Conductor Wilson Ng (newly appointed Fellow Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra), leads the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra. Violinist Esther Yoo (youngest prizewinner of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition), joins the orchestra for Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D Major, one of the most beloved works in the violin repertoire. After the interval, the programme lives up to its title with Brahms’ Piano Quartet in G Minor, radically transformed into a full orchestral work by Arnold Schoenberg. Familiar Brahms  experienced in a way you’ve never heard before.

ARTISTS:
Wilson Ng, conductor
Esther Yoo, violin

PROGRAMME:
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77

Intermission

Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25 (orchestrated by Schoenberg)

Presented as part of the Qatar-Canada Year of Culture, this concert brings the sound of Canada to Doha under conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe, winner of First Prize at the prestigious Prague Spring International Conducting Competition. The programme showcases four Canadian composers rarely heard in this part of the world; Morawetz’s vibrant Carnival Overture, Mercure’s colourful Kaleidoscope, and Hétu’s evocative On the Banks of the Saint-Maurice River, followed after the interval by Morawetz’s ambitious Symphony No. 2. Don’t miss the chance to discover a musical tradition as vast and varied as Canada itself.

ARTIST:
Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

PROGRAMME: 
Oskar Morawetz: Carnival Overture
Pierre Mercure: Kaleidoscope
Jacques Hétu: On the Banks of the Saint-Maurice River, Op. 78

Intermission

Oskar Morawetz: Symphony No. 2

Conductor David Navarro-Turres leads the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra in a celebration of the Golden Age of Arabic music. From the Euphrates to the Nile traces a musical journeyacross the region’s storied vocal tradition, brought to the stage by singers Ziyad Al-Hajri, Manar Duraied, and Ahmed Effat.

A night of classic Arabic melodies, reimagined for full orchestra, celebrating the voices and songs that shaped a golden era of music across the region.

ARTISTS:
David Navarro-Turres, conductor
Ahmed Effat, vocals
Ziyad Al-Hajri, vocals
Manar Duraid, vocals
Alan Arif , violin
Mohamed Oweda, violin
Osama Al Bayati, violin

Arabic Takht:
Mohamed Oweda, violin
Islam El Hefnawy, violin
Eslam Abdelaziz, viola
Hassan Moataz, cello
Taoufik Mirkhan, Qanoon
George Oro, percussion

Composers and Arrangers:
Qoutayba Neaimi
Ahmed Oweda

PROGRAMME: 
Across Mountains We Dance (Music)
Tala’a Min Beit Abuha
Aeel Yaa Al Asmar Aee
Marru Alayna Al-Hilween
Hatha Al-Hilu Gatelni Ya Amma
Marreina Bikum Hamad
Bayn Al-Asr Wal-Maghrib

INTERMISSION

Nebtedi Menain El Hikaya (Instrumental Introduction)
Bahlam Beek
Gabbar
Ya Alby Ya Khali
Zay El Hawa
Ahebbak

Conductor Felix Mildenberger (winner of the Donatella Flick London Symphony Orchestra Conducting Competition and former assistant to Sir Simon Rattle), leads the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra in a programme built around its own stars. Four of the orchestra’s principal wind players step into the spotlight for Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, oboist Germán Díaz Blanco, clarinettist Rony Moser, bassoonist Yoshiko Koyama, and horn player Peter Davida, in a joyful conversation between four solo voices and the orchestra. The evening opens with Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, inspired by the crashing waves of a Scottish sea cave, and closes with his Symphony No. 1, written when the composer was just fifteen.

ARTISTS:
Felix Mildenberger, conductor
Blanco German Diaz, oboe
Rony Moser, clarinet
Yoshiko Koyama, bassoon
Peter Davida, horn

PROGRAMME: 
Felix Mendelssohn: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Overture, Op. 26
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major, K. 297b

Intermission

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No.1 in C Minor, Op. 11