A concert crossing continents and eras, from “Black Eyes” and “Kalinka” to Austria’s rural scenery, starring the Reuvens. Jacob and Marí, world-famous mandolin players, and Ehud, the virtuoso accordionist.

Keren Kagarlitsky Conductor

Jacob Reuven & Marí Carmen Simon Mandolins (Spain/Israel)

Ehud Reuven Accordion

Keren Kagarlitsky – “From Russia With Love”, overture for accordion, 2 mandolins & orchestra (8′)

Nikolai Budashkin – Concerto for Mandolin & Accordion (10′)

Bach – Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, BWV 1043. (Arr. For 2 mandolins) (15′)

Beethoven – Symphony No.6 in F Major (“Pastoral”), Op.68 (45′)

A concert crossing continents and eras, from “Black Eyes” and “Kalinka” to Austria’s rural scenery, starring the Reuvens. Jacob and Marí, world-famous mandolin players, and Ehud, the virtuoso accordionist.

Keren Kagarlitsky Conductor

Jacob Reuven & Marí Carmen Simon Mandolins (Spain/Israel)

Ehud Reuven Accordion

Keren Kagarlitsky – “From Russia With Love”, overture for accordion, 2 mandolins & orchestra (8′)

Nikolai Budashkin – Concerto for Mandolin & Accordion (10′)

Bach – Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, BWV 1043. (Arr. For 2 mandolins) (15′)

Beethoven – Symphony No.6 in F Major (“Pastoral”), Op.68 (45′)

A concert crossing continents and eras, from “Black Eyes” and “Kalinka” to Austria’s rural scenery, starring the Reuvens. Jacob and Marí, world-famous mandolin players, and Ehud, the virtuoso accordionist.

Keren Kagarlitsky Conductor

Jacob Reuven & Marí Carmen Simon Mandolins (Spain/Israel)

Ehud Reuven Accordion

Keren Kagarlitsky – “From Russia With Love”, overture for accordion, 2 mandolins & orchestra (8′)

Nikolai Budashkin – Concerto for Mandolin & Accordion (10′)

Bach – Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, BWV 1043. (Arr. For 2 mandolins) (15′)

Beethoven – Symphony No.6 in F Major (“Pastoral”), Op.68 (45′)

Gil Shohat, the wonderful guitarist Liat Cohen and the French cellist Michaël Bialobroda in a special Mediterranean concert, hovering over the French-Spanish border. Many French composers, from Lalo to Chabrier, were fascinated by the intense Spanish rhythms and the Cante Jondo, the Gypsy folk singing, and wrote music inspired by Spain.

Gil Shohat Conductor

Liat Cohen Guitar (France/Israel)

Michaël Bialobroda Cello (France)

De Falla – “Ritual dance of fire”, from El Amor Brujo (4′)

Piazzolla – Libertango (5′)

Villa-Lobos – Bachianas Brasileiras no. 5 (Arr, for Cello) (7′)

Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra (12′)

Chabrier – “España” – Rhapsody for Orchestra (6′)

Piazzolla – “Spring “ & “Winter”, from “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires”, (World Première arranged for Guitar & orchestra) (12′)

Albeniz – Asturias (6′)

Scarlatti  – Piano Sonatas in F minor K.466 &  E Major K.379 (9′)

Lalo – Concerto D minor for cello and orchestra (25′)                                                        

Gil Shohat, the wonderful guitarist Liat Cohen and the French cellist Michaël Bialobroda in a special Mediterranean concert, hovering over the French-Spanish border. Many French composers, from Lalo to Chabrier, were fascinated by the intense Spanish rhythms and the Cante Jondo, the Gypsy folk singing, and wrote music inspired by Spain.

Gil Shohat Conductor

Liat Cohen Guitar (France/Israel)

Michaël Bialobroda Cello (France)

De Falla – “Ritual dance of fire”, from El Amor Brujo (4′)

Piazzolla – Libertango (5′)

Villa-Lobos – Bachianas Brasileiras no. 5 (Arr, for Cello) (7′)

Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra (12′)

Chabrier – “España” – Rhapsody for Orchestra (6′)

Piazzolla – “Spring “ & “Winter”, from “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires”, (World Première arranged for Guitar & orchestra) (12′)

Albeniz – Asturias (6′)

Scarlatti  – Piano Sonatas in F minor K.466 &  E Major K.379 (9′)

Lalo – Concerto D minor for cello and orchestra (25′)                                                        

Greek conductor Kornilios Michailiidis has already won the heart of the Israeli audience when he conducted the Raanana Symphonette at the Isrotel ClassicCameri Festival in Eilat. This time he is joined by Sofia Avramidou, a composer and singer from Thessaloniki, one of the pre-eminent Greek artists nowadays. She will perform a world-premiere of her work inspired by The Road to Ithaca, as well as classic hits by Manos Hadjidakis. The works by Beethoven, inspired by the myth of Prometheus, seal this fascinating evening.

Kornilios Michailidis Conductor (Greece)

Sofia Avramidou Singer (Greece)

Beethoven – “The Creatures of Prometheus”, Op. 43. Ballet Overture (5′)

Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op.55, “Eroica” (47′)

– Intermission –

Sofia Avramidou – “Ithaca” (Première)

Songs by Manos Hadjidakis

Greek conductor Kornilios Michailiidis has already won the heart of the Israeli audience when he conducted the Raanana Symphonette at the Isrotel ClassicCameri Festival in Eilat. This time he is joined by Sofia Avramidou, a composer and singer from Thessaloniki, one of the pre-eminent Greek artists nowadays. She will perform a world-premiere of her work inspired by The Road to Ithaca, as well as classic hits by Manos Hadjidakis. The works by Beethoven, inspired by the myth of Prometheus, seal this fascinating evening.

Kornilios Michailidis Conductor (Greece)

Sofia Avramidou Singer (Greece)

Beethoven – “The Creatures of Prometheus”, Op. 43. Ballet Overture (5′)

Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op.55, “Eroica” (47′)

– Intermission –

Sofia Avramidou – “Ithaca” (Première)

Songs by Manos Hadjidakis

Conductor Gad Kadosh leads this intriguing concert, which brings together on stage the Zoris, namely Nitai Zori, the Concertmaster of the Raanana Symphonette Orchestra and a virtuoso soloist in his own right, joined by his sister, Carmit and his cellist brother, Hillel, both famous musicians in their own right.

Gad Kadosh Conductor (Israel/Germany)

Nitai Zori Violin/Viola

Carmit Zori Violin (USA)

Hillel Zori Cello

Vivaldi – Concerto for Two Violins, Cello and Strings in D minor, Op.3 No.11, R.565 (10′)

Bruch – Concerto in E minor, for Violin, Viola and orchestra, Op. 88 (20′)

Kodaly – Dances of Galanta (18′)

Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129 (24′)

Conductor Gad Kadosh leads this intriguing concert, which brings together on stage the Zoris, namely Nitai Zori, the Concertmaster of the Raanana Symphonette Orchestra and a virtuoso soloist in his own right, joined by his sister, Carmit and his cellist brother, Hillel, both famous musicians in their own right.

Gad Kadosh Conductor (Israel/Germany)

Nitai Zori Violin/Viola

Carmit Zori Violin (USA)

Hillel Zori Cello

Vivaldi – Concerto for Two Violins, Cello and Strings in D minor, Op.3 No.11, R.565 (10′)

Bruch – Concerto in E minor, for Violin, Viola and orchestra, Op. 88 (20′)

Kodaly – Dances of Galanta (18′)

Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129 (24′)

Israeli pianist and composer Tal Samnon joins the Music Director of the Raanana Symphonette Orchestra, Maestro Omer M Wellber, in a program which helps to establish a surprising connection between Beethoven’s bold musical interpretation of the play Egmont and two of Mozart’s most dramatic and tumultuous works, the Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor and the 40^th symphony in G minor, one of the most beloved works in the entire symphonic repertoire.

Omer M Wellber Conductor

Tal Samnon Piano

Beethoven – Overture to Egmont, Op.84 (8′)

Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K.466 (31′)

– Intermission –

Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550 (28′)

Israeli pianist and composer Tal Samnon joins the Music Director of the Raanana Symphonette Orchestra, Maestro Omer M Wellber, in a program which helps to establish a surprising connection between Beethoven’s bold musical interpretation of the play Egmont and two of Mozart’s most dramatic and tumultuous works, the Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor and the 40^th symphony in G minor, one of the most beloved works in the entire symphonic repertoire.

Omer M Wellber Conductor

Tal Samnon Piano

Beethoven – Overture to Egmont, Op.84 (8′)

Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K.466 (31′)

– Intermission –

Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550 (28′)