The 2013 "George Enescu" Festival (
http://festivalenescu.ro/en/) has begun on Sunday, September 1st, in Bucharest, and it’s going to be 4 weeks long. As usual, many concerts have a Romanian piece in the programme.
Most of the concerts will be broadcasted live on Radio Romania Muzical (
www.romania-muzical.ro, to listen live:
http://web.srr.ro/stream/playlist.shtml?id=3&type=0).
Selections from the schedule:
Wednesday, September 4th, 14:00 (GMT)
G. Enescu – Suite no. 3 for orchestra in D Major op. 27 "Villageoise"
National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia
Conductor: Vladimir Spivakov
Thursday, September 5th, 14:00 (GMT)
Cornel Țăranu – Simfonia “Memorial”
“Moldova” Philharmonic Orchestra - Iasi
Conductor: Leo Hussain
Friday, September 6th, 14:00 (GMT)
Ulpiu Vlad – "The light of the roads"
“Transilvania” Philharmonic Orchestra - Cluj
Conductor: Jorg Widmann
Friday, September 6th, 16:30 (GMT)
G. Enescu – Symphony no. 1 in E flat Major op. 13
Orchestre de Paris
Conductor: Paavo Jarvi
Saturday, September 7th, 14:00 (GMT)
R. Fuchs – Piano Quartet no. 2 in b minor op. 75
G. Enescu – Piano Quartet no. 2 in d minor op. 30
"Tammuz" Quartet
Monday, September 9th, 16:30 (GMT)
G. Enescu – Suite no.1 in C Major op. 9
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI
Conductor: Juraj Valcuha
Wednesday, September 11th, 16:30 (GMT)
G. Enescu – Symphonic poem “Vox Maris” op. 31
Soloist: Marius Vlad Budoiu – tenor
Orchestra and Choir dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Saturday, September 14th, 08:00 (GMT)
G. Enescu – Trio in a minor (1916)
Altenberg Trio Wien
Saturday, September 14th, 14:00 (GMT)
G. Enescu – Symphony no. 2 in A Major op. 17
Orchestre National D’Île-de-France
Conductor : Cristian Lupes
Saturday, September 14th, 17:00 (GMT)
G. Enescu – Symphony no. 3 with choir in C Major op. 21
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor : Vladimir Jurowsky
Sunday, September 15th, 14:00 (GMT)
G. Enescu – Octuor in C Major op. 7
Harmonius Chamber orchestra - Osaka
Conductor : Otomo Naoto
Tuesday, September 17th, 16:30 (GMT)
G. Enescu – Concertante Symphonie for cello and orchestra in b minor op. 8
Munchener Philharmoniker
Soloist: Gautier Capuçon – cello
Conductor: Semyon Bychkov
Wednesday, September 18th, 14:00 (GMT)
G. Enescu – Symphonic poem "Isis" (arrangement by Pascal Bentoiu – based on the composer's notes)
Lucerne Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: James Gaffigan
Tuesday, September 24th, 16:30 (GMT)
G. Enescu – Suite no. 2 for orchestra in C Major op. 20
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Sakari Oramo
Wednesday, September 25th, 14:00 (GMT)
G. Enescu – Intermezzi op. 12
Camerata Salzburg
Conductor: Louis Langree
Saturday, September 28th, 09:00 (GMT)
G. Enescu – Piano quartet no. 1 in D Major op. 16 (1909)
The Schubert Ensemble
Saturday, September 28th, 16:30 (GMT)
G. Enescu – Capriccio for violin and orchestra (orchestration by Cornel Ţăranu, after composer’s notes)
Soloist: Dmitry Sitkovetsky – violin
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Cristian Mandeal