Caring for Israel through Music and Musicians
Festival
18-22 May, 2010
Shavuoth
Artistic Director: Gil Shohat
105 musicians and creators, 38 events
Israeli and international artists, Israeli works in world premieres,
exclusive and first rate chamber music concerts at the
Janco Dada Museum,
meetings with Ein Hod artists, artistic creation and theatre workshops,
memorable concerts for children and their families,
unique performances at Ein Hod open theatre,
Come to experience the special enchantment created when music, the landscape of Hof HaCarmel and the paths of picturesque Ein Hod are joined together
Tuesday, 18 May 2010, Janco Dada Museum, 20:00
Musical Reception
Cocktail party
A tour at the Marcel Janco Museum and at the Village Gallery
The Opening Ceremonies of
The third “Maestro in Ein Hod” Festival
In the presence ofMr. and Mrs. James B. Cunningham
The U.S. Ambassador in Israel
Festive Opening Concert
Gil Shohat – Piano Recital
Beethoven's great piano sonatas
Guest artist: Coloratura soprano Sivan Goldman
"Gil Shohat – a pianist who is a poet"
Hanoh Ron, Yediot Aharonot, October 1996
The three best known and loved sonatas: Moonlight, Pathetique, Waldstein
An evening of Beethovenian power and passion
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 ("Moonlight")
Sonata no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 ("Pathétique")
Sonata no. 21 in C major, op. 53 ("Waldstein")
Gil Shohat, pianist
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Queen of the Night's arias from "The Magic Flute"
Sivan Goldman, coloratura soprano
ticket at NIS 250
Wednesday, 19 May, 2010
Cello ecstasy and Brahms's piano style
Performance of Brahms's two great sonatas for cello and piano
Hila Karni, cellist
Ilan Levine, pianist
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Sonata no. 1 in E minor for cello and piano, op. 38
Sonata no 2 in F major for cello and piano, op. 99
Janco Dada Museum, 10:30 ticket at NIS 85
The G Note Story
Chamber opera in two acts
This is the story of the G note that embarks on a large journey in order to change its dull life. On its way it meets a whole new world full of a variety of colorful characters, and the inevitable conflict between the notion of the theatre stage as the realm of imagination, and the notion that the world is a stage. This encounter leads it to self consciousness and towards quite a different ending…
Music and conductor: Shaul Bustan Libretto and playwright: Shahar Gabay
Director: Tali Shechter Costume and accessories: Gal Amir G note and moon costumes: Hani Sagiv
Ella Tadmor, G note Shira Kerner, clock, moon, soldier Maya Ben Meir, winged lioness, doe, soldier
Dafna Lustig Shir Shinar, G-sharp, cactus, judge, the man who has never ended a sentence
Jonatan Greenberg, Hila Lifshitz, violinists Adina Glick, violist Igor Tankevich, cellist Ehud Atoun, bassist
Shai Sobol, guitarist Keren Mogados, flutist Elchanan Shmerlovsky, clarinetist
Nitay Levy, bass clarinet player Jonatan Givoni, percussionist
Singers: Hadas Dahari, Maya Cohen, Inbal Levertov, Maya Ben-Meir, Maya Fenington, Chen Levi, Nitzan Yogev
Gal Tamir, Alexei Polinsky, Hemi Levinson
Ein Hod Theatre, 11:00ticket at NIS 55
From Ein Hod to Chaina's Wilderness
The artist Dina Merhav will tell the story of out-doors sculpturing tours in Israel and abroad accompanied by photos, as well as her Chinese experience in the summer of 2009, where she took part in two international symposiums for sculpturing. This is a story about cultures encounters, creative processes, planning and executing of works together with Chinese workmen, up to the positioning of the work in designated parks
Beit Tarbut, 11:30 ticket at NIS 50
The Poet's Love
Performance of Robert Schumann's important Song Cycle, based on the poetic output by Heinrich Heine,
considered by many to be the apex of the German Lied.
A lecture on the work will be presented before the concert.
Guy Mannheim, tenor
Gil Shohat, pianist
Robert Schumann (1810-1857)
Dichterliebe (The Poet's Love), Op. 48
Janco Dada Museum, 12:30ticket at NIS 85
Between Sculpture and Notes
The artist Novoya Yamaguchi, sculpture and musician, who creates his own musical instruments, will present his works, how material turns into music, and will play a selection of works of variety styles, from Africa to Japan.
The instruments on which Novoya will play:
Steel Pan originating from Trinidad
Udu – African percussion instrument
Kalimba – African hand plucking string instrument
Wooden and brass xylophone
Beit Tarbut, 14:30ticket at NIS 50
Brahms's Piano Quintet
One of the major, large-scale chamber works of all times
Gil Shohat, pianist
Eckhart Lorenzen, Dotan Netel, violinists
Aharon Yaron, violist
Dmitri Golderman, cellist
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Quintet in F minor for piano and string quartet, op. 34
Janco Dada Museum, 16:00ticket at NIS 85
Schumann's Piano Quintet
Schumann's popular Piano Quintet meets with Brahms's passionate Third Violin Sonata
Eckhart Lorenzen, Dotan Netel, violinists
Yoram Meuchas, violist
Adiel Schmidt, cellist
Batia Steinbok-Lorenzen, pianist
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Sonata no. 3 in D minor for violin and piano, op. 108
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Quintet in E-flat major for piano and string quartet, op. 44
Janco Dada Museum, 18:30ticket at NIS 85
The night's main event
Shlomi Shaban and Gil Shohat Break the Routine
Shlomi Shaban's most lyrical, poetic and touching songs meet the Classical music
and Gil Shohat, in a unique and one time interlacement of musical worlds
Shlomi Shaban, pianist
Gil Shohat, pianist
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Shohat)(arr. Shohat)
Shlomi Shaban (b. 1976)
"They all say" after Bach's Well Tempered Clavier (Shaban)
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Grande valse brillante (Shohat)
Shlomi Shaban (b. 1976)
"Take one more Waltz" after L. Cohen (Shaban)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
Allegro bravo (Shohat)
Shlomi Shaban (b. 1976)
"Just like that" after S. Argov and O. Hillel (Shaban)
Shlomi Shaban (b. 1976)
"Nocturne" after F. Chopin (Shaban, Shohat)
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Scherzo no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 31 (Shohat)
Gil Shohat (b. 1973)
Variations on a theme from Carmen for four hands, after George Bizet (Shaban, Shohat)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Jeux d’eau (Water Games) (Shohat)
Shlomi Shaban (b. 1976)
"Roza Martzipan" after S. Gronich and S. Lapid (Shaban)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Gardens in the rain (Shohat)
Shlomi Shaban (b. 1976)
"Dispatch a carcass"after Habiluyim (Shaban)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Sonata for piano, four hands (Shaban, Shohat)
Ein Hod Theatre, 21:00 ticket at NIS 130
Thursday, 20 May 2010
two fantasies and one arpeggione
Schubert's wonderful Arpeggione Sonata in the pastoral valley between two peaks of fantasy and fairytales
Zvi Carmeli, violist
Eli Kalman, pianist
Carl Reinecke (1824-1910)
Three fantasy pieces for viola and piano, op. 43
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Sonata in A minor for arpeggione and piano, D. 821
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Fairy Tale Pictures for piano and viola, op.113
Janco Dada Museum, 10:30 ticket at NIS 85
Pierrot the Clown
Commedia dell'arte for children
The sad clown-poet Pierrot, his beautiful loved one Columbine, and the trouble-maker joker Arlecchino, are all turned into dolls by an evil magician's curse. The doll Pierrot sets on a search for Columbine all over the world: Spain, France, Iraq, the Amazonas, and even in Africa.
An enchanting show with actors, musicians, man-size dolls and a special festive Renaissance and Baroque theatre performance
Michal Yanai, narrator
"Coincidence" Marionette theatre
Neta Gover, director and marionette builder
Uri Dror, recorder player
Alexander Fein, bassoonist
Marina Mirkin, harpsichord player
Together with Lauda Ensemble from the Jezreel valley comprising seven musicians
who are playing Arab and Western instruments
Ein Hod Theatre, 11:00 ticket at NIS 55
About Riddles, Solutions and Stories
A meeting with the artist Dan Chamitzer
A glace into the meaning of riddles and trying to resolve them.
Our world as a riddle, each individual has his own resolution and only God has all the answers
Beit Tarbut, 11:30 ticket at NIS 50
Joseph meets Felix
The two geniuses from Vienna and Leipzig, Joseph Haydn and Felix Mendelssohn in a concert
where the Classic and the Romantic touch
Moshe Epstein, flutist
Adiel Smidt, cellist
Arnon Erez, pianist
Gil Shohat, pianist
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Piano Sonata in F major, Hob. 16/23 (Shohat)
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Trio No. 39 in G major for flute, cello and piano, Hob. XV/25
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Trio no. 1 in D minor for flute, cello and piano, op. 49
Janco Dada Museum, 12:00 ticket at NIS 85
Felix meets Sergey
A meeting between the first German Romantic and the last Russian Romantic.
Rachmaninov's music lovers would swear that his cello sonata is the apex of the Russian chamber music
Adiel Schmidt, cellist
Eli Kalman, pianist
Gil Shohat, pianist
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Preludes:
In C-sharp minor, op. 3 no. 2 (Bells of Moscow)
In G minor, op. 23 no. 5
In C minor. Op. 23 no. 7
In B minor, op. 32 no. 10
In G-flat minor, op. 32 no. 12
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Rondo Capriccioso for piano solo (Kalman)
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Sonata in G minor for cello and piano, Op. 19
Janco Dada Museum, 14:30 ticket at NIS 85
World Music Workshop
The encounter of young musicians with the variety of styles in world music, concentrating on experiencing the characteristic elements – unique scales, various rhythms, imitating and playing without scores, and improvising
Hagit Rosemarin, Gil Bohadna, flutists
Magal House, 16:00, free entrance
Improvisation workshop
with Composer Prof. Moshe Zorman, Maestro fellowship Music Director
Did you always wish to improvise? You did not know how to begin?
Composer Moshe Zorman, in an open session for the public, with a lecture and live presentations
will demonstrate improvisation techniques on the piano, while hosting young pianists from the audience
(early registration needed). No need for any prior knowledge.
Gertrud Krous House, 16:00, free entrance
Flutes Around the World
A dynamic and sweeping show with a vast variety of exotic flutes and sounds from close and faraway places,
Indian flutes from the Andes to North America, flutes the Balkans and Ireland, wood and bamboo flutes from the Far East and the Middle East, and more
Ein Hod Theatre, 18:00, free entrance
The night's main event
The virtuosos in Shalotte Castle
Mozart's genius Flute Quartet optimism meets with the lively Flute Sonata by the French composer Poulenc. In the middle, Israeli optimism: the World Premiere of Moshe Zorman's work.
The second part will feature some of the most virtuoso piano works ever composed
Part I
Moshe Epstein, flutist,Eckhart Lorenzen, violinist, Zvi Carmeli, violist, Adiel Schmidt, cellist
Eli Kalman, pianist, Benni Hendel, narrator
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Sonata for flute and piano
Moshe Zorman (b. 1952)
The Lady from Shalot Castle, for narrator and chamber ensemble(World Premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Quartet for Flute Quartet No. 3 in C major, K. 171 (258b)
Part II
Dorel Golan, pianist, Victor Stanislavsky, pianist, Gil Shohat, pianist
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Tarantella (Golan)
Transcendental Etude No. 12 in B flat minorfor piano ("Chasse-Neige") (Shohat)
La leggierezza("lightness") etude for piano (Golan)
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Don Giovanni Variations for two pianos (Golan, Shohat)
György Ligeti(1923-2006)
Capriccio (Stanislavsky)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Etude (Golan)
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Scherzo No.4 inE major,Op. 54 (Stanislavsky)
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888)
32 variations for piano (Golan)
Fazil Say / Arcadi Volodos
Paraphrases on Mozart's "Turkish March" (Golan, Shohat)
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Preludes: (Shohat)
In G minor, op. 23 no. 5
In G-sharp minor, op. 32 no. 12
In C minor, op. 23 no. 7
Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Finale from Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor,Op.22(Golan)
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Romanza for piano in six hands (Golan, Stanislavsky, Shohat)
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Suite no. 1 for two pianos, op. 5 (Shohat, Stanislavsky)
Ein Hod Theatre, 21:00 ticket at NIS 130
White Night at the Theatre
Theatrical drawingand photographing into the dead of night
"The Theatrical Body", directed by Batia Eisewasser-Jancort – drawing;
Prof. Boat Tal – photographs
Nude drawing directed by Dror Carta
Arma House for Theatre, 23:00
Friday, 21 May 2010
The Blessed Light of Ein Hod
"There is a musical mission many wish to accomplish, yet only a few succeed in recruiting the musical audacity and production resources to fulfill it: to perform all the cantatas written by Johann Sebastian Bach."
Noam Ben Zeev, Ha'aretz, 26.12.2008
The young and fresh Israeli Ensemble, critically acclaimed, presents Bach's masterpiece, Cantata no. 125 together with Zelenka's poetic work – Miserere
Hadas Faran, soprano
Avital Deri, alto
David Nortman, tenor
Yair Polishuk, bass
Israeli Bach Soloists' Orchestra
Sharon Rozner, conductor
Jan Dismas Zelenka(1679-1745)
Miserere
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cantata no. 125, "Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin" (In Peace and Joy do I depart)
Janco Dada Museum, 10:30 ticket at NIS 85
Concertale
A concert for children and adults
The well known story about the "Ugly Duckling" accompanied with live classical music.
Ilan Levin, pianist
Hila Karni, cellist
Nitzan Zitzer, actor
Esti Karni, puppet theater
Ein Hod Amphitheatre, 11:00 ticket at NIS 55
Yonatan Hai-Violin maker
Beit Tarbut, 11:30 ticket at NIS 50
Sound of the soul in Ein Hod
Bach's picturesque Lutheran Mass together with Brahms's Romanticism in a unique concert
Hadas Faran, soprano
Avital Deri, alto
David Nortman, tenor
Yair Polishuk, bass
Israeli Bach Soloists Orchestra
Sharon Rozner, conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Lutheran Mass in G major, BWV 236
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Motets
Janco Dada Museum, 12:30 ticket at NIS 85
Homage to the artist J. Shaltiel
A meeting with Prof. Joseph Shaltiel, one Ein Hod's veterans, and his vitrage exhibition
at the museum
Exhibition curator: Dr. Irit Miller
Janco Dada Museum, 13:30, free entrance
Rabbi Samuel meets with Argov and Ze'ira
New concertante and artistic performances of the masterpieces by Sasha Argov and Mordechai Ze'ira
Noa Bizansky, soprano
Efrat Levi, pianist
The soul of Sasha Argov (1914-1995)
I didn't know what; Shir eretz
For my beloved; Love song; Indeed?
Lullaby; My river; The green mountain
Love song to the sea
Mordechai Ze'ira (1905-1968)
Sad song; Call my name
These were the nights; Exfoliation
Laila Laila (Each night)
Ein Hod Theatre, 18:00 free entrance
The night's main event
Rot corner of Patachka
Renowned percussionist Assaf Rot meets international jazz pianist Leonid Patachka for a joint venture of music making andunrestrained talent spectacle. Their repertoire ranges from European Classics, through Chinese pentatonics to Brazilian salsa.
Leonid Patachka, pianist
Assaf Rot, percussionist and marimba player
The Hyacinth song – variations on a theme by Rivka Gvilli
Remembering – fantasy by Avishai Cohen
Peter and the wolf – fantasy for marimba and narrator
Brazilian choro- Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho (Pixinguinha)
The merry eight
Recuerdos de la Alhambra – Francisco Tárrega
Wish (Mish'ala) – after Ahinoam Nini and Gil Dor
Songs, standards, fantasies and jazz pieces by:
Ferrara, Jean Carlo Jobim, Paco de Lucía, Chick Corea
Ein Hod Theatre, 21:00 ticket at NIS 130
Saturday, 22 May 2010
String of the Soul
Violinist Asi Matathias, an international Israeli rising star comes to us for a special recital, with three French and Norwegian Romantic works
Asi Matathias, violinist
Victor Stanislavsky, pianist
Cézar Franck (1922-1890)
Sonata for violin and piano in A major
Ernest Chausson(1855-1899)
Poème for violin and orchestra
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Sonata no. 1 in F major for violin and piano, op. 8
Janco Dada Museum, 10:30 ticket at NIS 85
The Four Seasons
Concert Show for Children
Vivaldi's work The Four Seasons, presented with explanations, narration, an orchestra, soloists and surprises.
Narrator Michal Yanay and conductor Gil Shohat explain the performed works for children and parents
Michal Yanai, presenter
Nitai Zori, solo violinist
Ra'anana Symphonet Orchestra
Gil Shohat, conductor and music director
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
The Four Seasons
Spring (first movement: Bird song)
Summer (first movement: The cuckoo and the northern wind)
Autumn (second movement: The drunkard's rest)
Autumn (third movement: The hunter)
Winter (first movement: The ice lake)
Winter (third movement: Braking of the ice)
Ein Hod Theatre, 11:00 ticket at NIS 55
Portrait on a Stand
A meeting with the artist Keller Yaniv, a painter in Ein Hod, who will draw a portrait in real time in front of an audience. Keller will draw and explain the stages in a portrait drawing, the manner of pain placing and her considerations while drawing a portrait
Beit Tarbut, 11:30 ticket at NIS 50
Rachmaninov Feast with Victor Stanislavsky
The two piano sonatas, which are the pinnacle of Russian piano music in general and in Rachmaninov's output in particular, will be performed by one of the leading young Israeli pianists