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In this traditional Christmas concert the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra and its artistic director, violinist and conductor Sergej Krylov will induce the Christmas spirit with the virtuoso Rondo in A major written by the nineteen-year-old Franz Schubert and the audience’s favourite Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Serenade for strings Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music). Presumably, it would be difficult to find anyone with any interest in music who has not heard this work. Although its commissioner and purpose are unknown, the composer was at the time writing a number of serenades and divertimentos for receptions in parks, for various outdoor events, for concerts in the homes of friends and patrons, and for weddings, birthdays and other celebrations. 

The concert will also feature works in the spirit of the musical Vienna of the late 19th and early 20th century by Fritz Kreisler, one of the world’s most famous violinists. The Austrian-born child prodigy was admitted by exception to the Vienna Conservatoire at the age of seven, later furthered his education at the Paris Conservatoire. He studied composition with Anton Bruckner, Léo Delibes and Jules Massenet. Kreisler, who has performed extensively all over the world, did not compose many works: we would probably not be mistaken in saying that his most popular opuses are this evening’s miniatures, which are usually performed by violinists as encores.