Baalbeck
International Festival - Program 2011
Program in French - Program
in Arabic
Thursday
7, Friday 8 & Saturday July 9 2011
FROM THE DAYS OF SALADIN - LEBANESE NIGHTS
Text, lyrics, music and direction by Farid and Maher
Sabbagh
The Courtyard of the two Temples
A Lebanese musical play entirely live. It is interpreted
by Assi el Hallani, Antoine Kerbaje, Carmen Lebbos,
Carine Ramia, Nabil Abou Mrad, Ghassan Attieh, Joseph
Assaf, Boutros Farah, Khaled el Sayed, Hala el Murr,
Sabeh Baaklini, Alain Aylé; the music is
played by an orchestra of 45 musicians conducted
by Maestro Harout Fazlian and the choir of the Antonine
Fathers University under the direction of father
Toufik Maatouk will complete this ensemble with
the participation of an elite of singers, actors
and dancers. All the sets are designed by Rami Sabbagh.
The dances are choreographed by François
Rahme. The costumes design and execution are signed
by Faten Mechref from the Caracalla Research Center.
This musical play, which takes place during the
conflicts between Saladin and Richard the Lion Heart,
highlights the impact of the conflicts that have
always existed between East and West and its effect
on Lebanon as well as on the region. The intrigue
is an integral part of the piece that has a leading
character who is a contemporary writer who decided
to continue to write his piece as a musical play
titled “From the days of Saladin”. He then penetrates
his own creation to convince his own characters
to negotiate and conclude a final peace between
East and West, at the Gates of the “City of Peace”
instead of the historic yet limited truce that resulted
between Saladin and Richard the Lion Heart in 1192.
This musical play includes elaborate scenes and
songs with a folkloric oriental music without ever
forgetting the framework of events; modern audio-visual
and lighting effects done by a highly qualified
technician team complete this masterpiece. The result
that evolves in a piece produced today is fast-paced
and quite audacious.
Thursday
July 14 2011
BORIS EIFMAN BALLET THEATRE OF SAINT-PETERSBURG
DON QUICHOTTE OR FANTASIES OF A MAD MAN
The Courtyard of the two Temples
After their brilliant performance at Baalbek in
2010, the Boris Eifman Ballet Theatre of Saint-Petersburg
will be back this year to present the magnificent
ballet Don Quichotte or fantasies of a mad man.
"Don Quixote, or Fantasies of a Madman"
is one of Boris Eifman's most enjoyable works, brisk
storytelling and lively dance that gingerly sends
up classical ballet while providing a reasonably
fine modern equivalent. Eifman wakes up the old
art like few others, loyal to the tradition while
boldly updating its look. In "Quixote,"
he finds the perfect metaphor, encasing his hero
in a framing plot as inmate of an asylum, a way
to be faithful to Miguel de Cervantes themes. Not
only is this Quixote — danced with brittle zeal
and bursting energy, but the approach allows Eifman
to craft an earnest plea for the imagination, a
lustrous salute to the vision and suffering of all
artists.” (Chicago Tribune, April 2011)
Friday July 15 2011
THE GERSHWIN PIANO QUARTET - CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
ON FOUR GRAND PIANOS
The Courtyard of the two Temples
The Gershwin Piano Quartet sheds new light on the
music of Gershwin. It features four pianists on
four concert grand pianos playing, arranging and
improvising on some of Gershwin's most popular songs
and orchestral works. Their repertoire also includes
important works by Stravinsky, Ravel … thus creating
a lively and highly virtuosic concert evening not
to be missed.
The program will feature:
Stravinsky: Petrushka-Suite
Granados: La Maya y el Ruisenor
Wirth: Tango-Fugue on a theme by Astor Piazzolla
Wild: Etude no3 on "The Man I Love" -
Etude no 6 on "I Got Rhythm"
Ravel: La Valse
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue – Lady Be Good – I Got
Rhythm
Porter: Night n' Day
Saturday July 23 2011
ABDEL RAHMAN EL BACHA - PIANO RECITAL
Bacchus Temple
A very tough French musical critic said of him “Abdel
Rahman El Bacha is a shining star in his world of
music, a world that knows no physical boundaries
or historical limitations. His language is understood
universally, touching hearts and minds through his
chosen instrument, the piano, and with the help
of nimble fingers and an exceptional talent. These
are skills he develops and hones with great precision,
knowing that to realise one’s dream, nothing can
be left to chance.”
He came for the first time to Baalbek in 2008 to
interpret as a soloist, with his astounding technique,
a various repertory that totally seduced us and
left us on our thirst to see him play again his
exceptional interpretations.
This year, he is coming back to enchant us once
again.
Program:
Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 21 in C major op. 53
"Waldstein"
Schubert: Impromptu no.3 in B-flat major op.142
Chopin: Nocturne no.13 in C minor op.48 no.1 / Polonaise
for Piano in F sharp minor op.44
El Bacha: A Ritual Ancient Arabs' Danse / Variations
on an Abdel Wahab Melody / Bacchus
Prokofiev: Sarcasms op. 17
Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
Saturday
July 30 2011
LOUIS HAYES & THE CANNONBALL LEGACY BAND FEATURING
VINCENT HERRING & JEREMY PELT JAZZ CONCERT
The Courtyard of the two Temples
Louis Hayes is one of Jazz’s greatest drummers of
all time. His story contains a glorious past, a
most vibrant present and an everlasting future.
At age 18 Louis became a three year member of the
legendary Horace Silver Quintet and for the following
six years joined the extraordinary Cannonball Adderly
Quintet. Besides several years of musical associations
with Oscar Peterson and McCoy Tyner, Louis led and
co-led a series of groups as with: Dexter Gordon,
Freddie Hubbard, and Woody Shaw - to name just a
few. Louis recorded and worked with the Greatest
in Jazz: John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious
Monk, J.J. Johnson, Sonny Clark, Wes Montgomery,
George Benson, Joe Henderson & many others.
Having
won numerous awards and participated in almost every
major international festival over the years, Louis
Hayes finally arrives to Baalbek as Leader of the
Cannonball Legacy band which already has several
hit albums including the most recent “Maximum Fire
Power”. The band features two of today’s greatest
stars of Modern Jazz: Vincent Herring on Saxophone
& Jeremy Pelt on Trumpet. Also joining the band
will be Anthony Wonsey on Piano and Richie Goods
on Acoustic Bass.
Program
in French - Program
in Arabic
TRANSPORT
All
performances start at 8pm sharp
Transport
arrangements to Baalbeck are organized with NAKHAL
(by pullman). Tel : 01 389389
The
bus transport tickets are available at Virgin Megastores
(all branches): Tel: 01-999666 ext 101
Point
of Departure from Greater Beirut: Nakhal Agency:
Sami el Solh Avenue
Time:
Departure times between 3:00pm and 5:30pm (last
bus)
Cost:
Round trip ticket @ 15,000L.L per person
Ticket
Prices (VAT included)
Thursday
7, Friday 8 & Saturday July 9 2011
FROM THE DAYS OF SALADIN
The Courtyard of the two Temples
180.000LL – 150.000LL – 90.000LL – 45.000LL – 30.000LL
Thursday
July 14 2011
BORIS EIFMAN BALLET THEATRE OF SAINT-PETERSBURG
The Courtyard of the two Temples
180.000LL – 150.000LL – 120.000LL – 75.000LL – 30.000LL
Friday
July 15 2011
THE GERSHWIN PIANO QUARTET
The Courtyard of the two Temples
180.000LL – 150.000LL – 90.000LL – 60.000LL – 30.000LL
Saturday
July 23 2011
ABDEL RAHMAN EL BACHA
Bacchus Temple
150.000LL – 105.000LL – 75.000LL – 45.000LL – 30.000LL
Saturday
July 30 2011
LOUIS HAYES & THE CANNONBALL LEGACY BAND
The Courtyard of the two Temples
150.000LL – 105.000LL –75.000LL- 45.000LL
TICKETING
Tickets
are available at all branches of Virgin Megastores
and at the entrance of the Baalbeck Acropolis.
*
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* Baalbeck Acropolis - tel: 08 376912 / 03 891695
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N.B: Discounts on ticket group sales are available
when purchasing more than 20 tickets:
- Between 21 and 50 tickets: 10% discount
- Between 51 and 100 tickets: 12.5% discount
- Over 100 tickets: 15% discount
Partenaires
officiels
Arabia Insurance Company
Al Waleed Ben Talal Humanitarian Foundation
