Abu Gosh 53rd Festival Shavuot 2018
The Abu-Gosh Festival, which will take place May 18 - May 20 2018, is the leading and most important festival in the Israeli vocal music scene and is in fact the oldest vocal festival. The Festival, held in the town of Abu Gosh just outside Jerusalem in the Judean hills, has existed in its present format since 1992, and it takes place twice a year – on the Jewish festivals of Sukkot (September/October) and Shavuot (May/June), lasting between three to five days each time. This will be the 52nd festival.
This year the festival features a wide variety of performances from classical to jazz. The first concert in the Crypt this year is Bach “Bossa Nova style”, with other concerts such as “Angels Singing” - the works of Leonard Bernstein, and the music soundtrack to Cinema Paradiso being performed, and a concert from a guest choir from Lithuania.
The Festival's concerts are performed in two churches: there will be four concerts in the Crypt - the Crusader-Benedictine Church, built in the 12th century, situated in the heart of the village; and there will be eight concerts in the Kiryat Ye'arim Church, situated at the top of the hill, overlooking Abu-Gosh.
Concerts at St. Joseph Church (Kiryat Yearim)
1: Friday / 18.5.18 / 11:30
Angels Singing - Commemorating Leonard Bernstein's 100th Anniversary
Paul Ben Haim (1897-1984): I Will Lift My Eyes (Esa einai), Psalm 121
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990): 1. Warmup, from Mass for acapella mixed choir. 2. Simhu Na, arr. for choir,
lyrics: Matityahu Shelem
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Four songs from A ceremony of Carols for women's choir and harp:
1. Wolcum Yole. 2. There is no Rose. 3. Balulalow. 4. This Little Babe
Yehezkel Braun (1922-2014): Then Cain Fled, for men's choir acapella, lyrics: Yaakov Shabtai
Leonard Bernstein: Five songs from West Side Story, songs arr. for choir:
1 Tonight. 2. I Feel Pretty. 3. Officer Krupke. 4. Somewhere. 5. America
Spirituals: 1. Goin Home on a Cloud. 2. Unclouded day, for acapella choir
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms for choir, boy soprano, harp, percussions and organ
Ofir Nevo, child soloist
Irina Lunkevich, pianist
Maria Golberg, harpist
Aviad Alfasi, percussionist
The Jerusalem Academy Chamber Choir
Stanley Sperber – conductor
2: Friday / 18.5.18 / 15:00
Beethoven and Brahms – The Giants' Summit
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): 1. Rhapsody for Alto, op. 53
2. Motet op. 74 no. 1 "Warum ist das Licht gegeben den Mühseligen?"
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Mass in C major, op. 86
Daniela Skorka – soprano
Nitzan Alon – alto
Lioran Kopel – tenor
Oded Reich – bass
The Israeli Vocal Ensemble
The Israel Netanya Kibbutz Orchestra
Yuval Ben Ozer – conductor
3: Saturday / 19.5.18 / 11:30
The Judgement of Paris – Opera by Daniel Purcell
Daniel Purcell (1664-1717): The Judgement of Paris, libretto by William Congreve (1670-1729)
Eitan Drori – tenor, Paris
Revital Raviv – alto, Venus
Einat Aronstein – soprano, Pallas
Hadas Faran – soprano, Juno
Oded Reich – bass, Mercury
Shahar Choir, directed by Gila Brill
Barocada Collective Ensemble
Yizhar Karshon – conductor
4: Saturday / 19.5.18 / 15:00
Masterpieces by Handel, Bach, Marcello
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784): Wohl dem, der den Herren fürchtet, cantata for soloists,
choir and orchestra
Alessandro Marcello (1673-1747): Concerto in D minor for oboe, strings and continuo
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759): Dixit Dominus for choir, soloists and orchestra
Yeela Avital, Hilla Arieli – soprano
Alon Harari – counter tenor
Oshri Segev – tenor
Oded Reich – bass
Yigal Kaminka - oboist
Barocada Collective Ensemble
The Tel Aviv Chamber Choir
Michael Shani - conductor
5: Saturday / 19.5.18 / 18:00
Enchanting Peaceful Paradise
Franz Schubert (1797-1828): 1. Mass no. 2 in G major, D. 167 for soloists, choir and orchestra.
2. Salve Regina in A major, op. 153, D. 676 for soprano and strings
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924): Requiem in D minor, op. 48 for soloists, choir and orchestra
Dana Marbach - soprano
Yair Polishook - bass
The Israel Kibbutz Choir
Raanana Symphonette Orchestra
Yuval Ben Ozer – conductor
6: Sunday / 20.5.18 / 11:30
The Renowned Lithuanian Choir – Jauna Musika
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225, motet for double choir
and organ
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847): Nicht unserm Namen, Herr, Psalm 115, motet op. 31 for choir and organ
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725): Stabat Mater for choir and organ
Lithuanian folk songs and Spirituals
Jauna Musika Choir
Vaclovas Augustinas – conductor
7: Sunday / 20.5.18 / 15:00
Italian Love Affair
Neapolitan songs arr. for ensemble
Gondoliers' songs from Venice
The Slaves' choir from Nabuco
Arias, duets and ensembles from renowned operas by Bellini, Donizetti, Puccini, Verdi and Rossini
Meitar Opera Studio Singers
David Sebba – conductor, arranger and pianist
8: Sunday / 20.5.18 / 18:00
Mozart – The Great Mass in C Minor
With Keren Hadar and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Musicians
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Concerto in C minor for oboe and violin, BWV 1060 –
Allegro; Adagio; Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Mass in C minor, K. 427, "The Great" for soloists, choir and
orchestra
Alla Vasilevitsky, Keren Hadar– soprano
Joseph Aridan – tenor
Alexey Kanonikov – bass
Saida Bar-Lev – violinist
Dudu Carmel – oboist
The Ramat Gan Chamber Choir
IPO musicians
Hannah Tzur – conductor
Concerts in the Crypt
9: Friday / 18.5.18 / 14:00
Scotland's Green Pastures - Scottish, English and Irish Ballads in Songs of Love and Darkness
English Ballads
John Dowland (1563-1626): Go from my Window, lute solo
Anonymous 16th century: Greensleeves
Francis Cutting (1550-1595): Greensleeves, lute variations
Anonymous: 1. The Willow Song, from Shakespear's Othello. 2. The three Ravens
Spring awakening
John Dowland: Awake sweet Love
Robert Johnson (c.1583-1633): Have You Seen But a White Lily Grow?
Anthony Holborne (c.1545-1602): Muy Linda, galliard for lute solo
Thomas Morley (1557-1602): April Is In My Mistress' Face
Nicholas Lanier (1588-1666): No More shall Meads be Deck'd with Flow'rs
Light and Darkness
John Dowland: In Darkness let me dwell
Robert Johnson: Full Fathom Five, from Shakespear's The Tempest
John Dowland: Fortune my Foe, lute solo
Ann Boleyn (pub. 1610): O Death, Rock me asleep
Scottish Tunes and Ballads
The Rowallan manuscript (1612-1628): Scottish tunes and dances for lute solo
Anonymous: 1. Joy to the person of my love (16th century). 2. I never knew I loved thee, for lute solo.
3. In a Garden so green (16th century)
Einat Aronstein – soprano
Ophira Zakai – lutist
10: Friday / 18.5.18 / 16:15
Bach Bossa Nova Style
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) / Charles Gounod (1818-1893):
Ave Maria, based on Prelude no. 1 in C major, BWV 846
Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994): Photografie
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959): Bachianas Brasileires No. 5
Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751): Adagio in G minor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Air from orchestral suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
Ray Charles (1930-2004): Hit the Road jack
Uri Bracha (b. 1963): Childhood, from the album Dance of Life
Johann Sebastian Bach: Largo from Harpsichord Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056
Uri Bracha: Until when
Antonio Carlos Jobim: How Insensitive
Sharon Dvorin – soprano
Uri Beracha – guitar player and arranger
Gilad Avro – double bass player
11: Saturday / 19.5.18 / 14:00
La Dolce Vita, Cinema Paradiso – Nino Rota and Ennio Morricone
Songs from Italian Movies
Paolo Tosti (1846-1916): Sogno
Gino Paoli (b. 1934): Un Fiore e Nato, lyrics: Sergio Bardotti
Nino Rota (1911-1979): Ai giocchi addio, from Romeo and Juliet, lyrics: Elsa Morante
Ernesto de Curtis (1875-1937): Non ti scordar di me, lyrics Domenico Furno
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909): Asturias, for solo Guitar
Ennio Morricone (b. 1928): Love theme from Cinema paradiso
Cesare Andrea Bixio (1896-1978): Parla mi damore, from the movie Gli uomini che mascalzoni,
lyrics: Enio Neri
Ennio Morricone: Nella Fantasia, from The Mission, lyrics: Chiara Efrrau
Ernesto de Curtis: Torna surriento, lyrics: Giambattista de Curtis
Nicola Piovani (b. 1946): Beautiful that way, from La vita è bella, English lyrics: Noa
Assaf Caholi – tenor
Shani Inbar – guitar player
12: Saturday / 19.5.18 / 16:15
The Castle's Tower – Spanish, Ladino and Renaissance Music
Joan Ambrosio Dalza (d. 1508): Calata ala Spagnola, dance
Anonymous: Pase el agoa Spanish (15th-16th century)
Ladino songs: 1. La serena. 2. Mansanica corelada, arr.: Eitan Steinberg
Joan Ambrosio Dalza (d.1508): Piva, dance
Alonso Mudarra (1510-1580): Isabel
Ladino songs: 1. Por una nina Ladino song. 2. Durme, durme, arr.: Eitan Steinberg
Judeo-Spanish romanza: Una hija tiene el rey, arr.: Eitan Steinberg
Joan Ambrosio Dalza: Calata ala Spagnola, dance
Juan del Encina (1468-1529): Hoy comamos, arr.: Eitan Steinberg
Luis de Narvaez (1526-1549): Fantasia
Judeo-Spanish romanza: Por que no cantas, arr.: Eitan Steinberg
Ladino song: La rosa enflorece, arr.: Eitan Steinberg.
Spanish anonymous: Tres Morillas (probably 15th century), arr.: Eitan Steinberg.
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