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Marco Armiliato, conductor; Laurent Pelly, production; Natalie Dessay, Marie; Felicity Palmer, Marquise de Berkenfeld; Juan Diego Flórez, Tonio; MET Opera
1.30pm, Saturday 26 April 2008
Donizetti:
La Fille du Régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment), opera in 2 acts
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Performances: 21.4.08, 26.4.08, 29.4.08, 2.5.08, 5.5.08, 8.5.08, 12.5.08, 16.5.08
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Edita Orlinyte, violin; Li-Pi Hsieh, piano
2.00pm, Saturday 26 April 2008
Marcello (arr. A. Markov): Adagio
Sinding: Suite in A minor, op. 10
Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, op. 13
Suk: 4 Pieces for violin and piano, op. 17
Szymanowski: Nocturne and Tarantella, op. 28
Stravinsky: Russian Song and Tango
At the age of 10 Edita Orlinyte won first prize at the national Lithuanian competition for young string players, and later was a prizewinner in the Lithuanian Music Academy Mozart Contest. In 1989 she became a member of the State Symphony Orchestra and then was invited to join the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra in 1992 with tours throughout Europe, Scandinavia and Japan. Li-Pi Hsieh, was born in Taiwan. While on concert tour in the Orient, renowned American pianist Richard Goode heard her play and suggested that she come to New York, where she continued her studies with him. Ms. Hsieh also studied with other famous pianists Claude Frank and Peter Serkin, and chamber music with Felix Galimir and Klaus Adam.
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Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Takács Quartet
7.30pm, Saturday 26 April 2008
Haydn:
String Quartet in G minor (The Rider), op. 74, No. 3, Hob 3/74
Brahms:
String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, op. 67
Franck:
Piano Quintet in F Minor
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Harold Rosenbaum, conductor; New York Virtuoso Singers
7.30pm, Saturday 26 April 2008
Programme presenting the Choral Works of 8 International Composers from the United States, Russia, Israel, and Greece.
The 3rd Festival of Sacred Music. Box Office at 416 West 42nd St., New York City (between Ninth and
Tenth Avenues)
Performances: 26.4.08, 27.4.08
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Mark Peskanov, conductor; I Virtuosi Italiani
8.00pm, Saturday 26 April 2008
Vivaldi: Overtures to “Dorilla in Tempe,” RV 709, “Arsilda Regina di Ponto,” RV 700 and “La Verita in Cimento,” RV 739
Galuppi: Concerto in G minor
Albinoni: Sinfonia in F major
Tartini: Violin Concerto in A major, D 96
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, op. 8, RV 315
Performances: 26.4.08, 27.4.08
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Charles Dutoit, conductor; Martha Argerich, piano; New York Philharmonic
8.00pm, Saturday 26 April 2008
Mozart:
Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) (overture), K 492
Beethoven:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15
Rachmaninov:
Symphonic Dances for orchestra, op. 45
Ravel:
La Valse, poème choréographique for orchestra
Performances: 23.4.08, 24.4.08, 25.4.08, 26.4.08, 29.4.08
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David Robertson, conductor; John Dexter, production; MET Opera
8.00pm, Saturday 26 April 2008
Mozart:
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), musical comedy in 3 acts, K 384
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Performances: 26.4.08, 30.4.08, 3.5.08, 7.5.08
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Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello
8.00pm, Saturday 26 April 2008
Andy Stein: Suite for Two (NY première)
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