Festivaliai

The 14th Edvard Grieg (1843–1907) and Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911) Music Festival
March 9–13, 2011
Hordaland – Kaunas

Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the death of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

 March 9, Wednesday, 6 pm
OPENING CONCERT

Nordic Encounters

ASTA KRIKŠČIŪNAITĖ ( soprano)
AUDRONĖ KISIELIŪTĖ (piano)

Tickets: 10, 15 LTL

March 10, Thursday, 6 pm

A synthesis of music, lights and video, a unique and dramatic, strong and strainful whole of sounds
A New Jazz Star
NILS PETTER MOLVÆR (trumpet, electronics, Norway)

Tord Knudsen (lighting and video installation, Norway)
Johnny Skalleberg (sound engineer, Norway)

Tickets: 30, 40, 50 LTL

March 11, Friday, 5 pm

A concert dedicated to the Day of Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence

KAUNAS CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Principal Conductor Modestas Pitrėnas

KAUNAS STATE CHOIR
Artistic director and principal conductor Petras Bingelis

Soloist
MINDAUGAS JANČKAITIS (baritone)

Conductor
PETRAS BINGELIS

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

Harmonised Lithuanian folk songs and sacred music for mixed voice choir:
 I Fed My Horse
 The Song of Songs
 Run, Furrows
Oh, Forest Forest
 The Dawn is Dawning
On the Other Shore of the Nemunas
 Kyrie
 Sanctus
“Going to War” for men’s choir, words by S. Kymantaitė-Čiurlionienė
“The Sea” for men’s choir, words by S. Kymantaitė-Čiurlionienė and E.Matuzevičius
 Cantata De Profundis

Čiurlionis’ letters read by Vilius Kaminskas


M. K. Čiurlionis - Symphonic poem In the Forest
E. Grieg  - Cantata Land-Sighting for baritone, male choir and symphony orchestra, text by B. Bjornson, translated by J. Subatavičius and I. Bagaliūnienė

Tickets: 10, 15, 20 LTL

 March 12, Saturday, 5 pm

The Scanorama European Film Forum presents
A silent film by Theodor Dreyer
The Passion of Joan of Arc

 Composer Bronius Kutavičius
Performed by the St Christopher Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Donatas Katkus

Tickets: 15, 20, 30 Lt

March 13, Sunday, 5 pm
CLOSING CONCERT

LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
 Artistic director and principal conductor Juozas Domarkas

Soloist
VYTAUTAS LANDSBERGIS (piano)

Conductor
ROBERTAS ŠERVENIKAS

 Programme:

M.K. Čiurlionis
Overture Kęstutis

Triptych for piano and orchestra:
 Theme and Variations on Sefaa Esec, VL 258
 The Lord’s Prayer, VL 260
Fugue in B flat minor, VL 345
 Idea by Vytautas Landsbergis
Transcription by Viktoras Barsovas, orchestral part edited by Pavel Kogan, piano part edited by Vytautas Landsbergis
Moscow, 1998

E.Grieg –  Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
M.K. Čiurlionis – Symphonic poem The Sea

Tickets: 20, 25, 30 LTL