Celebrated violin soloist Koh Gabriel Kameda joins TPO and Maestro Gudni Emilsson to perform Galzunov’s Violin Concerto in A minor in what will certainly be a special event. The concert concludes with the performance of Prokofiev’s emotionally stirring work, Romeo and Juliet.

Concerts

• 17 February 2012 / 7.00 p.m. / MACM
• 18 February 2012 / 4.00 p.m. / MACM

Conductor

Gudni A. Emilsson

Soloist

Koh Gabriel Kameda, Violin

Program

• Thai Traditional Music
• Alexander Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor op.82
• Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Suite No.2 op.64

One of the world’s most engaging trumpet soloists, Rex Richardson joins TPO to perform a work written specifically for him by US composer James Stephenson – the “Rextreme Concerto”. The musical fireworks continue as TPO with principal guest conductor Claude Villaret performs Stravinsky’s Firebird, and concludes with Kabalevsky’s Overture “Colas Breugnon”.

Concerts

• 2 March 2012 / 7.00 p.m. / MACM
• 3 March 2012 / 4.00 p.m. / MACM

Conductor

Claude Villaret

Soloist

Rex Richardson, Trumpet

Program

• Thai Traditional Music
• James M. Stephenson: “Rextreme Concerto”
• Igor Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919)
• Dmitri Kabalevsky: Overture “Colas Breugnon”

One of Thailand’s most recognized young composers, Narong Prangcharoen, teams up with talented Thai saxophone artist Wisuwat Praksavanich for the world premiere of Prangcharoen’s Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra. Guest conductor Dariusz Mikulski returns to lead TPO, with a second half that features two Tchaikovsky favourites – Capriccio Italien and Sleeping Beauty.

Concerts

• 16 March 2012 / 7.00 p.m. / MACM
• 17 March 2012 / 4.00 p.m. / MACM

Conductor

Dariusz Mikulski

Soloist

Wisuwat Praksavanich, Saxophone

Program

• Thai Traditional Music
• Narong Prangcharoen: Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra (World Premiere)
• Peter Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien op.45
• Peter Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty op.66

This special concert features the world premier of a work by Mahidol College of Music Composer James Ogburn, titled “A Picture in Einstein’s Hand. Cello Soloist Tomas Strasil makes his return to Salaya to perform the Elgar Cello Concerto, and Maestro Gudni Emilsson leads TPO in a performance Janacek’s powerful and evocative rhapsody – Taras Bulba.

Concerts

• 4 May 2012 / 7.00 p.m. / MACM
• 5 May 2012 / 4.00 p.m. / MACM

Conductor

Gudni A. Emilsson

Soloist

Tomas Strasil, Cello

Program

• Thai Traditional Music
• James J. Ogburn: A Picture in Einstein ́s Hand (World Premiere)
• Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor op.85
• Leos Janacek: Taras Bulba

TPO Chief Conductor Gudni Emilsson is joined by violin soloist Marta Magdalena Lelek for the world premiere of Karl Fiorini’s Violin Concerto No. 2. The program then follows with “The Hero’s Battlefield” from Richard Strauss’s autobiographical work Ein Heldenleben, and concludes with Polish composer Szymanowski’s Concerto Overture.

Concerts

• 18 May 2012 / 7.00 p.m. / MACM
• 19 May 2012 / 4.00 p.m. / MACM

Conductor

Gudni A. Emilsson

Soloist

Marta Magdalena Lelek, Violin

Program

• Thai Traditional Music
• Karl Fiorini: Violin Concerto No. 2 (World Premiere)
• Richard Strauss: From “Ein Heldenleben op.40” – The Hero ́s Battlefield
• Karol Szymanowski: Concert Overture in E major op.12

Raw emotion and expression are on display as TPO performs Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”. In addition, the Katona Twins Guitar Duo joins Maestro Claude Villaret in performances of Piazzolla and Rodrigo. The concert will also include a world premiere performance of Mahidol College of Music composer Roger Petersen’s work “Where her Lingering Smile Resides”.

Concerts

• 1 June 2012 / 7.00 p.m. / MACM
• 2 June 2012 / 4.00 p.m. / MACM

Conductor

Claude Villaret

Soloist

Katona Twins, Guitar Duo

Program

• Thai Traditional Music
• Roger W. Petersen: Where her Lingering Smile Resides (World Premiere)
• Astor Piazzolla: Double Concerto for two Guitars and Orchestra
• Joaquin Rodrigo: Concerto Madrigal for two Guitars and Orchestra
• Peter I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 in B minor op.74 (Pathétique)

Piano soloist Eun Young Suh, chair of the Piano Department at Mahidol College of Music is featured with TPO in a performance of Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1. She is joined in the performance by TPO principal trumpet Surachet Chanoksakul and led by Maestro Gudni Emilsson. The program concludes with one of the most popular symphonies of all time – Shostakovich 5.

Concerts

• 15 June 2012 / 7.00 p.m. / MACM
• 16 June 2012 / 4.00 p.m. / MACM

Conductor

Gudni A. Emilsson

Soloist

• Eun Young Suh, Piano
• Surachet Chanoksakul, Trumpet

Program

• Thai Traditional Music
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No.1 op.35
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 in D minor, op.47

One of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music, Sergie Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2 is performed by TPO, under the baton of Chief Conductor Gudni Emilsson. Also featured is flute soloist Guiseppe Nova in a performance of Mercadante’s Flute Concerto.

Concerts

• 6 July 2012 / 7.00 p.m. / MACM
• 7 July 2012 / 4.00 p.m. / MACM

Conductor

Gudni A. Emilsson

Soloist

Giuseppe Nova, Flute

Program

• Thai Traditional Music
• Saverio Mercadante: Flute Concerto in E minor op.57
• Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2 in E minor op.27

TPO performs the epic symphonic suite Scheherazade, which is based on scenes from Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights) and is Rimsky-Korsakov’s most popular work. Also, Chief Conductor Gudni Emilsson is joined by cellist Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt for a performance of Schostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 2.

Concerts

• 20 July 2012 / 7.00 p.m. / MACM
• 21 July 2012 / 4.00 p.m. / MACM

Conductor

Gudni A. Emilsson

Soloist

Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Cello

Program

• Thai Traditional Music
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.2 in G minor op.126
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, op.35

Guest Conductor Alfonso Scarano leads TPO in a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake Suite, as well as the world premiere of Thomas Hyuk Cha’s work “Glory to God” for Orchestra. Joining Scarano is Thai violin soloist Pitchayapa Lueangtawikit performing Max Bruch’s famous Violin Concerto No. 1.

Concerts

• 3 August 2012 / 7.00 p.m. / MACM
• 4 August 2012 / 4.00 p.m. / MACM

Conductor

Alfonso Scarano

Soloist

Pitchayapa Lueangtawikit – Violin

Program

• Thai Traditional Music
• Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor op.26
• Thomas Hyuk Cha: “Glory to God” for Orchestra (World Premiere)
• Peter I. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite op. 20