LITHUANIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
(artistic director and conductor Sergej Krylov)
Soloist and conductor PIOTR PŁAWNER (violin, Poland)
Soloist ELWIRA ŚLĄZAK (marimba, percussion, Poland)
EDVARD GRIEG – Suite for string orchestra Fra Holbergs tid (Holberg Suite), Op. 40
ADAM WESOŁOWSKI – Songs of the Angels (1st and 2nd mvts.) for string orchestra
GUSTAV HOLST – St Paul’s Suite for string orchestra No. 2 in C major, Op. 29
ENNIO MORRICONE – Man with the Harmonica from Sergio Leone’s film Once Upon a Time in the West
MATEUSZ SMOCZYŃSKI – Chamber Syncopations for marimba and chamber orchestra (2023, Lithuanian premiere)
The closing concert of the festival Music at the Jašiūnai Manor will host Polish marimba player Elwira Ślązak and the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra. After graduating from the Karol Szymanowski Music School in Warsaw, she studied in Paris and at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels. A laureate of numerous national and international competitions, she performs both as a soloist and as a member of various chamber ensembles, often playing new compositions for percussion written specifically for her.
The highlight of the festival’s closing concert will be the Lithuanian premiere of Polish composer Mateusz Smoczyński’s Chamber Syncopations for marimba and chamber orchestra, dedicated to Elwira Ślązak. The concert programme will also feature a composition by another contemporary Polish composer, Adam Wesołowski, as well as some examples of classical repertoire: opuses by the Norwegian Edvard Grieg, the renowned Italian film composer Ennio Morricone, and the British composer Gustav Holst.
Free admission
