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To mark Lithuanian Independence Day

 

 

Performers:

LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Juozas Domarkas

KAUNAS STATE CHOIR

Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Petras Bingelis

Soloists:

ASTA KRIKŠČIŪNAITĖ (soprano)

VYTAUTAS JUOZAPAITIS (baritone)

Conductor JUOZAS DOMARKAS

 

Programme:

VINCAS KUDIRKA – Anthem of the Republic of Lithuania

EDUARDAS BALSYS – Fragment "Folk is merrymaking" for symphony orchestra from the ballet Eglė, Queen of the Grass-snakes

EDUARDAS BALSYS – Indrė's aria from the opera Journey to Tilsit

VYTAUTAS KLOVA – Ūdrys's song and chorus from the opera Pilėnai

GIUSEPPE VERDI – Overture to the opera La forza del destino

PIETRO MASCAGNI – Scene for soprano, choir and orchestra from the opera Cavalleria rusticana

PAUL DUKAS – Symphonic poem L'apprenti sorcier

JULES MASSENET – Hérodiade's aria from the opera Hérodiade

CARL ORFF – "O Fortuna" from the cantata Carmina Burana (Songs of Beuern)

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI – Figaro's cavatina from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia

FRANZ LEHÁR – Hanna and Danilo's duet from the operetta Die lustige Witwe

STASYS ŠIMKUS – Lithuanians Were We Born

 

Total running time: ~1 h 20 min

 

Patron of the concert – Her Excellency President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė

 

“The Council of Lithuania, as the sole representative of the Lithuanian nation, based on the recognised right to national self-determination, and on the Vilnius Conference’s resolution of September 18–23, 1917, proclaims the restoration of the independent state of Lithuania, founded on democratic principles, with Vilnius as its capital, and declares the termination of all state ties which formerly bound this State to other nations” – reads the fragment from the Act of Independence of Lithuania signed by the Council of Lithuania on February 16, 1918, in Vilnius.

 

To commemorate this important date the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society invites the audiences to a concert, celebrating the Independence Day with the uplifting sounds of symphonic music, delightful choral and solo voices. The programme of this special event offers a selection of works that came to symbolise the Lithuanian musical identity, as well as pieces from the well-known operatic and orchestral repertoire.

 

The total revenue for the tickets to this concert will be contributed to organising a concert of young Lithuanian musicians.

Ticket prices: Lt20 Lt30

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