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ALL AROUND CYPRUS TUE, 21 NOV – Astromeritis village Community Events Hall at 20:00 WED, 22 NOV - Agia Varvara village Wine Month - November 2017 Events Hall, Gymnasium of Agia Varvara at 20:00 The Cyprus Tourism Organisation invites you at the THU, 23 NOV - Agia Marina Xyliatou village Wine Month. Get to know our wine tradition Community Cultural Centre at 20:00 through excursions and enjoy Cypriot wine. Within FRI, 24 NOV - Polis Chrysochous the framework of the “Wine Routes” programme Cultural Centre at 20:00 which has been implemented by the Cyprus Entrance: Free Tourism Organisation and co-funded by the European Structural Funds, 7 alternative routes BirdLife Field Meetings have been designed and sign-posted offering you BirdLife Cyprus is a registered NGO that works to the opportunity to experience the Cypriot conserve wild birds, their habitats and wider hospitality and to introduce yourself into the world biodiversity in Cyprus, through research, of wine. Visit the wineries and taste their wines. monitoring, lobbying and conservation and Explore the Cypriot countryside and enjoy the awareness-raising actions. BirdLife organises field unique dishes of the Cypriot cuisine in traditional meetings (the participation is at one’s own risk) taverns and restaurants. Follow the signs bearing which require light to moderate exercise. For the logo of the Wine Routes project and get ready further information please visit the NGO’s website: for a unique experience. For further information birdlifecyprus.org and for the programme please click here. WED, 8 NOV THU, 16 – FRI, 24 NOV Akrotiri Peninsula An Orchestra - A Warm Embrace - Cyprus Waterbirds and winter visitors Symphony Orchestra Time & Meeting place: 09:00 at the car park adjacent to the new hide at Zakaki ponds off the The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra tours six different road to Lady’s Mile, 34o 38.57’ N, 33o 0.23’ E communities of Cyprus and invites everyone to Leader: June Neal, T. +357 25932008 / 99918665. enjoy a special concert with beloved orchestral works busting with rhythmic vivacity, zest and SUN, 12 NOV unforgettable melodies. Programme: Family Birdwatching Day in Athalassa Park G. Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Overture Leader: Elena Markitani / Martin Hellicar J. Brahms: Hungarian dance no. 1 in G minor Time: 09:00 N. Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the bumblebee SAT, 18 NOV E. Grieg: Peer Gynt suite no. 1, op. 46: Morning Agios Sozomenos and Athalassa Park Mood Winter residents and visitors such as the regular, J. Haydn: Symphony no. 104 in D major, I. Adagio - but fairly scarce, Finsch’s Wheatear. Allegro Leader: Martin Hellicar, T. +357 99907893 I. Albéniz: Leyenda Time & Meeting place: 09:00 at the parking area in G. Bizet: Carmen suite no. 1: Les Toréadors front of the EKO petrol station on the old Nicosia- Y. Hadjiloizou: Servikos dance (Cyprus dance no. 1) Limassol road, 35o 03.13’ N, 33o 23.273’ E. Conductor: Yiannis Hadjiloizou SAT, 25 NOV Performances schedule: Troodos THU, 16 NOV – Deryneia village Winter visitors and mountain endemics. Events Hall, 3rd Primary School at 20:00 Leader: Stavros Christodoulides, T. +357 99425050 FRI, 17 NOV – Lefkosia Time & Meeting place: 09:00 at the Forestry Pallas Theatre, Pafos Gate at 20:00 Department Environment Centre next to Dolphin MON, 20 NOV - Lemesos Restaurant, 34o 55.3’ N, 32o 52.65’ E. Patticheion Elderly People’s Activity Centre at 10:30 2 SUN, 26 NOV Family Birdwatching Day Leaders: Elena Markitani|Martin Hellicar, T. +357 99907893 Time & Meeting place: 10:30 at the Oroklini Marsh The Cyprus Strollers The Cyprus Strollers welcome families (with children and/or pets) who love nature and search for hiking opportunities. Most walks start in the morning and are followed by lunch (optional) at a taverna, or a picnic. Others start in the early afternoon and are followed by a drink and a snack. There is no membership fee to join the Cyprus Strollers and no charge is made for the walks. Your only cost is what you pay for your meal. If you attend a Cyprus Strollers walk you do so entirely at your own risk. The Cyprus Strollers is a social club and neither the organizers nor the leader of the walk are responsible for the health and safety of those taking part. This month’s hiking programme: SAT, 4 NOV – Kato Drys in Larnaka SUN, 12 NOV – Artemis trail in Troodos SAT, 18 NOV - Stavrovouni Hike SUN, 26 NOV – ‘Teisia tis Madaris’ trail in Troodos For more information and reservations please call Mr. Xenophon on T. +357 97613720 or visit the website cyprus-strollers.org. 3 LEFKOSIA (NICOSIA) SAT, 4 NOV Das Romantische Lied - German Language WED, 1 NOV Month 2017 ROYAL OPERA HOUSE LIVE CINEMA Elli Aloneftou [mezzo-soprano] The Magic Flute Stelios Georgiou [tenor] Sinem Sadrazam [viola] Mozart’s glorious opera The Magic Flute is brought Nicolas Costantinou [piano] enchantingly to life in David McVicar’s production Works by Fr. Schubert, R. Schumann, J. Brahms, R. with beautiful sets by John Macfarlane. Prince Strauss. Tamino (Mauro Peter) promises the Queen of the Ledra Music Soloists present an anthology of Night that he will rescue her daughter Pamina German language art-songs from the 19th c. With (Siobhan Stagg) from the enchanter Sarastro. He begins his quest, accompanied by the bird-catcher their music, the composers give their own Papageno (Roderick Williams) – but all is not as it interpretation; the result is a new world in which sound and text co-exists in something new. For seems…David McVicar’s classic production embraces further information ledramusic.org both the seriousness and comedy of Mozart’s work. Venue: Pallas Theatre (Regenis & Arsinoes corner, The audience is transported to a fantastical world of CY-1010, T. +357 22410181) dancing animals, flying machines and dazzlingly Time: 19:30 starry skies. As well as being a comedy The Magic Entrance: €15|€10 for LMS members, pensioners, Flute is an expression of Mozart’s profound spiritual full-time Students, soldiers beliefs: Enlightenment concerns with the search for wisdom and virtue are at the heart of this SAT, 4 NOV Enchanting tale. In German with English surtitles. Reflection Heavy Metal Band Performance Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The popular heavy metal band from Greece Libretto: Emanuel Schikaneder "Reflection" is coming to Cyprus for a performance Director: David Mcvicar Conductor: Julia Jones Venue: Pantheon Theatre (29 Diagorou Street, CY- at Exandas Music Stage. The concert will be opened 1097 T. +357 22675787) by the popular Cypriot heavy metal band R.U.S.T.X. who will also present songs from their latest album Time: 20:00 (180’) release T.T.P.M. which was released in 2017. Entrance: €10 Venue: Exandas Music Stage (11 Themistokli Petridi SAT, 4 NOV Str., CY-1077, T. +357 97770787) The Myths of Venus - ‘The Paradox of Venus’ Time: 20:00 Entrance: €10 A fun Saturday morning at the A. G. Leventis Gallery getting to know Venus and her children! A creative SAT, 4 NOV educational programme for kids, ages 6-10, who will TriCoolOre Live Performance tour and explore the temporary exhibition The The World Jazz Trio, TriCoolOre, will unfold live on Venus Paradox, with a special focus on Venus and stage their musical adventures from Fusion jazz to her children, especially the (in)famous Cupid! The traditional musical paths crossing the interactive tour will be followed by an arts and crafts workshop, using mixed media to make Cupid wings Mediterranean landscape, playing explosive filled with symbols of love. For further information rhythmic sounds, revealing their excellent musical skills as composers and live performers. They will and booking, please call +357 22 668838, ext. 109 or present their work to the public and their new 100, or email: [email protected]. album "World Without Words" that came out June Venue: A.G. Leventis Gallery (5 Leonidou Str., CY- 9th, 2017. Along with them will play and improvise 1097, T. +357 22668838, leventisgallery.org) on stage as special guests: Pantelis Stoikos the Time: 10.30-12.00 highly acclaimed Greek trumpet player and Dimitris Cost: €10 Lappas an exceptional guitarist. 4 Venue: Egomio Cultural Centre (8 Neas Engomis Str., THU, 9 NOV CY-2409, T. +357 22781104) CYPRUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Time: 21:00 Concerto for Two Entrance: €10|€15 with new CD “World Without Karvellos: Κhirokitia, symphonic poem Words” Mendelssohn: Concerto for piano, violin and strings in D minor, MWV O4 SUN, 5 NOV J. Haydn: Symphony no. 104 in D major, Hob.I:104 Hello! Soloists: Plotinos Mikromatis (piano), Alexis An educational performance for children, with great Theophylactou (violin) actors and puppets. The play participated with great Conductor: Nabil Shehata success in the International Puppet Theatre and The symphonic poem “Khirokitia” by Cypriot Pantomime Festival in Kilkis. The method of singing composer Yiorgos Karvellos conjures up an image of and learning with the active participation of the this Neolithic settlement recalling primordial children opens the door of learning and imagination. memories and historical experience of 9000 years. It The children participating in the project discover is written in a tonal musical idiom in which the that through art and especially through song and composer incorporates and develops rhythmic and music, the learning process becomes a game. The melodic elements from the music tradition of our show focuses on interaction with live music and country. Mendelssohn was only 14 years old when singing and combines pantomime with a Puppet he composed his Double Concerto in D minor, Theatre that promises to pleasantly surprise all which had its first public performance on July 3rd young spectators. 1823 at the Berlin Schauspielhaus. Haydn’s Information|Reservations necessary: T. +357 Symphony no.