Letters of Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas

 

 

Performers:

MUSICA HUMANA Ensemble

Artistic Director and Conductor ALGIRDAS VIZGIRDA

Early music and dance group FESTA CORTESE

Artistic director ALINA ŽUTAUTAITĖ

 

Actor VYTAUTAS RUMŠAS Senior reads the letters of Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas

 

Programme:

Salute

JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY(1632–1687) – Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs from the comedy ballet Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (after the comedy by Jean-Baptiste Molière) (1670)

 

The first letter of Gediminas to Pope John XXII (1322)

GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT (~1300–1377) – Three ballades

ANONYMOUS – Pavane "Si je m'en vois“

 

The second letter of Gediminas to the citizens of Lübeck, Sund, Bremen, Magdeburg, cologne and other cities (25 January 1323)

MUSICA ANTIQUA VILNENSIS – Dance Suite (17th c.)

PIERRE PHALÈSE the Elder (Petrus Phalesius) (~1510–~1575) – Four gaillardes (16th c.)

 

The third letter of Gediminas to the monks of the Dominican Order (26 May 1323)

GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685–1759) – Minuet from the Water Music (1717)

MICHAEL PRAETORIUS (1571–1621) – La volta from the collection of dance tunes Terpsichore

 

The fourth letter of Gediminas to the citizens of Lübeck, Rostock, Greifswald, Stettin and Gotland (26 May 1323)

CESARE NEGRI (~1535 – ~1605) – Leggiarda Marina

MOTIEJUS RADVILA (1749–1800) – Allegro from the Sonata in G major for violin and harpsichord

 

The fifth letter of Gediminas to the monks of the Franciscan Order (26 May 1323)

MICHAŁ KLEOFAS OGIŃSKI (1765–1833) – Minuet

MORITZ LANDGRAF OF HESSEN (1572–1632) – Pavane

JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU (1683–1764) – Chaconne from the orchestral suite Les fêtes d'Hébé

 

Farewell

JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY(1632–1687) – Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs from the comedy ballet Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (after the comedy by Jean-Baptiste Molière) (1670)

 

Part of the MUSIC IN TRAKAI CASTLE series

 

 

“When a human being dances, his soul returns back many centuries to the very morning of the world when the greatness of the soul was freely projected in the beauty of the body, when the rhythm of the movement and that of the sound were in unison. When the movements of a human body were similar to those of wind and sea, when a woman’s gesture bore semblance to the opening of a rosebud, and her foot touching the ground to that of softly falling leaf on the soil…” said Isadora Duncan, the celebrated dancer, about the poetry of the dance. Fascination with the 15th-century culture and dance prompted the formation of the early dance company Festa Cortese. Its authentic and original staged programmes are based on historic and iconographic sources as well as authentic dance treatises. This time the performers found inspiration in the letters of Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (the 14th century), which will be read during the concert by Vytautas Rumšas Senoir.

 

Organised in association with:

Trakai History Museum

Tourism, Health and Entertainment Centre "Trasalis"

 

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Ticket prices: Lt25 Lt30

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