In addition to our performance at the Music China Fair 14, 15 and 16th of Oct we shall perform as part of the Shanghai International Arts Festival. Our program in Shanghai Concert Hall Oct 19th 2015 will be:
I
Glinka - Overture to the opera "Ruslan and Ludmilla"
Smetana - Symphonic poem "Richard III"
Jaan Rääts (b.1932) - Concerto for Eight Pianists on Four Pianos op.126 (2005)
Ravel - "Bolero"
II
Wagner - Overture to "Tannhäuser"
Urmas Sisask (b.1960) - Voices of the Universe op.88 (2002)
Estonian composers Jaan Rääts and Urmas Sisask have written their works especially for Estonian Piano orchestra for 16 hands on four pianos. Smetana´s "Richard III" is a composer´s own version for 16 hands/four pianos of his symphonic poem "Richard III" . (Used with kind permission of the Museum of Smetana in Prague). Other arrangements are made by our ensemble members. Welcome! :)