Two Weills: Between Berlin Modernism and Broadway. LSWO, Nora Petročenko, Džeraldas Bidva, Karolis Variakojis
Performers
LITHUANIAN SYMPHONIC WIND ORCHESTRA
(principal conductor Karolis Variakojis)
Soloists: NORA PETROČENKO (mezzo-soprano), GIEDRIUS ARBAČIAUSKAS (tenor), DŽERALDAS BIDVA (violin)
Conductor KAROLIS VARIAKOJIS
Programme
KURT WEILL –
March Berlin im Licht (Berlin Lit Up) for wind orchestra;
Concerto for violin and wind orchestra;
Overture to Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera);
Excerpts from Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera): Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife), Ballade vom angenehmen Leben (Ballad of the Pleasant Life);
Lost in the Stars from the namesake musical;
Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) from the opera Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny);
Speak Low from the musical One Touch of Venus;
Johnny’s Song “When Man was First Created” from the musical Johnny Johnson;
September Song from the musical Knickerbocker Holiday;
Stay Well! from the musical Lost in the Stars;
The Saga of Jenny from the musical Lady in the Dark