LITHUANIAN ARMED FORCES ORCHESTRA
(bandmaster Major Egidijus Ališauskas)
Soloists:
JOMANTĖ ŠLEŽAITĖ-PAUKŠTĖ (soprano)
TOMAS PAVILIONIS (tenor)
Conductor EGIDIJUS ALIŠAUSKAS
GIUSEPPE VERDI – Excerpts from the most famous operas
FRANZ LEHÁR – Giuditta aria Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß (Kiss My Lipps and Your Heart is Aflame) from the musical comedy Giuditta, 4th act
VINCENZO DI CHIARA – Song La spagnola (The Spanish Woman)
JOHN KANDER – Life is a Cabaret from the musical Cabaret, 2nd act
VYTAUTAS KERNAGIS – Song Baltas paukštis (White Bird)
JAROSLAVAS CECHANOVIČIUS – Meilės valsas (Love Waltz)
ALGIMANTAS RAUDONIKIS – Song Švelnumas (Tenderness)
Works for symphony orchestra by PHILIP SPARKE, ALFRED REED, RIMANTAS GIEDRAITIS
The festival Music at the Jašiūnai Manor will open with a gala concert featuring the Lithuanian Armed Forces Orchestra and renowned opera soloists: soprano Jomantė Šležaitė-Paukštė and tenor Tomas Pavilionis. The festive concert will offer arias from operas and operettas cherished by the audience, as well as hits of Lithuanian pop music – who doesn’t know Jaroslavas Cechanovičius’ Meilės valsas (Love Waltz) or the legendary Algimantas Raudonikis’ Švelnumas (Tenderness)? The concert will also feature works for orchestra by contemporary composers.
Founded in 1991, the Lithuanian Armed Forces Orchestra participates in official events in Lithuania and abroad, representing the Lithuanian state and the armed forces. The 60-member orchestra will perform this time in a slightly different capacity – as a concert ensemble.
Free admission
