Contemporary Music Festival
Klaipėda Concert Hall
About the festival
PROGRAMME
Wednesday 21 September, 6 pm
SOUNDING HORIZON
Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director Mindaugas Bačkus
Soloists: Pavel Giunter (percussion), Vytenis Giknius (flute)
Conductor Modestas Pitrėnas
Igor Stravinsky – Concerto in D
Loreta Narvilaitė – Beyond Horizon for flute, percussion and string orchestra
Mindaugas Urbaitis – Hard Talk
*****
Raminta Šerkšnytė Midsummer Song for string orchestra and percussion
Emmanuel Sejourne Concerto for vibes and chamber orchestra
5.00 pm: A pre-concert talk with the composers and performers
Thursday 22 September, 6 pm
LOVE SONG AND PARTING
Rita Balta (soprano, Lithuania/Germany)
and members of the Lithuanian Ensemble Network:
Andrius Žiūra (clarinet), Rusnė Mataitytė (violin), Dainius Palšauskas (cello)
With the participation of Gerhard Stäbler (Germany), Kunsu Shim (Korea/Germany), Ignas Juzokas (electronics), Gintaras Šeputis (video)
Vykintas Baltakas – Violated Shadow for soprano, tape and video (video by Gintaras Šeputis)
Mindaugas Urbaitis – Love Song and Parting for voice and delay system (text by Antanas A. Jonynas)
Alejandro Viñao – Go for computer
Alejandro Viñao – Chant D'Ailleurs for soprano and computer
*****
Ignas Krunglevičius / Raymond Ingar Berge – Nachtmusik (video composition)
Gerhard Stäbler – Rachengold, a hidden score for one singer with the glass of water
Ignas Krunglevičius – The knight for cello, clarinet and video
Kunsu Shim – Flower fist, performance with video (video by Kyungwoo Chun)
Gerhard Stäbler – Winter, Blumen for solo violin and live electronics (version by Vykintas Baltakas)
Gerhard Stäbler – AugenTanz.Mundstücke from the series “Performances für Liebhaber”
5.00 pm: A pre-concert talk with the composers and performers
Wednesday 28 September, 6 pm
DANCES BEYOND ČIURLIONIS
Chordos String Quartet:
Ieva Sipaitytė (1st violin), Vaida Paukštienė (2nd violin), Robertas Bliškevičius (viola), Vita Šiugždinienė (cello)
With the participation of Antanas Kučinskas and Antanas Jasenka (electronics), Džiugas Katinas (video)
Vytautas V. Jurgutis – Ellipses
Vykintas Baltakas – b(el) tree
Antanas Kučinskas / Antanas Jasenka – Beyond Čiurlionis
*****
John Adams – John's Book of Alleged Dances
5.00 pm: A pre-concert talk with the composers and performers
Tuesday 4 October, 6 pm
LINE
St. Christopher Woodwind Quintet: Giedrius Gelgotas (flute), Donatas Pocius (oboe), Andrius Žiūra (clarinet), Andrius Puplauskis (bassoon), Paulius Lukauskas (horn)
Olga Konošenko (ballet dancer)
Aurelijus Daraškevičius (ballet dancer)
With the participation of Rūta Vitkauskaitė (electronics)
Paul Hindemith – Kleine Kammermusik für fünf Bläser, Op.24 Nr. 2
Jean Françaix – Quintette
György Ligeti – Sechs bagatellen
*****
Rūta Vitkauskaitė – Line (with the fragments of works by György Ligeti, Paul Hindemith, Samuel Barber and Ferenc Farkas)
Wednesday 5 October, 6 pm
SILENT WATER
Latvian Radio Choir
Conductor Sigvards Kļava
Johann Sebastian Bach / Knut Nystedt – Immortal Bach
John Cage – Four 2
Rytis Mažulis – Canon solus
Juris Ābols – Karawane
Santa Ratniece – Chu dal / Tylus vanduo
Pēteris Vasks – Zīles ziņa
*****
Lasse Thoresen – Ombres et images
Anders Hillborg – Muo:aa:yiy:oum
György Ligeti – Lux aeterna
Toivo Tulev – Tanto gentile
Friday 7 October, 6 pm
SOUNDS OF TIME
Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director and Soloist Mindaugas Bačkus
Soloist Džeraldas Bidva (violin)
Conductor Gediminas Gelgotas
Gediminas Gelgotas – Echoes for a Thousand Years
Peter Hamel – The arrow of time
*****
Dobrinka Tabakova – Sun Triptych for violin, cello and string orchestra
Michael Nyman – The Piano for strings
5.00 pm: A pre-concert talk with the composers and performers
Tuesday 11 October, 7 pm.
SANDGLASSES
Theatre of sounds, images, time and space
Idea and music by Justė Janulytė
Video installation by Luca Scarzella (Italy)
Video assistant Michele Innocente (Italy)
Live electronics: Michele Tadini, Antonello Raggi (Italy)
Set Designer Jūratė Paulėkaitė
Lighting Designers: Eugenijus Sabaliauskas, Vilius Vilutis
Soloists of the Gaida Ensemble: Edmundas Kulikauskas, Povilas Jacunskas, Rūta Tamutytė, Onutė Švabauskaitė (cellos)
6.00 pm: A pre-concert talk with the composer and performers
Tuesday 25 October, 6 pm
DREAM
Ludus Gravis Double Bass Ensemble (Italy):
Stefano Battaglia, Maurizio Bucci, Paolo Di Gironimo, Simone Masina, Andrea Passini, Giacomo Piermatti, Francesco Platoni, Alessandro Schillaci (double basses)
Soloist Daniele Roccato (double bass)
Music Director Stefano Scodanibbio
Arvo Pärt – Pari Intervallo
Stefano Scodanibbio – Due Pezzi Brillanti for solo double bass
John Cage – Ryoanji
John Cage – Dream
Rūta Vitkauskaitė – New work (premiere)
*****
Terry Riley – IN D (Stefano Scodanibbio's version for 8 double basses)
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