2008 - 2009 Orpheus concerts

20th January 2008, 11:00 PM
Palace of Culture
Music - Elegance And Grace

Soloist: Nikolai Peev - Guitar,
Music by J.Strauss, Puccini, N.Peev
Raicho Hristov - Conductor

17th February 2008, 11:00 AM
Palace of Culture
Movie's music

Soloist: Gergana Marinova - Violin
Raicho Hristov - Conductor
Programme: N.Rota, J.Williams, A.Weber, Mancini

29th February 2008 7:00 PM Military Club - Sofia and
2th March 2008 11:00 AM Palace of Culture - Pernik

Soloists: Venzislav Kindalov - Flute, Nikolai Kerekovski - Piano,
Raicho Hristov - Conductor
Music by: Tchaykovski and Alexander Josifov,

13th March 2008 6:30 PM Palace of Culture and
14th March 2008 7:00 PM Sofia's City Art Gallery

Soloist: Jonathan Mak - Piano, Canada;
Tag Ng Lai - Conductor, Canada
Music by: Mozart, Schubert, T.N.Lai
Tak Ng Lai Biography
Jonathan Biography

15th April 2008 6:30 PM Palace of Culture

Soloists: Liliana Stoeva - Harp, Filipa Barsanova - Flute, Detelin Vladimirov - Piano, David Djakov - Guitar and Mile Karovski - Guitar, Macedonia
Music by: Vivaldi, Mozart, K.Schwaen

24th April 2008 6:30 PM Palace of Culture
Easter's Music

Soloists: Teodora Konach - Soprano
Raicho Hristov - Conductor
Programme: Bach, Mozart, Caccini

15th May 2008 6:30 PM Palace of Culture

Soloists: The Great Bulgarian Violinist -
Stoika Milanova
Raicho Hristov - Conductor
Programme: Vivaldi, Bach, Cenko Minkin

19th June 2008 6:30 PM Palace of Culture

Soloists: Viktoria Lubenova - Piano
Dragomir Todorov - Guest Conductor
Programme: Britten, Musourgski, Vladigerov,Stoianov

1th July 2008 6:30 PM Kustendil's Art Gallery

Soloists: Silvia Savova - Violin
Raicho Hristov - Conductor
Programme: Mozart, Britten, Musourgski, Sarasate, Cardel

Dear Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends of "Orpheus" chamber orchestra,

On the 18th of September this year was the first concert of our orchestra wih which we started season 2008/2009.

It is a great pleasure for me, from the site of "Orpheus", to inform you about everything we - the musicians and our dear guests, will represent for you.

Music connects people in a unique way, so from our concerts you will learn much more about us and the new place of Bulgaria in the diversity of the European cultural partnership.

The accents in the concert program of the season 2008/2009 are:

* September 2008 - World premiere of a composition for Tuba, strings and computer version by Michail Goleminov (BG)
* March 2009 - World premiere of "5 songs for soprano, harp and string orchestra" by Andy Orgee (UK)
* April 2009 - Lynn Kuo - violin, Rachel Merser - violonchello, Marianna Humetska - piano, Michael Pepa - composer, our guests from Toronto, Canada
* May 2009 - Duo Nota Bene Salzburg - Eva Steinschaden - violin and Alexander Vavtar - piano with Orpheus Chamber orchestra

18th September 2008, 6:30 PM
Palace of Culture Pernik and
30th September 2008 6:30PM City Gallery - Kyustendil

Soloist: Nikolai Temniskov - Tuba
Svetlana Pencheva - Violoncello
Nadja Leonidova - Piano
Irina Haralampieva - Soprano
Raicho Hristov - Conductor
Music by Marin Goleminov (100th Anniversery) and Michail Goleminov
World Premiere of "Stochna gara" - Music for tuba, strings and computer version by Michail Goleminov

15th October 2008, 6.30 PM
Palace of Culture Pernik

Soloist: Hristo Hristov - Flute
Raicho Hristov - Conductor
Music by Handel, Atanas Atanasov, Sibelius, Bizet, Bartok

23th November 2008, 6.30 PM
Palace of Culture Pernik

Chor and Soloists from
New Bulgarian Univeristy and
State Music Academy
Conductors: Vesna Trenevska(Macedonia) - NBU
and Raicho Hristov
Music by C.Frank,D.Cimarosa,P.I.Tchaykovski,Puccini,Kaufman
Same program on 26th November 6:30 PM
Union of Bulgarian Composers - Sofia

12th December 2008, 11.00 AM
Children Concert

Conductor: Raicho Hristov
Music by L.Mozart, Fr.Schubert, J.Strauss

18th December 2008, 6.30 PM
Palace of Culture Pernik

Christmas Concert
Soloist: Peter Dimitrov - trumpet
Conductors: Raicho Hristov
Music by Frank, Handel, Straus, Gershwin, Weber

21th December 2008, 11.00 AM
Palace of Culture Pernik

Christmas Concert
Soloist: Peter Dimitrov - trumpet
Conductors: Raicho Hristov
Music by Frank, Handel, Straus, Gershwin, Weber

18th January 2009, 11:00 PM
Palace of Culture
Concert - Matinee
Musical Pearls

Raicho Hristov - Conductor
Music by
Mozart, Haydn, Tchaykovski, Mendelssohn, Holst, Kazandjiev

15th February 2009, 11:00 PM
Concrt - Matinee
Soloist: Mishel Taufik - Marimba

Conductor - Raicho Hristov Music by: A.Dvorak - Seranada for strings
and
N.Rosauro - Concerto for Marimba and Strings

Andy Orgee

12th March 2009, 07:00 PM
Palace of Culture - Pernik

13th March 2009, 06:00 PM
Sofia City Gallery

English Music
Guest Composer - Andy Orgee - UK
Soloist: Teodora Konach - Soprano, Lili Stoeva - Harp, Strahila Brailova - Harp

Conductor - Raicho Hristov
Music by: Andy Orgee - "Blind Love" - Five songs for soprano, harp and strings (2008)
Text - Philip Sharpe, World Premiere,
Handel - Concerto for Harp and strings,
E. Elgar - Serenade for strings

22th March 2009, 11:00 AM
Palace of Culture - Pernik

Soloists: Pavel Hristovski - Piano
Simeon Simeonov - Bass
Nadja Leonidova - Piano

Conductor - Raicho Hristov
Music by: Mozart, Chopin and Petar Danov

20th April 2009, 6:30 PM - Palace of Culture
21th April 2009, 6:00 PM - Sofia Picture Gallery

Guests from Canada:
Lynn Kuo - Viloin
Rachael Merser - Violoncello
Michael Pepa - Composer
Conductor - Raicho Hristov
Music by: Mendelssohn, Boccherini and
Michael Pepa

24th April 2009, 6:00 PM - Palace of Culture

Young Talents
Evgenia Potiomkina - Republic of Belarus, Piano
Anastasia Stoeva - Bulgaria, Violin
Petia Petrova - Bulgaria, Piano
Conductor - Raicho Hristov
Music by: Haydn and Rouli

12th May 2009, 7:00 PM - Palace of Culture

Austrian Music weeks in Bulgaria 2009
Duo Nota bene Salzburg

Eva Steinschaden - violin
Alexander Vavtar - Piano
Conductor - Raicho Hristov
Music by: Haydn, Bruckner, Goleminov and Kazandjiev

18th May 2009, 6:30 PM - Palace of Culture

80 Years Pernik City
Soloists: Andrea Ceccomori, Italy - flute
Elitsa Harbova - Piano
Micho Dimitrov, Holland - Violin
Dorotea Krusteva - Violin
Conductor - Raicho Hristov
Music by: Haydn, Vivaldi, Igor Fiorini

15th June 2009, 6.30 PM - Palace of Culture

Soloists: Mi-Rim Lij, Republica Korea - Flute
Jazz Star - Vasil Petrov
Conductor - Raicho Hristov
Music by: Mercadante, Gerchwin, Chaplin, Anderson, T.Jouns

17th September 2009, 6:30 PM - Palace of Culture

First Concert for Season 2009 - 2010

Soloists:
Viloin Star - Dina Schneidermann
Joanna Ruseva - Violin, 11 years old
Conductor - Raicho Hristov

Music by: Haydn, Mozart, Bach - Gounod

14th October 2009, 6:00 PM - Palace of Culture

Frescoes of Sounds

Soloists:
Mina Ivanova - Piano
Conductor - Raicho Hristov
With Partnership of New Bulgarian University, Sofia

Music by: Mozart, Bach

15th November 2009, 11:00 AM - Palace of Culture

Soloists:
Irina Haralmpieva - Sopran
Desislava Tosheva - Mezzosopran
Lady's Chore "Morphova - Prokopova", Sofia
Core Conductor - Atanaska Popova
Vladimir Atanasov - Violin
Conductor - Raicho Hristov

Music by: Schubert, Paganini, Pergolesi

26th November 2009, 6:00 PM - Palace of Culture

Holding out hand with Mrs. Music

Celebrating 60th Anniversery of Raicho Hristov

20th December 2009, 11:00 AM - Palace of Culture

Christmas Concert

Special guest:
Alexander Dubach - Violin, Switzerland

Children Chore "Spring Colour"
Conductor - Raicho Hristov

Music by: Gruber, Paganini, Handel, Vivaldi

20th December 2009, 7:00 PM - Bulgaria Hall, Sofia

Concert by Student's String Orchestra of National Music Academy "Pancho Vladigerov", Sofia

Soloist: Alexander Dubach - Violin, Switzerland Conductor - Raicho Hristov

Music by: Paganini

23th December 2009, 7:00 PM - Bulgarian Small Auditorium Hall, Sofia

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Soloists: Todor Nikolaev - Violin
Maria Valchanova - Viola
Conductor - Raicho Hristov

Music by: J.Strauss and Mozart