Program of the 47th Festival

Pre-festival Evening

6:00 p.m.
– Music Pavilion
Exhibition: Art Tura
The Organizer: The Krajina Museum, Negotin

8:00 p.m. Cultural Center
The Ethnic Group “Vrelo”, Ruma

5:00 p.m. The Birth House of Mokranjac
– Festival Opening Ceremony
Flower decoration ceremony of the statue of Stevan Mokranjac

- Welcome speech:
Mayor of Negotin Municipality
Oration: scholar Isidora Žebeljan, Composer
Festival is opened by Bratislav Petković, Minister of Culture and Media

- VI Rukovet – Stevan Mokranjac
Joint performance of choir participating in the competition known as Natpevavanje, together with Holy Trinity Church Choir, Negotin Grammar School Choir and the Choir of Music School Stevan Mokranjac from Negotin
Conductor: Ivana Mirovic

6:00 p.m. Cultural Center
– Exhibition: Sava Šumanović – First Impression

7:00 p.m. Cultural Center
- The Choir Outsinging („Natpevavanje”)
1. Choir Gortinija, Gevgelija (F.Y.R.O. Macedonia)
Conductor: Ilija Atanasov
2. Choir Postojna, Postojna (Slovenia)
Conductor: Mirko Ferlan
3. Choir Mir, Belisce (Croatia)
Conductor: Želimir Sušić
4. Choir Triniti, Belgrade (Serbia)
Conductor: Marina Dragojlović
5. Nis Chamber Choir, Nis (Serbia)
Conductor: Ivana Mirović

Required  composition:
Coastal songs – Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac

7:00 p.m. Cultural Center Gallery
– Exhibition: The Echo of Music – The 13th Painiting Colony

8:00 p.m. Cultural Center
– Salutaris Chamber Choir, Minsk (Belarus)
Winner of the Choir Outsinging („Natpevavanje”) in 2011
Conductor : Olga Yanum

10:00 p.m. The Music Pavilion
– Belgrade Jazz Trio

Guest: Marko Djordjevic, trumpet and
Ethnic group Klasje, Negotin

8:00 a.m. Holy Trinity Church in Negotin
– The Holy Liturgy, performed by Holy Trinity Church Choir
Conductor: Svetlana Kravčenko

Threads of Tradition, Mokranje
11:00 a.m.  Holy Trinity Church in Mokranje
– Female Chamber Choir of Music School Mokranjac, Belgrade
Conductor: Milica Djokić

12:00 a.m. Holy Trinity Churchyard in Mokranje
– Cultural Artistic Society „Mokranjac“, Mokranje with guests

8:00 p.m. Cultural Centre
– Two Serbian Ballets:
Dušan Radić- The Ballad about Moon, the Tramp
Miloje Milojević- A Valet’s Broom
Opera and theatre Madlenianum in cooperation with the Serbian Musicological Society

12:00 a.m. The Birth House of Mokranjac
– Public Debate
Our Mokranjac- The transitional cultural practices and the work of Stevan Mokranjac
Speaker: Ph.D. Vesna Mikić
Moderator: Ph.D. Sonja Marinković

8:00 p.m. Cultural Center
– The Brodsky Quartet, London and
Isidora Žebeljan
Daniel Rowland, violin
Ian Belton, violin
Paul Cassidy, viola
Jacqueline Thomas, cello
Aneta Ilić, soprano
Boban Stošić, double bass
Aleksandar Tasić, clarinet
Miroslav Karlović, percussion instruments
Isidora Žebeljan, piano
Premil Petrović, conductor

*in cooperation with Jugokoncert

8:00 p.m. Cultural Center
– Roman Simović, violin (London)
Walter Delahunt, pianist

*in cooperation with Jugokoncert

8:00 p.m. Cinema Krajina- small scene
- A Toast to Stevan Mokranjac
The Double Bass Ensemble BASS CHORUS
– Zoran Marković,
– Iztok Hrastnik,
– Dragan Lončina,
– Janez Avšič
– Branimir Vulić

10:00 p. m. Cultural Center
– Big Band Novi Sad
Conductor: Fedor Vrtačnik

7:00 p.m. Cinema Krajina- small scene
– The Mokranjac Quartet, Belgrade

9:00 p.m. Cultural Center
– Rajko Maksimović
The Saint Prince Lazar’s Passion
Dejan Čavić, the Narrator
Mihajlo Šljivić, double bass
Tanja Oberenović, mezzo-soprano
Vasa Stajkić, baritone
Pavle Aksentijević, cantor
Serbian Radio and Television  Choir and Orchestra

Choir Obilić- Academic Cultural Artistic Society “Branko Krsmanović”

Conductor: Bojan Sudjić

10:00 p.m. Cultural Center
- Festival Closing Ceremony
Final word: Ph.D. Branka Radović, selector

Festival is closed by the Mayor of Negotin Municipality