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 Lord Byron's Dream (Istanbul, Austrian Cultural Forum)
 Lord Byron's Pilgrimage (Vienna, Bibliotheca Theresiana)

Fatmia Spar and The Freedom Fries (Volkstheater Wien, Rote Bar)

DJ Miss Ümit (Volkstheater Wien, Rote Bar)

Haydn in Niederweiden (Schloss Niederweiden)

Hommage to Leyla Gencer (Istanbul, Austrian Cultural Forum)

Haydn Meets Sultans (Istanbul, Austrian Cultural Forum)

Sultans at the Opera (Vienna, Bibliotheca Theresiana)

Melodias Epicas - Simultaneous Impressions (Istanbul, Austrian Cultural Forum)

Turkish Scenes (Vienna, Turkish Embassy)

 

Lord Byron's Dream

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Istanbul, Austrian Cultural Forum

Matthew Head (London) (Presentation)

Anna Pangalou (Athens) (Mezzo-soprano)
Stefano Cavallerin (Perugia) (Piano)

 

Lord Byron's Pilgrimage

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Vienna, Bibliotheca Theresiana

Matthew Head (London) (Presentation)

Anna Pangalou (Athens) (Mezzo-soprano)
Stefano Cavallerin (Perugia) (Piano)

 

Fatima Spar and The Freedom Fries

Sunday, November 15, 2009, 24h00

Volkstheater Wien, Rote Bar

Fatima Spar (vocals)

Alexander Wladigeroff, Martin Eberle (trumpet, flugelhorn)

Andrej Prosorov (soprano sax)

Phil Yeager, Clemens Hofer (trombone)

Milos Todorovski (accordion)

Florian Kmet, Florian Wagner (guitar)

Philipp Moosbrugger (upright bass)

Erwin Schober (drums)

Fatima Spar and The Freedom Fries play a great concert with songs from their albums

 Zirzop and Trust

 afterwards...

 

DJ Miss Ümit

 

Monday, November 15, 2009, 02h00

Volkstheater Wien, Rote Bar

Club Night with DJ Miss Ümit

Lounge / Bossa Nova / Nu Jazz

 

Haydn in niederweiden

Friday, July 10, 2009, 19h30

Schloss Niederweiden

P R O G R A M M E

Joseph Haydn

Four Songs from The English Canzonettas (Hob. XXVIa, no. 30, 31, 32, 35); poetry by Anne Hunter

 

Maurice Ravel

Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn

 

Joseph Haydn

"Valorosi compagni... Dove son! Che miro intorno." Recitativo ed aria di Ubaldo da Armida, dramma eroico di Nunziato Porta (Hob. XXVIII:12) 

 

 Claude Debussy

"Hommage à Joseph Haydn" for piano, L. 115

 

Joseph Haydn

"Arianna a Naxos" cantata a voce sola (Hob. XXVIb:2)

 

Anna Pangalou (Mezzo-Soprano)

Nikolas Tsalikis (Piano) 

 

LYRICS

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Four Songs from The English Canzonettas (1794/1795) (Hob. XXVIa : 31, 32, 35, 30); poetry by Anne Hunter

 

Sailor's Song High on the giddy bending mast The seaman furls the rending sail , And , fearless of the rushing blast , He careless whistles to the gale .      Rattling ropes and rolling seas ,     Hurly-burly , hurly-burly ,     War nor death can him displease . The hostile foe his vessel seeks , High bounding o'er the raging main , The roaring cannon loudly speaks , Tis Britain's glory we maintain .     Rattling ropes and rolling seas ,     Hurly-burly , hurly-burly ,     War nor death can him displease .

The Wanderer To wander alone when the moon ,      faintly beaming With glimmering lustre ,      darts throw the dark shade , Where owls seek for covert ,      and nightbirds complaining Add sound to the horror that darkens the glade . Tis not for the happy ;      come , daughter of sorrow , Tis here thy sad thoughts      are embalm'd in thy tears , Where , lost in the past ,      disregarding tomorrow , There's nothing for hopes and nothing for fears .

Piercing Eyes Why asks my fair one if I love ? Those eyes so piercing bright Can ev'ry doubt of that remove , And need no other light . Those eyes full well do known my heart , And all its working see , E'er since they play'd  the conq'ror's part , And I no more was free .

Fidelity While hollow burst the rushing winds , And heavy beats the show'r , This anxious , aching bosom finds No comfort in its pow'r . For ah , my love , it little knows What thy hard fate may be , What bitter storm of fortune blows , What tempests trouble thee . A wayward fate hath spun the thread On which our days depend , And darkling in the checker'd shade , She draws it to an end . But whatsoe?er may be our doom , The lot is cast for me , For in the world or in the tomb , My heart is fix'd on thee .

In May 1909 Jules Écorcheville, the founder/editor of the periodicals Revue musicale de la Société Musicale Indépendante and Revue musicale mensuelle de la Société Internationale de Musique, invited a number of French composers to write a short piano piece as homage to Joseph Haydn, commemorating the centenary of his death. The musical material was adapted from a series of notes based on the letters of Haydn's name (H-A-D-D-G, in French nomenclature, and following the famous example B A C H given by Johann Sebastian Bach on his own name), chosen after the following scheme:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A B C D E F G H B C D E F G A B C D E F G A B C D E

Amongst the invited composers, Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921), though approving the desire of honouring Haydn, remained sceptical on the concept, as he wrote to his pupil Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) on July 16, 1909: "I am writing to M. Écorcheville, asking him to prove to me that the two letters Y and N can signify d and g. I ask you to do the same. It would be annoying to get mixed up in a silly business which would make us the laughing stock of the German musical world."

 Participants untainted with such retentions were Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931) Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Paul Dukas (1865-1935), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), and Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947). The compositions were first published in a special issue January 1910 and first represented by Ennemond Trillat in a concert of the Société Nationale de Musique at the Salle Pleyel in Paris on March 11, 1911.

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Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn
Pour piano, en G majeur

 

Joseph Haydn
"Valorosi compagni... Dove son! Che miro intorno" (1783). Recitativo ed aria di Ubaldo da Armida, dramma eroico di Nunziato Porta (Hob. XXVIII : 12)

 

Valorosi Compagni, nuovi perigli A superar vi guido .   Andiam ! Ma qual d'intorno odo rumor d?impetuosi venti . Di qual' orror veggio coprirsi il ciglio , e in seno Mi scorre un freddo gelo . Come !  Pavento ?  Oimè ! Compie sicuro d' avanzarmi or qui provo Ma Ubaldo or più in Ubaldo io non ritrovo . Dove son ?  Che miro intorno ! Son di Lete sulle sponde O son questi i rai del giorno ? Il pensier mi si confonde , Sento l'alma ad agitar .

Tapf're Gefährten , neue Gefahr Führ ich Euch überwinden .  Auf ! Doch hör ich rings den Lärm von Sturmestoben . Vor welchem Schrecken dunkelt mir der Blick , Friert mir die Brust zu Eis ? Wie !  Furchtsam ich ?  Weh mir ! Sicher voran soll schreiten ich nur immer Und find mich selbst doch in mir selber nimmer . Wo bin ich ?  Um mich , was schau? ich! Sind die Ufer dies des Lethe Oder noch des Tages Strahlen ? Mein Gedanke sich verwirret , Meine Seel' erregt in Qualen .

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

"Hommage à Joseph Haydn" Pour piano, en G majeur. Mouvement de Valse lente
( L. 115 )

 

Joseph Haydn
"Arianna a Naxos" (1789) cantata a voce sola con accompagnamento del clavicembalo o forte-piano (Hob. XXVIb:2). Poesia probabilmente di Nunziato Porta

 

Adagio Teseo mio ben , dove sei tu ? Vicin d' averti mi parea , Ma un lusinghiero sogno Fallace m' ingannò . Già sorge in ciel la rosea Aurora , E l' erbe e i fior colora Febo Uscendo dal mar col crine aurato . Sposo , sposo adorato , dove guidasti il piè ? Forse le fere ad inseguir Ti chiama il tuo nobile ardor . Ah vieni , ah vieni , o caro , Più grata offrirò preda ai tuoi lacci . Il cor d' Arianna amante , Che t' adora costante , Stringi con nodo più tenace , E più bella la face Splenda del nostro amor . Soffrir non posso D' esser da te divisa un sol istante . Ah di vederti , o caro , Già mi strugge il desio ; Ti sospira il mio cor , Vieni , idol mio .		Adagio Theseus , mein Leben , wo nur bist du ? Dich süß an meiner Seite ruhend glaubt' ich - Doch nur ein schmeichelnd Traumbild Hat mich getäuscht , betrogen . Schon steigt die Morgenröte auf den Himmel , Und Gras und Blüten färbt der Sonnengott , Der aus dem Meere taucht mit goldnen Locken -  Gatte , geliebter Gatte , wo setzt den Fuß du hin ? Vielleicht zur Jagd auf wilde Tiere Ruft dich dein edler Trieb . Ach komm , ach komm , Geliebter , Beglückt sei ich die Beute deiner Schlingen . Das Herz der treuen Gattin , Das standhaft für dich schlägt , Bind' es mit fester'm Band , Und heller wird die Fackel Unserer Liebe lodern . Nicht länger kann ich tragen Von dir getrennt zu sein nur einen Augenblick . Ach , Liebster , dich zu sehen Quält mich all mein Verlangen . Mein Herz erseufzet dich , Komm , du mein Leben .
Aria (Largo) Dove sei , mio bel tesoro , Chi t' invola a questo cor ? Se non vieni , io già mi moro , Né resisto al mio dolor . Se pietade avete , oh Dei , Secondate i voti miei , A me torni il caro ben . Dove sei ?  Teseo !		Arie Wo bist du , mein schöner Engel , Wer bringt dich an dieses Herz ? Kommst du nicht , find ich mein Ende : Widerstehe nicht dem Schmerz ! Wenn ihr Mitleid fühlt , ihr Götter , Gnadenvoll blickt auf mich nieder : Der Geliebte kehre wieder . Wo verweilst du?  Theseus !
Recitativo Ma , a chi parlo?  Gli accenti Eco ripete sol . Teseo non m' ode , Teseo non mi risponde , E portano le voci e l' aure e l' onde . Poco da me lontano esser egli dovria . Salgasi quello che più d' ogni altro S' alza alpestre scoglio ; Ivi lo scoprirò . Che miro ?  Oh stelle , misera me , Quest' è l' argivo legno ! Greci son quelli ! Teseo !  Ei sulla prora ! Ah , m' ingannassi almen ... No , no , non m' inganno . Ei fugge , ei qui mi lascia in abbandono . Più speranza non v' è , tradita io sono . Teseo , Teseo , m'ascolta , Teseo ! Ma oimè !  Vaneggio !  I flutti e il vento Lo involano per sempre agli occhi miei . Ah siete ingiusti , o Dei , Se l' empio non punite !  Ingrato ! Perchè ti trassi dalla morte , Dunque tu dovevi tradirmi ! E le promesse , e i giuramenti tuoi ? Spergiuro , infido !  hai core di lasciarmi . A chi mi volgo , Da chi pietà sperar ?  Già più non reggo , Il piè vacilla , e in così amaro istante Sento mancarmi in sen l' alma tremante .		Rezitativ Doch zu wem red' ich ?  Meine Klagen Gibt Echo nur zurück . Theseus - er hört nicht , gibt keine Antwort , Nur Wind und Wellen gilt mein Rufen . Doch kann er weit nicht sein von mir . Erklommen jene Felsenklippe sei , Die sich am höchsten unter allen  hebt ; Von dort entdeck ich ihn . Was seh' ich ?  Nein , entsetzlich , Das ist das Schiff der Griechen ? Griechen sind jene ! Theseus !  Er auf dem Bug ! Wenn ich mich täuschte ? Nein, nein , ich täusch mich nicht . Er flieht , er läßt mich hier verschmachten . Ich bin verraten , keine Hoffnung mehr . Theseus !  Theseus !  Oh hör mich , Theseus ! Weh mir - ich rede irre !  Fluten und Winde Entführen ihn auf ewig meinen Blicken . Unrecht , ihr Götter , tut ihr , Wenn ihr nicht straft den Frevler !  Dankloser ! Weil ich vom Tod dich hab gerettet , Mußt du mich nun verraten ! Deine Versprechen , deine Schwüre ? Treulos Meineidiger , mich verlassen ! Wohin mich wenden , Woher Erbarmen hoffen ?  Mein Blut erstarrt Es wankt der Schritt , und in der bittern Stunde Fühl ich vergehen mich an tiefster Wunde .
Aria (Larghetto. Cantabile) A che morir vorrei In sì fatal momento , Ma al mio crudel tormento Mi serba ingiusto il ciel . (Presto) Misera abbandonata Non ho chi mi consola . Chi tanto amai s' invola		Arie Oh daß ich sterben könnte In diesem Augenblick , Doch grausam bleibt der Himmel Erhält mich dem Geschick . Elend und ganz verlassen, Kein Trost belebt mich neu , Den ich geliebt , der fliehet , Herzlos und ohne Treu .

 

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Hommage to leyla gencer (1928-2008), 'la diva turca'

 Friday, June 5, 2009,  19h30

Istanbul, Austrian Cultural Forum - Palais Yeniköy

P R O G R A M M E

Claudio Monteverdi

"La mia turca" dal Quarto Scherzo delle Ariose Vaghezze

Théâtre de l' Athenée, Paris, 1981

 

Claudio Monteverdi

"Addio Roma" Aria di Ottavia

L'Incoronazione di Poppea

Teatro alla Scala, Milano, 1967

 

Giovanni Paisiello

"Nel cor piu non mi sento"

La Molinara

Théâtre de l' Athenée, Paris, 1981

 

Joseph Haydn

"Arianna a Naxos" 

Cantata a voce sola for piano and voice

Théâtre de l' Athenée, Paris, 1985

 

Jules Massenet

"Air des lettres" Air de Charlotte

Werther

Teatro Lirico Guiseppe Verdi, Trieste, 1959

 

Jules Massenet

 "Va, laissez couler mes larmes" Air de Charlotte

Werther

Teatro Lirico Guiseppe Verdi, Trieste, 1959

 

Pietro Mascagni

"Voi lo sapete, o mamma" Aria di Santuzza

Cavalleria rusticanna

Teatro di San Carlo, Napoli, 1971

 

Anna Pangalou (Mezzo-Soprano)

Nikolas Tsalikis (Piano)

 

 Haydn meets sultans - a musical voyage 

 

Thursday, June 4, 2009 19h30

Istanbul, Austrian Cultural Forum - Palais Yeniköy

P R O G R A M M E

Aydın Karlıbel

 

Joseph Haydn

Fantasia (Capriccio) in C Dur Hob.XVII:4

Fantasy in C Major Hob.XVII:4

 

W. A. Mozart

Variationen über die Ariette "Unser dummer Pöbel meint" KV 455 (aus

Ch. W. Gluck's Die Pilgrimme von Mekka)

Variations on the Arietta "Unser dummer Pöbel meint" (from Ch. W. Gluck's Opera The Pilgrims of Mecca)

 

Michael Haydn

Türkischer Marsch in C Dur

Türkischer Marsch in C Major

 Piano Transcription by Aydın Karlıbel (World Premiere)

 

Joseph Haydn

Symphonie Nr. 63 "La Roxelane", Teil II (Hob. I:63)

Symphony No. 63 "La Roxelane", Part II (Hob. I:63)

Arranged for Piano by Aydın Karlıbel

 

Sultan Mahmud II

Sharki (Song) - Arranged by Callisto Guatelli

 

Sultan Selim III

Sharki (Song) - Arranged by Callisto Guatelli

 

Aydın Karlıbel

Eyyübiler Operas' ndan "Çöl Elmas' Valsi" ve "Mistik Dans"

"Diamond of the Desert Waltz" and "Mystic Dance" from the Opera The Ayubites

 

Aydın Karlıbel

Piri Reis Operas' ndan "Bulut gelir seher ile"  Halk Türküsü'nün Düzenlemesi

"The cloud comes with the dawn" - Folksong arrangement from the Opera Piri Reis

 

Aydın Karlıbel - Alin Aylin Yağcıoğlu

Aydın Karlıbel

Zwei Lieder aus der Liederpalette

Two Songs from the Liederpalette cycle (Originally composed in German language)

1) Joanna's Arietta "Havuz" from the Opera The Ayubites (Poem by Ahmet Hasim)

2) "Nel Tempio di Aton" (Text by Michael Arends, Italian translation by Evin I.lgar)

 

Aydın Karlıbel - Franz Lehar

Musikalischer Spass in Memoriam Joseph Haydn: "Lustige Witwe Fantasie" über Themen von Lehar's Operetta - Adaption Ayd'n Karlibel

A Musical Joke in memory of Joseph Haydn: "Merry Widow Fantasy" on Themes from Lehar's Operetta - adaptation by Aydın Karlıbel

 

Aydın Karlıbel

'Yahya Kemal Oratoryosu'ndan

From Yahya Kemal Oratorio

1) "Mahurdan Gazel"  ('Gazel in Mahur Makam')

2) "Baki'nin Gazeli ve Perestis," ('Baki's Gazel and Adoration')

 

Aydın Karlıbel

"Eyyubiler Operas' ndan Kraliçe Berengeria'n'n Ikinci Perde Aryas"

"Aria of Queen Berengeria" from the Opera The Ayubites, Second Act

 

Aydın Karlıbel (Piano)

Alin Aylin Yağcıoğlu (Soprano)

SULTANS AT THE OPERA

Saturday, April 25, 2009 19h30

Vienna, Bibliotheca Theresiana

PROGRAMME

Giuseppe Donizetti (1788-1856)
Marcia Imperiale (Marcia di Mahmoud)

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
"Ah' Se non m'ami piu" Scene and Aria of Isoletta - La Straniera

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
"Corri, amica, corri" Aria and Cavatina of Irene - Belisario

Giuseppe Donizetti (1788-1856)
S,ark-i Cedîd der vasf- Hazret-i Vâlide-i Sultan Abdülmecid Han
[New Song for Her Highness the Mother of Sultan Abdülmecid Khan]

Sultan Abdülaziz (1830-1876)
Invitation à la Valse

Angelo Mariani (1821-1873)
"Amami" Romanza - Rimembranze del Bosforo

Gaetano Donizetti
"Oh mio Fernando" Recitativo and Aria of Leonora - La Favorita

Gaetano Donizetti
Gran Marcia Militare Imperiale di Abdul-Medjid Khan

 

Anna Pangalou (Mezzo-Soprano)
Dieter Paier (Piano)
Emre Araci (Concept and Presentation)

 

Sultans at the Opera
Devised and presented by music historian Emre Araci, with operatic arias selected and performed by mezzo-soprano Anna Pangalou and accompanied by pianist Dieter Paier, Sultans at the Opera takes us to the banks of the Bosphorus in the nineteenth century. There, Italian opera became 'the rage among Mussulmans,' as reported in The Times, and a brilliant opera house opened where Gustave Flaubert saw Lucia di Lammermoor and the librettist Felice Romani heard excerpts from La Straniera. This was a time when Giuseppe Donizetti, the eldest brother of Gaetano Donizetti, served the Ottoman sultans, Mahmud II and his successor Abdülmecid, as their master of music, penned Turkish songs and eventually rose to the rank of a 'pasha.' The sultans regularly proceeded to the mosque in state and sometimes to their seats in the imperial box at the opera house to the strains of Rossini marches and operatic interludes. Ladies of the harem learned to play the pianoforte with instruments imported from Vienna, while the passion of the court for the ballroom music of Europe resulted in royal compositions by members of the imperial Ottoman family, including ruling sultans, in the genres of polkas, marches and waltzes, to the extent that some even appeared in the catalogues of European publishing houses. Angelo Mariani directed two operatic seasons at the city's Naum Theatre and commemorated his time there in a set of love songs, Rimembranze del Bosforo, now long forgotten, including Amami set to the text of the celebrated Giacomo Casanova, while Richard Wagner, whose music he championed in Italy, enjoyed the patronage of Sultan Abdülaziz among the benefactors of the Bayreuth Festival Theatre. Apart from supporting Wagner, the Ottoman sultan also published several short dance pieces for the pianoforte in Italy, which included Invitation à la Valse. Tonight's concert evokes this lost age through music and historic commentary and illuminates an unexpected and brief façade in Ottoman musical history.

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LYRICS

Vincenzo Bellini
"Ah! Se non m'ami piu" Scene and Aria of Isoletta - La Straniera

 

Nè alcun ritorna?... Oh! cruda, dolorosa incertezza!
Ognun mi lascia! quel che avvenne ignorar
Tutto è mistero, incertezza, e squallor quanto qui vedo.
Artur m'abbandonò... che più richiedo?
E di mie nozze il giorno era pur questo!
E sul mio petto ancora stassi il pegno d'amor,
che di sua mano v'appese l'infedel!
Eccolo... ei sembra di un suo tenero sguardo ancor bearmi...
sembra, ah! sembra che ancor giuri d'amarmi.,
Ah! se non m'ami più, perchè si dolce ancor?
sembra parlar d'amor il tuo sorriso?
Ah! se non m'ami più, mi rendi il core almen,
Il core che dal sen tu m'hai diviso,
A chi parlo? a chi favello? lunge e Artur...

 

(CORO Esulta; ei riede.
ISOLETTA Che mai dite?...
CORO È nel castello.
ISOLETTA A che vien?
CORO Perdono ei chiede; Te fin d'oggi all'ara ei brama, E il consente il genitor.
ISOLETTA E fia ver?
CORO Ei t'ama, ei t'ama, è pentito dell'error.)

ISOLETTA
Io sua sposa!... Oh! lieto giorno!
M' ama ancora!... Oh! sommo bene!
Se il dolor tal premio ottiene, fortunato il mio dolor.
Al mio sguardo un roseo velo
Veste il cielo - il suol s'infiora;
Ogni oggetto amor colora
Della gioja del mio cor.

 

Gaetano Donizetti
"Corri, amica, corri" Aria and Cavatina of Irene - Belisario

 

IRENE
Corri amica... voliam sulla sponda all'amplesso del forte che arriva...
Ve', pe', trivi già il popolo inonda.
Odi il suon della calca festiva...
Delle trombe frammisto allo squillo del trionfo già l'inno intuonò;
Salutando l'augusto vessillo che il terror fra i nemici portò.
La man terribile del vincitor di baci fervidi io coprirò,
e al sen stringendomi del genitor, rapita in estasi d'amor sarò.
Un pianto tenero forse gli accenti sul labbro tremulo mi troncherà...
Ma quelle lagrime fieno eloquenti, ma quel silenzio tutto dirà!

 

Giuseppe Donizetti
S,ark-i Cedîd der vasf- Hazret-i Vâlide-i Sultan Abdülmecid Han
[New Song for Her Highness the Mother of Sultan Abdülmecid Khan]

 

I	I
Cihân eltâfina memnûn   Serâpa feyzine makrûn   Nihâdin cûduyla meshûn   Ola ömrün sehâ efzûn	The world is happy for your kindness With boundless wisdom Your nature is full of generosity Long may you live
II	II
Edince fasl-i sâza âgâz   Olur hânendeler demsâz   Edip hos gûs-i söz u sâz   Ola ömrün sehâ efzûn    [...]	When they start performing The singers become friends Playing and hearing pleasant music Long may you live [...]
V	V
Desin Faik kulun sarki   Bulasin nüzhet ü sevki   Edip devletle her zevki   Ola ömrün sehâ efzûn	Let your servant Faik say 'Song' May you find peace and pleasure Fulfilled with stately joy Long may you live

 
Angelo Mariani (1821-1873)
"Amami" Romanza - Rimembranze del Bosforo

 

O giovinetta vergine dal molle crin dorato
Vederti e a te rivolgersi non é fralezza, é fato:
l'alma tua pura eterea ogni mortale adora:
il cielo s'innamora di tua beltà, di te.
Chè non poss'io dei magici raggi del sol gemmarti,
cingerti il crin di mistici serti dell' alba e darti
tutti i color dell' iride, di tutti fior gl' incensi,
ed educar tuoi sensi alla pietà di me?
Amami, o santa, ed anima dolce rispondi ad alma;
sull' ara a mezzo il tempio palma si aggiunga si aggiunga a palma.
Amami : un solo volgimi, un guardo innamorato,
ch? io viva invidiato dagli angeli con te.

 

Gaetano Donizetti
"Oh mio Fernando" Recitativo and Aria of Leonora - La Favorita

 

Fia dunque vero... oh Ciel!
desso, Fernando, lo sposo di Leonora! Ah!
Tutto mel dice, e dubbia l'alma ancora
all'inattesa gioia!
Oh Dio! Sposarlo...
oh mia vergogna estrema!
In dote al prode recar il disonor!
No... mai dovesse esecrarmi... fuggir!
saprà in brev'ora chi sia
la donna che cotanto adora!
O mio Fernando, della terra il trono.
A possederti avria donato il cor;
Ma puro l'amor mio, come il perdono,
Dannato - ahì, lassa! e a disperato orror!.
Il ver fia noto, e in tuo dispregio estremo
la pena avrommi che maggior si de'.
Ah! - Se il guisto tuo sdegno allor, allor fia scemo,
piombi, gran Dio, la folgor tua su me!
Ah, se fia sceno il tuo disdegno,
piombi, O Dio, la fulgor tua su me!
Su, crudely? - e chi v'arresta?
Scritto in cielo e il mio dolor!
Su, venite, ell'una festa,
sparsa l'ara sia di fior,
Già la tomba a me s'appresta,
E coperta in negro vel
sia la trista fidanzata
che rejetta, disperata.
non avrà perdono in ciel...
Maledetta, disperata.
non avrà perdono in ciel,
Ah, la trista fidanzata
Non avrà perdono in ciel!
Maledetta, disperata,
Non avrà perdono in ciel!

Melodias Epicas - Simultaneous Impressions

Ottoman Influences on European Music

Friday, June 6, 2008, 19h30

Istanbul, Austrian Cultural Forum

P R O G R A M M E

Abdülkadir Meragi (1360-1435)

Rast Nakis Song "Amed Nesimi Subhu Dem", arranged by Renan Koen

Unknown Composer

Psalmus

Ali Ufki (1610-1675)

6. Mezmur, arranged by Renan Koen

André Campra (1660-1744)

Zaide's aria and Hürrem's aria from L'Europe Galante

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Irene's aria from Bajazet

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)

Asteria's aria from Tamerlano

Hafiz Post (?-1694)

Gelse O Suh Meclise, arranged by Renan Koen

Itri (?-1712)

Tuti Mucize-i Guyem, arranged by Renan Koen

Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816)

Belisa's aria from Il Re Teodore in Venezia

Dede Efendi (1778-1846)

Rast Song "Yüzündür Cihani Münevver Eden", arranged by Renan Koen<

Sultan Murat V (1840-1904)

"La Priere"

Sultan Selim III (1761-1808)

Hüzzam Song "Gönül Verdim Bir Civane", lyrics by Selim III, arranged by Renan Koen

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Finale from Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Sultan Selim III

Buselik Song "Bir Pür cefa Hos Dilberdir", lyrics by Selim III, arranged by Renan Koen

Melodias Epicas

Sebnem Ünal (Soprano)

Renan Koen (Piano)

Nermin Kaygusuz (Kemence)

Gözde Colak (Percussion)

Turkish scenes

Friday, April 25, 2008 19h30

Vienna, Turkish Embassy

P R O G R A M M E

Johann Strauss (Vater) (1804-1849)

"Ballraketen" Walzer, Transkription for piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

"Tiger, wetze nur die Klauen" Aria from the opera Zaide

Reading - Mozart letters

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)

"Ah, qu'il est doux de se revoir" Aria from the opera La Rencentre Imprévue

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Variations on the Aria by Christoph Willibald Gluck "Unser dummer Pöbel meint", KV 455

Reading - Letters by Lady Mary Montague, Poeams by Sultan Selim

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

"Salamelica" Aria from the opera Lo Speziale

Franz Xaver Süßmayr (1766-1803)

"Man gewinnt nicht Mädchen Herzen" Cavatina from the opera Solimano II

 

Nadja Kayali (Concept and Presentation)

Jennifer Davison (Soprano)

Christopher Hinterhuber (Piano)

Brigitte Pekarek (Reading)

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ARTISTS

Emre Araci
Emre Araci is a composer, conductor and music historian whose research interests cover the Euro-Ottoman musical exchange and the history of European musical tradition in modern day Turkey. A graduate of the University of Edinburgh and a former Research Associate at the Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, University of Cambridge, conductor, composer and music historian, Dr Emre Araci has made original contributions to the scholarship of Turkish music through his pioneering research focused on the European musical practice at the Ottoman court. He recorded four CDs in London and Prague which were released in Turkey by Kalan Records, entitled European Music at the Ottoman Court, War and Peace: Crimea 1853-56, Bosphorus by Moonlight and Istanbul to London. Compilations from these albums were also released by Warner Classics under the title Invitation to the Seraglio and by Brilliant Classics entitled Euro-Ottomania, which The Gramophone described as 'an unexpectedly attractive collection, and the musical presentation is expert, idiomatic and alive.' His biography of the eminent twentieth-century Turkish composer Ahmed Adnan Saygun (1999) published by Yapi Kredi in Turkey was followed by the publication of Donizetti Pasha (2006) about the Italian master of music of the Ottoman sultans. Based in the United Kingdom and currently working on a history of the Naum Theatre, Istanbul's nineteenth-century Italian opera house, Dr Araci continues his Turco-European historical music research under the patronage of the Çarmikli family / Nurol Holding Inc. [back]

 

Stefano Cavallerin

Stefano Cavallerin began to study music in Perugia, Italy, where he received a diploma in piano at the Conservatory F. Morlacchi, and continued his musical studies at the Musikhochschule in Vienna (Diploma in composition). During his stays in Vienna he has worked as a concert pianist together with pianist Russell Ryan (Italy, Austria). After his studies, he was a coach in master classes for singers (Alfredo Kraus, Vienna; Gabriel Bacquier, Geneva; Antonietta Stella, Rome) and for the reopening of the Teatro sociale in Como, and also for the Rossini Opera Festival (Pesaro). He appeared as pianist for the première of the opera Maximilian Kolbe (Eugène Ionesco-Dominique Probst, Rimini). He was also assistant of the composer Egisto Macchi (Rome). In 1998 he composed the music for the operina by Jaein ou `Wwyyrsthh Eine Oper für Büropa (Linz, Brucknerhaus). He alternates between coaching, composing, and collaborating as researcher for the Don Juan Archiv Wien and for the Institut Studium Faesulanum. [back]

 

Jennifer Davison

Since her operatic debut at the age of 21, soprano Jennifer Davison has been developing a wide range of repertoire and artistic diversity while enjoying public and critical claim for her performances throughout Europe and the United States.  In her most recent success, as Vixen Sharp Ears in Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen at Vienna's Kammeroper the magazine 'Musical America' praised her for her 'sumptuous, crystalline voice' and for her 'feisty' stage presence. Jennifer Davison received a Bachelor's Degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland, and a Master of Music from the University of Cincinnati. After completing her studies she became a member of the Lucerne Theater in Switzerland and was heard in many roles including Pamina, Micaela, Almirena in Handel's Rinaldo, and the principle role Olga Neuwirth's Baehlamms Fest. Her active concert singing has brought her to concert halls and cathedrals in Vienna, Lucerne, Berlin, Baltimore, Zürich and Lyon, in works from Bach to Brahms, Mozart to Sciarrino. Upcoming performances include her debut with the Tonhalle Orchestra as Soprano Soloist in Mendelssohns' Paulus, an appearance with the Baroque Ensemble of the Wiener Symphoniker and with the Neue Oper Wien in Eliot Carter's What Next in November 2008. [back]

 

Matthew Head
Dr. Head, lecturer in music at King's College, London, is a graduate of Oxford and Yale, and a specialist in music of the European Enlightenment. He has published on C.P.E. Bach, Minna Brandes, Beethoven, Joseph Haydn, Mozart, and Sophie Westenholz, exploring issues of musical character, performance, improvisation, genre, authorship, orientalism and gender. Matthew Head is currently working on a book of essays on music, gender and authorship in the late eighteenth century. Publications include: Orientalism, Masquerade and Mozart's Turkish Music (RMA Monographs 9) London: RMA, 2000; 'Musicology on Safari: Orientalism and the Spectre of Postcolonial Theory,' in Music Analysis, 22/1-2 (March-July 2003), pp. 211-230; 'Haydn's Exoticisms: 'Difference' and the Enlightenment' in The Cambridge Companion to Haydn, ed. C. Clark. Cambridge: CUP, 2005, pp. 77-94. [back]

 

Christopher Hinterhuber

As one of the most interesting pianists of the young Austrian piano generation, Christopher Hinterhuber has won prizes at international piano competitions in Leipzig, Saarbrücken, Pretoria, Zürich and Vienna and performed solo recital and chamber music performances in concert halls such as the Wiener Konzerthaus and Musikverein, the Philharmonie Gasteig in Munich, the Gewandhaus Leipzig and the Suntory Hall in Tokyo and as "Rising Star" 2002/3 in the international series at all major European concert halls and the Carnegie Hall, New York. Since then he worked with many renowned orchestras and conductors, recent festival invitations include the Ruhr Piano Festival, Styriarte Graz, Prague autumn, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and Mozartwoche Salzburg. A special project was the recording and filming (his hands) for the french-austrian movie "La pianiste", directed by Michael Haneke, which won the Great Prize of the Jury in Cannes 2001. He has made several CD Recordings, and records currently all eight Piano Concertos by Beethoven's pupil Ferdinand Ries. The latest release included works for piano and orchestra by Hummel and won the prestigious Gramophone editor's choice in February 2008. He gave masterclasses in Japan, Europe and South America and was teaching piano as visiting professor at the University for Music in Vienna in 2005/6. [back]

 

Aydın Karlıbel
Born 1957 in Istanbul, Dr. Karlıbel began his piano lessons at the age of four; at the age of nine he became the private student of Cemal Resid Rey (1904-1985), with whom he worked until Rey's death. Along with his piano studies Karlıbel graduated from the Lycée du Saint-Michel (Prix d'Excellences) and the Robert College (1976) and finally received his bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature at the Boğaziçi University. Aydın Karlıbel also received the 'L.R.S.M. Diploma' from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools. Additionally, he participated in the Wiener Meisterkurse (1991-93) and the Summer Courses of the Accademia Chigiana. He was also awarded with the '2000 Outstanding Musician of 20th Century Prize' by the Cambridge Biographical Center. Karlıbel's compositions are printed and published as CDs by the Keturi Publishers in Germany. Karlıbel has been active in the Istanbul State Opera and Ballet since 1986, and his works and performances have been recorded on over eight CDs for Kalan Label, TRT and Iton Records. Over the years, he has won several prizes and mentions of the Municipal Conservatory and the Nejat Eczacıbaşı Contest. His works have been performed in England, Italy, Georgia and Germany. A concert pianist with an extensive repertoire, Karlıbel has composed two operas, an oratorio, two piano concertos, numerous original works and transcriptions for piano solo, choral, vocal, chamber works, and marches. He recorded, restored, orchestrated and computer printed many works of his master Cemal Resid Rey. Having also translated Ian Kemp's book on Berlioz's Les Troyens into Turkish (Pan Editions, 2009), he received his doctoral degree from Istanbul Technical University/MIAM in February 2009. His art aspires to fuse universal culture with Turkish aesthetics and colours. Dieter Paier Dieter Paier was born in Stiefing, Styria in Austria. Under the guidance of Otto Niederdorfer and Gerhard Zeller he studied music education and piano-vocal correpetition at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. During his study he was given a training order for correpetition at the singing department in Graz, and he worked there in song and oratorium classes until the end of 1996. In 1997 he was appointed as solo correpetitor to the University of Music and Art in Vienna. He has been assistant in the song class of K.S. Edith Mathis, and from 2007 in the class of K.S. Gabriele Fontana. Dieter Paier took lessons with Charles Spencer, and played in master classes with singers such as Gundula Janowitz, Sena Jurinac, Hilde Zadek, Sona Ghazarian and Thomas Quasthoff. He has regular concert obligations as a song accompanist throughout Europe. Recordings for broadcast, television and CD enrich his musical work. [back]

Nadja Kayali

Nadja Kayali, stage-director and dramaturge, was born in Vienna and studied Musicology and Opera directing at the University of Music Vienna. Engagements a.o. Opera Lucerne, Opèra du Rhin (Strasbourg/France), National Opera Skopje Macedonia. Nadja Kayali programs for Music festivals, such as the 'Morgenland Festival Osnabrück' in Germany and directed several festivals in Austria and Switzerland. She writes programs and articles for the Vienna State Opera ('Otello' and 'Die Omama im Apfelbaum') and the Hamburg State Opera, a.o. In 2006 she led several projects on the theme of 'Mozart and the Orient', among them the concert 'Mozart und die Türken' for the 'Mozart Jahr 2006' at the Konzerthaus Vienna and a concert at the Almaty State Opera in Kazakhstan. She also participated at the Al-Bustan Festival in Beirut.

Nadja Kayali is a frequent lecturer and presenter of concerts and operas in the Konzerthaus Vienna, the Musikverein and at the Salzburg Festival. For the Turkish Embassy she presented last year the 'Ahmed Adnan Saygun Memory Concert' with the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra at the Konzerthaus. Nadja Kayali is heard regularly as a host of the radio program 'Pasticcio' on Austrian Radio Ö1. [back]

 

Dieter Paier
Dieter Paier was born in Stiefing, Styria in Austria. Under the guidance of Otto Niederdorfer and Gerhard Zeller he studied music education and piano-vocal correpetition at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. During his study he was given a training order for correpetition at the singing department in Graz, and he worked there in song and oratorium classes until the end of 1996. In 1997 he was appointed as solo correpetitor to the University of Music and Art in Vienna. He has been assistant in the song class of K.S. Edith Mathis, and from 2007 in the class of K.S. Gabriele Fontana. Dieter Paier took lessons with Charles Spencer, and played in master classes with singers such as Gundula Janowitz, Sena Jurinac, Hilde Zadek, Sona Ghazarian and Thomas Quasthoff. He has regular concert obligations as a song accompanist throughout Europe. Recordings for broadcast, television and CD enrich his musical work. [back]

 

Anna Pangalou
Anna Pangalou is a mezzo-soprano and studied singing with Christa Ludwig and Antonietta Stella. In June 2002 she finished her studies in the Athenaeum Konservatorium in Athens (Singing Class of Marina Grilovitci) with the highest merit. She has participated in several Master Classes with Aris Christofellis, Jeanette Pilou, Helga Wagner and Gena Dimitrova. Since 2004 she has continued her studies under the guidance of Christa Ludwig and Antonietta Stella as a scholar of the Alexandros Onassis scholarship. She is a winner of the International Dimitris Mitropoulos Competition in 2003 (First Prize). Since her debut in 2004 she has sung as soloist in several concerts (with piano, ensemble, and orchestra) with arias from operas, lieder and contemporary music in Vienna, Frankfurt, Athens, Limasol and Munich. She also sang the part of Koryphäe in the first performance of the Opera Eymenides from B. Tole in the ancient Amphitheater Herodus Atticus in Athens, the Wesendonk Lieder from Wagner, the Maeterling Lieder from Zemlinsky in Athens Megaron Concert Hall with Camerata Orchester, and Dreispitz from Manuel de Falla with the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie in Konstanz. [back]

 

Brigitte Pekarek

Brigitte Pekarek was born in Vienna. She studied acting in Vienna and London and has been working both in England and Austria. Brigitte´s stage credits include plays from the classical to the contemporary period.

She also acted in two television series for Austrian channel ATV+. Brigitte loves classical music and was particularly happy to be asked to participate in the children´s opera 'Die feuerrote Friederike' in the tent on the roof of the Vienna State Opera. She was most recently seen in Tom Stoppard´s "The Undiscovered Country" at the New Players Theatre in the London West End. [back]

 

Çetin Sarıkartal

Çetin Sarıkartal, PhD, is a theatre director and dramaturge, and also Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Film and Drama (MFA) at Kadir Has University, Istanbul. He has published articles on art and performance, Turkish theatre and cinema. His current research and teaching focuses on theatricality, storytelling, dramaturgy, and the theory and practice of acting. His most recent theatre productions are III. Riçırd Faciası, based on Shakespeare's King Richard III, Tartüf Bey, based on Molierè's Tartuffe, and Nasıl Anlatsak Şunu ('How to Tell It?'), all of which have been produced in collaboration with Tiyatrotem, Istanbul. His theatrical work combines the methods and techniques of contemporary Western theatre with those of traditional Turkish performing arts such as shadow play, storytelling and puppetry.

 

Nikolas Tsalikis
Born in 1968 in Pireus, he studied piano, harmony and kontrapunkt in the 'Orfeus conservatory' of Athens with Nelli Semitekolo and Konstantinos Nonis. He continued his piano studies with Catherine Vickers at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, Germany, from where he graduated (Künstlerische Reifeprüfung) in 1999. Later he attended a postgraduate course in chamber music and lied accompanying at the 'Hochschule für Musik Detmold' studying with Reiner Weber; he was already working as korrepetitor in the opera studio of the academy and accompanying various singing and instrumental classes (including those of Thomas Quastoff, Wolfgang Thiemann, Lichter-Maxande, Max Sommerhalder, among others). He has collaborated with distinguished greek and european artists such as Sonia Theodoridou, Kyros Patsalidis, Thedora Baka, Vera Semieniuk and many others. Since 2005 he has lived in Athens. [back]

 

Alin Aylin Yağcıoğlu
Born in İstanbul, soprano Alin Aylin Yağcıoğlu studied vocal music with Gül Sabar and flute with Nazım Acar at İstanbul University State Conservatory during her undergraduate education at Boğaziçi University. She attended the TRT İstanbul Youth Chorus as well. She played the flute and sang in the Sera Chamber Music Ensemble in 1998-1999 and performed in concerts at Aksanat, Borusan Kültür Sanat, Italian Cultural Center, and Yeditepe University. She continued her vocal studies with Suat Arıkan and Sevan Şencan in İstanbul and Savaşeri Kolat in Ankara. After joining the CRR Concert Hall Choir as a chorist, she sang the works of leading Turkish composers, including the 'Yunus Emre Oratorio' of Adnan Saygun. She has been the soloist of Surp Takavor Church Chorus since 1999. She sang solo with the chorus in the 31st İstanbul Music Festival in 2003. She also performed in CRR Concert Hall and Atatürk Cultural Center with the chorus in 'Living Together' concert series from 2002 to 2006. She received her master degree in music in 2007 from ITU MIAM (Center for Advanced Studies in Music). Alin Aylin Yağcıoğlu, working as an instructor of English at ITU School of Foreign Languages, continues her doctoral studies with Lynn Trepel Çağlar who is a soloist at Istanbul State Opera and Ballet. [back]

 

 

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