Arab-Baltic spring
Program

Arvo Pärt (1935)
Orient & Occident

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Ouverture to the "Abduction from the Seraglio"
(instrumented for strings by Andrei Pushkarev)

Rageh Daoud (1954)
Dialogue (for violin and string orchestra)
Soloist Madara Petersone, violin

Joelle Khoury (Lebanon)
Variations on Imaginery Folk Dances
(A work commissioned to Kremerata Baltica)
Soloist Fadia Tomb El-Hage, contralto

Joelle Khoury (Lebanon)
Of Memories Folks and I
Soloist Fadia Tomb El-Hage, contralto; Dzeraldas Bidva, violin

Georgs Pelecis (1947)
Flowering Jasmine (for violin, vibraphone, and strings)
Soloists Gidon Kremer, violin; Andrei Pushkarev, vibraphone

Ali Osman Alhaj (Sudan-Egypt)
Fusion
Soloist Mohammad Taha, percussion

Arturs Maskats  (1957)
Midnight in Riga (for violin, violoncello, vibraphone, and orchestra)
(Written for Kremerata Baltica)
Soloists Gidon Kremer, violin; Giedre Dirvanauskaite, violoncello; Andrei Pushkarev, vibraphone

Maias Alyamani (1981)
Omar (for violin solo, percussion, and string orchestra)
Soloists Maias Alyamani, violin; Mohammad Taha, percussion