Saturday 23^rd April 2016 at 7 p.m.
Closing Concert

The Slovak Philharmonic (SK)
Aziz Shokhakimov, conductor (UZ)
Camille Thomas, cello (FR)

program:

Evgeny Irshai: Ten Minutes about Katyn
Edward Elgar: Concert for cello and orchestra e minor Op. 85
Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 B minor Op. 74

Friday 22^nd April 2016 at 7 p.m.
Chamber Concert

Guitar Duo Jókaiová Hnat (SK)

program:

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Gavotte und Variationen (arr. Guitar Duo Jókaiová & Hnat)
Johann Kaspar Mertz: Ständchen; Unruhe
Ľuboš Bernáth: Sonata for two guitars
Dušan Bogdanović: Sonata Fantasia

Dominique Vleeshouwers, percussions (NL)

program:

Hector Villa-Lobos: Suite Popular Brasileira
Kevin Volans: Asanga
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Vibra Elufa
Georges Aperghis: Le corps à corps
Dominique Vleeshouwers: Marimba Phase & Improvisation

Thursday 21^st April 2016 at 7 p.m.
Orchestral concert

The Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina (SK)
Elim Chan, conductor (CN)
Andrzej Ciepliński, clarinet (PL)
Tuuli Takala, soprano (FI)

program:

Eugen Suchoň: Little Suite with Passacaglia, Op. 3
Samuel Barber: Adagio, Op. 11
Aaron Copland: Concerto for Clarinet, String Orchestra, Harp and Piano 
Giaccomo Puccini: I Crisantemi (The Chrysanthemums)
Charles Gounod: Dieu! Que de bijoux...Ah! Je ris, aria of Marguerite from the Opera Faust
Giaccomo Puccini: Quando me'n vo, aria of Mussetta from the Opera La Boheme
Georges Bizet: Prelude to Atc III of the opera Carmen
Jacques Offenbach: Les oiseaux dans la charmille, aria of Olympia from the Opera Hoffmann´s Tales
Giaccomo Puccini: O mio babbino caro, aria of Lauretta from the opera Gianni Schicci
Gioacchino Rossini: Overture from the Barbier of Seville 
Giuseppe Verdi: È strano! ... Sempre libera, aria of Violetta from the Opera La traviata

Wednesday 20^th April 2016 at 7 p.m.
Chamber concert

Domen Križaj, baritone (SI)
Andreja Kosmač, piano (SI)

program:

Johannes Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge op. 121
Maurice Ravel: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
Lucijan Marija Škerjanc: Vizija
Anton Lajovic: Poljub
Fran Gerbič: Mornar

In Medias Brass Quintet (HU):
Richárd Kresz, trumpet
Antal Endre Nagy, trumpet
János Benyus, french horn
Attila Sztán, trombone
József Bazsinka, tube

program:

Ferenc Farkas: Hungarian Dances
Antonio Vivaldi – Johann Sebasian Bach: Concert in D minor
Joseph Haydn: Hungarian Rondo
Pietro Mascagni: Intermezzo from the opera Cavalleria rusticana
Ernő Dohnányi: Ruralia Hungarica
Milan Novák: Brassparódia
George Gershwin: I Got Rhythm
Don Gillis: Just a Closer Walk with Thee

Tuesday 19^th April 2016 at 4 p.m.

Concert of Laureates of the Slovak Conservatoires' Competitions

Tuesday 19^th April 2016 at 7 p.m.
Solo recital

Josef Špaček, violin (CZ)
Miroslav Sekera, piano (CZ)

program:

Johann Sebastian Bach: Ciaconna from Partita No. 2, BWV 1004
Karol Szymanowski: Myths Op. 30
Eugène Ysaÿe: Caprice d´après l´Etude en forme de valse de C. Saint-Saëns
Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in D-major Op. 115
Camille Saint-Saëns: Sonata for solo violin No. 1 in D minor Op. 75

Monday 18^th April 2016 at 7 p.m.
Opening concert

Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra Ostrava (CZ)
Case Scaglione, conductor (US)
Federico Colli, piano (IT)

program:

Ilja Zeljenka: Overtura giocosa
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Concert for piano and orchestra No. 3 d minor, Op. 30
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3 E-flat major, Op. 97 (Rhenish)

11. 07. 2015, 12⁰⁰ a.m.
Sendreiovci Le Orchestroha

Bažant Pohoda 2015
Airport Trenčín, Bažant Stage

Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina
Slavomir Solovic, conductor
Sendreiovci
Čercheňora

07. 07. 2015, 07⁰⁰ p.m.

60th Piešťany Festival - the concert of SSZ

The House of Arts, Piešťany

Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina
Oliver Dohnányi, conductor
Peter Michalica, husle

program:

Ladislav Kupkovič
Concert No. 5 in D Major for violin and orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven
Romance No. 1 in G Major Op. 40 for violin and orchestra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo in C Major KV 373for violin and orchestra

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Symphony No. 4 in A Major „Italian“

05. 07. 2015, 06⁰⁰ p.m.

The Galaconcert of XXVI. Cyril-Method Days in Terchová

The Church of St. Cyril and Metod in Terchová

Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina
Oliver Dohnányi, conductor
Marianna Gelenekyová, soprano
Radoslava Mičová, mezzosoprano
Jozef Gráf, tenor
Ľubomír Popik, baritone
Cantica Collegium Musicum Martin
Štefan Sedlický, choirmaster
Marek Štrbák, organ

program:

Michael Haydn
Missa Sti. Cyrilli et Methodii

26. 06. 2015, 07⁰⁰ p.m.

Festival Music under the diamond vault

Franciscan church, Kremnica

Leoš Svárovský, conductor
Peter Michalica, violin
and his students:

Ryohei Hirono, violin, Japon
Farhad Ashumov, violin, Azerbaijan
Hiroaki Goto, violin, Japon

program:

Ladislav Kupkovič
Concerto No. 5 in D Major for violin and orchestra

Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for 2 violins in D minor BWV 1043

Ludwig van Beethoven
Romance No. 1 in G Major Op. 40 for violin and orchestra
Romance No. 2 in F Major Op. 50 for violin and orchestra

19. 06. 2015, 08⁰⁰ p.m.
free entry

11. 06. 2015, 07⁰⁰ p.m.
season tickets AB

CLOSING CONCERT OF THE 41ST SEASON

Misha Katz, conductor
Mikuláš Škuta, piano

program:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Predohra Cosi fan tutte

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15

Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 in E-flat major

04. 06. 2015, 07⁰⁰ p.m.
season tickets AB

CHANCE FOR THE YOUTH

Lukáš Pohůnek, conductor
Manca Dornik, accordion, laureate of the ONE Competition 2013
Milan Paľa, violin

program:

Aulis Sallinen
Chamber Music V., Barabbas Variations for accordion and orchestra Op. 80

Sergei Prokofiev
Violin concerto No. 2

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Italian Symphony

29. 05. 2015 at 5.10 pm.
Mariánske Square, Žilina

Oliver Dohnányi, conductor

Alena Kropáčková, mezzosoprán

program:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ouverture from the opera Le nozze di Figaro

Peter Iljič Čajkovskij
Waltz from the opera Eugen Onegin

Felix Mendelssohn-Batholdy
Saltarello from Smyphony No. 4 "Italian"

Georges Bizet
Aria of Carmen „Seguidilla“ from the opera Carmen

Georges Bizet 
Aria od Carmen „Habanera“ from the opera Carmen

Johann Strauss ml.
Unter Donner und Blitz

Johann Strauss ml.
An der schonen blauen Donau

24. 05. 2015 at 4.00 pm.
Church of St. Michael, Cífer

Leoš Svárovský, conductor
Juraj Čižmarovič, violin

program:

Ladislav Kupkovič
Symphony in B flat major – world premiere

Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

22. 05. 2015 at 6.00 p.m.
Župný dom, Nitra

Leoš Svárovský, conductor
Juraj Čižmarovič, violin

program:
Ján Cikker
Memories Op. 25

Ladislav Kupkovič
Symphony in B flat major – world premiere

Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

21. 05. 2015, 07⁰⁰ p.m.
season tickets AB

Leoš Svárovský, conductor
Juraj Čižmarovič, violin

program:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Ladislav Kupkovič
Symphony in B flat major – world premiere

Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

14. 05. 2015, 07⁰⁰ p.m.
season tickets AB

Theodore Kuchar, conductor
Anna Štrbová, oboe

program:

Dmitrij Šostakovič
Chamber Symphony in C minor Op. 110a   

David Mullikin:
Concerto for oboe and orchestra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony in C major, K. 425 „Linz“

09. 05. 2015, 07³⁰ p.m.
Konzerthaus in Vienna, Mozart-Saal

Konstantin Schenk, conductor
Tamara Trojani, voice

program:

«Yes Sir». Rendezvous mit Zarah Leander

Saturday 18th April 2015 at 7 p.m.
Closing concert

The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (SK)
Yordan Kamdzhalov, conductor(BG)
Antonii Baryshevskyi,  piano (UA)

Program:

Piotr Iljič Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from the opera Eugen Onegin
Fryderyk Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Piotr Iljič Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64