Viola Charms with David Carpenter at the Theatre - Mall of the Emirates

Viola Charms with David Carpenter at the Theatre - Mall of the Emirates

Date: 7th March 2022

Viola Charms

SOLOIST
David Carpenter

CONDUCTOR
Dmitry Yablonsky

On Monday 7th March, the Symphonic Middle East presents the first of four performances by the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, conducted by maestro Dmitry Yablonsky. To open the performance, the orchestra will present the rousing and melodically majestic Overture from Weber’s only English opera, Oberon. Next, the concert turns to an arrangement for the viola of Elgar’s famous Cello Concerto, featuring the First Prize Winner of the Walter E. Naumburg Viola Competition, recipient of the 2011 Leonard Bernstein Award and 2010 Avery Fisher Career Grant, the renowned international violist, David Aaron Carpenter. The orchestra returns after the intermission to perform Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, a work notable for its departure from the composer’s more angst-ridden symphonies, instead of embracing a cheery, optimistic mood with influence taken from Bohemian folk songs, This concert is proudly presented by SAMIT Event Group and CMDI Group, with the kind support of the European Foundation for Support of Culture (EUFSC).


‘Viola and orchestra - a magic duo’

C. Weber - Overture from the opera Oberon 9 min
E. Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, arr. viola 30 min
-- Intermission --
A. Dvořák - Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163 37 min