Moonlight sonatas with the Jerusalem Street Orchestra

Conductor: Ido Shpitalnik, 

Soloist and presenter: Nizar El-Khater

 Piano Festival 2020 -  rerun

Pianist Nizar El-Khater, who has been with us since the festival's inception, collaborates with the Jerusalem Street Orchestra, one of the capital's unique ensembles, and with its conductor and founder, Ido Shpitalnik. They will show three different ways of performing Beethoven's sonatas. Firstly, an arrangement for strings, made by the composer, then an exciting rendition of the original - the beloved Moonlight Sonata - played by Nizar El-Khater, and in the end, an arrangement for piano and strings, composed by Nizar especially for the festival.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonata for strings in F Major, acc. to Sonata No. 9 in E major, op. 14 No. 1, arr. by the composer.......... c. 15 min.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonata No. 14, in C-sharp minor ("Quasi una fantasia"), op. 27 No. 2,

"Moonlight Sonata" in its original version ............................. c. 17 min.

Beethoven / El-Khater

Sonata No. 8, in C minor, op. 13, ("Pathétique") arr. by N. El-Khater for piano and strings................................................ c. 20 min.

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