LITHUANIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Artistic director, soloist and conductor SERGEJ KRYLOV (violin)
Soloist ANDRIUS ŽLABYS (piano)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH – Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Concerto for keyboard and orchestra No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
GIUSEPPE TARTINI – Sonata for violin and piano in G minor, B. g5 (Devil’s Trill, arrangement for orchestra by Hugo Kauder)
ANDRIUS ŽLABYS – Movement for Strings and Piano
“Each venue has subtle differences, in terms of both décor and light. For example, the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Concert Hall is beautiful. It sounds by itself; you don’t even have to play...” said pianist Andrius Žlabys in an interview. But he will play! At the Vilnius Festival, in the Philharmonic Concert Hall, the pianist will play Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto for keyboard and orchestra No.1 in D minor, and we will once again hear Bach interpreted by the pianist known as the philosopher of the piano, Andris Žlabys. “Andrius is faithful to the signpost one follows in order to not get lost. The wisdom of Johann Sebastian is like an open book with a rather heterogeneous frame of reference. A stainless compass”, wrote musicologist Edmundas Gedgaudas after Žlabys’ performance of Bach’s piano concertos.
He is also very active on the contemporary music scene: he composes, initiates and performs contemporary music opuses. This evening’s concert will feature Žlabys’ Movement for Strings and Piano. Its sketches and initial motif of three rising notes emanated in the wake of the events in Ukraine in 2014. The work evolved from those feelings and thoughts and is dedicated to the victims of war. Žlabys said then: “I feel solidarity with Ukraine – after all, Lithuania is also threatened by that menace. There is a hidden sense of foreboding in this work.”
Giuseppe Tartini’s virtuosic Sonata Devil’s Trill is a work that even the most experienced performers often do not dare to tackle. Fans of violinist Sergej Krylov’s mastery will have a great opportunity to hear this work, which, according to legend, Tartini simply dreamt up: “One night in 1713, I dreamt that I had made a contract with the devil...”.
Having won first prizes in the Stradivarius and Kreisler competitions, Krylov has performed at the Berlin Philharmonic and Munich Philharmonic, Vienna’s Musikverein and Konzerthaus, Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, among others. As an artistic director of the third performer of the evening, the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Krylov has given more than 200 concerts with the LCO worldwide.
