Classic music lovers are encouraged to book an evening at the National Theater to enjoy the concerts programmed for the 2022 Symphony Season of the National Symphony Orchestra (OSN). The concerts are booked for the Carlos Piantini Hall of the National Theater from 17 August to 9 November 2022. International and stellar Dominican performers are on the programs.
These include: Spanish conductor Enrique Parreño, Chinese pianist Zhenni Li, Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko, acclaimed American operatic singers Gregory Kunde and Morris Robinson, as well as Serbian violinist Zvezdana Radojkovic, concertmaster of the OSN.
Young Dominicans, conductor Santy Rodríguez, soprano Nathalie Peña Comas and mezzo-soprano Glenmer Pérez are also on the program.
José Antonio Molina, chief conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra, spoke how the concert is about the wonderful experience of being able to listen to a symphonic concert. The OSN celebrates this year its eighty first anniversary.
The 2022 Program
Wednesday, 17 August 2022
Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Violin and Orchestra Concerto in D major, Op 35.
Jose Antonio Molina. Merengue Sinfonico. Fantasía merengue, by José Antonio Molina.
Guest solo performer: violinist Aisha Syed.
Wednesday, 31 August 2022
Ruperto Chapí. Intermezzo from La Revoltosa, the famous zarzuela.
Manuel de Falla. Noche en los jardines de España for piano and orchestra.
Manuel de Falla. El sombrero de tres picos, (Suite No. 1 & 2).
Spanish conductor Enrique Parreño.
Guest solo performer: pianist Zhenni Li.
Wednesday, 14 September 2022
Edvard Grieg’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, Op 16.
Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op 39.
Conductor: José Antonio Molina.
Guest solo performer: pianist Vadym Kholodenko.
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major, Op 70.
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67.
Maestro Jose Antonio Molina as conductor.
Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Brahms’ Academic Festival Overture, Op 80.
Igor Stravinsky’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major.
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64.
Santy Rodríguez will conduct the orchestra.
Guest soloist: violinist Zvezdana Radojkovic.
Wednesday, 9 November 2022
Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem Mass.
Conductor: José Antonio Molina.
Guest performers: soloists, soprano Nathalie Peña Comas, mezzo soprano Glenmer Pérez, American tenor Gregory Kunde and bass opera singer Morris Robinson.
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Ministry of Culture
Fantasia Merengue
9 August 2022