Casalmaggiore Festival Orchestra Concert – Ondrej Vrabec, Conductor

Dvorak Cello Concerto in b minor, Op.104
Allegro
Adagio, ma non troppo
Finale: Allegro moderato – Andante – Allegro vivo

Aurore Montaulieu, cello

Pause

Schumann Symphony No.1 in B flat major, Op.38 “Spring”
Andante un poco maestoso – Allegro molto vivace
Larghetto
Scherzo: Molto vivace – Trio I: Molto piu vivace – Trio II
Allegro animato e grazioso

Festival Opening Concert

09/07 @ 21.15 Opening Concert, Auditorium Santa Chiara, Casalmaggiore

Midsummer Celebrations

Brent Lee/Sigi Torinus – New Commission TBA
Megumi Masaki, piano

Beethoven – Sonata in c# minor, Op.27, No.2
I. Adagio sostenuto
II. Allegretto
III. Presto agitato
Mikhail Voskresensky, piano

Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Roberto Cappello, piano

Pause

Korngold – Much ado about nothing Suite
Nai Yuan Hu, violin
TBA, piano

Arnold Bax – Concert Piece
Roger Chase, viola
Giacomo Battarino, piano

Martinu – Duo No.1
Lucia Hall, violin
Tilmann Wick, piano

Joe Lee – Temple Square (written especially for the Borealis Quartet)
Carlos Gardel – Por una cabeza

The Borealis Quartet

 

Edith Mathis Mozart master classes

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we regret to announce that the masterclass of Edith Mathis has been cancelled. Please check back on our website for next year!

Edith Mathis was to give special master classes in Mozart operas and German lieder and song during the second period of the 2012 Festival. This has now been postponed until 2013.

Edith Mathis was for many years Professor for Lied-Interpretation at the University of Music in Vienna. She still holds masterclasses and works as jury-member at international singing competitions.

She has worked with Rafael Kubelik, Leonard Bernstein, Herbert v. Karajan, Karl Boehm, Colin Davies, amongst others, and has performed at London Covent Garden Opera, Metropolitan Opera New York, Opera de Paris, Salzburg- and Glyndebourne Festival, Wiener Staatsoper. Her major roles were Cherubin/Susanna/Countess (Le Nozze de Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Marzellina (Fidelio), Ännchen ( Freischütz), Sophie/Marschallin (Der Rosenkavalier) and Zdenka (Arabella).