Bibliotheca Alexandrina Orchestra under the baton of Hisham Gabr will open the new season on Saturday 24 September.
The concerts will open with Beethoven's Fidelio overture, Op. 72.
Following the overture, the Gliere's Concerto For Soprano and Orchestra Op. 85 and Strauss' Voices of Spring (Valse Op. 410) will feature Polish soprano Jadwiga Kirschanek. The first half of the evening will also include Elgar's Chanson de Matin, Op. 15. No. 2.
In the second half of the concert, the orchestra will play Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4 “Italian” Op. 90.