Concert for peace with the Symphonic Orchestra Cantabile
6 of November 2022
Our musicians joined a beautiful symphony story with the Symphonic Orchestra Cantabile, for the Concert For Peace, Koncert za mir.
Honorary Patron of the Concert: the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor.
The Cantabile Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with the Music for the Future Foundation held the Concert for Peace, where the orchestra and guests from Ukraine, conducted by Marjan Grdadolnik, were joined by Ukrainian soloist violinist Sofia Kysliak, sopranos Mojca Bitenc and Tone Kuntner, and Marcel Štefančič with an artist’s word. Alongside works by Osterc and Williams, the musicians also performed Mikolaj Gorecki’s monumental Third Symphony for solo soprano and large symphony orchestra.
Honorary Patron of the Concert: the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor.
Programme
S. Osterc (1895-1941) – Suite for Orchestra – Religioso
J. Williams (1932) – Theme from Schindler’s List
Sofia Kysliak, violin
H. M. Górecki (1933-2010) – Symphony No. 3 ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’, Op. 36 for soprano and orchestra
Mojca Bitenc, soprano
Folk, arr. M. Grdadolnik (1967) – What’s the matter, little girl
Mojca Bitenc, soprano
Neža Nahtigal, violin
Performing
Marjan Grdadolnik, conductor
Matej Avšič, concertmaster
Mojca Bitenc, soprano
Sofia Kysliak, violin
Tone Kuntner, artistic word
Marcel Štefančič, artistic voice
Musicians of the Music For The Future Orchestra:
Sofia Kysliak, violin
Tamila Dishchenko, violin
Dzhuliia Kosia-Fomba, viola
Daria Kurtii, viola