16th International Contemporary Music Festival
4–12 November 2011, Kaunas
PROGRAMME*
Friday 4 November, 6 pm
Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall, Main Auditorium (L. Sapiegos 5)
SIMF...O!!!
Lithuanian symphonic premieres
To mark the centenary of M.K.Čiurlionis's death
Vidmantas Bartulis. The Valley
Dalia Kairaitytė. Poetorio The Flood (premiere)
Giedrius Kuprevičius. Three fragments from the ballet Čiurlionis (festival commission, premiere)
Justė Janulytė. Textile
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra (artistic director and principal conductor Juozas Domarkas)
Conductor Robertas Šervenikas
Tickets: Lt10, Lt15
Saturday 5 November, 4 pm
Vytautas the Great War Museum Square (K. Donelaičio 64)
BELLS
Award ceremony of the Lithuanian Composers' Union competition for new pieces for carillon and voice, prize-winners' works for carillon and voice, works for carillon by Polish composers
Vaida Striaupaitė–Beinarienė. Autummn‘s Reverie
Algirdas Klova. I Was Searching for You
Algirdas Klova. Transparent
Liauda Vaitkūnaitė. Rain of Shadows
Rita Mačiliūnaitė. Incantations
Feliksas Romualdas Bajoras. From the Urantia Book
Kristina Vasiliauskaitė. Psalm of David
Jonas Tamulionis. Haiku of Bells
Antanas Kučinskas. Hours
Laurynas Vakaris Lopas. Sanctus
Algirdas Martinaitis. Bartulux
12 ct. anonym. Dances from Oliwa Organ Tablature, arr. F. Stanisz
Mieczysław Karłowicz. Songs, arr. R. Kłoczko:
Nie płacz nade mną (Don’t Cry over Me, Princess)
Z Erotyków (From Love Poems)
Skąd pierwsze gwiazdy (From Where the First Stars Shine Over the Sky)
Karol Szymanowski. Mazurka op. 50 nr 1, arr. C. Winter
Magdalena Cynk-Mikołajewska. Kujawiak (Hommage à Chopin)
Lucjan M. Kaszycki. Pozegnania (Farewells), arr. M. Kazmierczak
Skaidra Jančaitė (soprano), Saulė Šerytė (mezzo-soprano)
Monika Kaźmierczak (carillon, Poland), Giedrius Kuprevičius (carillon), Julius Vilnonis (carillon)
Admission free
Sunday 6 November
12 noon–2 pm, Irena Mikuličiūtė Art Gallery (I. Kanto 5)
CONCEPT
Silent Mass
Idea and realisation by composer Zita Bružaitė and artist Irena Mikuličiūtė
Admission free
(due to limited space advance reservations should be made by telephone (+370 37) 220407 or e-mail info@isarti.lt)
5 pm, Akropolis Shopping and Leisure Centre (Karaliaus Mindaugo pr. 49)
HERALD
Festive contemporary music for brass instruments
Aaron Copland. Fanfares for Common Man
David Uber. Liturgy for brass chorus
Rolf Wilhelm. Suite for brass ensemble
Jiří Volf. Zirkus Humberto (with the participation of Tomas Kulikauskas, xylophone)
Gustav Holst. "Jupiter" from the suite The Planets, Op. 32
Hans Mielenz. Sinfonietta
Aram Khachaturian. Sabre Dance from the ballet Gayane
Maurice Ravel. Bolero
Protuberus Brass Ensemble
Artistic Director Egidijus Miknius
Admission free
Monday 7 November, 10.30 am
Music Academy of the Vytautas Magnus University (V. Čepinskio 5)
VIDEO ZONE
with composer, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Antanas Kučinskas
Presentation of the publication Teatro ir kino muzika. Teorinės medžiagos konspektas (Music for Theatre and Film. Compendium of theoretical materials). In Lithuanian only.
Admission free
Tuesday 8 November, 6 pm
Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall, Chamber Auditorium (L. Sapiegos 5)
VA BANQUE
Zita Bružaitė. Aurora
Lasse Thoresen. Solspill
Algimantas Kubiliūnas. REFA (premiere, festival commission)
Dalia Raudonikytė-With. NON NOVA, SED NOVE (premiere)
Kjell Mørk Karlsen. Partita brevis
Faustas Latėnas. Pasodoble
ENSEMBLE OKTAVA (Norway): Povilas Syrrist-Gelgota (viola), Joachim Kwetzinsky (piano)
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John Cage. Forever and Sunsmell
Anna Eriksson. Songs of a Flight Stewardess
Viktor Varela. La Fraichure de la dernière veprée
Antanas Jasenka. Āryas
Raimundas Martinkėnas. Your eye is the lamp (premiere)
DUO EGO (Sweden): Monica Danielson (voice), Per Sjögren (percussion)
Tickets: Lt10
Wednesday 9 November, 11 am
M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum (V. Putvinskio 55)
M. K. ČIURLIONIS IN OUR MEDIA
2nd International Conference of Musical Performance and Interpretation
With the participation of:
Phillippe Dinkel, Geneva (Switzerland)
Lina Navickaitė-Martinelli (Lithuania-Finland)
Darius Kučinskas (Lithuania)
Simonetta Sargenti (Italy)
Yumiko Nunokawa (Japan)
Rokas Zubovas (Lithuania)
Electronic improvisations by the students of the Kaunas University of Technology
Admission free
Thursday 10 November, 6 pm
Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall (L. Sapiegos 5)
A MUSIC SESSION. BEWARE OF THE PREMIERE!
To mark the 70th anniversary of the Lithuanian Composers' Union
Faustas Latėnas. Defragmentation
Zita Bružaitė. Sonnet I
Gintaras Sodeika. Post Mortem
Giedriaus Puskunigis. Asmik Pavan
Vaclovas Augustinas. Ship of Memory
Linas Rimša. Leaving
Algirdas Martinaitis. Different Skunks
Andrius Radziukynas (flute), Algirdas Januševičius (trumpet), Vygantas Šilinskas (trombone), Pavel Giunter (percussion), Ala Bendoraitienė (piano), Zbigniev Levicki (violin), Giedrius Bendoraitis (double bass)
Conductor Vaclovas Augustinas
Video: Džiugas Katinas, Grėtė Krivickaitė
Tickets: Lt10
Friday 11 November, 6 pm
Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall, Chamber Auditorium (L. Sapiegos 5)
IT TAKES FOUR
Maurice Ravel. Le tombeau de Couperin
Zita Bružaitė. Stillness (premiere)
Béla Bartók. Romanian Folk Dances (arr. by the Signum Saxophone Quartet)
Vladas Švedas. Saxophone Quartet
Thierry Escaich. Tango Virtuoso
Ástor Piazzolla. Four for Tango
Signum Saxophone Quartet (Germany):
Blaž Kemperle, Simon Schuller, Alan Lužar, David Brand
Tickets: Lt10
Saturday 12 November, 5 pm
Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall, Main Auditorium (L. Sapiegos 5)
CONCERTI
Igor Shcherbakov. Concerto for flute, strings and percussion
Mario Alfagüel. Piano Concerto No. 7
Julius Andrejevas. For a Non-returning Bird (premiere)
Vidmantas Bartulis. Cynthia's Dream (premiere)
Jonas Paulikas. Burning Bush
Pēteris Vasks. Musica dolorosa
Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra (Artistic Director Mindaugas Bačkus)
Cynthia Soto Cordero (piano, Costa Rica), Bogdana Stelmashenko (flute, Ukraine)
Conductor Vytautas Lukočius
Tickets: Lt10
* Festival programme is subject to changes
Tickets are available in person at the Kaunas Philharmonic Box Office (no transaction fee), or via the ticketing system Tiketa (Lt3 per transaction).
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