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EVENTS

2011-05-18 -- 2011-06-02

DRUSKOMANIJA 2011


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VILNIUS

 

May 18, 19:00

Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall (Aušros Vartų 5)

UNDERGROWTH

Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra (Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Juozas Domarkas)

Conductor Robertas Šervenikas

 

Tomas Kutavičius. Improvizacija. 2011
Mykolas Natalevičius. Kampana. 2011
Julija Vėželytė. Šiaurės pašvaistė. 2011
Gediminas Gelgotas. X 21, free. 2011 (conducted by the composer)

 

 

May 23, 19:00

Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (Gedimino pr. 42)

STRING RUSH

St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra

Artistic Director and Conductor Donatas Katkus

 

Božena Buinicka. Proslogion. 2011
Grzegorz Pieniek (Poland/Austria). Virtual Memories. 2009
George Holloway (UK). Media Vita. 2008, 2009
Fredrik Gran (Sweden). Revolvering Helices. 2006
Lukrecija Petkutė. Paskutinė dėlionė. 2011

 

 

May 24, 19:00

Lithuanian Theatre, Music and Cinema Museum (Vilniaus 41)

PICTURES, DREAMS

Madeleine Östlund (voice, Sweden)

Marija Grikevičiūtė (piano)

 

Experimental sounding movements, audiopoetic improvisations to the poems by Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and Madeleine Östlund

 

 

May 25, 19:00

Fluxus Ministry, 5th floor (Gedimino pr. 27)

SHELTER ON THE 5th FLOOR

BAccK +/- Harp: Irmantas Andriūnas (birbynė), Danielius Rozovas (accordion), Viktorija Smailytė (harp)

20/27: Yann Le Nestour (bass clarinet, electronics, Sweden), Anna Petraškeviča (flute, Latvia)

 

Vytautas Germanavičius. Cadenza. 2002
Yumi Hara Cawkwell (Japan/UK). Nota Bene. 2007
Charles Halka (USA). Rhapsody. 2008
Egidija Medekšaitė. Palinosis. 2010
Andrius Maslekovas. Eskizas tekančiai saulei. 2011
Music performance 20/27. 2011

 

21:00

Restaurant Kalvarijų No 1 (Kalvarijų 1)

WICKED SONGS

ZehrGut: Rita Mačiliūnaitė (mezzo-soprano), Marija Grikevičiūtė (piano), Toma Bandzaitytė (violin)

 

Jonathan Larson (USA). Seasons of Love from the rock opera Rent. 1994
David Yazbek (USA). Here I Am from the Broadway musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. 1988
John Kander (USA). Mr. Cellophane from the Broadway musical Chicago. 1975
Kurt Weill (Germany/USA). Barbarasong from the musical Die Dreigroschenoper. 1928
Irving Berlin (USA). Supper Time from the revue As Thousands Cheer. 1933
John Kander (USA). When You’re Good to Mama from the Broadway musical Chicago. 1975
Irving Berlin (USA). I Love a Piano. 1915
John Kander (USA). Cabaret from the Broadway musical Cabaret. 1966
Kurt Weill (Germany/USA). Seeräuberjenny from the musical Die Dreigroschenoper. 1928
Kurt Weill (Germany/USA). Die Moritat von Mackie Messer from the musical Die Dreigroschenoper. 1928
David Yazbek (USA). Dirty Rotten Number from the Broadway musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. 1988
John Kander (USA). Mein Herr from the Broadway musical Cabaret. 1972
Paul Williams (USA). Tomorrow from the musical film Bugsy Malone. 1976
Albertas Navickas. Oh my man ir postliudas. 2011
Jakub Polaczyk (Poland). Trzy Ziarna. 2006

 

 

May 26, 19:00

Fluxus Ministry, ground floor (Gedimino pr. 27)

ASPIRATION

Lithuanian Oboe Quintet: Robertas Beinaris (oboe, Artistic Director), Tomas Bieliauskas (oboe), Eugenijus Paškevičius (oboe d’amore), Petras Kuraitis (English horn), Arūnas Zujus (bassoon)

 

David Longa (Venezuela). Sin Desarrollo. 2011
Moon Young Ha (South Korea/USA). Air is a Light Sorrow. 2011
Mantas Savickis. Octatonicopus. 2011
Darien Brito (Ecuador). Cardiograph. 2011
Liauda Vaitkūnaitė. Grįžtantys su vėju. 2011
Vaida Striaupaitė-Beinarienė. Impro. 2010
Elisabeth Schimana (Austria). Virus #1.1. 2011

 

21:00

Fluxus Ministry, ground floor (Gedimino pr. 27)

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Mykolas Natalevičius, Tadas Dailyda, Lukrecija Petkutė (electronics)

 

Explorations of physical sound control and interactivity; transformations of Jurgis Mačiūnas’ and Rytis Mažulis’ music

 

 

 

DRUSKININKAI

 

May 27, 17:30–20:30

M. K. Čiurlionis Memorial Museum (M. K. Čiurlionio 35)

Workshop/Open rehearsal with String Quartet

NMH String Quartet (Norway): Ida Sundell (violin), Ragnhild Lien (violin), Damon Taheri (viola), Nina Dolgintseva (cello)

 

22:00

Restaurant-Music Club Druskininkų Kolonada (V. Kudirkos 22)

ELECTROMANIA

Sandis Bārdiņš (trombone, Latvia) and Yann Le Nestour (bass clarinet, Sweden)

R&R Electronics: Rita Mačiliūnaitė, Rūta Vitkauskaitė

Sound Poetry Performance nunu: Žygimantas Kudirka, Gabrielė Labanauskaitė, Darius Jurevičius

 

Çinar Timur (Turkey). Ektoplazma. 2011
Kaj Duncan David (Danija). Flurries. 2011
Laurens van der Wee (Holland). Flavors. 2011
Ayane Yamanaka (Japan). City Block Dreamer. 2011
Matthias Kranebitter (Austria). Ringelreigen 116,9 g CO2. 2010
Audiovisual performance Give Me Your Cash. 2010
Sound poetry performance nunu. 2011

 

 

May 28, 12:00

Hotel Regina Conference Hall (T. Kosčiuškos 3)

NORTHERN LIGHTS

NMH String Quartet (Norway): Ida Sundell (violin), Ragnhild Lien (violin), Damon Taheri (viola), Nina Dolgintseva (cello)

 

David Longa (Venezuela). Perdido. 2006
Rita Mačiliūnaitė. Blurry Silhouette. 2011
Denis Grockij (Russia). Pantheistico-Urbanistico. 2010
Julian Scordato (Italia). Interlinea. 2009
Yves Tanuri (Brazil). Lembrando o Brasil. 2011
Andrius Maslekovas. …While Looking at the Foggy Temple… 2011
Øystein Figenschou (Norway). Ortus oculi. 2011
Samuel Gray (New Zealand). маўчанне – the silence. 2011

 

15:00

Holy Virgin Mary Scapular Church (Vilniaus al. 1)

STRING RUSH

St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra

Artistic Director and Conductor Donatas Katkus

 

Božena Buinicka. Proslogion. 2011
Grzegorz Pieniek (Poland/Austria). Virtual Memories. 2009
George Holloway (UK). Media Vita. 2008, 2009
Fredrik Gran (Sweden). Revolvering Helices. 2006
Lukrecija Petkutė. Paskutinė dėlionė. 2011

 

19:00

M. K. Čiurlionis Memorial Museum (M. K. Čiurlionio 35) 

PAST AND PRESENT

Jonathan Powell (piano, UK)

 

John Cage (USA). A Dream. 1948
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. Prelude in F major/A minor (VL 188). 1901
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. Prelude in D minor (VL 256). 1904
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. Prelude Nightingale (VL 268). 1905
Jonathan Powell (UK). Berceuse. 1999
Franz Liszt (Hungary). La lugubre gondola I. 1882–1885
John White (b.1936, UK). Sonata No. 132. 1997
Laurence Crane (UK). 20th Century Music. 1999
Johannes Maria Staud (Austria). Hommage à Bartók. 1994
Morgan Hayes (UK). Pieces No. 1 and 4 from the cycle Strides II. 2007
Valentin Silvestrov (Ukraine). Der Bote. 1996–1997
Alexander Scriabin (Russia). Sonata No. 10, Op. 70. 1913
Giacinto Scelsi (Italy). Shésha-Shàyí Vishnu from the cycle Quattro illustrazioni (delle metamorfosi di Vishnu). 1953
Tristan Murail (France). La Mandragore. 1993
George Enescu (Romania). Carillon Nocturne from the Suite No. 3, Op. 18. 1913
Christophe Sirodeau (France). Mes fleurs pour Kaija Saariaho from the Suite II. 1998–2004
Michael Finnissy (UK). Messa da Requiem from the cycle Verdi Transcriptions. 1972–2005

 

21:00

Lawn alongside Music Club Dangaus Skliautas (Kurorto 8)

AIR CONQUERORS

Yann Le Nestour (bass clarinet, Sweden), Martin Q Larson (fluegelhorn, Sweden), Rūta Vitkauskaitė (conch shell, Lithuania/UK), Mihai Sorohan (trumpet, Romania), Ana Ablamonova (melodica), Asta Kaušpėdaitė (air balloon)

 

Rūta Vitkauskaitė. „Vėjo vaikai“. 2011

 

23:00

Restaurant-Music Club Druskininkų Kolonada (V. Kudirkos 22)

FREE

PhylnluQ (Sweden): Lisa Ullén (piano), Martin Q Larsson (fluegelhorn), Yann Le Nestour (contrabass clarinet), Pelle Halvarsson (cello)


Gingery improvisations in classical, modern, jazz, rock and other music styles

 

00:00

AFTERPARTY

Jam session with PhylnluQ and DJ Gana (aka Antanas Dombrovskij)

 

 

May 29, 11:00

Druskininkai Town Museum (M. K. Čiurlionio 59)

+1

Oneplusone: Anna Veismane (piano, melodica, voice, Latvia), Timo Kinnunen (accordion, Finland)

Lisa Ullén (piano, Sweden) and Yann Le Nestour (bass clarinet, Sweden)

 

Hans-Joachim Hespos (Germany). Woc, Atem Drama. 2008
Anna Veismane (Latvia). Message from the Exoplanet PONE, melodeonui solo. 2011
Gregory Emfietzis (Greece/UK). Routines III. 2005–2011
Ryan Latimer  (UK). Songs for Summer. 2011
Samuel Gray (Austria/New Zealand). Roma. 2011
Yves Tanuri (Brazil). Sem Fronteiras. 2011
Christos Farmakis (Greece/Denmark). Static Spheres. 2010
Nicholas James Casswell (UK). 5 Pieces. 2011
Miklós Maros (Hungary/Sweden). Impression 2. 2009–2011
Lisa Ullén (Sweden). Soundchange. 2011

 

 

 

LIŠKIAVA

 

May 29, 15:00

Holy Trinity Church

ON THE HILL

BAccK: Aistė Bružaitė (kanklės), Irmantas Andriūnas (birbynė), Danielius Rozovas (accordion)

 

Aistė Vaitkevičiūtė. Lydu laidu saulelė. 2011. Guest appearance Aliona Kubilytė (voice)
Vytautas Germanavičius. Chanson. 2007
Lina Lapelytė. Lucy. 2011
Vytautas Germanavičius. Vecekrugs. 2009
Vaida Striaupaitė-Beinarienė. Vandens miražai. 2011
Vytautas Germanavičius. Sala. 2008. Guest appearance Laima Česlauskaitė (soprano)

 

 

 

VILNIUS

 

May 30, 19:00

M. K. Čiurlionis Memorial Museum (M. K. Čiurlionio 35)

THE BIRTH OF MODERNISM

Jonathan Powell (piano, UK)

 

Alexander Scriabin (Russia). Sonata No. 10, Op. 70. 1913
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. Prelude in B major (VL 186). 1901
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. Prelude in F major/A minor (VL 188). 1901
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. Prelude in D flat major (VL 187). 1901
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. Prelude Autumn (VL 264). 1904
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. Prelude in D minor (VL 256). 1904
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. Prelude Nightingale (VL 268). 1905
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. Prelude (VL 302). 1906
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. Prelude in G minor (VL 343). 1909
Egon Kornauth (Austria). Improvisation from the cycle 3 Klavierstücke, Op. 23. 1921
George Enescu (Romania). Pièce sur le nom de Fauré. 1922
George Enescu (Romania). Melodie, Appassionato, Carillon Nocturne from the Suite No. 3, Op. 18. 1913:
Karol Szymanowski (Poland). Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 21. 1910–1911

 

 

June 1. 19:00

19:00 Arts Printing House, Black Hall (Šiltadaržio 6)

NEW OPERA ACTION

Jonas Sakalauskas (libretto, music)

Rūta Butkus (direction, choreography)

Sigita Šimkūnaitė ir Arūnas Paslaitis (scenography)
Sandra Straukaitė (costume)
Nerijus Mačiulaitis (lights)
Vytautas Bastys (technical sound)

Agnė Sabulytė (mezzo-soprano)

String Quartet: Ginta Kriščiūnaitė (violin), Rasa Smolinskytė (violin), Kęstutis Pleita (viola), Mykolas Rutkauskas (cello)

 

NOA 2011 production - haiku opera SNIEGAS

 

 

June 2, 20:00

Arts Printing House, Black Hall (Šiltadaržio 6)

SPHERES

Jens Hedman and Lars Bröndum (electronics, Sweden)

Flute Quartet 112 (Latvia): Daina Treimane, Vita Rozēna, Anna Petraškeviča, Andis Klučenieks

 

Jens Hedman. The Beast with Two Heads. 1999–2010
Lars Brøndum. Convolving Sphere. 2011

Lars Brøndum. Impetus. 2009
Charles Griffin (USA). Emergence. 2011
Albertas Navickas. Blanche t’a vu. 2006

 

 

 

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE OF CHARGE!

 

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