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Wednesday September 6th 2023
19.30 UHREVENING CONCERT
‘40 FINGERS FOR A HALLELUJA!’
ARSONORE’s festive opening concert
Werkeinführung durch Harald Haslmayr, 18.45 Uhr, Planetensaal
Malcolm Arnold
Variations on an Ukrainian Folk Song op.9
Michael Nyman
The Heart Asks Pleasure First
Percy Grainger
Room Music Tit Bits / Zanzibar song
Country Gardens
Arnold Bax
Poisoned Fountain
Hardanger
Edward Elgar
Pomp & Circumstance
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Gustav Holst
The Planets op.32
Elina Akselrud, Klavier / Denis Zhdanov / Roman Fediurko, Klavier # / Oleksandr Fediurko, Klavier #
What has ARSONORE always offered at its annual opening concert? You’ve got it: a celebration sparkling with splendour and glory. This year, two magnificent FAZIOLI grands will be given centre stage, where four top-class pianists will captivate their audiences with virtuosity and fiery musical wit. The great thing is that all four come from Ukraine and will thus be showcasing the outstanding school of piano-playing for which their country has long been famous.
The programme centres on Gustav Holst’s suite The Planets, which could hardly find a better-matched acoustic setting than the Planetary Hall in our dream castle of Eggenberg.
In addition, the four pianists – the well-known piano duo of Elina Akselrud & Denis Zhdanov, plus Roman Fediurko, winner of the Vladimir Horowitz Piano Competition, and his highly talented prizewinning little brother Oleksandr – play long-forgotten jewels of the piano repertoire for two to eight hands that are guaranteed to delight their listeners.
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Thursday, September 7th 2023
SCHLOSS EGGENBERG, PLANETENSAAL
19.30 EVENING CONCERT
„GOD SAVE THE KING!“
Werkeinführung durch Harald Haslmayr, 18.45 Uhr, Planetensaal
Ludwig van Beethoven
Variationen God Save The King für Klavier solo WoO.78
God Save The King aus den „Englischen Liedern“ für Tenor & Klaviertrio WoO.157
Benjamin Britten
Songs from the Chinese für Tenor und Gitarre
Joseph Haydn
Klaviertrio G Dur Hob. XV/25 all‘ ongarese
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Vaughan Williams
Klavierquintett c Moll
Markus Schirmer, Klavier / Vincent Ling, Klavier# / Mario Lerchenberger, Tenor / Petrit Ceku, Gitarre / Sophie Heinrich, Violine / Jevgēnijs Čepoveckis, Violine & Viola / Marie Spaemann, Violoncello / Dominik Wagner, Kontrabass / Cornelius Obonya, Rezitation
When Cornelius Obonya recites from masterpieces of literature by writers ranging from William Shakespeare to Virginia Woolf and his readings alternate with music by composers from Haydn and Beethoven through to Benjamin Britten, the ARSONORE audience will be expecting a wealth of new discoveries. For hardly any other festival regularly makes so many new finds as we do. A perfect example: this programme features a work with a special refined opulence all of its own, the magnificent and unfairly neglected Piano Quintet by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
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Friday, September 8th 2023
SCHLOSS EGGENBERG, PLANETENSAAL
19.30 EVENING CONCERT
„MURDEROUS FAIRY TALES!“
THE ARSONORE STARS OF TOMORROW
Werkeinführung durch Harald Haslmayr, 18.45 Uhr, Planetensaal
Frank Bridge
A Fairy Tale – Suite für Klavier solo
York Bowen
Sonate für Horn und Klavier, Es-dur op.101 (1. Moderato espressivo)
Frederick Delius
Sonate für Violine und Klavier Nr.2, C Dur
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Felix Mendelssohn
Variations concertantes für Violoncello & Klavier op.17
Giovanni Bottesini
Gran Duo Concertante
Sunny Ritter, Klavier / Bahar Akbari, Horn# / Vincent Ling, Klavier #/ Rebecca Leung, Klavier# / Leonhard Baumgartner, Violine# / Elvis Herndl, Violoncello# / Jevgēnijs Čepoveckis, Violine / Dominik Wagner, Kontrabass / Wolfram Berger, Rezitation
Following a cherished and very successful tradition, this concert is a showcase for exceptionally talented young musicians, some very young and all with numerous prizes at international competitions to their credit
. They represent a new generation of outstanding instrumentalists with an enthusiasm and love of music that is evident in every note they play. Another artist to look forward to is the much-loved actor Wolfram Berger, who will once again give us a dazzling display of his versatility and gift as a humourist in readings from Charles Dickens to Oscar Wilde.
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In this informal rehearsal-type event, Harald Haslmayr and Markus Schirmer present highly talented youngsters on the podium of the Planetary Hall. Fascinating stories about composers and their works, short interviews, and loads of great music. An entertaining and varied matinée for the whole family.
Saturday, September 9th 2023
SCHLOSS EGGENBERG, PLANETENSAAL
19.30 EVENING CONCERT
„BA–ROCK”
Werkeinführung durch Harald Haslmayr, 18.45 Uhr, Planetensaal
Arien und Instrumentalmusik von
William Byrd, John Dowland, Henry Purcell u.a.
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Songs and Instumentals von
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Queen, The Cure, Sting u.a.
Ensemble Gamma.ut unter der Leitung von Susanne Scholz (teilweise#) / Petrit Çeku, Gitarre / Dame Emma Kirkby, Sopran / Thomas Gansch, Trompete / Christian Bakanic, Akkordeon / Viola Hammer, Klavier / Marie Spaemann, Violoncello & Gesang / Christian Wendt, Kontrabass
These are things ARSONORE has always stood for: intriguing contrasts, unsuspected cross-connections, and exhilarating surprises.
Come with us on an adventure trail from the English Baroque – musical jewels performed by the superlative Dame Emma Kirkby and Susanne Scholz with her ensemble ‘Gamma.ut’ – through to eccentric British pop hymns by Queen and Adele, re-interpreted in great new arrangements by such ARSONORE favourites as accordion wizard Christian Bakanic and star trumpeter Thomas Gansch.
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Sunday, September 10th 2023
OPER GRAZ
18 UHR Evening Concert
„ARSONORE proudly presents:
THE UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN!
Nobody could have come up with a more captivatingly outlandish finale for this year’s festival.
With their charmingly quirky ukuleles,
this ensemble’s performances are an unparalleled combination of irresistible musical talent and the best of British humour –
a unique mix that has long been enthralling audiences in concert halls all over the world.
These performers have music in their blood – and we are sure that you too will immediately become ardent fans. Come and join us for a rip-roaring festival finale in Graz’s glorious opera house.
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain