Mahler

Conducotr: Aleksandar Marković Soloist: Željko Lučić, baritone Program: Mahler

WORLD MUSIC DAY

Conductor: Premil Petrović Soloists: Christina Shuklar, violin Irena Josifoska, cello Aleksandar Đermanović, piano Program: Beethoven

At the Crossroads of Myth and Philosophy – Opera Oedipe

The opera Œdipe (Oedipus) is a monumental musical and dramatic work in four acts with a prologue, composed to a libretto by the French poet Edmond Fleg, based on Sophocles’ tragedies Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus.
Nenad Marković

Specters of Maqam – Trumpet Concerto by Alexander Arutiunian

Alexander Arutiunian (1920–2012) was one of the key composers of Armenia’s postwar musical life and long-time director of the Armenian Philharmonic (1954–1990). His Trumpet Concerto, composed during the war years, was not premiered until 1950 in Moscow, performed by Aykaz Messiyan with the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. The work is written…