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13 FEBRUARY TO 21 MARCH 2018 25th year Program is subject to change. All performances take place in the Emile Bustani Auditorium unless otherwise stated. All performances start at 8:30 pm unless otherwise stated. Tickets will be on sale at Librairie Antoine starting January 5, 2018. For more info: 04 - 972 980 / 1 / 2, [email protected] www.albustanfestival.com AL BUSTAN FESTIVAL 2018 PROGRAM Tuesday 13 February Saturday 3 March JAZZ sebastiAN baCH ALL BACH PIANO RECITAL The Swingle Singers Kit Armstrong, piano. Thursday 15 February Monday 5 March Saint-Louis des Capucins Church, Beirut GAUTIER'S FAVOURITES MAGNIFICAT, BACH Gautier Capuçon, cello; Jérôme Ducros, piano. Gemma Summerfield, soprano; Anna Harvey, Thursday 8 March alto; Nicholas Mulroy, tenor; Matthew Brook, bass-baritone; Collegium Musicale Choir; Corelli The National Museum Baroque Orchestra; Gianluca Marcianò, conductor. THE EVEN BACH SUITES Nos. 2, 4, 6 Antonio Meneses, cello. Sunday 18 February Saint-Elie Church, Kantari Saturday 10 March, at 7 pm SAINT JOHN PASSION Mar Charbel Church, Maad Gemma Summerfield, soprano; Anna Harvey, THE ODD BACH SUITES Nos. 1, 3, 5 alto; Nicholas Mulroy, tenor; Matthew Brook, Victor Julien-Laferrière, cello, First Prize winner of bass-baritone; Collegium Musicale Choir; Corelli the 2017 Queen Elizabeth Competition Baroque Orchestra; Gianluca Marcianò, conductor. Sunday 11 March Monday 19 February Beyt Emir, Clemenceau Venue to be confirmed BACH AT HOME TOCCATA AND FUGUE Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord. Thomas Ospital, organist Tuesday 13 March Wednesday 21 February Saint-Elie Church, Kantari Saint-Joseph Jesuit Church BACK TO BACH: CANTATAS AND SINFONIAS MISSA IN B MINOR, BACH Andreas Scholl, countertenor; Accademia Gemma Summerfield, soprano; Fflur Wyn, Bizantina Baroque Orchestra; Ottavio Dantone, soprano; Anna Harvey, alto; Nicholas Pritchard, conductor. tenor; Matthew Brook, bass-baritone; Collegium Thursday 15 March Musicale Choir; Corelli Baroque Orchestra; Mar Charbel Church, Corniche Mazraa, Unesco conductor. Gianluca Marcianò, BACH AGAIN, HarpsiCHORD CONCertos Friday 23 February Accademia Bizantina Baroque Orchestra; THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS Ottavio Dantone, harpsichord / conductor. Martin Stadtfeld, piano. Saturday 17 March Sunday 25 February BACH PLUCKED UNPLUCKED BREAKdanCING BACH Edouard Ferlet, piano; Flying Steps Violaine Cochard, harpsichord. Monday 26 February Monday 19 March THE BACH FAMILY AND HAYDN ALL-TIME favourite BACH VIOLIN CONCertos Steven Isserlis, cello; Sergei Krylov, violin/ conductor; Lana Trotovsek Lucerne Symphony Orchestra. violin; Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra. Tuesday 27 February Tuesday 20 March LUCERNE'S BACH PLAYLIST Contemporary INNOVATIVE rytHMS Steven Isserlis, cello; Maggie Cole, harpsichord; New Piano Trio: Florian Willeitner, violin; Lucerne Symphony Orchestra. Maria Radutu, piano; Ivan Turkalj, cello. Wednesday 28 February Wednesday 21 March JASMIN TOCCATA, INDIE Crossover MUSIC BACH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Jean Rondeau, clavecin; Thomas Duford, luth; ORCHestral Suites Keyvan Chemirani, zarb / santour. Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; Gianluca Marcianò, conductor. Thursday 1 March Crystal Garden, Al Bustan Hotel ARABIC POETRY EVENING WITH BACH Mireille Maalouf, actress; Rifaat Torbey, actor; Roman Storojenko, cello. .