A concert will be held in John’s Church in memory of the Latvian population and their families deported in 1941
The opus of Vilnius Schmidberg To light will be played by an orchestra Riga conducted by conductor Valdis Butane, but Romualda Jermaka Requiem The orchestra will execute with the State Academic Choir Latvia The men’s group, as well as soloists Katrina Paula Felsberg and Martins Zvīgulis, will sing. Entrance to the concert for anyone interested with free invitations from June 9 Ticket paradise at the box office and online.
In a concert program To light The music of specially investigated Latvian composers is included, which is conceptually united by a memorial theme. An important place in the program is the work of Vilnius Schmidberg (1944), as it is on the day of the concert, June 14, the composer celebrates his 81st anniversary. Schmidberg’s cooperation with the orchestra Riga is measured in several decades, during which the orchestra is dedicated to original music works, arrangements and even restored to last century Latvian Ares Cathedral Musical material by restoring the original composition sketches of its members Vilnius Schmidberg and Gunar Shimkus and creating a new work Cathedral, who together with the orchestra Riga sounded last year White night in the program. Last year, the composer also received the Great Music Award for Lifetime Contribution.
Vilnis Šmidbergs is a masterful creator of instrumentation who excellently manages the specifics of the wind instrument game. The concert will feature the opportunity to hear the sacred music master Romualda Yermak (1931) Requiem (2002), originally written for organ, men’s choir, soprano and tenor, but this concert will meet listeners in the Schmidberg’s reference, instead of the organ paves, the playing orchestra played. The outstanding Latvian composer and music teacher Romualds Jermaks celebrates his 94th anniversary on June 10. Has written about 20 concerts for a variety of tools and chamber orchestras during his creative life, and his sacred music collection includes both Mesa and Oratoria, and choirs, cantata and song cycles. His works are often based on folk song motifs, as well as the composer made it for decoration choirs, organ and piano. Yermaka Requiem with the orchestra Riga will execute the VAK Latvia Men’s group, soprano voice Catherine Paula Felsberg and tenor Martins Zvīgulis.
One of the youngest opuses of composer Vilnius Schmidberg will be held at the memorial concert To light Metal wind instrument ensemble and percussion instruments, from which the title of the program is also borrowed. The composition marks the way from dark to light, symbolizing the power of hope and change. To light Last year, premiered by the Liepaja Symphony Orchestra’s Wind Instruments and Percussion Group, and the editorial office on the June 14 concert was supplemented with euphonies. The composer talks about the content of his music is timidly, but says that the composition has been referred to in such a painful Russian aggression in Ukraine. In the music, the theme characteristic of the composer’s creation is the theme, but the final part leads to a light hope, and is characterized by the words « light was called » light ear « .
During the concert To light Anyone interested is welcome with free invitations from Monday, June 9, at. 10.00 in all Ticket paradise at the box office and online www.bilesuparadize.lv.
