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

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