15th International Contemporary Music Festival
EPITAPHS
30 October, Saturday, 4 p.m.
Vytautas the Great War Museum Square (Donelaičio 64)
Compositions for carillon by composers from Kaunas
Performers:
Giedrius Kuprevičius, Julius Vilnonis
COMPOSER FROM UP CLOSE: ŠARŪNAS NAKAS
3 November, Wednesday, 10.30 a.m.
Kaunas Faculties of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (V. Čepinskio 5)
IŠ ARTI LOUNGE
3 November, Wednesday, 5.30 p.m.
Café of the Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall (L. Sapiegos 5)
Meeting with organizers, composers and performers of the festival
DUKE ALGIRDAS AND HIS ESCORT
3 November, Wednesday, 6 p.m.
Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall (L. Sapiegos 5)
St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director and conductor – Donatas Katkus
Algirdas Martinaitis. “Serenade for Mistress Europe”
Vidmantas Bartulis. “Bolero. Pavana lacrimae” (Premiere)
Arūnas Navakas. “Le canzoni degli insetti” (Premiere)
Faustas Latėnas. “Pasodoble”
Mindaugas Urbaitis. “Hard Talk” (Premiere)
Soloist – Mindaugas Bačkus (cello)
Conductor – Donatas Katkus
Also participating – puppets of the Kaunas State Puppet Theatre
Announcer – musicologist Viktoras Gerulaitis
TRADITIONS AND INNOVATIONS
4 November, Thursday, 12 a.m.
M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Gallery (V. Putvinskio 55)
1st International Conference for Performance and Interpretation of Music
Speakers:
George Kennaway (UK)
Contemporary Problems with Historical Performance: Ambiguous Texts, Imaginative Interpretation
Yuriy Shutko (Ukraine)
Performances of national and international flutists in the Ukrainian music festivals
Simonetta Sargenti (Italy)
Technology and music notation in Luigi Nono’s lates works
Dario Martinelli (Finland)
Performance and Popular Music: analytical consequences of a solid connection
Lina Navickaitė-Martinelli (Lithuania-Finland)
The Pros and Cons of Performing New Music
Darius Kučinskas (Lithuania)
Some thoughts on contemporary interpretation of Čiurlionis’ music
Presentation of CD “Chopin LT” by the pianist Šviesė Čepliauskaitė
SYNTHETIC SWAMP
4 November, Thursday, 6 p.m.
Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall (L. Sapiegos 5)
Performers:
Mike Svoboda – trombone (Germany)
Saulius Astrauskas – percussion
Arnoldas Gurinavičius – double bass
Vidmantas Bartulis. “The Herald” (Premiere)
Loreta Narvilaitė. “Lightnings and Winds”
Vytautas Germanavičius. “Outer Spaces”
Stephen Montague. “Synthetic Swamp”
Karlheinz Stockhausen. “Tierkreis”
Also participating – dancers of the Kaunas Dance Theatre “Aura”
MUSIC FOR THREE
5 November, Friday, 6 p.m.
Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall (L. Sapiegos 5)
Armonas Trio:
Ingrida Armonaitė – violin
Rimantas Armonas – cello
Irena Uss – piano
Algimantas Kubiliūnas. “Music for Three No.1” (Premiere)
Donatas Prusevičius. “Infinito” (Premiere)
Arvo Pärt. “Mozart-Adagio”
Charles Halka. Trio
Zita Bružaitė. “Sonnet – IV”
STRANGE EVENING
6 November, Saturday, 5 p.m.
Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall (L. Sapiegos 5)
Performers:
Verena Rein – soprano (Germany)
String Quartet “Chordos”:
Dainius Puodžiukas – 1st violin
Ieva Sipaitytė – 2nd violin
Robertas Bliškevičius – viola
Rūta Tamutytė – cello
Bronius Kutavičius. “On the Shore” for soprano and string quartet
Edwin Geist. “Der seltsame Abend” for soprano and string trio
Edwin Geist. “Ich finde dich in allen diesen Dingen” for soprano and string quartet, arrangement by Robertas Bliškevičius
Anatolijus Šenderovas. “Four Poems of Sigitas Geda” for soprano and string quartet
Arno Nadel. “Sabbatic Suite” (paraphrase on the themes of folk songs) for soprano and string trio
Arno Nadel. “Alphabet” (etude on the theme of folk song) for soprano and string trio
Paul Hindemith. “Melancholie”, four songs for soprano and string quartet
Daiva Rokaitė. “Organa” for string quartet
Algirdas Martinaitis. “Death and the Maiden” for string quartet
WINDOW OF KAUNAS
7 November, Sunday, 4 p.m.
Museum of Applied Art (Vilnius, Arsenalo 3a)
Kaunas String Quartet:
Karolina Beinarytė – 1st violin
Dalia Terminaitė – 2nd violin
Eglė Karžinauskaitė – viola
Saulius Bartulis – cello
Soloists:
Mindaugas Zimkus – tenor, Lina Krėpštaitė – piano
Vladas Švedas. Piano Quintet No.1 “The Past”
Algimantas Kubiliūnas. “Reverie” for string quartet
Vidmantas Bartulis. “Lullaby” (dedicated to the painter Raimundas Mikšys) for cello and piano (Premiere)
Vidmantas Bartulis. “Naujalis Quietly Addresses Vištelis” for string quartet
Algirdas Brilius. “L’Eau éblouissante” for piano quintet
Dalia Kairaitytė. “White Man’s Dream” for string quartet
Giedrius Kuprevičius. “Songs of Ephemeral Lithuania” for soprano and string quartet (Premiere)
Announcer – composer Egidija Medekšaitė
SONGS AND MADRIGALS
7 November, Sunday, 4 p.m.
Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall (L. Sapiegos 5)
Youth Choir „Kamer...“ (Latvia)
Conductor – Maris Sirmais
John Luther Adams. “Sky With Four Suns”
Raimonds Pauls. “A Resplendent Sun in the Sky”
Bjørn Andor Drage. “Comme un arbuste”
Stephen Leek. “Knowee”
Urmas Sissask. “The Miracle of Sun”
Vytautas Miškinis. “Don’t Leave Us, Sun”
Pēteris Vasks. “Mother Sun”
Dalia Kairaitytė. “Dedication”
Dalia Kairaitytė. “Riddle” (Premiere)
Juozas Širvinskas. “Between Linden and Oak” (Premiere)
Nijolė Sinkevičiūtė. “Space” (Premiere)
Rihards Dubra. “What Tomorrow Will Bring”
Marģeris Zariņš. Four Voice Madrigal on Ancient Theme
Juris Vaivods. The Fifht “Alšvanga Madrigal” of Dzintars Sodums
Arturs Maskats. “I Will Love You”
Renārs Kaupers. “Frame of My Picture”, arrangement by Ēriks Ešenvalds
Valts Pūce. The Twelth Sonnet of William Shakespeare
Ēriks Ešenvalds. “Long Way”
COMPOSERS – COMPOSITIONS – PREMIERES - INSTRUMENTS
9 November, Tuesday, 4 p.m. – Marijampolė Music School
10 November, Wednesday, 5 p.m. – Kaunas Juozas Gruodis Conservatory
11 November, Thursday, 4 p.m. – Jonava Janina Miščiukaitė Art School
Presentation of CD “Mosaic of Lithuanian Music”
Lithuanian Oboe Quintet:
Robertas Beinaris – oboe
Tomas Bieliauskas – oboe
Laura Kasinskaitė – oboe d’amore
Petras Kuraitis – English horn
Arūnas Zujus – bassoon
Artistic director – Robertas Beinaris
Vladas Švedas. “Gentle Touch of a Sea Wave” (Premiere)
Algirdas Brilius. “Offertorium” (Premiere)
Vaida Striaupaitė-Beinarienė. “Impro” (Premiere)
Zita Bružaitė. “Aurora” (Premiere)
Announcer – Robertas Beinaris
