Young Artists Platform - The first step

The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra gives platform to the new generation of Cypriot musicians for the third consecutive year. The opera La Dame blanche wasthe greatest masterpiece of the phenomenally successful opera composer Boildieu. Saint-Saens presents two baroque dances in romantic guise. The hugely popular Zigeunerweisen by the violin virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate, encapsulates the Hungarian Gypsy spirit with elegance and impressive virtuosity. Prodigiously gifted, Fanny Mendelssohn – the eldest sister of Felix Mendelssohn – wrote hundreds of works. Her only known orchestral work has a special splendour as well as delicacy. Spontaneity, virtuoso pyrotechnics and magnificent lyricism characterize Mendelssohn’s 1st piano concerto.

F. A BOÏELDIEU: Overture to the opera La dame blanche *
C. SAINT-SAËNS: Sarabande and Rigaudon, οp. 93*
P. DE SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen, op. 20 (Gypsy Airs)
Fanny MENDELSSOHN: Overture in C major
Felix MENDELSSOHN: Piano concerto no. 1, op. 25
*Cyprus Premiere

Soloists:
Andreas Lardis (violin)
Christos Yiallouros (piano)

Conductor: Alkis Baltas

Tickets, CySO Friends Cards, invitations and free entrance vouchers available at the Theatres’ box office (Tel. 26 932571, 22 410181)
€12 / €7 (18- 26 years old and pensioners) / free for under 18

CySO FRIENDS CARD: Secure a number of invitations and other benefits for any of the evening concerts of the Orchestra during the artistic season 2014/2015.