Abu Gosh Festival – Sukkot 2018

Concert at St. Joseph Church, Kiryat Yearim

1 Friday / 28.9.18 / 11:00

Gluck – the Opera Orpheus and Eurydice

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787): Orpheus and Eurydice

Keren Hadar – soprano, Eurydice

Adaya Peled – soprano, Amor

Alon Harari – counter tenor, Orpheus

HaGalil Ha-Elion Choir

Instrumental ensemble:

Violin: Saida Bar-lev – first violinist, Ella Slatkin / Viola: Lotem Beider Ben Aharon / Cello: Chagit Glaser / Flute: Boaz Meirovitch / Oboe: Lior Virot, Fernando Martinez / Bassoon: Gad Lederman / Harp: Marina Fradin / Harpsichord: Iris Globerson / Timpani: Eugene Karasik

Ron Zarhi – conductor

2 Friday / 28.9.18 / 14:00

J. S. Bach – Matthäus-Passion

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244

Heinrich Gernot– tenor (Austria), Evangelist

Yeela Avital - soprano

Nitzan Alon – alto

Yoav Weiss - baritone

Daniel Portnoy – bass - Jesus

Kibbutz Artzi Choir

Netanya Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra

Yuval Ben Ozer – conductor

This concert is dedicated to the memory of Moshe Harel

3 Saturday / 29.9.18 / 11:30

The Bulgarian Magic – Bulgarian Female Chamber Choir "Lira"       Guests of the Festival from Bulgaria

and Israeli Naama Ensemble - Together and Separately

Dobri Hristov (1875-1941): In Thy Kingdom. Soprano: Diana Bancheva

Rada Slavinska (b. 1964): It is truly right

Pierre Certon (c.1510-1672): Je ne l’ose dire

Georges Bizet (1838-1875): Agnus Dei

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921): 1. Tantum ergo. 2. Ave Maria

César Franck (1822-1890): Panis Angelicus

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) / André Messager (1853-1929): Messe des Pecheurs de Villerville,

arr. Pnina Inbar

Lubomir Denev (b. 1951): It is Harvest Time

Dobri Hristov: Frost Has Fallen, Gane

Dimitar Petkov (1919–1997): Moon, You Shiny
Nikolay Kaufmann (1925–2018): Little Rose

Philip Koutev (1903–1982): Are You a Tulip or a Hyacinth?

Ivelin Dimitrov (1903–2008): Gankina’s Dance, vocal

Georgi Petkov (b. 1961): Moon

Geshon Prensky (1929-2014): The Girl with Braids (Noa's version), arr. Alexander Katzenberg

Alexander (Sasha) Argov (1914-1995): Their Song, lyrics: Kobi Luria, arr. Pnina Inbar

Peter Lyondev (1936–2018): Old Bachelor

Female Chamber Choir "Lira" – Bulgaria

Naama Female Ensemble - Israel

Svetlana Kardiako Lugova – pianist

Elina Gurewitz - violinist

Galina Popova, Pnina Inbar – conductors

4 Saturday / 29.9.18 / 15:00

Mozart - Vesperae solennes, Bach and Mendelssohn

Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591): Musica Musarum, for choir

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1947): Aus tiefer Noth schrei' ich zu dir, op. 23 no. 1, motet to text by Martin Luther,

            for soprano, choir, organ and orchestra

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke, cantata no. 84 for soprano, oboe

            obligato, choir and orchestra

Paul Ben Haim (1897-1984): Yefe Nof, lyrics: Yehuda Halevi

Matityahu Shelem (1904-1975): Shibolet Basade, arr. Avner Itai

Mordechai Zeira (1905-1968): Two Roses, lyrics: Yaakov Orland, arr. Avner Itai

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339 for soloists, choir and

            orchestra

Sara Even-Haim – soprano

Barocameri Ensemble:

Sarah Even-Haim, Netta Aizenbud, Dana Khazma, Tal Malkinson – soprano / Ofra Hurvitz-Znati – mezzo-soprano / Sharon Embar, Enula Yampel, Liat Rockberger – alto / Hiram Amir, Boaz Ben-Sira, Omri Aizenbud – tenor / Aviram Frieberg, Rami Barber – baritone / Or Ben-Natan, Roy Fridman – bass / Enula Yampel – flute /

Shira Ben-Yehoshua – oboe / Eli Heifetz – clarinet / Omri Peled – trumpet /  Yaron David, Ariel de Graaf , Uri Lavi, Arielle Adler – violin / Oded Netanel – violin, viola / Yonat Tamir-Kantor – viola / Eyal Malkinson – cello / Ran Ben-Naftali – bass / Bart Berman – continuo

Avner Itai – conductor and music director

5 Saturday / 29.9.18 / 18:00

Rossini – Petite Messe Solennelle

Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868): Petite Messe Solennelle

Efrat Ashkenazi – soprano

Shay Bloch – mezzo-soprano

Ron Silberstein – tenor

Yuri Kissin – bass

Sasha Ivanov – pianist

Yizhar Karshon – organist

Tel Aviv Collegium Singers

Yishai Steckler – conductor

6 Sunday / 30.9.18 / 11:30

Brahms – Ein Deutsches Requiem

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):

1. Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk, op. 109 no. 3, from Fest und Gedenkspruche for choir a-capella

2. Ein Deutsches Requiem, op. 45, original version for choir, soloists and two pianists

Yuval Oren - soprano

Hemi Levison - bass

Irina Lunkevich, Bruce Levi - pianists

The Jerusalem Academy Chamber Choir

Stanley Sperber – conductor

7 Sunday / 30.9.18 / 15:00

Dvorak – Stabat Mater

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904): Stabat Mater, op. 58, original version for soloists, choir and piano

Alla Vasilevitsky – soprano

Zlata Khershberg – alto

Joseph Aridan – tenor

Alexey Kanonikov – bass

Eden Agranat Meged – pianist

The Ramat Gan Chamber Choir

Hannah Tzur – conductor

8 Monday / 1.10.18 / 11:30

Mozart – Requiem / Rachmaninov - All-Night Vigil, vespers

Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943): From All-Night Vigil, vespers, op. 37, for choir a-capella

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Requiem, K. 626

Yael Levita – soprano

Shay Bloch – mezzo-soprano

Oshri Segev - tenor

Gavriel Lowenheim – bass

The Tel Aviv Chamber Choir

The Israel Chamber Orchestra

Michael Shani – conductor

9 Monday / 1.10.18 / 15:00

Eternal Bach and the Flutes

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):  Christ lag in Todes Banden, cantata no. 4

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767): Concerto for two flutes and colachon

Johann Sebastian Bach: Lutheran Mass in A major, BWV 234

Yeela Avital, Adaya Peled – soprano

Ofra Hurvitz-Znaty – alto

Alon Harari – counter tenor

Moshe Haas, Hillel Sherman – tenor

Yoav Weiss, Hagai Berenson – bass

Genevieve Blanchard, Tamar Melzer-Krimolovsky – flutists

Amit Tiefenbrunn – colachon player

Barrocade Ensemble

Yizhar Karshon – conductor

10 Monday / 1.10.18 / 18:00

Purcell, Lennon and McCartney, Lloyd Webber

Henry Purcell (1659-1695): From Dido and Aeneas, the Witches, The Indian Queen, King Arthur

John Lennon (1940-1980) / Paul McCartney (b. 1942): Songs arr. for vocal ensemble

Andrew Lloyd-Webber (b. 1948): From the Phantom of the Opera

Meitar Studio Opera Singers

David Sebba – conductor, arranger and pianist

Concerts at the Crypt

11 Friday / 28.9.18 / 14:00

Katyushka – I Will Return

Russian beloved beautiful songs, in Russian

1. Dugit shata. 2. Two Guitars. 3. Evening at the Harborage. 4. In the Foxhole. 5. Capitan.

6. Flower in the Garden. 7. Bedumiya. 8. At zorem hanahal. 9. Hagidu havraya madua.

10. The beautiful Apple Tree. 11. Boi ima. 12. El hadereh. 13. On the Don's Bank. 14.  Katyushka

Shirelle Dashevsky – singer

Uzi Rosenblat – accordionist

12 Friday / 28.9.18 / 16:15

Havana Nights – Cuba

Mario Bauzá (1911-1993): Mambo Inn (instrumental)

Francisco Lomuto (1893-1950): Sombra Nada Más, lyrics: José María Contursi

Armando Manzanero (b. 1935): El Ciego

Cesar Portillo de la Luz (1922-2013): Contigo en la Distancia

Ari Erev (b. 1956): Jump into the Water (instrumental)

Compay Segundo (1907-2003): Chan Chan

Geraldo Pereira (1918–1955): Falsa Baiana
Álvaro Carrillo (1921–1969): Se Te Ovlida

Violeta Parra (1917–1967): Gracias a la Vida

Consuelo Velázquez (1916–2005): Besame Mucho

Nocturno Quartet:

Anna Spitz – singer

Ari Erev – pianist and arranger

Gilad Dobrecky – percussionist

Kobi Salomon – saxophone player

13 Saturday / 29.9.18 / 14:00

Elizabethan Love Songs and Songs by Sting, the Beatles, Miky Gavrielov

John Dowland (1563-1626): A shepherd in a shade

Thomas Ford (1580-1648): Faire, Sweet, Cruell

Anonymous: Greensleeves

Henry Purcell (1659-1695): Music for a while

John Dowland: 1. Deare, if you change. 2. Sir John Smith, his Almain

The Beatles – Paul McCartney (b. 1942) / John Lenon (1940-1980):

1. Eleanor Rigby. 2. Penny Lane. 3. Michelle

Sting - Gordon Mathew Thomas Summer (b. 1951): Roxanne

Uri Bracha (b. 1963): Vikos Canyon

Miky Gavrielov (b. 1949): 1. Take Me Under Your Wing. 2. Uf Gozal. 3. You and Me

John Dowland: Come again

David Feldman – counter tenor

Uri Bracha – guitar player, composer and arranger

14 Saturday / 29.9.18 / 16:14

Beethoven's Scottish Songs, Celebrating with Mozart and Haydn

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): 1. Das Veilchen, K. 476. 2. Als Luise die Briefe, K. 520.

3. Wiegenlied

Josef Haydn (1732-1809): 1. Allegro from Trio in G major, H. XV:15.

2. English Canzonetts, lyrics: Anne Hunter: The Wanderer; The Mermaid's song, The Sailors song.

3. From Trio in G major, H. XV:15 - Andante - Finale: Allegro Moderato

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Scottish Songs – 1. Dim, dim is my eye. 2. Sunset. 3. Sympathy.

4. Bonny laddie, Highland laddie

Karin Shifrin – soprano

Moshe Aron Epstein – flutist

Myrna Herzog – cellist

Marina Minkin – harpsichord player

Phoenix Ensemble 

15 Monday / 1.10.18 / 14:00

Musical Vacations in Cyprus

Anonymous (14^th century): Estampie "Tre fontane"

Il codice Franco-Cipriota (1413-1422): 1. "Contre dolour, alegresse et plaisir".

2. "Qui de Fortune". 3.  "Aspre Fortune, dure et engingneuse"

Anonymous (14^th century): Estampie "Cominciamento di gioia"

Il codice Franco-Cipriota: 1."Qui n'a le cuer rainpli de vraie joie". 2. Danse d'Abroz

Anonymous (15^th century): Tourdion " Quand je bois le vin clairet"

Traditional Cypriot: 1. "Tillirkortissa". 2. ""Ta mathkia ta yallourika". 3. "O Dasonomos"

Traditional Greek: "Arhodogios" (Kalamatianos dance)

Traditional Cypriot: "To tragoudi tou gamou"

Traditional Greek: "To kastro tis Astropaleas"

Traditional Thrace/Greece: "Stergios" (Zonaradikos dance)

Traditional Greek/Turkish: "Apo kseno topo"

Traditional Sephardic: 1. "Una matica de ruda". 2. "La serena". 3. "Misirlou"

Ensemble Mezzo:

David Feldman - counter tenor

Doret Florentin - recorder player

Tal Arbel - vielle and viola da gamba player

Nadav Ovadia - psaltery and percussion player

Gideon Bretler - classical and baroque guitar player

16 Monday / 1.10.18 / 16:15

Que Sera Sera – Hollywood and Doris Day's Songs

Richard Rogers (1902-1997): The Hills Are Alive, from The Sound of Music, lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein

Willbur Schwandt (1904-1998) / Fabian Andre (1910-1960): Dream a little Dream, lyrics: Gus Kahn

Mark Fisher (1895-1948) / Joe Goodwin / Larry Shay (1897-1988): When you’re smiling, music and lyrics

George Gershwin (1898-1937): A Foggy Day, lyrics: Ira Gershwin

Bart Howard (1915-2004): Fly me to the moon, music and lyrics

Kurt Weill (1900-1950): My Ship, lyrics: Ira Gershwine

Jimmy McHugh (1894-1969): I’m in the mood for love, lyrics: Dorothy Fields

Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994): 1. Quiet nights, English lyrics: Jene Lees.

2. How Insensitive, English lyrics: Norman Gimbel

Harold Arlen (1905-1986): Somewhere over the rainbow, lyrics: Edgar Yipsel "Yip" Harburg

George Gershwin: Nice work if you can get it, lyrics: Ira Gershwin

Jay Livingston (1915-2001) / Raymond B. Evans (1915-2007): Que Sera Sera, music and lyrics

Revital Raviv – singer

Tal Feder – double bass player

Ari Erev – pianist, music director and arranger

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