"Homage a Orfee" - Music and Poetry

Kremerata Baltica Gidon Kremer Lucas Debargue Guna Zariņa Inga Kalna Juste Gelgotaite Margo Zālīte

09/06/2017 • 19:30

Koncertzāle Cēsis, Cēsis

Raunas iela 12, Cēsis, Cēsu pilsēta, LV-4101

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https://www.cesukoncertzale.lv/pasakumi

Tickets

Program

Choir "Kamer" (conductor Janis Liepins)

Performance "Homage a Orfee" - music and poetry (excerpts)

Georgs Pelecis (1947)
“Flowering Jasmin” (for violin, vibraphone, and string orchestra)

Georgs Pelecis (1947)
“Remembering Orpheus” concerto for oboe and string orchestra

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Excerpts from “Phantasy” in C major for violin and string orchestra (arr. V. Kissine)

Intermission

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Excerpts from Opera “Orpheus”:
Orasia’s Aria No.1 from Act I “Wie hart ist mir das Schicksal doch?"
Orasia’s Aria No.5 from Act I "Sù, mio core a la vendetta”

Lucas Debargue (1990)
Concertino "Orpheo di camera" for piano and string orchestra
*World premiere, dedicated to Kremerata Baltica 20th Anniversary

Philip Glass (1937)
Excerpts from “Orphée suite” (arr. for violin, string orchestra, and percussion by A. Pushkarev based on P. Barnes version for solo piano)

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Final chorus from Act III "Ach lebe, Konigin" for violin, oboe, choir and strings (arr. by A.Pushkarev)

*Orpheus sonets by R.M.Rilke read during the performance (Guna Zarina)