e. “The Composer” international competitions. (Ariadne of Naxos), “Octavian” (Rosenkavalier), “Orlovsky” (Fledermaus). Guest performances lead her to big opera houses such as Dresden, Antwerp, Zurich. At the Salzburger Festspiele she made her debut under Zubin Mehta in “Falstaff” 2013.
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Carole Alston was born in Washington D.C. as a daughter of a Siegfried J. Koch. Baptist priest and is hence familiar with the genre is a trumpet player who already has an iridescent of Gospel ever since. She is an authentic interpreter music career. At the age of 6 he had his first trumpet of this music. In Europe, she performed in major lesson with his father. Today he has engagements at Musical productions: “Jesus Christ Superstar”, the most important European stages of the Baro- “Kiss Me Kate”, or “Westside Story”. The composter que music scene. He also teaches Baroque trumpet Leonard Bernstein was thrilled by her: ”My God, at the art university in Graz. He contributes in nu- You are fabulous”. In Austria, she performs with merous CDs with different orchestras and ensemb- both classic and contemporary music: Jazz, Gospel les. Meanwhile, he has produced 3 solo CDs as well. and Blues. She also works as a pedagogue for Jazz dance, formation and movement at the Ballet and Opera School of the Staatsoper Vienna.
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Prof. Rudolf Bibl the “Doyen” of the Viennese operetta used to be musical director for numerous opera and operetta productions, as well as for all productions outside Marija Jokovic Austria of the Viennese Volksoper for many years. the young Serbian completed her studies with dis- He did countless concert tours to Japan, the Far tinction at the music university Vienna and already East and Europe. Bibl was musical director of the accomplished performances at numerous European Seefestspiele Mörbisch for 13 years. On a regular opera houses. In the season 2012/13 she was a basis he conducted the “Silvesterfledermaus” at member of the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp. the Viennese Volksoper and the Staatsoper. Rudolf Bibl is an authentic interpreter of the modern Vien- nese operetta.
Jörg Schneider the Upper Austrian tenor used to be a Wiener Sän- Hermann Ebner gerknabe. Since 1995, the versatile artist sings at born in Styria, the horn player studied at the art all important opera houses with his broad reper- university in Graz. Today he is a lecturer in the toire of a lyrical tenor. Jörg Schneider also has an very same place. Hermann Ebner gained his rich enormous song and concert repertoire. His passio- orchestral experience as Principal horn player nate playfulness shows especially while performing of the Tonkünstler orchestra and with the Vienna operettas. Jörg Schneider arrives directly in Lech Philharmonics, with RSO Vienna and as Principal from the Bregenzer Festspiele where he performs horn player in different international Baroque en- at the premiere of “Geschichten aus dem Wiener sembles. Wald”.
Peter Edelmann Julia Novikova the born Viennese studied with his father, Kammer- the young Soprano got her first stage experience sänger Otto Edelmann. 1989, Peter Edelmann was in her home city of St. Petersburg. Her interna- winner of the Belvedere singing competition and tional breakthrough succeeded as “Gilda” with became a member of the German Opera Berlin the TV production of “Rigoletto” in Mantua with in 1990. Since 2001, he lives in Vienna again as a Placido Domigo in the lead and under the directi- self-employed singer. As baritone his opera repertoi- on of Zubin Mehta. 148 TV stations broadcasted re includes more than 60 different roles. He dedica- the live event. Julia Novikova was a member of tes himself also to concert and song singing. Since the Viennese Staatsoper. For 2 years now, she is a 2012, Peter Edelmann is a professor of singing at self-employed artist with a broad repertoire and in the music university Vienna. worldwide demand. © Felix Broede
Vito Cristofaro Christoph Wagner- Trenkwitz the young Italian conductor studied piano and violin the former chief dramaturge of the Staatsoper in his home region Calabria. In 2004, he started his Vienna is a board member and chief drama- conductor studies at the music university Vienna and turge of the Viennese Volksoper since 2003. He finished with distinction in 2009. The versatile con- is known to the audience as a presenter on radio ductor has already directed orchestras such a RSO and TV, as well as a cabaret artist. He is author Vienna, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, of numerous publications and will be Director of Augsburg Philharmonics, and many more. Since the Summer Theatre Haag. 2010, he is Kapellmeister at the Landestheater Inns- bruck. There the “shooting star” celebrates great successes. His latest premieres were “Les Pecheurs de Perles” and “Don Pasquale”. © Peter Strobl
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