Date: FEB 03, 2016

Venue: AL AIN: AL AIN MUNICIPALITY THEATRE

On the occasion of their second concert in the UAE, the two legendary performers Martha Argerich and Gidon Kremer have chosen to play in Al Ain. The evening will see two of the greatest living interpreters of classical music come together with the Chamber Orchestra that Kremer founded in 1997, the Kremerata Baltica, composed of  young musicians from all three Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia)

On the programme is again a magnificent array of works, including two prominent pieces from 20th century music: Weinberg’s  Sinfonietta Nr.2 for strings and timpani and Shostakovich’s experimental yet neo-classical Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings. Schumann’s Bilder aus Osten, inspired by the German poet Friedrich Rückert’s adaptation of al-Harīrī’s Maqāmāt will recall this year’s theme of the TCA Abu Dhabi Classics programme and contribute to the further understanding of the relation between poetical and musical expression. As a professor of Oriental languages at the University of Erlangen, Rückert had first published in 1826 his work Die Makâmen des Hariri on the basis of the Classical Arab poet al-Hariri of Basra (1054-1122) rhymed prose, inspiring in turn Schumann to a vivid romantic and playful interpretation of the Arab subjects he had discovered through Rückert’s book. Rounding off the evening, the version for violin and piano of Mozart’s Concerto KV 299 will again allow the two great performers Argerich and Kremer to show all their passion and mastery.

Programme

Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Sinfonietta Nr.2 for strings and timpani
Dmitri Shostakovich: Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings in C minor
Soloists: Martha Argerich and Sergei Nakaryakov.
—Intermission—
Robert Schumann: “Bilder aus Osten” op.66 (transcription for string orchestra)
W. A. Mozart-Evgeny Kissine: Concerto for violin and piano KV 299 (originally for flute and harp)
Soloists: Martha Argerich and Gidon Kremer

Note: All timings are actual start timings. We recommend guests to come 30 min before the beginning of the concert to find their seats. Doors will close at the start time. No access will be granted after the doors have been shut.