The New Acropolis Museum will celebrate International Museum Day on May 18 with free entry for all and atmospheric music, while European Night of Museums will be marked the following day with a concert by the Athens Municipality Symphonic Orchestra presenting the last symphonies by W. A. Mozart and F. J. Haydn, two of the most important representatives of the Classical era.
The Acropolis Museum celebrates International Museum Day on Friday, May 18 with music events on the second floor balcony overlooking the Archaic Gallery. The scheduled events are a piano recital by Marios Strofalis dedicated to Manos Hadjidakis and Mikis Theodorakis at 11:00 a.m., and European Mediterranean music performed by European Taxim at 7:00 p.m. On the same day, the Acropolis Museum will present its first reproductions and commemorative coins for sale.
On the occasion of International Museum Day, the Acropolis Museum launches the minting of commemorative coins, so as to acquaint visitors with small but beloved objects in its collection.
On Saturday, 19 May, the Acropolis Museum celebrates the European Night of Museums and will be open from 8 a.m. until 12 midnight, with free entry to the public from 8 p.m. onwards.
At 9:30 p.m. in the Museum's entrance courtyard, the Athens Municipality Symphonic Orchestra, conducted by Michalis Oikonomou, will present the last symphonies by W. A. Mozart and F. J. Haydn, two of the most important representatives of the Classical era:
- - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Symphony No. 41 K. 551 ("Zeus") in C major: i. Allegro vivace, ii. Andante Cantabile, iii. Menuetto. Allegretto
- -Trio, iv. Molto allegro.
- - Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Symphony No.104 Hob. I/104 ("London") in D major: i. Adagio - Allegro, ii. Andante, iii. Menuetto -Trio. Allegro, iv. Finale. Spiritoso. (AMNA)
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