Summer-Festival: Classical Music for All - Open Air

A first for the Festival: our new Executive and Artistic Director, Sebastian Nordmann, kicks off the Summer Festival by inviting everyone to a big party – free of charge. The acclaimed horn player Sarah Willis and her Havana Lyceum Orchestra bring samba and salsa rhythms, Cuban traditionals, and lively classical arrangements to the Europaplatz – music that invites the audience to join in and enjoy the moment.

Performers:
Havana Lyceum Orchestra
José Antonio Méndez Padrón, conductor
Sarah Willis, horn

Program:
“A Cuban-Classical Night”

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) / Edgar Olivero (*1985)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048, 1st movement

Wolfgang Amadé Mozart (1756–1791)
finale from the Horn Concerto in E-flat major, K. 447

Joshua Davis (*1983) / Yuniet Lombida (*1989)
Rondo alla Mambo, based on the finale from Mozart’s Horn Concerto in E-flat major, K. 447

Ernesto Oliva (*1988)
En Do pa’ que no na’

Georges Bizet (1838–1875) / Edgar Olivero (*1985)
Carmen La Cubana Suite

Jenny Peña Campo (*1983)
Samba-Son

Moisés Simons (1889–1945)
El manisero, arranged by Jorge Aragón