Fridays with Astrith Baltsan
For the past 30 years, Dr. Astrith Baltsan has been spearheading a revolution of moderated concerts in Israel, with her marvelous ability to unravel and communicate a multitude of hidden delights in the world of Classical Music. Her programs bridge universal cultural values with Jewish heritage, and make classical values relevant to our lives in the here and now, in Israel and in Jerusalem. In the United States she is affectionately called "Lady Baltsan-Bernstein."
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This series is a highlight of collaboration between Dr. Astrith Baltsan and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, in which Astrith will, for the first time, lead a wholes series of moderated concerts for adults with a full symphony orchestra by her side: three exciting and fascinating programs, Friday matinee treats for the mind and for the soul, which promise to launch us into the weekend emotionally nourished.
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Astrith Baltsan, pianist, artistic director, moderator
Concerts will be held on Fridays at 11am
Concerts in this Series:
The Orpheus Myth
Friday 4.11.22
Doron Salomon, conductor
Daniela Skorka, soprano
Astrith Baltsan, pianist, artistic director, moderator
Gluck, Beethoven, Offenbach, Bonafé
A story of love, mourning, descending to the inferno and choosing life.
From Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, through Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 (mvts. 2 and 3) to Offenbach’s Orphée aux enfers and the Orfeu Negro of the Brazilian carnival
A Russian Novel
Friday 10.2.23
Guy Feder, conductor
Itamar Zorman, violin
Astrith Baltsan, pianist, artistic director, moderator
Khachaturian, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff
Three who fled and two who stayed – Five composers in the Soviet-era, five souls seeking a homeland
HaTikvah
Friday 28.4.23
Steven Sloane, conductor
Astrith Baltsan, pianist, artistic director, moderator
Ankor Choir
Dafna Ben-Yohanan, chorusmaster
A symphonic journey towards a national anthem with works by Elgar, Tchaikovsky (1812: Overture), Smetana (The Moldau), Sephardic liturgical poems and Romanian chants leading to HaTikvah
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- Last season’s seats will be held for renewing subscribers until June 10th, 2023
- Seats will not be reserved for subscribers to the Family Concert Series
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- The program of the Highlights Series is fixed and the concerts are non exchangeable
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