Young Euro Classic Festival Berlin 2016 Gala El Hadidi, Alan Pingarrón

The Young Euro Classic is one of the most important classical music festivals for youth orchestras on the international scene and for its 16th edition, orchestras from France, Germany, Mexico, the Middle East, and Russia take the stage of the Berlin Konzerthaus, performing with celebrated conductors and soloists like Gala El Hadidi and Alan Pingarrón.

Works from the classical orchestral canon—among them, Mussorgsky’s A Night on Bald Mountain, the “Habanera” from Bizet’s Carmen, Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, and Rachmaninov’s Third Symphony—share the program with three pieces inspired by Mexican folk music and a moving selection performed on traditional instruments by members of the Arab Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. This concert’s remarkable program is itself an example of the fundamental intercultural dialogue so important in our modern era.

Program:

Modest Mussorgsky, A Night on the Bald Mountain

Georges Bizet, Carmen

“L’amour est un oiseau rebelle”

Sayed Darwish, Aho Da Elly Sar

Sergei Rachmaninov, Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 44

2. Adagio ma non troppo—Allegro vivace

Sergio Cárdenas, Huapangos

Mario Talavera, Gratia Plena

Alfonso Esparza Oteo, Dime que sí

Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

4. Adagietto: Sehr langsam

Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo, Op. 8 No. 2 in G Minor “Summer”, RV 315

3. Presto