12th Chamber Music Festival “East & West Wind” – Platanias 26th August – 4th September
The title of this year‘s Festival is East & West Wind”.
WHEN: 26th August – 4th September, 21.00
WHERE: Minoa Palace Resort, Conference Hall, Platanias and Ancient Aptera
Tickets: 15€ general admission
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Concerts at the Ancient Aptera Theatre:
Free entry with online reservation at ticket services.gr (not open yet as of 2nd August)
Monday, August 26th 2024 – CONCERT 1
Minoa Palace Resort – Conference Hall
Robert Schumann(1810 – 1856)Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, op. 63
Mieczysław Weinberg(1919 – 1996)Piano Trio in A minor, op. 24
Trio Zimbalist:
Josef Špaček, violin
Timotheos Gavriilidis – Petrin, violoncello
George Xiaoyuan Fu, piano
Wednesday, August 28th 2024 – CONCERT 2
Minoa Palace Resort – Conference Hall
Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)
Fairy Tale Pictures (Märchenbilder)op. 113, for viola and piano
Milena Simović, viola
George Xiaoyuan Fu, piano
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975)
Concertino for two pianos, op. 94
Titos Gouvelis, piano
George Xiaoyuan Fu, piano
Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971)
Three parts from “Petrushka”
Vassilis Varvaresos, piano
Antonín Dvořák (1841 – 1904)
Piano trio No.4 in E minos, op.90 “Dumky”
Roman Simović, violin
Timotheos Gavriilidis – Petrin, violoncello
George Xiaoyuan Fu, piano
Friday, August 30th 2024 – CONCERT 3
Minoa Palace Resort – Conference Hall
Sergei Prokofiev (1891 – 1953)
Quintet in G minor, op. 39 for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and double bass
Makrina Troullou, oboe
Panagiotis Giannakas, clarinetRoman Simović, violin
Milena Simović, viola
Konstantinos Sifakis, double bass
Sergei Prokofiev (1891 – 1953)
Sonata for two violins in C major, op. 56
Josef Špaček, violin
Roman Simović, violin
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)
String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, op. 80
Roman Simović, violin
Josef Špaček, violin
Milena Simović, viola
Angelos Liakakis, violoncello
Sergei Prokofiev, living and working for several years in Paris, “absorbed” the Parisian musical avant-garde, refining it through the genuine Russian origins of his musical personality. His two works presented in this concert, fruits of that particular period of his life, indeed highlight the wide range of his inspiration and his complex musical language, which balances the lyrical with the grotesque. Next to them stands one of the most moving quartets of the Romanticism, Mendelssohn’s sixth, which although a lament for the death of his sister, overcomes unnecessary sentimentality and focuses on sober, brilliant expressiveness.
Saturday, August 31st 2024 – CONCERT 4
Minoa Palace Resort – Conference Hall
Aram Khachaturian (1903 – 1978)
Trio for violin, clarinet and piano
Josef Špaček, violin
Panagiotis Giannakas, clarinet
Vassilis Varvaresos, piano
Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
Octet in F major, D. 803 for clarinet, bassoon, French horn,
two violins, viola, violoncello and double bass
Panagiotis Giannakas, clarinet
Rui Lopes, bassoon
Angelos Sioras, French horn
George Demertzis, violin
Noé Inui, violin
Ioannis Mageiropoulos, viola
Angelos Liakakis, violoncello
Konstantinos Sifakis, double bass
A century or so (1824-1932) separates the two works of this concert. But they are united by the desire of the two composers to penetrate the music of their time and place and especially its lighter and more entertaining side, imbuing it with the seriousness of their art full of finesse and intelligence. Schubert in 19th-century Vienna follows with his Octet the exemplar of Beethoven’s masterful Septet, while Khachaturian, still a student at the Moscow Conservatory, is fully aware of the beauty and truth he can derive from the style of the traditional music of Armenia and based on it he composes his lively Trio for an unusual -at the time- combination of instruments.
Sunday, September 1st 2024 – CONCERT 5
Minoa Palace Resort – Conference Hall
Johannes Brahms(1833 – 1897)Variations on a theme by Haydn for two pianos, op. 56b
Witold Lutosławski (1913 – 1994)
Variations on a Theme by Paganini for two pianos
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)
Suite No. 1 in G minor, op. 5, “Fantaisie-tableaux”
Vassilis Varvaresos, piano
Titos Gouvelis, piano
The piano, as a truly polyphonic instrument, is inextricably linked to a rich, symphonic sound, but also to the intense virtuoso brilliance that so often dominates his repertoire. When in fact two pianos are called to co-exist and accompany each other and additionally in the service of great musical ideas, the sound effect cannot be anything less than cataclysmic and sweeping. Brahms aimed for this exact feeling with his majestic Variations, Rachmaninoff with his sensual, intensely erotic First Suite and also the leading Polish composer of the 20th century, Witold Lutoslawski with his variations on a theme by Paganini, which are one of the most popular works for two pianos of all time.
Tuesday September 3rd & Wednesday September 4th 2024 – CONCERT 6 & 7
Ancient Theater of Aptera
Ludwig van Beethoven(1770 – 1827)Septet in E-flat major, op. 20, for clarinet, bassoon, French horn,
violin, viola, cello and double bass
Panagiotis Giannakas, clarinet
Rui Lopes, bassoon
Angelos Sioras, French horn
Noé Inui, violin
Antonis Tzivenis, viola
Angelos Liakakis, violoncello
Konstantinos Sifakis, double bass
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893)
String Sextet in D minor, op. 70 “Souvenir de Florence”
Noé Inui, violin
Ioannis Mageiropoulos, violin
George Demertzis, viola
Antonis Tzivenis, viola
Angelos Liakakis, violoncello
Timotheos Gavriilidis – Petrin, violoncello
Beethoven’s Septet, although a relatively early work and still far from the intense passions and robust drama that so strongly characterize his later works, was one of his most popular works during his lifetime – and remains so today, thanks to the freshness of its themes and the liveliness of the «plot» among its performers. Something similar is also true for Tchaikovsky’s Sextet, only in this case the composer, at the end of his life, searches for his lost innocence in the immortal Italian melodiousness while simultaneously diving into the turbulent depths of his passionate Russian soul.
THE CONCERT IS PART OF ΤΗΕ CRETE FESTIVAL
CO-PRODUCTION WITH THE REGION OF CRETE
AND THE EPHORATE OF ANTIQUITIES OF HERAKLION
Free entry with online reservation for the concerts in Aptera.
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