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Tonight, the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra invites the audience to experience the grandeur and passion of music. Vilmantas Kaliūnas, a conductor living in Germany and often conducting Lithuanian ensembles, graces the podium. 

“Christoph Willibald Gluck’s rhythmically frenzied Dance of the Furies from the opera Orfeo ed Eurydice (Orpheus and Euridice) bursts forth like a hellish whirlwind and draws the listener into a powerful emotional atmosphere,” says the programme’s deviser, conductor Kaliūnas. “Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Concerto for clarinet and orchestra in A major, KV 622, is his last instrumental concerto, marked by the lyricism, grace, and depth; the famous Adagio, one of the most famous examples of lyricism of Mozart’s late period, is particularly charming. Robert Schumann’s Waldszenen (Forest Scenes) is a romantic stroll through an imaginary forest: these musical miniatures convey the mysteries and tranquillity of nature, as well as man’s inner experiences. Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 49 in F minor, La Passione, is the dramatic and solemn finale to the concert programme: a synthesis of tension, emotional depth, and Baroque solemnity with the power and expression of early Classicism.”

Soloist, Belgian clarinet star Roeland Hendrikx will perform Mozart’s Concerto on an original basset clarinet, which has a unique sound. After many years as principal clarinettist with the National Orchestra of Belgium, Hendrikx began his solo career in 2017. An avid chamber musician, he has also formed his own ensemble.