Festivales Musicales de Buenos Aires presents its 2011 program of concerts

Festivales Musicales de Buenos Aires, the 30-year old non-profit organization with the aim of spreading music in its highest artistic expressions, presents the Festival 2011: “Art and virtuosity”, that invites the public to enjoy repertoires of striking beauty, from the Baroque to our days, with a series of concerts that will be held at the main concert hall of Teatro Colon, as well as Teatro Avenida, Auditorio de Belgrano, and Covento de Santo Domingo throughout 2011.

Festival 2011 “Art and virtuosity” Program:

MAY 11, 8:30 pm.
DEBUSSY
Images (Book I, 1905)
1. Reflets dans l’eau
2. Hommage à Rameau
3. Mouvement
MESSIAEN
Le baiser de l’enfant Jésus
L’esprit de joie
BERLIOZ / LISZT
Fantastic Symphony Op.14a (transcription for piano)
Soloist: ROGER MURARO, piano (Paris)
TEATRO COLON

JUNE 8, 8:30 pm
BEETHOVEN
Overture“Leonora” Nº 3 Op.72a
Concert Nº 5 “Emperor” Op.73
Symphony Nº 3 “Heroic” Op.55
ORQUESTA DE CAMARA DE CHILE
Director: Juan Pablo Izquierdo
Soloist: Horacio Lavandera, piano
TEATRO COLON

JUNE 27, 8:30 pm
Métamorphoses
F. COUPERIN
Huitième concert dans le goût théâtral (1724)
MONTECLAIR
Cantata “Pan et Syrinx” (1717)
CLERAMBAULT
Cantata “Alphée et Aréthuse” (1717)
RAMEAU
Cinquième concert (1741)
CAMPRA
Cantata “Apollon et Daphné”
CAFE ZIMMERMANN (Lyon), with instruments from the period
Claire Brua, mezzosoprano
Pablo Valetti, violin (concertino)
David Plantier, violin
Diana Baroni, transverse flute
Etienne Mangot, viola da gamba
Eduardo Egüez, tiorba
Céline Frisch, clave
TEATRO AVENIDA (Avenida de Mayo 1212)

JULY 11, 8:30 pm
DEBUSSY
Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans
LISZT
Ave Maria S. 20/1
Ave maris stella S. 34/1
V. TORRES
Puer natus in Bethlehem (2009)
JANNEQUIN
Le chant des oiseaux
LIGETI
Magyar Etüdök Nº 3 (1983)
Hortobágy (1951)
Kállai kettös (1950)
R. THOMPSON
The peaceable kingdom (1936)
ESTUDIO CORAL DE BUENOS AIRES
Director: Carlos López Puccio
Celebrating the 30º Anniversary of its creation
TEATRO COLON

JULY 20, 8:30 pm
MOZART
Overture from “La Clemenza di Tito” K.621
PAGANINI
Concert Nº 1 in D major Op.6
MAHLER
Symphony Nº 4 in G major
FILARMONICA DE BUENOS AIRES
Director: Enrique Arturo Diemecke
Soloists:
Xavier Inchausti, violin
Carla Filipcic-Holm, soprano
In co-producción with Teatro Colón
TEATRO COLON

AUGUST 8, 8:30 pm
SINGING RECITAL
SCHUBERT
Winterreise (Winter Journey) D. 911
Soloists:
VICTOR TORRES, baritone
Fernando Pérez, piano
TEATRO AVENIDA (Avenida de Mayo 1212)

OCTOBER 5, 8:30 pm
VIVALDI
The Four Seasons
MARAIS
Folies d’Espagne
HÄNDEL
Concerto Grosso Op.6 Nº 10
PAGANINI
“La Campanella”
INTERPRETI VENEZIANI
AUDITORIO DE BELGRANO (Virrey Loreto 2348)

OCTOBER 19, 8:30 pm
HÄNDEL
Oratorio “Samson” HWV 57 for soloists, choir and orchestra
CAMERATA BARILOCHE
ORFEON DE BUENOS AIRES
(Directors: Néstor Andrenacci and Pablo Piccinni)
Soloists:
Soledad de la Rosa, soprano
Virginia Correa Dupuy, mezzosoprano
Carlos Ullán, tenor
Sergio Carlevaris and Hernán Iturralde, baritones
Director: Mario Videla
TEATRO COLON

NOVEMBER 1st, 8:30 pm
ORGAN RECITAL
BACH
Passacaglia en C minor BWV 582
VIVALDI / BACH
Concert in D minor Op.3 Nº 11
FRANCK
Prelude, Fugue and Variation Op.18
PERCEVAL
Nativity (Cuadro Místico, 1932)
LISZT
Prelude and Fugue on B.A.C.H. S. 381
Soloist: MARIO VIDELA
CONVENT OF SANTO DOMINGO (Av. Belgrano and Defensa)

NOVEMBER 14, 8:30 pm
CHOPIN
12 Studios Op.10
12 Studios Op.25
RACHMANINOFF
Preludes
LISZT
Totentanz (Dance of the Dead)
Soloist: VALENTINA LISITSA, piano (New York)
TEATRO COLON

Dates, theaters and programs subject to confirmation.

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