DATE AND VENUE

18 June 2017, Lütfi Kırdar Convention & Exhibition Centre

CONCERT INFO

TEKFEN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
AZIZ SHOKHAKIMOV conductor
PUMEZA MATSHIKIZA soprano
İLKER ARCAYÜREK tenor

CONCERT PRORGAMME

• Giuseppe Verdi
  Overture to the La forza del destino
• Georges Bizet
  from Les pêcheurs de Perles
  “Je crois entendre encore”
• Giacomo Puccini
  from La Bohème
  “Donde lieta usci?”
• Francis Poulenc​
  Les Dialogues des Carmelites
  “Pourquoi vous tenez-vous ainsi?”
• Georges Bizet
  from L’Arlésienne Suites
  Frandole
• Francesco Cilea
  from L’Arlesiana
  “È la solita storia del pastore”
• Giacomo Puccini
  from Turandot
  “Tu, che di gel”
• Pietro Mascagni
  from Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo
• Giacomo Puccini
  from La Bohème
  “O soave fanciulla”
• Camille Saint-Saëns
  from Samson and Dalilah
  Bacchanale
• George Gershwin​
  from Porgy and Bess
  “Summertime”
• Jules Massenet​
  from Manon
  “Instant charmant-En ferment les yeux”
• Giuseppe Verdi
  from La Traviata
  “Parigi, o cara”
• Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  From Nutcracker
  Pas de deux
• Geatano Donizetti
  from L’Elisir d’amore
  “Una furtiva lagrima”
• Alfredo Catalani
  from La Wally
  “Ebben? ne andrò lontana”
• Arrigo Boitano
  from Mefistofele
  “Lontano, lontano, lontano”

Last 105’ inc. interval.

“The photographing or sound recording of this concert or possession of any device for such photography or sound recording is prohibited.”

Duets and arias from The Elixir of Love, La Bohéme, La Traviata, Turandot, Mefistofele, La Wally, L’arlesiana, Roberto Devereux, Manon, Dialogues of the Carmelites, The Perl Fishers

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Tekfen Philharmonic Orchestra accompanies the South African soprano Pumeza Matshikiza, hailed as “the new Maria Callas” (The Spectator), and tenor İlker Arcayürek, who is selected a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist for 2017.