Cosmos Concert Series - ERT National Symphony Orchestra: ''Planets'' / ''Helios''

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PRESENTATION

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Cosmos Concert Series

ERT National Symphony Orchestra
Gustav Holst's The Planets
Carl Nielsen's Helios

Monday, February 26, 2018 / 20.30

Stavros Niarchos Hall
of the Greek National Opera


As part of Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center's Cosmos music series, ERT National Symphony Orchestra embarks on an interplanetary musical journey at Greek National Opera's Stavros Niarchos Hall.

Performing works by important Greek and international composers, and collaborating with acclaimed conductors and researchers since 1938, ERT National Symphony Orchestra presents Gustav Holst's The Planets alongside Helios Overture by Danish composer Carl Nielsen under the music direction of Nikos Haliassas.

Composed between 1914 and 1916, and originally titled "Seven orchestral pieces," The Planets (op. 32) is an orchestral suite, each part of which is named after a planet, namely Mars, Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Jupiter. Gustav Holst was inspired for The Planets by their importance and meaning in Greek mythology.
The composer described this work as "a series of mood pictures," each part evoking a different idea and emotion: Mars - the destruction of war (the piece was conceived in the aftermath of World War I); Jupiter - jollity and patriotism; Venus - peace; Mercury - fluidity and volatility; Saturn - the wisdom of old age; Neptune - infinity of space; and Uranus - the magic of the cosmos.

Paradoxically, the planets according to Holst are seven, rather than nine - Holst simply did not include the Earth and Pluto, which was to be discovered 14 years after the completion of The Planets and only four years before the celebrated British composer's death.

Inspired during the Danish composer's year of stay in Athens in the early 20th century, Helios Overture (op.17) is one of Carl Nielsen's most popular works.

One of the finest and busiest orchestral ensembles in Greece, ERT National Symphony Orchestra has repeatedly performed at Herod Atticus Odeon during the Athens Festival, as well as at the Patras Festival, the Belgrade Festival, at the Cairo Opera, in Montreal, Cologne, Paris, Istanbul, at international music events in collaboration with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), at the Athens Concert Hall and in many cities in Greece.

Nikos Haliassas is the founder and artistic director of INTRARTI orchestra (2000); he has also conducted the Athens State Orchestra, the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, ERT Symphony Orchestra, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, the Eskişehir Municipal Symphony Orchestra, the Thüringen Sinfoniker, Musica Vitae chamber orchestra in Vaxjo, Sweden, Klaasparlimang Sinfonietta (Estonia), Astana Symphony Orchestra (Kazakhstan), the Chamber Orchestra Copenhagen, the City of Athens Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra of the Municipality of Thessaloniki.

The concert is a coproduction with ERT and is realized with an exclusive grant of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

- Late seating is only possible only in the event of a pause.
- Children six years and older may attend the concert.

- Free entry via electronic pre-registration
- Pre-registration for the SNFCC Members will start on 19/2 at 12.00 noon (limited number of seats).
- Pre-registration for the public will start on 20/2 at 12.00 noon.


INFO
Venue
Stavros Niarchos Hall
of the Greek National Opera

Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Cultural Center (SNFCC)

Event Date
Monday, February 26, 2018
time: 20:30

Free entrance
via electronic booking


Booking System
Only electronic bookings are available.
The system presents you automatically with the best available seats.

Printing your e-Pass

You can download in a PDF form and print your Entry Pass if you choose to.

Valid Entry Pass
Your booking is valid provided you check in at least 45 minutes (19:45) before the performance starts. Please make sure that you arrive on time, otherwise your seats will be allocated to other visitors.

Booking cancellation
In case you are not able to attend to the event, please be kind enough to cancel your reservation by sending an email at cancel@ticketservices.gr

Booking period
- Pre-registration for the SNFCC Members (limited number of seats) starts on Monday 19/2 at 12.00 noon
- Pre-registration for the public starts on Tuesday 20/2 at 13.00
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