2012_files/ECO Music Cruise 2012 Programme Booklet

TRAVEL FOR THE ARTS
ECO
The English Chamber Orchestra
Music Cruise
Istanbul - Kusadasi - Rhodes - Bodrum Santorini - Mykonos - Athens
13 - 20 October 2012
Programme
Welcome
As Artistic Director of our little Music
Festival at Sea I am personally
delighted to welcome back so many
friends whom I had the pleasure of
getting to know on previous Music
Cruises, and I look forward to
greeting some new music-lovers who
will doubtless become part of the Music Cruise ‘family’
by the end of the week.
What can I say about our wonderful guest artists
this year? Musicians of international status, who will
be playing works spanning almost three centuries
and including two legends of music making, Maxim
Vengerov and Kiri Te Kanawa. We have many musical
treats in store this week!
I will be with you throughout the week and I look
forward to being able to talk with you about music and
much more.
Quintin Ballardie, OBE FRAM
Founder and Director, English Chamber Orchestra
All of us at Travel for the Arts are
delighted to see the 2012 ECO
Music Cruise come to fruition,
the 4th under our administration,
carrying forward this fine marriage
of world class music and relaxed
luxury cruising. Each year we enjoy welcoming back
the “aficionados” and meeting and getting to know
enthusiastic newcomers. Music lovers join us from every
part of the world, bound together by the delight of
seeing and hearing wonderful music-making in special
and intimate surroundings.
Quin and Pauline have used their enormous wisdom,
experience and contacts to great effect yet again
to assemble a stellar roster of soloists with cleverly
structured and contrasting repertoire chosen for each
recital and concert.
Regular ECO cruise-goers will not need to be reminded
of the immense contribution of Marianne and André
each year. In addition to their effortless and stylish
hosting - in many languages! - they have personally
researched and planned all the excursions and shore
concerts. Regulars will also note the refurbishments that
have already been made to Msy Wind Spirit’s cabins,
part of a major renovation programme of all 3 ships in
the fleet which will be completed in the fall of 2012.
Overview
Sat 13 Oct
Istanbul, Turkey
Embarkation from 1pm:
Karakoy Passenger Terminal, Karakoy Limani,
Rihtim Caddesi, Karakoy / Istanbul
All aboard by 4pm. Departure 5pm.
Opening concert on board
Sun 14 Oct
At Sea
Rehearsals and talks about music
Afternoon concert and evening recital on board
Mon 15 Oct
Kusadasi, Turkey
Morning sightseeing ashore
Afternoon concert in Kusadasi
Evening recital on board
Tue 16 Oct
Rhodes, Greece
Afternoon sightseeing ashore
Afternoon concert on board
Evening chamber concert in Rhodes
Wed 17 Oct
Bodrum, Turkey
Morning sightseeing ashore
Afternoon concert in Bodrum
Evening recital on board
Thu 18 Oct
Santorini, Greece
English Chamber Orchestra
Morning sightseeing ashore
Afternoon concert in Fira
Evening recital on board
Fri 19 Oct
English Chamber Orchestra
Mykonos, Greece
Morning sightseeing ashore
Afternoon concert in Mykonos
Evening recital on board
Sat 20 Oct
Patron: HRH The Prince of Wales
Leader: Stephanie Gonley
Piraeus (for Athens), Greece
Arrival and disembarkation from 7am - 8.30am:
Cruise Passenger Terminal, Akti Xaveriou,
Piraeus, Greece
The English Chamber Orchestra is the most recorded chamber
orchestra in the world, its discography containing 860 recordings of
over 1,500 works by more than 400 composers.
Istanbul
GREECE
TURKEY
Piraeus
Mykonos
Kusadasi
Bodrum
Richard Savage
Chief Executive, Travel for the Arts
Santorini
Rhodes
The ECO has also performed in more countries than any other
orchestra, and played with many of the world’s greatest musicians.
The American radio network CPRN has selected ECO as one of
the world’s greatest ‘living’ orchestras. The illustrious history of the
orchestra features many major musical figures. Benjamin Britten was
the orchestra’s first Patron and a significant musical influence. The
ECO’s long relationship with Daniel Barenboim led to an acclaimed
complete cycle of Mozart piano concertos as live performances and
recordings, followed later by two further recordings of the complete
cycle, with Murray Perahia and Mitsuko Uchida.
Recent highlights have included a celebration concert at London’s
Royal Festival Hall with guest artists Maxim Vengerov (conductor and
soloist), Kiri Te Kanawa and Behzod Abduraimov. Foreign tours over
the last year have included the ECO’s debut in Qatar and several
European tours, most notably Spain and Italy with Sir Colin Davis,
Finland, Bratislava, Bulgaria and Turkey. The Orchestra also continued
its summer residency at Grange Park Opera, with 17 performances
of Idomeneo and Madame Butterfly during May – July 2012. We
look forward to a return visit to the Rostropovich Festival in Azerbaijan
in December 2012, with Maxim Vengerov again in the dual role of
conductor/soloist. Plans for 2013 and 2014 include return visits to the
USA and the Far East as well as concerts across the UK and Europe.
CD recordings made by the ECO in 2012 include music spanning
five centuries, from Vivaldi through Mozart, Elgar, Villa Lobos and
Schulhoff to two concertos by David Heath, recently commissioned
and premiered by the ECO.
The ECO is proud of its outreach programme, Close Encounters,
which takes music into communities and schools around the UK and
overseas. Further details of this and all ECO activities can be found at
www.englishchamberorchestra.co.uk
You can also now become a fan of ECO on Facebook and Twitter
(@ECOrchestra) in order to keep up to date with the Orchestra’s
movements on tour in the UK and overseas.
Guest Artists
Sergei Nakariakov Trumpet
Maxim Vengerov Violin and Conductor
Widely regarded as one of the world’s
most dynamic artists, Maxim Vengerov
has performed sold out concerts with the
world’s most eminent orchestras in every
major city in the world. Steeped in the
celebrated Russian tradition of music
making, Maxim enjoys international
acclaim as a musician of the highest
order, tireless in his search for new means
of creative expression.
Having taken time off to study conducting, Maxim returned to the violin
in 2011 and now divides his time equally between playing the violin,
conducting and teaching. In 2012 he will perform as conductor and/
or soloist with various orchestras including concerts in Munich, Paris, the
Paleo Festival Geneva, London’s Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall and
Barbican Centre, Toronto, Montreal and Quebec Symphony Orchestras
as well as an Asian tour with recitals and Chamber music.
He joined the Menuhin Academy in Switzerland as Musical Advisor
in 2011 and became Menuhin Professor of the Royal Academy in
London in 2012.
As chairman of the prestigious Wienawski competition in Poznan,
Maxim has auditioned over 200 musicians within the last year,
travelling to 9 capitals of the world, selecting the finalists for the
competition which took place in October last year.
In 1997, Maxim Vengerov became the first classical musician to be
appointed Envoy for Music by UNICEF, which provided him with the
unique opportunity to inspire children worldwide through music. As a
UNICEF good will ambassador, he performed for underprivileged children
in Uganda, Thailand and the Balkans, and helped raise funds for UNICEF
assisted programs. Maxim Vengerov plays ex-Kreutzer Stradivari (1727).
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Soprano
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is one of the world’s
most loved sopranos, with a career that
has encompassed appearances on the
world’s greatest opera stages, as well as
in countless concert halls around the world.
Her recordings have brought her even
wider recognition and plaudits, including 2
Grammy awards, in a career recognized by
a lifetime achievement Award at the 2010
Classical Brit Awards and honoured by the
Metropolitan Opera Guild.
Since her early days in her native New Zealand Dame Kiri has captured
people’s hearts worldwide, notably singing at the wedding of Prince
Charles and Princess Diana, watched by 600 million. Many other
televised events have brought her voice to the attention of millions.
An opera performer of the highest calibre, she began 2012 with
engagements at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, as the Duchess of
Krakenthorp in La fille du Regiment, a role which she reprises in Vienna in
2013. Her 2010 performances in Der Rosenkavalier at Cologne Opera
garnered international press attention for her impeccable interpretation
in the role of Countess. As part of the BBC’s commitment to a year of
Opera in 2010, Dame Kiri brought her considerable mentoring skills to
the BBC “Kiri prize”, the prizewinner joining her in London’s Proms in
the Park. A hour-long documentary hosted by Dame Kiri “What Makes
a Great Soprano”, was broadcast on BBC TV, and has opened up
the art of singing to a wider audience through her engaging television
personality.
During 2012 Dame Kiri has already enthralled audiences in the USA,
Spain, Czech Republic, Israel, Holland, Australia and New Zealand
and has a packed calendar for more recitals and orchestral concerts
in 2013. As founder of the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation she is actively
passing on her invaluable experiences to a new generation of singers,
whilst continuing her many recital and concert engagements. She
became Patron of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition in
2011 and assumes the same role in 2013.
Behzod Abduraimov Piano
An exclusive Decca artist, Behzod
Abduraimov’s debut recital CD was
released during the 2011/12 season
to great critical acclaim. Extraordinarily
talented, he is an artist establishing an
impressive reputation for electrifying
audiences with his captivating
performances. He made a number of
debuts during the 2011/12 season
including Atlanta, Tokyo and Kansas
City Symphonies, National Arts Center Orchestra Ottawa, Lausanne
Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo,
English Chamber Orchestra as well as completing a hugely successful
major tour of Australia.
Further ahead, he will feature as part of the Gilmore Rising Star and
Vancouver Recital Series, London’s International Piano Series and Milan’s
La Societa dei Concerti. He has the major support of Vladimir Ashkenazy
and other collaborations include Charles Dutoit, Pinchas Zukerman, Michael
Christie, Krzysztof Urbański, Michael Stern and Alexander Lazarev.
At the age of 18, Behzod achieved a sensational victory in the 2009
London International Piano Competition, winning first prize with his thrilling
performance of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3.
Behzod Abduraimov was born in Tashkent in 1990 and began to play the
piano at the age of five. He is currently studying at the International Center
for Music at Park University, Kansas City with Stanislav Loudenitch.
Sergei Nakariakov has broken through more
than a few of the perceived boundaries
framing the world of the trumpet in classical
music. Dubbed “The Paganini of the trumpet”
and “Caruso of the Trumpet”, Sergei has
developed a unique musical voice, which
is much more than a vehicle for astonishing
virtuosity. His repertoire includes not only
the entire range of original literature for
the trumpet; but is continually expanding
into broader territories, including many
fascinating transcriptions, while he searches for ever new means of
musical expression. At the same time, he has single-handedly brought the
flügelhorn to prominence on the concert platform.
Born in Gorky in 1977, Sergei pays tribute to the technical and
musical gifts he has learned from his father, Mikhail Nakariakov, who
transcribed a large repertoire of classical concertos for the trumpet - and
with whom he studied daily from the very beginning, and since 1995
exclusively! From the age of ten Sergei started to perform with orchestras
in major concert halls of the Soviet Union before his family moved to
Israel and he became at liberty to travel and perform worldwide.
He has appeared in the world’s leading venues including the Hollywood
Bowl, New York’s Lincoln Center and London’s Royal Festival Hall
and Royal Albert Hall. He performs across Europe and in Japan and
North America, collaborating with the world’s most feted musicians,
orchestras and conductors. In recital he works with his sister Vera
Okhotnikova or Maria Meerovitch. Winner of many awards for his
recordings,
Nakariakov’s discography with Teldec has drawn huge
acclaim. In July 2012, Warner Classics released a new recording of
Sergei Nakariakov and Maria Meerovitch, “Widmung”, showcasing
the varied repertoire for trumpet and flugelhorn. Sergei Nakariakov’s
recent engagements include tours to Europe, Brazil, Japan and the USA,
highlights including the trumpet concerto by Jorg Widmann, specially
composed for him. He plays instruments by Antoine Courtois (Paris).
Lawrence Power Viola
Lawrence Power is one of the foremost
violists today and in 2011 was shortlisted for
the Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist
Award. He is regularly invited to perform
with some of the world’s greatest orchestras,
including the Chicago Symphony, the Boston
Symphony, the Bergen Philharmonic and the
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Recent engagements have included the
UK premiere of Olga Neuwirth’s concerto “Remnants of Song” with the
Philharmonia and Susanna Malkki at the 2012 BBC Proms, the world
premiere of Luke Bedford’s “Wonderful Two-headed Nightingale” with
the Scottish Ensemble, the world premiere of Charlotte Bray’s “Invisible
Cities” at the 2012 Verbier Festival, debuts with the Chicago Symphony
and Sir Mark Elder and the Melbourne Symphony and Tadaaki Otaka,
and many other concerto engagements with the likes of The London
Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Scottish
Symphony Orchestra, with conductors including Markus Stenz, FrançoisXavier Roth, Andrew Litton, and Baldur Bronniman. A recording of Mark
Anthony Turnage’s “On Opened Ground” with Markus Stenz and the
London Philharmonic Orchestra will be released this Autumn.
Lawrence Power plays a rare viola by the Bolognese maker Antonio
Brensi from c.1610 and has been appointed International Professor of
Viola at the Zurich Hochschule der Kunst. He is also founder and Artistic
Director of the West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival (http://www.
westwycombechambermusic.org.uk/).
Jack Liebeck Violin
Jack Liebeck made his concerto debut with
the Hallé Orchestra aged fifteen and has
performed with many of the world’s leading
orchestras under the baton of Martyn
Brabbins, Gunter Herbig, Alexander Lazarev,
Sir Neville Marriner, Sakari Oramo, Jukka
Pekka Saraste, Leonard Slatkin, Bramwell
Tovey and Barry Wordsworth.
In 2009 Jack signed an exclusive contract
with Sony, for whom he released the Dvorak Violin Concerto with Garry
Walker and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Dvorak Sonata
and Sonatina and a disc of the complete Brahms Sonatas with Katya
Apekisheva. The Dvorak recording secured him the 2010 Classical BRIT
Award “Young British Performer of the Year”. Jack is featured as soloist
on the soundtrack of Jane Eyre, written by Oscar winning composer
Dario Marianelli, which was released in September 2011 also on Sony
Classical. In the 2012/13 season he will record the first of a series of
discs for Hyperion Records.
Recent performances include Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra, Roberto Gerhard’s Concerto with the Real
Filharmonia de Galicia, Mendelssohn with the Royal Philharmonic and
English Chamber orchestras, Lindberg with the Queensland Symphony,
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and Oslo Philharmonic, and Dvorak with the
Auckland Philharmonic. He has given acclaimed solo recitals in London
(City of London Festival, Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall),
Copenhagen and Tilburg, and two chamber concerts with Brett Dean,
whose concerto The Lost Art of Letter Writing, he performed with the Royal
Stockholm Philharmonic in 2011.
Jack is Artistic Director of Oxford May Music Festival, a festival of music,
science and the arts. Jack plays the ‘Ex-Wilhelmj’ J.B. Guadagnini dated
1785.
Stephanie Gonley Director/Violin
Stephanie Gonley made her first appearance
with the ECO as a soloist in 1990, which
led to her appointment in April 1991 as one
of its leaders. She is the youngest person to
hold this position and only the fourth leader
in the Orchestra’s history.
Stephanie was a scholar at London’s
Guildhall School of Music and Drama,
where she was a pupil of David Takeno.
She continued her studies with Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School
in New York, and later with Ilan Gronich at the Hochschule in Berlin.
Amongst other awards, she was a winner of the prestigious Shell-LSO
National Scholarship. She is currently a Professor of Violin at the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
She is now firmly established as one of the leading British violinists of her
generation, and appears as a soloist with many of the leading orchestras
Stephen Johnson Musicologist
both in the UK and abroad. Stephanie was leader of the Vellinger
Quartet (winners of the 1994 London International String Quartet
Competition) and is leader of the ECO Ensemble, performing chamber
music in the UK and abroad.
With the ECO Stephanie appears regularly as both director and soloist
and her solo recordings with the Orchestra include Dvorak’s Romance for
EMI with Sir Charles Mackerras, hailed by Gramophone as “a winner
... the playing polished and beautifully balanced” and Bach’s violin
concertos and Brandenburg Concertos. Solo concert appearances with
the ECO include Bernstein’s Serenade, Bruch’s Violin Concerto No.1,
Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante (in which she appears as viola soloist on
some occasions, and violin soloist on others), Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons’
and Mozart’s Concertone for two violins (partnered by Maxim Vengerov).
She has directed the English Chamber Orchestra in concerts across the
UK as well as on tour in Moscow, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Turkey,
Germany, France and Italy.
Maria Meerovitch Piano
Maria Meerovitch was born in St.
Petersburg into a family of non-musicians,
yet she began her musical education at
the age of six. At the early age of eight
Maria performed for the first time at the St.
Petersburg Philharmonic Hall where she
was complimented by the great pianist
Grigory Sokolov. She continued studying
at the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State
Conservatory, with piano as her principal
subject.
festivals worldwide, including the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Festival
International d’Art Lyrique (Aix-en-Provence), Bad-Kissingen Musik
Festival, Baxter Hall (Cape Town), Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival,
Cité de la Musique (Paris), Opera City Hall (Tokyo), Musikhalle
(Hamburg), Newport Music Festival (Newport), Martha Argerich’s
Meeting Point (Beppu) and Theatre des Champs Elysees (Paris).
She has toured the USA, Europe, the Far East, Russia, Israel and South
Africa and has played with many international orchestras, including
Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo New Vivaldi Ensemble,
Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra and Nordic Symphony Orchestra.
In 1990 Maria relocated to Belgium on a “Fonds Alex de Vries”
(Yehudi Menuhin Foundation) scholarship. She graduated from the
Royal Conservatory of Antwerp (cum laude) and immediately began
teaching piano and chamber music at the same institution.
Maria’s passion for teaching young musicians has taken her to
America, Germany, South Africa and Belgium where she has given
master classes and has studied the treatment of piano playing related
tendonitis.
She subsequently won first prize at several international competitions
(including the G.B. Viotti competition in Italy and the Ch. Hennen
Competition in the Netherlands) and since then has performed as
soloist and chamber music player at many international venues and
Maria has recorded with a variety of international chamber music
partners, including a close duo partnership with Sergei Nakariakov.
In 2005 Maria appeared with Sergei in an ARTE production “Ich war
nie ein Wunderkind”.
Born in Lancashire in 1955, Stephen
Johnson studied at the Northern School of
Music, Manchester, and under Alexander
Goehr at Leeds University. After a brief
period working for BBC Radio 3 he did
a postgraduate course at Manchester
University. Then two friends - the composer
Robert Simpson and the record producer
Andrew Keener - suggested he try musical
journalism. This soon grew into a full-time
career. Since then he has broadcast frequently for BBC Radio 3, 4 and
World Service, major projects including 14 programmes about the
Backstage at the ECO
Quintin Ballardie OBE FRAM
Artistic Director
Quin Ballardie studied at London’s Royal
Academy of Music, after which he became
the youngest ever Principal Viola at Sadlers Wells Opera. He then
freelanced with many of London’s major orchestras, and also became
a member of the London Piano Quartet. His appointment as Principal
Viola of the London Philharmonic Orchestra brought with it the
opportunity for high-profile concerto appearances with this orchestra at
London’s Royal Festival Hall and Royal Albert Hall (where he appeared
as soloist at several BBC Promenade concerts).
Quin Ballardie oversaw the formation of the English Chamber Orchestra
in the early 1960s and was its Principal Viola until 1998. He has
been the ECO’s Managing Director and Artistic Director for over four
decades. In 1985 he was honoured to receive the Order of the British
Empire for services to music.
Described by The Daily Telegraph as ‘in a
class of his own’ James has been the prizewinner of the Wigmore Hall, Das Lied,
Kathleen Ferrier and Richard Tauber Song
Competitions. In 2012 he won a BorlettiBuitoni Trust Fellowship Award.
He regularly records for BBC Radio 3
and has appeared at venues and festivals
throughout Europe collaborating with singers
and instrumentalists including the Elias and Heath Quartets, Mark
Padmore, Sir Thomas Allen, Katherine Broderick and Annette Dasch.
James is a Professor at London’s Royal Academy of Music.
Pauline Gilbertson joined me many years ago
after graduating in music from Newcastle
University, where she also worked part-time for
Newcastle Festival and the City Hall Concert
Series. Amongst other things her job involves
negotiating with conductors and soloists and
their managers, as well as with concert venues,
promoters and agencies.
Our fellow director Charlotte Templeman studied
music at Birmingham University and is a keen
amateur cellist. She joined the ECO 15 years
ago, and her job includes overseeing the allimportant booking of the ECO musicians as well
as tour and concerts management.
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Over the last year he has given recitals at Wigmore Hall, Berlin
Konzerthaus, Musikverein, the St. Magnus, Cheltenham and City of
London Festivals and recorded the Britten Canticles for BBC Radio 3 and
Signum. As a soloist he made his debut in the Nottingham International
Series and appeared with the Ulster Orchestra. Future engagements
include recitals at Wigmore Hall with Lisa Milne, Sophie Bevan,
Ian Bostridge, Ailish Tynan, Mark Padmore and Adam Walker and
recordings for BBC Radio 3 with Ben Johnson.
Quin Ballardie writes:
Any mention of the English Chamber Orchestra would be totally
incomplete without recording the tremendous contribution over the
years made by my two friends and colleagues, Pauline Gilbertson and
Charlotte Templeman.
The success of the English Chamber Orchestra during these last few challenging
years is in no small measure due to the herculean efforts of these two ladies.
Richard Savage
James Baillieu Piano
music of Bruckner for the centenary of the composer’s death (1996), and
has written regularly for The Independent, The Guardian, BBC Music
Magazine and Gramophone. During 1998-99 he was Chief Music
Critic for The Scotsman. From 2003-5 he lectured at Exeter University.
Stephen has now given up concert criticism (with some relief) and makes
a living entirely by writing and talking about music. He is now a regular
presenter for Radio 3’s Discovering Music, and the author of Bruckner
Remembered (Faber 1998) and books on Mahler and Wagner (Naxos
2006 & 2007), and has contributed to The Cambridge Companion
to Conducting (CUP 2004). In 2003 Stephen was voted Amazon.com
Classical Music Writer of the Year. His radio documentary, Shostakovich:
Journey into Light, was nominated for a Sony Award in 2007.
Richard graduated in Materials Science from Oxford
University where he was also Chairman of the
Schola Cantorum and a Lay Clerk in Christ Church
Cathedral Choir. He has worked in the travel industry since graduation and
became Chairman of Specialised Travel in 1983. The Company is now the
world’s largest travel organization serving the performing arts.
In parallel with his business career he is much in demand as a professional
singer and a regular member of many of Europe’s leading vocal ensembles
such as the Gabrieli and King’s Consorts, Polyphony, Tenebrae, the Age
of Enlightenment and Concert D’Astree. He has appeared as a soloist in
major concert halls and festivals throughout Europe, America and Asia
and has taken part in over 150 CD recordings.
Marianne Swienink-Havard
and André Havard
Tour Hosts
You may be familiar with our popular Tour Hosts
Marianne and André, who have been involved
with the English Chamber Orchestra Music Cruise for many years, and
who are integral to the smooth running of the cruise. They are both
widely travelled as guides for tours both musical and non-musical.
Marianne is native of the Netherlands, but has called the UK home for
many years, having also lived in Switzerland and Spain. Between them,
she and André speak English, French, Dutch, German and Spanish.
They are also both keen photographers, and can often be seen
recording cruise memories for posterity!
Blue Mosque, Istanbul
Daily Itinerary
Tuesday 16 October
Saturday 13 October Istanbul
Embarkation in Istanbul.
Welcome Cocktails and introductions.
EVENING CONCERT: English Chamber Orchestra with Lawrence Power (viola) and
Stephanie Gonley (director)
Programme to include: Handel Water Music Suite
William Alwyn Pastoral Fantasia for viola and strings
Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 6 in E flat
Sunday 14 October At
Ephesus © Marianne Swienink-Havard
and André Havard
Sea
AFTERNOON CONCERT: English Chamber Orchestra with Maxim Vengerov (violin),
Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet), Lawrence Power (viola) and Maria Meerovitch (piano)
Programme: Mozart Sinfonia Concertante K.364
Shostakovich Concerto No. 1 for piano and trumpet
Captain’s Cocktail Reception.
EVENING RECITAL: Behzod Abduraimov (piano)
Schubert Sonata in A
Programme: Beethoven Apassionata Sonata
Ephesus © Marianne Swienink-Havard
and André Havard
Kusadasi
and André Havard
Return to the ship for the afternoon concert.
AFTERNOON CONCERT: English Chamber Orchestra with Behzod Abduraimov (piano)
and Stephanie Gonley (director)
Programme: Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
Chopin Piano Concerto no. 2
Docked
Morning shore excursion: Depart the ship for a tour of Ephesus, located about 20km
away from Kusadasi. This ancient Greek city is famed for its important ruins, and we
will see many of the major sites during our tour. A stop for refreshments is also included.
Please note that a reasonable level of fitness is needed for this tour, which will last
around 4 hours and is mostly on foot. Please wear comfortable shoes as the terrain
can be uneven.
Return to the ship for lunch.
AFTERNOON CONCERT: English Chamber Orchestra with Maxim Vengerov (violin and
conductor)
Programme to include: Mozart Violin Concerto no. 4 in D, K.218
Tchaikovsky Serenade
The Art Gallery Nestoridion, Rhodes
EVENING CHAMBER CONCERT: Jack Liebeck (violin), Lawrence Power (viola) and
Caroline Dale (cello)
Programme: Handel-Halvorsen and Mozart duos
Dohnanyi Serenade
Bodrum
Docked
Morning shore excursion: Depart the ship by minibus for a tour of the ancient sites of
Bodrum. We will visit the Theatre of Helicarnassus, a very well-preserved amphitheatre,
before continuing to the Mausoleum of Helicarnassus which houses the remains of this
magnificent tomb. After the visit here passengers may take a walk along the port where
the famous wooden boats of Bodrum can be seen, or go directly to Bodrum Castle.
Refreshments will be served before our guided tour of the castle.
Please note that a reasonable level of fitness is needed for this tour, and there are
many steps in the castle area. Please wear comfortable shoes.
Return to the ship for lunch.
Depart the ship by minibus for the afternoon concert, to be held at the Maritime Museum
of Bodrum. Pre-concert drinks will be served on a terrace near to the Town Hall, before
continuing to the museum next door for our concert. The museum houses a vast collection
of model fishing boats, as well as a display of more than 4000 sea shells from all over
the world.
AFTERNOON CONCERT: English Chamber Orchestra with Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet),
Jack Liebeck (violin) and Stephanie Gonley (director)
Programme to include: Haydn Concerto in C major for flugelhorn and orchestra
(orig. for cello)
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in D minor
Return to the ship for dinner.
Transfer back to the ship for dinner.
EVENING RECITAL: Lawrence Power (viola) & James Baillieu (piano)
Programme: Brahms Sonata in E flat
Schubert Arpeggione Sonata
Rhodes
Depart the ship after dinner for the evening concert at the Art Gallery Nestoridion, located
in the picturesque Hundred Palms Square near the historic Grande Albergo delle Rose.
The building was donated by Ioannis and Paola Nestoridis, and hosts a permanent
collection of modern Greek art.
Wednesday 17 October
Depart the ship for the afternoon concert which will be held at the Kismet Hotel, the oldest
and most historic hotel in the town and one which has hosted many famous and royal
visitors. Pre-concert drinks will be taken on one of the terraces where we will enjoy the
wonderful views. The concert will also take place on the terrace. In the case of inclement
weather, we will move inside.
Kismet Hotel, Kusadasi © Marianne Swienink-Havard
Docked
© Marianne Swienink-Havard and André Havard
Day at leisure (the programme of lectures and rehearsals will be announced on board).
Monday 15 October
Rhodes
Afternoon shore excursion: We arrive in Rhodes mid-morning, so passengers may
depart the ship for independent sightseeing after the morning lecture. Lunch will be
served on board. This afternoon we depart for a sightseeing tour of the medieval centre of
Rhodes Town. Our walking tour includes a panoramic view, with a visit to the ancient stadium
and the Old Town. We will also see the spot where the Colossus of Rhodes (one of the Seven
Wonders of the Ancient World) once stood. There will be time for refreshments during the tour.
Please note that a reasonable level of fitness is needed for this tour which will be
mostly on foot; please wear comfortable shoes.
EVENING RECITAL: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) & James Baillieu (piano)
Programme to include works by: Handel, Vivaldi, Liszt, Guastavino, Jake Heggie, Gershwin,
Korngold and Puccini
Bodrum Maritime Museum
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Bodrum
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Thursday 18 October
Petros Nomikos Auditorium, Santorini
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Santorini
At Anchor
Morning shore excursion: After tendering ashore this morning, we board coaches for
a guided tour of Oia on the stunning island of Santorini. Oia is a traditional village with
charming houses in narrow streets, blue domed churches, and sun-bathed verandas. The
village is situated on top of an impressive cliff and offers a spectacular view over the
volcano of Palia and Nea Kameni and the island of Thirassia. Refreshments will be served
during the tour. We will return to the tender via the town of Fira – passengers who prefer
to have lunch ashore will be able to remain here and rejoin the group for the afternoon
concert. Please note that a reasonable level of fitness is needed for this tour which will
involve some walking; please wear comfortable shoes.
Return to the ship for lunch.
Depart the ship for the afternoon concert which will be held in the Petros Nomikos
Auditorium in Fira. Drinks will be served on the terrace, which boasts wonderful views of
the bay and the town, before the concert which will be held inside the building.
AFTERNOON CONCERT: E
nglish Chamber Orchestra Ensemble with soloist
Julie Price (bassoon)
Programme: Devienne Bassoon Quartet
Schubert String Quintet in C
Transfer back to the ship for dinner.
EVENING RECITAL: Jack Liebeck (violin) & James Baillieu (piano)
Programme: Szymanovsky Three Mythes
Brahms Violin Sonata in G
Tchaikovsky Valse Scherzo
Santorini
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Grypario Theatre Interior, Mykonos
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Mykonos
Friday 19 October
Mykonos
At Anchor
Morning shore excursion: After the tender ashore, and weather permitting, we board
boats for a sightseeing tour of the island of Delos. This is one of the most important
mythological, historical and archaeological sites in Greece, and contains many important
excavations. In case of inclement weather, a walking tour of the pretty Old Town will
be offered instead. Refreshments will be served during the tour. Please note that a
reasonable level of fitness is needed for this tour which will be mostly on foot; please
wear comfortable shoes as the terrain can be uneven.
Return to the ship for lunch.
In the afternoon, return to Mykonos by tender for the afternoon concert in the Grypario
Theatre, which is built in local style. Pre-concert drinks will be served in the foyer.
AFTERNOON CONCERT: English Chamber Orchestra with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
(soprano) and Stephanie Gonley (director)
Programme:
to be announced
Return to the ship for farewell cocktail reception and dinner.
EVENING RECITAL: Programme:
Disembarkation in Piraeus (for Athens).
© Marianne Swienink-Havard and André Havard
© Marianne Swienink-Havard and André Havard
Mykonos
Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet) & Maria Meerovitch (piano)
to be announced
Saturday 20 October
Santorini
Grypario Theatre, Mykonos
Piraeus (Athens)
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Passports
Daily Programme
Passports should be valid for 3 months after your return date. Should
you require visas for any part of your cruise, please make sure you
obtain them before embarkation. Passports will be collected on arrival
on board and will be kept in the purser’s office for the duration of the
cruise unless customs demands otherwise.
You will receive a daily programme on board with detailed
information for that day. Please check these every day for the most
up to date schedule. From time to time and for reasons and
circumstances outside our control, the times shown on the itinerary may
alter. Marianne and André will advise you of any changes at
the earliest possible opportunity.
Travel Insurance
We recommend you carry a copy of your insurance certificate with
you at all times.
Dress Code
Day wear: Casual resort-wear, including light cotton clothing is
recommended. Warmer layers are also advisable. When in public
areas or the restaurants, swimsuits are not allowed. A jacket and/or
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of unexpected rain, or powerful air-conditioning. A hat
and sunglasses are always recommended. During your time ashore we
recommend you wear comfortable footwear, many of the roads still
have old fashioned cobblestones which can be uneven and slippery.
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The ECO and guest artists ask you to refrain from taking photographs
during the concert performances. Please feel free to take as many
photographs as you like while artists take their bows and during
rehearsals. Because of copyright laws, recording of any kind both
video and audio are not permitted.
Included in Cost
Cruise passage aboard Msy Wind Spirit in cabin selected, inclusive of
all meals and drinks, rehearsals, concerts and lectures on board and
all tours and concerts ashore in selected historic and artistic settings.
An open bar is available to all guests on board, included specially
selected wine with meals. This is a fully escorted Music Cruise. Port
taxes are included.
Emergencies
Reception
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WindSpa
Lobby
The Restaurant
The Lounge
Library
WC
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Marianne Swienink-Havard (host): +44 (0) 7944 265069
André Havard (host): +44 (0) 7943 957579
Travel for the Arts office in London: +44 (0) 208 799 8350
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