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

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

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