24th Easter Festival Warsaw, 29 March – 10 April 2020 “Beethoven – the Great Inspirer”

Sunday, 29 March, 12:00 noon Warsaw Philharmonic ul. Sienkiewicza 10 Opening of the exhibition – “BTHVN ON TOUR” [in collaboration with Beethoven-Haus Bonn]

Sunday, 29 March, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall ul. Sienkiewicza 10 INAUGURATION OF THE FESTIVAL Ludwig van Beethoven Overture to , Op. 72 Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138 Leonore’s aria “Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?“ from Act 1 of Fidelio Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a Florestan’s aria “Gott! Welch‘ Dunkel hier!“ from Act 2 of Fidelio Duet “O namenlose Freude!” (Leonore, Florestan) from Act 2 of Fidelio Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

Christian Elsner – Simone Schneider – soprano Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice Lawrence Foster – conductor

Monday, 30 March, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Anton Webern Passacaglia for orchestra, Op. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 1 in C minor, WAB 101

Benjamin Beilmann – violin NFM Wrocław Philharmonic Giancarlo Guerrero – conductor

Tuesday, 31 March, 18.00 Fryderyk Chopin University of Music – Concert Hall ul. Okólnik 2 Joseph Haydn Piano Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:50 Piano Sonata in D major, Hob. XVI:51 Piano Sonata in E flat major, Hob. XVI:52 Franz Schubert Piano Sonata in A major, D. 959

Boris Berman – piano

Tuesday, 31 March, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Ludwig van Beethoven Overture to the ballet “The Creatures of Prometheus”, Op. 43 Krzysztof Penderecki Concerto for Flute Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Stathis Karapanos – flute Bamberger Symphoniker Christoph Eschenbach – conductor

Wednesday, 1 April, 7:30 pm The Royal Castle Plac Zamkowy 4 Beethoven’s Complete String Quartets IV Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 74, “Harp” String Quartet in A major, Op. 18 No. 5 String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2

Shanghai Quartet Weigang Li – violin Yi-Wen Jiang – violin Honggang Li – viola Nicholas Tzavaras – cello

Thursday, 2 April, 5:00 pm The Royal Castle Beethoven’s Complete String Quartets V Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 130 String Quartet in F major, Op. 59 No. 1

Shanghai Quartet Weigang Li – violin Yi-Wen Jiang – violin Honggang Li – viola Nicholas Tzavaras – cello

Thursday, 2 April, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Faniska Opéra comique in three acts (concert performance)

Yuri Gorodetski (Rasinski) – tenor Natalia Rubiś (Faniska) – soprano Katarzyna Belkius (Hedwig) – soprano Robert Gierlach (Zamoski) – Tomasz Rak (Oranski) – bass Justyna Ołów (Moska) – soprano Piotr Kalina (Rasno) – tenor

The Warsaw Philharmonic Choir Bartosz Michałowski – choirmaster Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra Łukasz Borowicz – conductor

Friday, 3 April, 5:00 pm The Royal Castle Beethoven’s Complete String Quartets VI Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 18 No. 6 Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 String Quartet in F major, Op. 135

Shanghai Quartet

Friday, 3 April, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Piano recital Fryderyk Chopin Polonaise-fantaisie in A flat major, Op. 61 Impromptu in G flat major, Op. 51 Waltz in A flat major, Op. 64 No. 3 Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2 Ballade in F minor, Op. 52 Karol Szymanowski 4 Mazurkas, Op. 50 Sergei Prokofiev Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82

Szymon Nehring – piano

Saturday, 4 April, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25, “Classical” Fryderyk Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

Konrad Skolarski – piano Gabriel Prokofiev – DJ, electronicts Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra Yaniv Segal – conductor

Sunday, 5 April, 5:00 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Chamber Music Hall ul. Moniuszki 5 Piano recital

Aleksandra Świgut – piano Krzysztof Książek – piano Adam Goździewski – piano

Sunday, 5 April, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Beethoven’s Complete Piano Concertos I Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19 Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Rudolf Buchbinder – fortepiano solo and conductor Sinfonietta Cracovia

Monday, 6 April, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Beethoven’s Complete Piano Concertos II Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73

Rudolf Buchbinder – fortepiano solo and conductor Sinfonietta Cracovia

Tuesday, 7 April, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61a, piano version Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Gottlieb Wallisch – piano Orchester Wiener Akademie Martin Haselböck – conductor

Wednesday, 8 April, 7:30 pm The Royal Castle Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in C major, Op. 102 No. 1 for cello and piano Trio in E flat major, Op. 38 for piano, clarinet and cello Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Recitatives and ariosos “Lerchenmusik“, Op. 53

Michel Lethiec – clarinet Łukasz Krupiński – piano Danjulo Ishizaka – cello

Thursday, 9 April, 7:30 pm Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall Ludwig van Beethoven Ah! Perfido, Op. 65 Sergei Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Pyotr Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

Sofia Soloviy – soprano Tony Siqi Yun – piano Sinfonia Varsovia Marek Šedivý – conductor

Friday, 10 April, 7:30 pm Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera Plac Teatralny 1 Luigi Cherubini Requiem in C minor Karol Szymanowski Stabat Mater, Op. 53

Natalia Rubiś – soprano Małgorzata Walewska – mezzo-soprano Mariusz Godlewski – baritone Warsaw Philharmonic Choir Bartosz Michałowski – choirmaster Warsaw Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Andrey Boreyko – conductor

The organizers reserve the right to change the programme.