EMIRATES YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT

Overview

Abu Dhabi Festival, together with the Emirates Youth Symphony Orchestra, brings to life Vivaldi’s masterpiece, The Four Seasons, for the occasion of COP 28. This wonderful concert offers gems of baroque music, and showcases the composer’s extraordinary ability to illustrate moods as diverse and contrary as violent winds, birdsong, fox hunts, harvest celebration, and joy. The evening also features one of the most beautiful pieces composed for violin and viola, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante. It takes the audience on a journey to the heights of musical magnificence. The stunning piece celebrates the virtuosity of the violin in all its forms, with the young Mariam Abouzahra on violin, and Amira Abouzahra on viola, conducted by Riad Kudsi and Jakub Waldmann.

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Programme

A. Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)

Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, “Spring” (La primavera)

1 – Allegro (in E major)

2 – Largo (in C♯ minor)

3 – Allegro pastorale (in E major)

Solo Violin: Mariam Abouzahra
Conductor: Riad Kudsi

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Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “Summer” (L’estate)

1 – Allegro non molto (in G minor)

2 – Adagio e piano – Presto e forte (in G minor)

3 – Presto (in G minor)

Solo Violin: Mariam Abouzahra
Conductor: Riad Kudsi

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Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, “Autumn” (L’autunno)

1 – Allegro (in F major)

2 – Adagio molto (in D minor)

3 – Allegro (in F major)

Solo Viola: Amira Abouzahra
Conductor: Jakub Waldmann

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Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, “Winter” (L’inverno)

1 – Allegro non molto (in F minor)

2 – Largo (in E♭ major)

3 – Allegro (in F minor)

Solo Viola: Amira Abouzahra
Conductor: Jakub Waldmann

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– Interval –

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A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola & Orchestra in E Flat Major, K. 364

1 – Allegro maestoso

2 – Andante

3 – Presto

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Artists

Mariam Abouzahra, Violin

Amira Abouzahra, Violin

Riad Kudsi, Conductor

Jakub Waldmann, Conductor