Ahmed El Saedi
Prologue for Orchestra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major K. 364

Antonín Dvořák
Czech Suite in D major Op. 39

Founded in 1959, the Cairo Symphony Orchestra is among the leading symphony orchestras of the Middle East and over the last decade has championed music by contemporary composers from the region under its artistic director Ahmed El Saedi. For the final concert of their German tour, the musicians come to the Pierre Boulez Saal to present works by Mozart, Dvořák, and El Saedi himself. Michael Barenboim and French­Egyptian violist Sindy Mohamed, both longtime members of the West-­Eastern Divan Orchestra, take on the solo parts in Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante.