VILNIUS State Choir
(artistic director and principal conductor Artūras Dambrauskas)
ZURICH CONCERT CHOIR (Switzerland)
LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
(artistic director and principal conductor Modestas Pitrėnas)
Conductor ANDRÉ FISCHER (Switzerland)
JEAN SIBELIUS –Incidental music for Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s play Jedermann (Everyman), Op. 83, finale for choir and orchestra; Cantata Vapautettu kuningatar (The Captive Queen), Op. 48, for choir and orchestra
EDVARD GRIEG – Excerpts from the incidental music Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt, Op. 23
MIKALOJUS KONSTANTINAS ČIURLIONIS – Cantata De profundis (From the Depths, after psalm No. 130) for choir and orchestra, VL 8
ARVO PÄRT – Cantique des degrés (Song of the Ascents after psalm No. 121) for choir and orchestra
ŽIBUOKLĖ MARTINAITYTĖ – Nunc fluens. Nunc stans for percussion and string orchestra
CARL NIELSEN – Søvnen (Sleep), Op. 18, for choir and orchestra
KARL JENKINS – The Proclamation from the cantata Gloria for choir and orchestra
The Singing Might of the Baltics brings together the most beautiful opuses of composers from various Baltic countries, conveying the traditions of their countries and also embodying the common spirit of the Baltic region.
The concert programme will feature the most prominent works for choir and orchestra by Finnish, Norwegian, Lithuanian, Estonian, Danish, and Welsh composers, each of which evocatively tells a memorable story. Performing forces will include well-known Lithuanian ensembles as well as guests from Switzerland – the Zurich Concert Choir, famous for its exceptionally harmonious sound. The Choir is led by maestro André Fischer.
Fischer is regularly invited to conduct in the famous Zurich Tonhalle. His repertoire includes monumental works such as Johannes Brahms’ German Requiem, Franz Schubert’s Mass in A major and Mass in E flat major, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s famous Requiem, and others. Fischer is also bringing works by two Lithuanian composers (M. K. Čiurlionis and Ž. Martinaitytė) to Lithuania.
