COPENHAGEN SUMMER FESTIVAL 2006


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read the feature in Berlingske Tidende June 21, 2006 (in Danish)


Monday, July 24 - 4:30 PM – See photos from the concert

OPENING CONCERT
Andreas Brantelid (cello)
Peter Friis Johansson (piano)

Winner of The Danish String Competition 2005, Øresunds Solist, Jacob Gade Prize,
Victor Borge Music Prize, Eurovision Young Musicians Competition 2006. Opening concert with one of the most extraordinary young soloists. Programme: Cesar Franck, Sarasate and others.

Programme
Robert Alexander Schumann
Adagio und Allegro

Cesar Franck
Sonata in A Major

Works by a.o. Kreisler, Moszkowski, Granados, Paradis, Popper and Davidow

Pablo de Sarasate
"Carmen" Fantasi (arr. Andreas Brantelid)


 
 

Tuesday July 25 - 4:30 PM – See photos from the concert

Frederik Jerichau Malmqvist (piano)

Remarkable, young pianist. He is studying at The Music Academy in Århus with John Damgaard. Besides he is studying with and assistant for Peter Feuchtwanger. Has performed in Denmark, Germany, Sweden, England.

Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach - Engelsk suite nr. 2 i a mol
Maurice Ravel - Gaspard de la Nuit

ADMISSION FREE


 
 

Wednesday July 26 - 4:30 PMSee photos from the concert

Denis Matsuev (piano)

Winner of Tshaikowsky Competition 1998. International superstar virtuoso.

Programme
Igor Stravinsky – Petruchka
Franz Liszt - Mephisto Waltz
Peter Tschaikowsky - From The Seasons

FOR THIS CONCERT THE ENTRANCE FEE IS SLIGHTLY INCREASED


 
 

Thursday July 27 - 4:30 PM – See photos from the concert

Oliver Nordahl (oboe) and Nicolai Eghorst (clarinet) with Storstrøm Chamber Ensemble

Young musicians who won prizes in Øresunds Solist, Berlingske Music Competition and other competitions

Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quartet, F Major KV 370 for oboe, violin, viola and cello
Trio, E flat Major KV 498 for clarinet, viola and piano
Sonata in F Major KV 497 (arr. by Jakob Westh)

ADMISSION FREE


 
 

Friday July 28 - 4:30 PMSee photos from the concert

Helene Gjerris (vocal), Frederik Bock, lute, Allan Rasmussen (harpsichord), Henrik Metz (piano).

Helene Gjerris, one of the most prominent Danish singers gives a programme with early baroque music, and songs by Kurt Weill.

Programme
Henry Purcell -Strike the Viol
Claudio Monteverdi -Lamento d'Arianna
Francesca Caccini - Dov'io credea le mie speranze vere
Francesca Caccini - Lasciatemi qui solo
Henry Purcell - Bess of Bedlam
Kurt Weill - Surabaya Johnny/Seeräuber Jenny


 
 

Sunday July 30 - 4:30 PMSee photos from the concert

Music for accordion

The young virtuoso Bjarke Mogensen, and the greatest accordion player in the world Lelo Nika with his folk music group. Bjarke won Danish Radio Competition 2006 For Young Instrumentalists.

Programme
J.S.Bach - Toccata con Fuga BWV565
Sofia Gubaidulina - De Profundis
Vagn Holmboe - Sonate op.143a


 
 

Monday July 31 - 4:30 PMSee photos from the concert

The Leaves be Green. Music about Life and Nature

Vicki Boeckman (recorder)
Lars Ulrik Mortensen (clavichord) Sonning Music Award 2007

Musical meeting between the American recorder virtuoso and one of the finest experts in baroque music.

Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonate i F dur (BVW 1035)
Anonym - Greensleeves
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck - Under en lindegren
Domenico Scarlatti - Pastoral Allegro K415
Hans Henrik Brandt - Farven Blå
J. van Eyck - Englens nattergal
Francois Couperin - Le Rossignol en Amour
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck - Paduana Lachrimae
Johan Schop - Lachrimae Pavaen
Somei Satoh - Music of the Winds II (1984) (Kaze no Kyoku II)
Antonio Vivaldi - La Tempesta di Mare (RV 433)

ADMISSION FREE


 
 

Tuesday August 1 - 4:30 PMSee photos from the concert

Young soloist Rikke Sandberg (piano) and string quartet
Erik Heide (violin), Malin Broman (violin), Stine Hasbirk (viola), Jonathan Slaatto (cello)

A wonderful, musical, young pianist together with some of our very best string players from symphony orchestras in Copenhagen.

Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Quartet in E flat major, KV 493
Johannes Brahms - Piano Quintet in f minor, opus 34


 
 

Wednesday August 2 - 4:30 PMSee photos from the concert

Young Russian soloists, supported by Spivakov Foundation

Dinara Nadzhafova (piano), Chingis Khannanov (violin),
Nikita Vlasov (accordion), Guntars Freibergs (marimba)

The young Russian musicians (14-18 years) have been selected by the very prestigious Spivakov Foundation. Coming musical stars.

Programme (Freibergs)
N. Rosauro - Suite Brasileira
G. Stout - Astral Dance
N. Rosauro - Preludium #1

Programme (Nadzhafova)
F. Chopin - Ballad no. 1 in g minor
Tjajkovskij – Pletnev Tre stycken ur sviten ”Nötknäpparen”
F. Liszt - Mefisto-Valse

Programme (Khannanov)
E. Ysaye - Sonata #2, sats 2 ”Melankoli”
R. Chedrin - Hommage à Albeniz
R. Abiazov - Svit ur ”Images”
A. Bazzini - Rondo

Programme (Vlasov)
Andrejev-Tsygankov - Fauns vals (arr. N. Vlasov)
V. Zubitskij - Hommage à Astor Piazzola
A. Dvorak - Humoresque
I. Shamo - Humoresque

ADMISSION FREE


 
 

Thursday August 3 - 4:30 PMSee photos from the concert

Hafnia Piano Quartet, Marie Rørbech (piano), Christine Enevold Gjesme (violin),
Ida Speyer Grøn (viola), Janne Fredens (cello)

Chamber music with young, and yet very established soloists.

Programme
Gustav Mahler - Piano Quartet (1876)
Johannes Brahms - Piano Quartet in g minor op. 25


 
 

Sunday August 6 - 4:30 PM See photos from the concert

Irancy Ensemblet (musikere fra københavnske orkestre), Jesper Nordin (dirigent), Louise Fribo (fortæller)

Family program for youngsters and adults. The well known, young opera star Louise Fribo, narrator.

A concert for the whole family, full of magic and phantasy.

ADMISSION FREE


 
 

Monday August 7 - 4:30 PM See photos from the concert

Young soloists. Winners from Øresunds Solist and Steinway Competition

A programme with Cæcilie Grønkjær Tagmose og Rune Maahn Christensen (piano), and a wind quintet with winners of Øresunds Solist, Kenny Åberg Larsen (flute), Mattias Larsson (clarinet), Daniel Bogorad (oboe), Emil Folke (french horn) og Magnus Koch Jensen (bassoon).

Programme(Cæcilie Grønkjær Tagmose)
J.S. Bach - Prelude and Fuge, d minor, from Wohltemperiertes Klavier vol. 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Elegie in e flat minor, opus 3
Førgen Jersild - of "Trois pièces en concert": "Farandole"

Programme (Rune Maahn Christensen)
L.v. Beethoven - Sonate nr. 7 i D-dur, op.10 nr. 3 (1796-98)
Jasques Ibert - Trois pieces breve
Malcolm Arnold - Three shanties

ADMISSION FREE


 
 

Tuesday August 8 - 4:30 PM See photos from the concert

Zealand String Quartet

The String solo players og Copenhagen Symphony started this quartet in 2004. Anne Søe Iwan og
John Bak Dinitzen (violins), Bernd Rinne (viola) and Richard Krug (cello).

Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Strygekvartet i B-dur kv 458, ”Jagt-kvartetten”
Johannes Brahms - Strygekvartet i a-mol op 51 nr. 2

ADMISSION FREE


 
 

Wednesday August 9 - 4:30 PM See photos from the concert

Alexandra Korobkina (violin), Poul Rosenbaum (piano)

Young coming star from Skt. Petersborg

Presentation of a wonderfully talented young violinist, who already has won national Russian competition

Programme
Alfred Schnittke - Suite in old style
Franz Schubert - Fantasy in C major, op. posth. 159, D.934
Sergei Taneyev - Eventyr from Concert Suite, op. 28
Fritz Kreisle - Caprice Viennois
Ernest Bloch - Nigun from Baal Shemtov
Franz Waxman - Carmen Fantasi


 
 

Thursday August 10 - 4:30 PM See photos from the concert

Winner of Carl Nielsen Competition 2006

Alexandra Grot (flute), Irina Lazareva (piano)

Winner of Carl Nielsen Competition 2006. Alexandra Grot (Russia) is 25 years old, and is studying with Andras Adorjan at The Music Academy in Munich. She has won prizes in Rumania, Russia and Germany.

The winner will get the first performance in the Capital at Copenhagen Summer Festival.

Programme
Joachim Andersen - Concert Piece, op. 61
Francis Poulenc - Sonata
Eugene Bozza - Agrestide
Igor Stravinsky - Rossignol “Prinsessen og de gyldne æbler”, Scherzo from Ildfuglen
Carl Maria v. Weber / Paul Taffanel - Fantasi over temaer fra operaen “Jægerbruden”


 
 

Many thanks to

Kulturministeriet, Københavns Kommune, Wilhelm Hansen Fonden, Solistforeningen af 1921,
Augustinus Fonden, Dansk Solistforbund, Dansk Musikerforbund, Nationalbankens Jubilæumsfond, Gangstedfonden, Beckett-Fonden, Kraghs Mindefond, Øresunds Solist, Gyldendal, Politiken
,
Sonning Fonden, Philipson Wine