2009-2010 CONCERT SEASON Friday 6th November, at 8.30pm – session A Saturday 7th November, at 7pm – session B Teatro Lirico Orchestra and Chorus Conductor Pinchas Steinberg Soprano Adina Aaron Mezzo-soprano Ildiko Komlosi Tenor Scott Mac Allister Bass Rudolph Rosen Chorus master Fulvio Fogliazza Luciano Berio Rendering, for orchestra Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in D minor Op. 125 for soloists, chorus and orchestra Tuesday 10th November, at 8.30pm – session A Orchestra Mozart Conductor Claudio Abbado Piano Piotr Anderszewski Oboe Lucas Macias Navarro Bassoon Matthias Racz Violin Giuliano Carmignola Cello Enrico Bronzi Franz Joseph Haydn’s Symphony in B flat major “Sinfonia concertante” Hob I 105 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto in G major for piano and orchestra “Ployer-Konzert” K. 453 Felix Mendelssohn’s Fourth Symphony in A major “Italiana” Op. 90 Friday 13th November, at 8.30pm – session A Saturday 14th November, at 7pm – session B Teatro Lirico Orchestra Conductor Diego Matheuz Violin Kolja Blacher Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto per violino e orchestra Johannes Brahms Symphony N.4 in E minor Op. 98 Friday 20th November, at 8.30pm – session A Saturday 21st November, at 7pm – session B Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico Conductor Hubert Soudant Chorus master Fulvio Fogliazza Franz Joseph Haydn’s Te Deum in do maggiore Hob. XXIIIc:2 Sinfonia in sol maggiore “La sorpresa” Hob. I 94 Sinfonia in re maggiore “London” Hob. I 104 Saturday 28th November, at 7pm – session B Piano Ivo Pogorelich Fryderyk Chopin Nocturne in E flat major Op 55 n. 2 Fryderyk Chopin Sonata in B minor Op. 58 Franz Liszt Mephistowalzer R 38 Jean Sibelius Valse triste op. 44 (piano version) Maurice Ravel Gaspard de la nuit

Saturday 5th December, at 7pm – session A Violin Patricia Kopatchinskaja Piano Fazil Say Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in A major for violin and piano “A Kreutzer” Op. 47 Fazil Say Sonata for violin and piano Maurice Ravel Sonata for violin and piano Béla Bartók Romanian folk dances, musical arrangement for violin and piano by Zoltán Székely Friday 22nd January, at 8.30pm – session A Saturday 23rd January, at 7pm – session B Orchestra del Teatro Lirico Conductor Maurizio Benini Cello Gautier Capuçon Sergej Prokof’ev’s Sinfonia concertante in E minor for cello and orchestra Op. 125 Nikolaj Rimskij-Korsakov Šeherazada, symphonic suite Op. 35 Friday 29th January, at 8.30pm – session A Saturday 30th January, at 7pm – session B Orpheus and Euridice Theatrical action in three acts Libretto Ranieri de’ Calzabigi Music Christoph Willibald Gluck Performance in concert form Characters and cast Orpheus Marina De Liso Euridice Elisabetta Scano Amore Susanna Carboni Teatro Lirico Orchestra and Chorus Conductor Filippo Maria Bressan Chorus master Fulvio Fogliazza Tuesday 2nd February, at 8.30pm – session B Mahler Chamber Orchestra Conductor Daniel Harding Piano Lars Vogt Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto in C major for piano and orchestra K. 467 Ludwig van Beethoven’s Third Symphony in E flat major “Eroica” Op. 55 Saturday 6th February, at 7pm – session A Vogler-Kuss Octet Erwin Schuloff Quartet for strings N. 1 Johannes Brahms Quartet for strings in B flat major Op. 67 Felix Mendelssohn Octet for strings in B flat major Op. 20

Friday 12th February, at 8.30pm – session A Saturday 13th February, at 7pm – session B Orchestra del Teatro Lirico Conductor Maurizio Benini Violin Julian Rachlin Jean Sibelius Concerto per violino e orchestra Ennio Porrino Sardegna, poema sinfonico (1934) Manuel De Falla Seconda Suite da "El sombrero de tres picos" Friday 19th February, at 8.30pm – session A Sunday 21st February, at 7pm – session B I Shardana - Gli uomini dei Nuraghi Musical in three acts Libretto and music Ennio Porrino Performance in concert form Characters and main cast Gonnario Giorgio Surian Torbeno Rudy Park Orzocco, Una voce, Primo guerriero Alessandro Senes Norace Gevorg Hakobyan Berbera Jonia Maria Billeri Nibatta Anna Rita Gemmabella Perdu Gianluca Floris Prima dolorante Beatrice Mulas Seconda dolorante Luana Spinola Terza dolorante Elisa Pais Un pastore sardo, la vedetta, Secondo guerriero Giampaolo Ledda Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico Conductor Anthony Bramall Chorus master Fulvio Fogliazza Saturday 20th February, at 7pm – session A Piano Grigory Sokolov J. S. Bach Partita n. 2 in do minore BWV 826 J. Brahms Sette fantasie op. 116 R. Schumann Sonata n.3 in fa minore “Concert sans orchestre”op. 14

Friday 26th February, at 8.30pm – session A Saturday 27th February, at 7pm – session B Teatro Lirico Orchestra and Chorus Conductor John Axelrod Cello Asier Polo soprano Sofia Mitropoulos basso Simone Alberghini Chorus master Fulvio Fogliazza maestro del coro Fulvio Fogliazza Filippo Del Corno La gaia scienza

prima esecuzione assoluta - commissione del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari Joaquin Rodrigo, Concierto in modo galante per violoncello e orchestra Aleksandr Porfir'evič Borodin Il Principe Igor: Danze Polovesiane Antonin Dvoràk Te Deum

Friday 5th march, at 8.30pm – session B violin Nikolaj Znaider piano Robert Kulek Francis Poulenc Sonata per violino e pianoforte Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in mi bemolle maggiore per violino e pianoforte op. 12 n. 3 Franz Schubert Sonatina in re maggiore per violino e pianoforte D.384 César Frank Sonata in la maggiore per violino e pianoforte M. 8 Friday 12th March, at 8.30pm – session A Saturday 13th March, at 7pm – session B Orchestra del Teatro Lirico Conductor Alexander Vedernikov Piano Nikolaï Lugansky Vittorio Testa Sedicesimo di Centuria (…con un lieve disagio), testo di Giorgio Manganelli prima esecuzione assoluta - commissione del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari Sergey Rachmaninov Concerto n.1 in fa diesis minore per pianoforte e orchestra Dmitrij Šostakovič Sinfonia n.6 in si minore op.54 Monday 15th March, at 8.30pm – session A Violin Janine Jansen Piano Itamar Golan Johannes Brahms Sonata in G major “Regensonate” Op. 78 Béla Bartók Sonata N. 2 Leoš Janáček Sonata Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in G major Op. 30 N. 3 Friday 19th March, at 8.30pm – session A Saturday 20th March, at 7pm – session B Wonderful Town Musical comedy in two acts Libretto Joseph Albert Fields and Jerome Chodorov Music Leonard Bernstein Performance in concert form Characters and cast Ruth Sherwood Kim Criswell Eileen Sherwood Olga Listova Robert Baker Sébastien Lemoine Wreck, Chick Clark, Editor LeRoy Villanueva

Lonigan Vincent Ordonneau Tour Guide, Lippencott Zachary Halley Teatro Lirico Orchestra and Chorus Conductor Wayne Marshall Chorus master Fulvio Fogliazza Saturday 27 March, at 7pm – session B Ysaÿe Quartet Franz Joseph Haydn Quartet for strings in D major Hob. V 76 Carol Szymanowski Quartet for strings N. 2 Op. 56 Ludwig van Beethoven Quartet for strings in E minor Op. 59 N. 2 Saturday 10th April, at 7pm – session B Tenor Jan Bostridge Piano Graham Johnson Lieder to verses by Heinrich Heine and other poets Robert Schumann Fünf Lieder und Gesänge Op. 127: N. 2 Dein Angesicht Vier Gesänge Op. 142: N. 2 Lehn’ deine Wang’ an meine Wang’ Fünf Lieder und Gesänge Op. 127: N. 3 Es leuchtet meine Liebe Vier Gesänge Op. 142: N. 4 Mein Wagen rollet langsam Liederkreis Op. 24: N. 1 Morgens steh' ich auf N. 2 Es treibt mich hin N. 3 Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen N. 4 Lieb' Liebchen N. 5 Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden N. 6 Warte, warte wilder Schiffmann N. 7 Berg und Burgen schau’n herunter N. 8 Anfangs wollt’ Ich fast verzagen N. 9 Mit Myrten und Rosen Johannes Brahms Sechs Lieder Op. 85: N. 1 Sommerabend Sechs Lieder Op. 85: N. 2 Mondenschein Vier Lieder Op. 96: N. 4 Meerfahrt Vier Lieder Op. 96: N. 1 Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht Neun Lieder und Gesänge Op. 32: N. 1 Wie rafft ich mich auf in der Nacht N. 2 Nicht mehr zu mir zu gehen N. 3 Ich schleich umher betrübt N. 4 Der Strom, der neben mir verrauschte N. 5 Wehe, so willst du mich wieder N. 6 Du sprichst, dass Ich mich täuschte N. 7 Bitteres zu sagen N. 8 So stehn wir, Ich und meine Weide N. 9 Wie bist du, meine Königin Thursday 29th April, at 8.30pm – session B Les Percussions de Strasbourg A Century of Percussions, from Classicism to Innovation Edgar Varèse Ionisation

Oscar Bianchi Aqba, nel soffio tuo dolce Raphaël Cendo Refontes Philippe Manoury Sextuor de sixxens Yoshihisa Taïra Hiérophonie 5

Friday 7th May, at 8.30pm – session A Saturday 8th May, at 7pm – session B X Festival di Sant’Efisio Teatro Lirico Orchestra Conductor Pinchas Steinberg Violin Arabella Steinbacher Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij Concerto in D major for violin and orchestra Op. 35 Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij Symphony N. 5 in E minor Op. 64 Wednesday 12th May, at 8.30pm – session A X Festival di Sant’Efisio Kaleido Ensemble Conductor Antonio Pappano Soprano Rachel Harnisch Richard Wagner Siegfried Idyll Gustav Mahler Symphony N. 4 in G major “Das himmlische Leben”

2009-2010 CONCERT SEASON PRICES Sessions A, B (17 performances)

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