The King's Fanfare

The Secret of the Flute

The Tale of the Violin Maker

The Magic Harp

Ferdinand's Carnival of the Animals

The Sound of the Windmills

Bumm Trach!!! in the Orchestra

Bach- ENTER [Bach made simple]

CONCERTS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY

Four years ago Musical Director Aviv Ron initiated a new Family concerts series in Ramat Gan" "I felt that we had to refresh the old tradition of family concerts. The young audience of today is different then the one of one or two generations back. And I feel that it is our challenge to get young listeners again interested in classical music."

Unlikely then other conductors Aviv Ron took up this project with such high motivation, that he signs responsible for the basic ideas and stories of many of the programs. Seven out of the nine programs which were specially created for the ICOR are results of a co-genial work with the talented director and actress Irit Bashan.

Each of the fascinating programs is concentrating on different musical issues and offering another part of the musical spectrum. Richness of the musical expression, the characteristics of the instruments, the combination of music and imagination, program music, or the most abstract music of Bach, all of this and much more are the center of these family concerts.

As experience has shown, one of the best ways to get a young audience interested in classical concerts and to reach attention is to get them involved in the performance. Most of the programs of ICOR - designed for the listeners aged 5 and older - are three folded: music pieces, dramatic story and audience animation.

In paying attention to the new way of up bringing of our children and the intensified visual world of ours, the music programs aim to make the encounter with classical music an adventure. "I would like to call my programs "Theatrical Concerts". They are neither music theatre nor musicals. Even though we depict a story, full of imagination and humor, the concert music and the orchestra, physically present on stage, are remaining the centerpiece of the performance," explains Aviv Ron.

THE TOY SYMPHONY

This is the story of old Jehojachim, who dreams that once the toy instruments built by him will actually perform with a real orchestra. One day two mysterious children enter his shop and give him an invitation to the Royal party at the court of Lady Symphony. Jehojachim takes his toys and starts his journey...

This story - told in rhyme - is the platform for the explanation of many musical terms, e.g. piano, forte, adagio and allegro, gives an introduction to the strings instruments in the orchestra, and animates the young audience to participate.

With the actress Irit Bashan
Fearturing two dancers.
Pieces by Dvorak, Boccherini, Anderson, W. A. Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Telemann and L. Mozart.

THE KING'S FANFARE

William, the trumpet player, got chosen to work at the royal court and he becomes friend with the music loving King. Everything is fun and joy, until both fall in love with the same maiden.

A classical concert for young listeners and the whole family. An overwhelmingly entertaining introduction to the trumpet in it's various forms.

With the outstanding trumpet player Arik Davidov.
Pieces by Hummel, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Rossini, Smetana, Mendelsohn, Bizet and Verdi.

THE SECRET OF THE FLUTE

How come that a simple stream of air creates such beautiful melodies?
An amusing meeting of Prof. Quantz, famous inventor, and his pupil Theobald Boehm, the talented flute player. They are telling the story of the flute, starting from whistling on bottles, to wooden flutes, and finally the golden flute.

With the flute player Eyal Ein-Habar
Featuring one actor.
Pieces by J. Last, Folk Songs, Telemann, Irish Jig , Bach, Prokofiev, Dvorak, Rossini, Mancini and Mercadante.

THE TALE OF THE VIONLIN MAKER

The story of a violin maker and Norik, a cheeky Italian violin. Norik is fed up lying around quietly all the time. "What will happen to the music of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms, if kids no longer will learn to play the violin?" asks Norik, and doesn't want to give up. With the help of the violin maker Norik decides to make its come back!

This is the story of lonely prince Ferdinand, who gets ill out of boredom. Help is brought to him one stormy night by the conductor of the royal orchestra. The conductor teaches Ferdinand to imagine new friends created by melodies.

The nature in music, the music in nature, both make way to understand the basic concept of program music. How a storm or birds are expressed in music? Where does our imagination lead us to while listening to music?

With the actor David Roe
Featuring the Ensemble Rediviva:
Ganit Polin, Recorder and Singing
Alexandra Polin, Viola de Gamba
Katya Polin, Recorder

A fascinating musical performance combining classical music with the sounds of the percussion instruments. The young audience will find a wide range of percussion instruments on stage: There's the vibraphone, marimba, drums, bells and various instruments from all over the world. This program offers explanations, demonstrations and audience animations.

How complicated actually is the music of Bach?
This is the story of the great composer in an up date version for kids - through picturing a child playing a computer game on stage. This production calls for a meeting with the complex music of Bach in an entertaining way. The audience, by accompanying the child through the different levels of the computer game, is introduced to various compositions of Bach, learns about his biography, about typical instruments of the period, e.g. cembalo, and musical expressions like canon and fugue.