Czech composer Georg Druschetzky’s delightful Partita in C major for 6 timpani is one of several compositions requiring six to eight timpani, obviously owing to his background as a military musician and virtuoso timpanist. In her Four orchestral miniatures, Cypriot composer Artemis Aifotiti explores orchestral sound colours. Written at a time when Schubert was deeply impressed by Mozart’s music, his 5th Symphony has the classical elegance and finesse so characteristic of his predecessor’s music.
Pre – concert talk with short presentation of the works, by clarinetist and musicologist Angelos Angelides
Α. AIFOTITI: Four orchestral miniatures
G. DRUSCHETZKY: Partita for 6 timpani in C Major
F. SCHUBERT: Symphony no. 5 in B flat major, D. 485
Soloist: Marios Nicolaou (timpani)
Conductor: Faidra Giannelou
In collaboration with the Embassy of Greece in Cyprus
Supporters: Pafos Municipality, Lemesos Municipality, Rialto Theatre
In collaboration with the Οrganization “European Capital of Culture – Pafos 2017
Event Information
Pafos: Wednesday 12 November 2014
Markideion Theatre, 20:30
Lemesos: Thursday 13 November 2014
Rialto Theatre, 20:30
Lefkosia: Friday 14 November 2014
Pallas Theatre, Pafos Gate, 20:30
