SYMPHONY CONCERT

Final concert of the participants of the masterclass for conducting, concertmaster and timpanist

The Ljubljana International Orchestra

Artistic direction:
Conductor: Klaus Arp
Concertmaster: Gregory Ahss
Raymond Curfs, timpani and percussion

J. Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D major, Op. 73
I. Allegro non troppo (D major)
Conductor: Antoine Glatard (France)
Concertmaster: Afonso Almeida (Portugal)
Timpanist: Tim Verstegen (The Netherlands)

II. Adagio non troppo (B major)
Conductor: Antoine Glatard (France)
Concertmaster: Tamara Bakardzieva (Bulgaria)
Timpanist: Axel Dewulf (Belgium)

III. Allegretto grazioso | quasi andantino (G major)
Conductor: Davide Lorenzato (Italy)
Concertmaster: Sumire Hara (The Netherlands)

IV. Allegro con spirito (D major)
Conductor: Davide Lorenzato (Italy)
Concertmaster: Milana Bjelobaba (Serbia)
Timpanist: Tim Verstegen (The Netherlands)

R. Strauss (1864-1949): Death and Transfiguration, op. 24
I. Largo (The Patient Near Death)
Conductor: Chin-Chao Lin (Taiwan)
Concertmaster: Anne Solveig Weber (Germany)
Timpanist: Nestor Morales Vitoria (Spain)

II. Allegro molto agitato (The struggle between life and death gives no peace to man)
Conductor: Vincent Pelechano (Spain)
Concertmaster: Tamara Bakardzieva (Bulgaria)
Timpanist: Nestor Morales Vitoria (Spain)

III. Meno mosso (The life of the dying goes before him)
Conductor: Vincent Pelechano (Spain)
Concertmaster: Tamara Bakardzieva (Bulgaria)
Timpanist: Nestor Morales Vitoria (Spain)

IV. Moderato (The Transformation Sought)
Conductor: Vincent Pelechano (Spain)
Concertmaster: Tamara Bakardzieva (Bulgaria)
Timpanist: Nestor Morales Vitoria (Spain)

Other percussion parts:

R. Strauss: Tam tam – Javier Azanza (Spain)
H. Berlioz (1803 - 1869): Symphonie Fantastique
Episode from The Life of the Artist, op. 14
I. Reveries – Passions
Conductor: Joseph Bastian (France/Switzerland)
Concertmaster: Sumire Hara (The Netherlands)
Timpanist: Carlos Peiro (Spain)

II. Dance
Conductor: Joseph Bastian (France/Switzerland)
Concertmaster: Afonso Almeida (Portugal)
Timpanist: Carlos Peiro (Spain)

III. Scene in the Field
Conductor: Ryuichiro Ikariyama (Japan)
Concertmaster: Tamara Bakardzieva (Bulgaria)
Timpanists: Erna Kerman (Slovenia), Axel Dewulf (Belgium), Nestor Morales Vitoria (Spain), Carlos Peiro (Spain)

IV. March to the Stage
Conductor: Beomseok Yi (Republic of Korea)
Concertmaster: Milana Bjelobaba (Serbia)
Timpanists: Jonathan Beyers (Belgium), Leonardo Losciale (Italy)

V. The Dream of the Witches' Sabbath
Conductor: Beomseok Yi (Republic of Korea)
Concertmaster: Anne Solveig Weber (Germany)
Timpanists: Jonathan Beyers (Belgium), Leonardo Losciale (Italy), Tim Verstegen (The Netherlands), Jonathan Beyers (Belgium), Leonardo Losciale (Italy), Erna Kerman (Slovenia), Carlos Peiro (Spain), Javier Azanza (Spain)

Other percussion:

Cymbals - Javier Azanza (Spain)
Bassdrum - Tim Verstegen (The Netherlands)
Chimes and Snare drum - Carlos Peiro (Spain)