The Great Concert in Jelgava will honor the 130th anniversary / day of the IV General Latvian Song and Music Festival
The concert program consists of Latvian classics Jāzeps Vītols, Jacob Mediņš, Emīls Dārziņš, as well as contemporary author Raimonds Pauls, Eric Esenwald, Raimonds Tigula, Jānis Strazda, Laura Jēkabsone, Laura Jēkabsone, Laura Leontjeva, Alvila Altmanis, Alvila Altmanis The symphonic portrayal of song decoration and Inga Meyer. The concert will also feature songs by the Gaviļniece, for the first time in the IV General Song and Music Festival in Jelgava, the Baumani Karl, sung in Jelgava God bless Latviaas well as Joseph Vītols and Auseklis national tale Beverine’s singer.
The concert director Lolita Muižniece says: “To honor the IV General Latvian Song and Music Festival, which was organized in Jelgava in 1895, the city on May 31 in the Open Air Concert Hall Myth The singers from all over Latvia will gather together. 130 years ago, the press concludes, « … that thousands of Latvians can not only read and write, but also know notes and sing, and that these people like to go to the pub, but to the choir attempts on holidays and Sundays. » 100 years later, after this big event in Jelgava, the grandson of the President of Latvia, Janis Konstantīns Čakste, wrote: “The celebration in Jelgava, after the testimony of that time, was celebrated greatly with the broad audience. Despite foreign powers, despite unfavorable weather, the celebration was celebrated in hope and
The festival will be attended by 1,400 choir singers from all over Latvia and the National Guard Brass Band. Artistic director of the festival Edgars Vitols, director and screenwriter Lolita Muizniece.
Concert chief conductors: Andis Karelis, Ārijs Šķepasts, Edgars Vītols, Gints Ceplenieks, Jānis Baltiņš, Kaspars Ādamsons, Laura Leontjeva, Mārtiņš Klišāns, Romans Vanags and Uģis Matvejs.
Soloists: Elīna Ose, Inese Romancāne, Janis Kurševs.
Concert leaders: Alda Skrastiņa, Gundars Caune, Eva Petole, Eric Grantberg.
Accompaniment: National Guard Orchestra, conductor Major Andis Karelis.
The event is organized by the Latvian National Culture Center in cooperation with Jelgava nationality.
Entrance 10 euro www.bilesuparadize.lv. With the Jelgavnieks card entrance 7.60 euros (the Jelgavnieks map must be present at the entrance).
