Mediterranean Notes Festival Tivat

This June from 21st to 29th, the beautiful town of Tivat will host the second annual Mediterranean Notes Music Festival.
 During the first week of summer 2019, some of the world’s pre-eminent musicians will come together for a series of unique and remarkable concerts. Tivat’s magnificent Riva will be filled with the sounds of the most beautiful and captivating music ever written.

The program is the following:

Friday, 21 June, 9:30, Culture Centre Tivat

World Music Day

• Baiba Skride (Latvia) – Violin & The Menuhin Academy Soloists (Switzerland, Oleg Kaskiv – Leader)

PROGRAM:
F. Mendelssohn:
Concerto for Violin and String
Orchestra in D minor (1823)
F. Schubert:
Rondo for Violin and String
Orchestra in A major, D. 438 (1816)
(PAUSE)
P. I. Tchaikovsky:
Serenade for Strings, Op. 48 (1880)


Saturday, 22 June, 21:30, Luštica Bay
 

• The Menuhin Academy Soloists (Oleg Kaskiv – Leader and Soloist)

PROGRAM:
E. Elgar:
Introduction and Allegro for String
Quartet and Strings, Op. 47 (1905)
Soloists – Yuna Shinohara & 
Anna Orlik, Violins; Yat Lee, Viola; 
Yosuke Kaneko, Cello
G. Fauré:
The Élégie for Cello and Strings,
Op. 24 (1880)
Soloist – Fran Carmona Navarro,
Cello
B. Bartók:
Romanian Folk Dances for Violin and
Strings Sz. 68 (1915 – 1917)
Soloist – Kasimir Uusitupa, Violin
C. Saint-Saëns:
Havanaise for Violin and Strings,
Op. 83 (1887)
Soloist – Chaofan Wang, Violin
(PAUSE)
M. Arnold:
Concerto for Two Violins and Strings,
Op. 77 (1962)
Soloists – Oleg Kaskiv and Vasyl
Zatsikha, Violins
G. Lekeu:
Adagio for Strings (1891)
E. Bloch:
Abodah for Violin and Strings (1929)
Soloist – Oleg Kaskiv, Violin
A. Piazzola:
“Chau Paris” for Strings (1955)
M. Skoryk (1938):
“Fête des violons” for Strings (1980)


Sunday, 23 June, 21:30, Culture Centre Tivat
 

• Schumann’s BeethovenQuartetto Energie Nove (Switzerland) & Irina Zahharenkova (Estonia)

PROGRAM:
R. Schumann:
Piano Quintet, Op. 44 (1842)
R. Schumann:
Variations on a Theme of Beethoven
for Piano Solo, WoO 31 (1833)
L. van Beethoven:
String Quartet No. 12, Op. 127 (1825)


Monday, 24 June, 21:30, Luštica Bay, Chedi Hotel Ballroom

 

• Bonus Concert –Trio Skride/Vukčević/de Naverán, Baiba Skride – Violin (Latvia), Ivan Vukčević – Viola (Switzerland), Pablo de Naverán – Cello (Spain)

PROGRAM:
F. Schubert:
String Trio in B-flat major – “Triosatz”,
D 471 (1816)
Zoltán Kodály:
Intermezzo for string trio (1905)
E. Dohnányi:
Serenade for String Trio, Op. 10 (1902)


Tuesday, 25 June, 21:30, Culture Centre Tivat

• Between Two Wars – ASoldier’s Tale, Nino Gvetadze – Piano (Georgia), Oleg Kaskiv – Violin (Switzerland), Milan Řeřicha – Clarinet (Czech Republic)

PROGRAM:
B. Bartók:
Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin and
Piano (1938)
D. Milhaud:
Suite for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
(1936)
I. Stravinsky:
Suite from “A Soldier’s Tale” for
Clarinet, Violin and Piano (1919)


Thursday, 27 June, 21:30, Culture Centre Tivat

• String Sextets, Robert Kowalski – Violin (Poland), Robert Lakatos – Violin (Serbia), Michael Klotz – Viola (USA), Ivan Vukčević – Viola (Switzerland), Pablo de Naverán – Cello (Spain), Harriet Krijgh – Cello (The Netherlands)

PROGRAM:
J. Brahms:
The String Sextet No. 1 in B♭
major, Op. 18 (1860)
P. I. Tchaikovsky:
String Sextet in D minor “Souvenir de
Florence”, Op. 70 (1890)


Saturday, 29 June, 21:30, Synchro, Porto Montenegro
Closing Concert

• Roby Lakatos Trio feat. Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra, Roby Lakatos Trio (Hungary), Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra, Nada Matošević – Conductor (Croatia)

PROGRAM:
Arrangements of popular and
traditional compositions for violin,
cymbalom, double bass and
symphony orchestra