The Bilkent Symphony Orchestra will be opening its 2015-2016 season on Saturday, October 10 with music by Richard Wagner, John Adams and Igor Stravinsky under the baton of conductor Avi Ostrowsky, with soloist Timothy McAllister on the alto saxophone.
The new season will offer concertgoers a wide range of music, from baroque masterpieces and symphonic favorites to new music and works by Turkish composers.
Concert Schedule for October and November
Bilkent Concert Hall, 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 10,
Season Opening Concert
Avi Ostrowsky, conductor
Timothy McAllister, alto saxophone
R. Wagner, Prelude to “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg”
J. Adams, Concerto for Saxophone
I. Stravinsky, “Petrushka”
Friday, October 23,
“Deep Music”: Brahms & Schoenberg
Fayçal Karoui, conductor
Özgür Aydın, piano
J. Brahms, Concerto for Piano
No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
A. Schoenberg, “Verklärte Nacht,” Op. 4
T. Yayalar, “Vestiges of Time”
(World premiere, BSO commission)
Monday, November 2,
“Tribute to Atatürk and the Martyrs”
Matthew Coorey, conductor
Asude Karayavuz, mezzo-soprano
Tuncay Kurtoğlu, bass
Composers: Yiğit Aydın, Mahir Cetiz, Recep Gül, Füsun Köksal, Turgut Pöğün, Onur Türkmen, Tolga Yayalar
Narrators: İrem Aydın, Mert Yavuzcan
Project Director: Nusret İspir
Curator and Assembler: Hasan Ali Karasar
“Our Sons – Gallipoli”
Saturday, November 7
“Ranki Plays for Atatürk”
Matthew Coorey, conductor
Dezsö Ranki, piano
W.A. Mozart, Concerto for Piano No. 14 in E flat major, KV. 449
W.A. Mozart, Concerto for Piano No. 23 in A major, KV. 488
J. Brahms, Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Saturday, November 14
Arias
Avi Ostrowsky, conductor
Burcu Uyar, soprano
Burak Bilgili, bass
Saturday, November 21
“For Whom the Drumsticks Toll”
Matthew Coorey, conductor
Emmanuel Sejourne, marimba
Sylvie Reynaert, vibes
O. Türkmen, “Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow”
E. Sejourne, Double Concerto for Vibes, Marimba and Orchestra
B. Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra
Saturday, November 28
“Maestro Poppen Plays the BSO”
Christoph Poppen, conductor
F. Mendelssohn, “Das Märchen von der schönen Melusine” Overture, Op. 32
E. Elgar, “Enigma” Variations, Op. 36