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3.3.2010 Inaugurating the 50th anniversary year of the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
The Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra (LCO) is one of the most distinguished and internationally acclaimed Lithuanian orchestras. It was also one of the first Lithuanian collectives of classical musicians to appear abroad. Formed in 1960 by Prof. Saulius Sondeckis, the Orchestra, under its current artistic director violinist Sergej Krylov (from 2008), inaugurates its 50th anniversary year. Having made an introduction with two previous concerts this year, the Orchestra is to present four more orchestral programmes plus one family concert in the spring 2010. The 50th anniversary series open on March 6th, at 7 pm, at the National Philharmonic Hall.
Cellist Danjulo Ishizaka, violinists Janine Jansen and Anna Tifu, violist Maxim Rysanov – these names belong to the young celebrities on the global music scene, whose presence will bring in a kind of en vogue touch to the LCO’s 50th anniversary series.
On March 6th, the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra will share the stage with its artistic director, violinist Sergej Krylov. He was invited to take up his current position in December 2008, after making some notable solo appearances in Lithuania and several successful collaborations with the LCO. The broad scope of Krylov’s musical purview and contacts he maintains as an internationally renowned artist, his excellent musical education and solid scenic experience should raise the LCO to the higher level of professional and artistic excellence. The critics have already noticed their close musical partnership on stage: “it was amazing to observe Krylov’s phenomenal rapport with his instrument, and what’s more, his perfect conspiracy with the orchestra, an absolute agreement and mutual affinity between the violinist-conductor and the orchestra, which seems to resemble aristocratic coquetry rather than informal familiarity, with utter confidence in each other.” (atgimimas.lt)
Out of diverse programmes the adventurous Orchestra has to offer for its audiences, this concert will present a selection of works from the Classical and Early Romantic epochs and the late 20th-century. The programme features Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’s Scherzo, inspired by Walpurgis Night from Goethe’s Faust, depicting a Sea Fest in which characters of pre-Homerian myths, Greek Gods and nature philosophers worship Eros, the god of love, fertility and passion; Haydn’s graceful Violin Concerto and Paganini’s virtuosic Caprices; and, finally, the symphony Voices by Latvian Peteris Vasks – one of his most celebrated works deeply rooted in the local ethnic sound vocabulary, which symbolically depicts Latvia’s final steps towards independence and reflects the beauty of voices of the Baltic nature.
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