Kennedy Center: Joseph Tawadros with Australian Chamber Orchestra

Date: September 30, 2009 (Wednesday)
Time: 7:30 P.M. (1 hour, 37 minutes, with one 15-minute intermission)
Place: Terrace Theater at the Kennedy Center
Tickets: $45 general, available online

Oud master Joseph Tawadros features in a second night of perfomance by the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Tawadros and brother, percussionist James Tawadros, perform a medley of Egyptian-flavored compositions.

Program:

• SAXTON - Birthday Piece for Richard Rodney Bennett
• ANONYMOUS - Sonata Chiquitanas XVIII, mvts 1 & 2 (Bolivia)
• SHOSTAKOVICH - String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108
• TRADITIONAL - 'Yo era niña de casa alta' (Sephardic)
• TAWADROS - Compositions
• SHOSTAKOVICH - Prelude & Scherzo for String Octet, Op. 11
  SEEGER - Andante for Strings
• PINK FLOYD - "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," pts. 1-5
• TAWADROS - Rose, Compositions, Dahab

Video:
Oasis - Joseph Tawadros Trio (04:35)


Sponsors: Embassy of Australia, Chevron, Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts, Qantas, HRH Foundation, Fortas Chamber Music Concerts