2024 03 01 Some prefer it blue – 200 years since the birth of Édouard Lalo
200 years since the birth of Édouard Lalo 150 years since the birth of Arnold Schoenberg
Fri. 01 March 2024 20:30
Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
Christos Lambrakis Hall
Two seminal works of American serious music: the mysterious Unanswered Question by the pioneering Charles Ives and George Gershwin's jazz-inspired Rhapsody in Blue, are juxtaposed against two European masterpieces: Arnold Schoenberg’s expressionistically passionate Transfigured Night and French Romantic composer Édouard Lalo's virtuosic Spanish Symphony for violin and orchestra. The performances will be led by maestro Kornilios Michailidis, a conductor known for interpretations that reach deep, while the Athens State Orchestra will also be joined by two equally distinguished Greek soloists.
19:30, free introductory speech by students of the Department of Music Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens for ticket holders
Event Programme
EDOUARD LALO
(1823–1892)
Symphonie espagnole, for violin and orchestra, Op. 21
GEORGE GERSHWIN
(1898-1937)
Rhapsody in Blue for piano and orchestra
CHARLES IVES
(1874-1954)
An Unanswered Question
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
(1874–1951)
Transfigured Night, op. 4
Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
Christos Lambrakis Hall
Ticket price: 50€, 40€, 30€, 20€ and 15€ (concessions)
Advance ticket sale Friday, 28 July
Event Programme
Featuring
CONDUCTOR
Kornilios Michailidis
SOLOISTS
Danae Papamatthaiou-Matske, violin
Charis Dimaras, piano
PARTICIPATIONS
Giannis Poulakis, assistant Conductor
Featuring
CONDUCTOR
Kornilios Michailidis
PARTICIPATIONS
Giannis Poulakis, assistant Conductor