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EVENTS

2012-09-17 -- 2012-10-19

MUSIC OF CHANGES 2012


 

Contemporary Music Festival

 

17 September – 19 October 2012

 

 

Klaipėda Concert Hall

(Šaulių g. 36, Klaipėda)

 


For more information about the events and available discounts visit http://www.koncertusale.lt/

 

 

PROGRAMME

 

 

Monday 17 September, 6 pm

“A year with Kutavičius”

St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra

Artistic Director and Conductor Donatas Katkus

Klaipėda Choir Aukuras

Artistic Director Alfonsas Vildžiūnas

Darius Meškauskas (actor)

 

A semi-staged performance of Bronius Kutavičius’s (b. 1932) cycle Metai (The Seasons) written to the eponymous poem by Kristijonas Donelaitis:

"Joys of Spring" (2005)

"Summer Toils" (2006)

"Autumn Wealth" (2007)

"Winter Cares" (2008)

 

5 pm – Pre-concert talk

 

Tickets: Lt20, Lt30

 

 

Wednesday 19 September, 6 pm

“Concordant and temperamental”

Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra

Artistic Director Mindaugas Bačkus

Soloist Lukas Geniušas

Conductor Martynas Staškus

 

Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)

Ludus tonalis (1942)

Five pieces for string orchestra, Op. 44 (1927)

The Four Temperaments for piano and string orchestra (1940)

 

5 pm – Pre-concert talk

 

Tickets: Lt20, Lt30

 

 

Wednesday 26 September, 6 pm

“Drumming with Kroumata”

Kroumata Percussion Ensemble (Sweden):

Johan Silvmark, Roger Bergström, Ulrik Nilsson,  Pontus Langendorf

 

György Ligeti. "Car Horn Prelude" (from the opera Le Grand Macabre)
Juan Felipe Waller. Plato-Plastic Dialogues
Steve Reich. Pieces of Wood          
John ErikssonTräd                        
Iannis Xenakis. Okho
Thierry De Mey. Table Music

John Cage. Branches                       
Rolf Wallin. Scratch
Steve Reich. Drumming  (Part I)

 

5 pm – Pre-concert talk

 

Tickets: Lt20, Lt30, Lt50

 

 

Friday 5 October, 6 pm

“Angels and Demons in Sound”

Rūta and Zbignevas Ibelhauptas (piano duo)

 

Bronius Kutavičius. Robert's Demons and Angels (2007)
Gintaras Sodeika. SUTAPO
George Crumb. Otherwordly resonances
Per Nørgård. Unendlicher Empfang

Bronius Kutavičius. Debate with a Stranger (1982)

 

Tickets: Lt20, Lt30

 

 

Friday 12 October, 6 pm

“Silent Music”

Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra

Artistic Director Mindaugas Bačkus

Soloists: Linas Valickas, Aidas Strimaitis (violins) 

Conductor Mark Kadin (Russia)

 

Valentin Silvestrov. Silent music

Iraida Yusupova. Artist's wife's portrait
Dmitry Shostakovich. String Quartet No. 3 (version for string orchestra)
Alfred Schnittke. Moz-Art à la Haydn for 2 violins and string orchestra

 

Tickets: Lt20, Lt30

 

 

Friday 19 October, 6 pm

“2 + 2 + 1”

Alexander Paley, Pei-Wen Chen (pianos, USA)

Pavel Giunter (percussion), Stanisław Skoczyński (percussion, Poland)

With the participation of Zbigniev Levicki (violin)

 

Peter Ružicka. Prelude for piano
Béla  Bartók. Sonata for 2 pianos and percussion
Vasile Zagorsky. Rhapsody for violin, 2 pianos and percussion
Vytautas Bacevičius. Septieme mot for 2 pianos
Loreta Narvilaitė. The Sea of Longing for 2 pianos and percussion (premiere)

 

5 pm – Pre-concert talk

 

Tickets: Lt20, Lt30, Lt50

 

 

Organiser of the festival: Concert Institution of the Klaipėda Municipality Klaipėda Concert Hall

 

Guardian: Klaipėda Municipality

 

Patron: SC Limarko Shipping Company

 

Sponsor: Lithuanian Culture Support Foundation

 

Partners: St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra

Lithuanian Composers’ Union

Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre

 

Media Sponsors: daily newspapers Klaipėda, Vakarų ekspresas; radio station Laluna, Solos Media, Balticum TV, culture news portal http://www.kulturpolis.lt/, news portal http://www.balsas.lt/, classified ads paper Pliusas, monthly magazine Bravissimo of the Lithuanian Opera and Ballet Theatre.

 


 

Where to book and buy tickets?

 

Tickets for the concerts at the Klaipėda Concert Hall are distributed by the national ticketing system BILIETAI LT. Information and bookings by short service number 1588 (Lt2/min).

 

In person at the Klaipėda Concert Hall Box Office, 36 Šaulių g., ph: +370 46 410566

http://www.koncertusale.lt/en/ticket_office/

 


 

Available discounts:

 

·        40% off for schoolchildren, students, senior citizens and disabled persons (appropriate cards to be shown);

·        Admission free for persons in wheelchairs and a 40% discount for an accompanying person (appropriate card to be shown);

·        20% off for Laisvalaikio Card and Bitė VIP Card holders (applicable to 2 tickets);

·        10% off for Bitė Sidabrinė Card holders (applicable to 2 tickets) and group bookings (20 and more tickets for one event);

·        Buy in advance and save 10% on your tickets! This discount is available only at the Klaipėda Concert Hall Box Office and is not applicable for purchases made 3 and less days prior to the day of a performance.

 

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