SUMMER TOUR 2008

Conductor: Vasily Petrenko

Friday 1 August, 20:30
Bolzano Summer Festival, Bolzano, Italy

Wind-band concert in Semirurali Park, conducted by Peter Gane
Shostakovich arr Hunsberger Festive Overture
Sullivan/ Mackerras Pineapple Poll Suite
Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite
Copland An Outdoor Overture
Holst Suite No.1 in E flat
Gregson Festivo

Saturday 2 August, 21:00
Bolzano Summer Festival, Bolzano, Italy

Chamber music concert in Toggenburg Park

Wednesday 6 August, 20:30
Bolzano Summer Festival, Bolzano, Italy

Symphony orchestra concert in the Nuovo Teatro Comunale
Ravel Alborada del gracioso
Berlioz movements from Roméo et Juliette Op.17
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances Op.45

Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy

Saturday 16 August, 20:15
Musis Sacrum, Arnhem, the Netherlands

As part of the Festival Internationale Muziekzomer Gelderland
Mahler Symphony No.2 in C minor, 'Resurrection'
Soloists: Griet de Geyter (soprano), Carina Vinke (mezzo-soprano) and Nederlands Concertkoor

Friday 22 August, 19:00
Kenmin Hall, Yokohama, Japan

To mark the centenary of the death of Rimsky-Korsakov
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade Op.35
Rimsky-Korsakov Kaschey the Immortal (opera in concert)
Soloists: Marina Shaguch (soprano), Anzhelina Shvachka (mezzo-soprano), Takehito Shida (tenor), Alexander Gergalov (baritone), Hiroaki Otsuka (bass-baritone) and Nikikai Choir

Sunday 24 August, 15:00
Kenmin Hall, Yokohama, Japan

Mahler Symphony No.2 in C minor, 'Resurrection'
Soloists: Makiko Sonoda (soprano), Akemi Sakamoto (mezzo-soprano) and the Choir of the Tokyo College of Music

Wednesday 27 August, 20:00
Seoul Arts Centre, Korea

Rachmaninov Vocalise in E minor Op.34 No.14
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23
Soloist: Dong-Hyek Lim
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade Op.35

Friday 29 & Saturday 30 August, 19:30
Concert hall of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China

Mahler Symphony No.2 in C minor, 'Resurrection'
Soloists: Shen Na (soprano) and Niu Shasha (mezzo-soprano)