The Festival of the Aegean - 2016

THE APPEARANCE OF THE PAN-EUROPEAN PHILHARMONIA OF WARSAW IS MADE POSSIBLE DUE TO A DONATION BY THE SCHWARZ FAMILY OF MUNICH, GERMANY.

Sunday, July 10

8:30 PM - Apollo Theater

Festival Premiere Concert
In Celebration of the 190th Anniversary of the Founding of Hermoupolis by Louka Rallis on June 24, 1826

HAYDN: Mass No. 10 in C major, H. XXII:9 (“Missa in Tempore Belli” / “Mass in Time of War”) (1796)
Lydia Zervanos, Soprano
Katerina Roussou, Mezzo-soprano
Ioannis Kavouras, Tenor
Stanislav Chernenkov, Bass

Corfu Municipal Choir "San Giacomo" (Antoniy Ivanov, Director)

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (“Pathétique”) (1893)
Pan-European Philharmonia
Peter Tiboris, Conductor

Monday, July 11

LEONCAVALLO: I Pagliacci (1892)
Piero Giuliacci, Tenor (Canio) 
Eilana Lappalainen, Soprano (Nedda) 
Massimiliano Fichera, Baritone (Tonio) 
Ioannis Kavouras, Tenor (Beppe) 
Joseph Lim, Baritone (Silvio) 

Pan-European Philharmonia
Giovanni Pacor, Conductor
Detlef Soelter, Stage Director

Tuesday, July 12

8:30 PM - Apollo Theater

BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 (1807)
HAYDN: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Hob.VIIb:1 (1761-65)
"Great Artist Series" – Nicholas Canellakis, Cellist and Leader (USA, Greek Debut)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (1806)
"Great Artist Series" – Pavel Šporcl, Violinist (Czech Republic, 
Festival Debut)
Pan-European Philharmonia
Peter Tiboris, Conductor

Wednesday, July 13

LEONCAVALLO: I Pagliacci (1892)
Piero Giuliacci, Tenor (Canio) 
Eilana Lappalainen, Soprano (Nedda)
Massimiliano Fichera, Baritone (Tonio)
Ioannis Kavouras, Tenor (Beppe) 
Joseph Lim, Baritone (Silvio)

Pan-European Philharmonia
Giovanni Pacor, Conductor
Detlef Soelter, Stage Director

Thursday, July 14

8:30 PM - Apollo Theater

CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in in E minor, Op. 11 (1830)
"Artist Spotlight Series" - Asiya Korepanova, Pianist (Russia)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (“Pathétique”) (1893)
Pan-European Philharmonia
Peter Tiboris, Conductor

Friday, July 15

6:00 PM - St. Nicholas Church

“Sunset Concert” featuring French & Italian Sacred Music by Bach, Pergolesi, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Lalouette, Charpentier, Campra, Berlioz, Franc, Fauré, Ropartz, Langlais, Poulenc

Choeur d'Enfants d'Ile-de-France (Paris, France) 
Francis Bardot, Director

Jérôme Boutillier, Pianist Free and open to the public

Friday, July 15

8:30 PM - Apollo Theater

LEONCAVALLO: I Pagliacci (1892)
Piero Giuliacci, Tenor (Canio) 
Eilana Lappalainen, Soprano (Nedda)
Massimiliano Fichera, Baritone (Tonio)
Ioannis Kavouras, Tenor (Beppe) 
Joseph Lim, Baritone (Silvio)

Pan-European Philharmonia
Giovanni Pacor, Conductor
Detlef Soelter, Stage Director

Saturday, July 16

Free admission for children
Sponsored by the Municipality of Syros

BRAHMS: Tragic Overture, Op. 81
BERLIOZ: La mort de Cléopâtre, H.36 (1829) 
“Artist Spotlight Series” - Katerina Roussou, Mezzo-soprano

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74
("Pathétique") (1893)
Pan-European Philharmonia
Peter Tiboris, Conductor

Sunday, July 17

8:30 PM - Apollo Theater

LEONCAVALLO: I Pagliacci (1892)
Piero Giuliacci, Tenor (Canio) 
Eilana Lappalainen, Soprano (Nedda)
Massimiliano Fichera, Baritone (Tonio)
Ioannis Kavouras, Tenor (Beppe) 
Joseph Lim, Baritone (Silvio)

Pan-European Philharmonia
Giovanni Pacor, Conductor
Detlef Soelter, Stage Director

Monday, July 18

7:00 PM - Apollo Theater

Special Children's Concert - Free and open to the public
Sponsored by the Municipality of Syros

BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1946) 
KLEINSINGER: Tubby the Tuba (1946)
Pan-European Philharmonia
Dirk Boiy, Conductor (Brussels, Belgium)
George Michalakis, Narrator (Syros) 

HENRY MOLLICONE: Starbird (1981)
Greek Opera Studio
Eilana Lappalainen, General Director of Greek Opera Studio
Detlef Soelter, Stage Director

Tuesday, July 19

8:30 PM - Apollo Theater

Free admission for children

Solo Arias from Great Oratorios featuring Greek Opera Studio Artists
Pan-European Philharmonia
Rafail Pylarinos, Conductor

"Liederabend"
Greek Opera Studio artists singing works from
Italy, Germany, France, America and Greece
Eilana Lappalainen, General Director of Greek Opera Studio
Pantelis Polichronides, Pianist

Wednesday, July 20

8:30 PM - Apollo Theater 

"Mozart's Marriage Madness" 
(Based on Mozart's opera Le nozze di Figaro)
Presented by the Greek Opera Studio
Eilana Lappalainen, General Director of Greek Opera Studio
Dirk Schattner, Stage Director
Spyros Souladakis, Pianist

Thursday, July 21

8:30 PM - Apollo Theater 

Academica Athens Orchestra (Strings from Athens) (Festival Debut)

BRITTEN: Simple Symphony, Op. 4 (1933-34)
HANDEL-PAPAGEORGIOU: Suite on Handel's Fourth Violin Sonata for Violin, Piano, and Strings, HWV 372 (1749-50)
J.S. BACH: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 (1738)
C. PAPAGEORGIOU: Concertino 1056 for piano and strings

Christos Papageorgiou, Conductor and Pianist

Friday, July 22

8:30 PM - Apollo Theater 

Academica Athens Orchestra (Strings from Athens) 

ALBINONI: Adagio fo Strings in G major
MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 for Strings in G major), K.525 (1787)
BARBER: Adagio
Christos Papageorgiou, Conductor

GENZMER: Piano Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Strings (1963) 
Jenia Manoussaki, Conductor and Pianist 

Saturday, July 23

8:30 PM - Apollo Theater 

Greek Opera Studio Grand Finale: Opera Galore
Scenes, duets, and arias from the world’s best-known operas featuring
young and upcoming artists from the Greek Opera Studio

Eilana Lappalainen, General Director of Greek Opera Studio
Pantelis Polichronides, Pianist