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The programme will feature works by American composers – P. Glass’s Company, P. Schoenfield’s Four Parables and A. Copland Symphony No 3.
After the experiences with two partner orchestras in Ljubljana and Zagreb, conductor Jonathan Schiffman is impatient to meet the audience in Belgrade.
“It is fun to perform the same programme, relatively unknown to both musicians and audience, for the third time in three different cities. These are pieces by American composers belonging to three different epochs, which I mainly perform with American orchestras. However, it is interesting to note the way that the musicians of the Slovenian, Zagreb and Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestras have accepted and understood this programme unusual to them. Each orchestra has integrated a piece of its tradition and sound in these typically American works. I promise this concert will be a wholly new experience for the audience.“
In Belgrade, Schiffman has shared his impressions of Zagreb and Ljubljana: “Philip Glass’s piece creates a special atmosphere in a moment, Schoenfield’s piece, although the least known, was Ljubljana and Zagreb audiences’ favourite, possibly owing to abundant jazz elements which give it a certain air of cartoon music. And Copland’s Symphony, although quite demanding, is considered one of the most beautiful symphonies in American music, and its finale with the well-known fanfares and brass section was used in many movies and advertisements.“
Andreas Boyde, an American pianist performing throughout the world with the most renowned orchestras, is credited with giving the European premiere of Four Parables, which he will perform in Belgrade on Friday. Owing to the atmosphere he creates at concerts, the critics refer to him as “Monsieur 100,000 Volts“.
As part of the Pika-Točka-Tačka cycle, after more than 25 years, Belgrade will host an appearance of the Zagreb Philharmonic on 19 May, while the Belgrade Philharmonic will appear in Ljubljana and Zagreb, where the cycle will be closed for this season with the concert on 28 May.
The three national orchestras’ regional cooperation project, which has sparked considerable interest among the audiences in all three cities and earned widest public support, will continue for at least another five years.
The first project of such scale in the sphere of culture was initiated by the directors of the three national orchestras in the region and formally endorsed by all three states’ presidents, prime ministers, ministers of culture, mayors and USA embassies.
