Gidon Kremer, Andrei Pushkarev, Dzeraldas Bidva, Giedre Dirvanauskaite, Maias Alyamani, Mohammad Taha, Fadia Tomb El-Hage, Madara Petersone, Kremerata Baltica, Andris Veismanis - Conductor

Program

Arvo Pärt - “Orient & Occident” (08:35-15:48)
Kremerata Baltica, Andris Veismanis - Conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  - “Ouverture to the “Abduction from the Seraglio” (instrumented for strings by Andrei Pushkarev) (17:05-21:58)
Kremerata Baltica, Andris Veismanis - Conductor

Rageh Daoud - “Dialogue” (for violin and string orchestra) (23:15-37:54)
Madara Petersone, Kremerata Baltica, Andris Veismanis - Conductor

Joelle Khoury (Lebanon) - “Variations on Imaginery Folk Dances” (40:32-45:40)
(A work commissioned to Kremerata Baltica)
Fadia Tomb El-Hage (Lebanon), contralto, Kremerata Baltica, Andris Veismanis - Conductor

Joelle Khoury (Lebanon) - “Of Memories Folks and I” (46:55-56:35)
Fadia Tomb El-Hage (Lebanon), contralto; Dzeraldas Bidva (Lithuania), violin, Kremerata Baltica, Andris Veismanis - Conductor

Georgs Pelecis (1947) - “Flowering Jasmine” (for violin, vibraphone and strings) (01:00:00-01:08:03)
Gidon Kremer, violin; Andrei Pushkarev (Latvia-Ukraine), vibraphone, Kremerata Baltica

Ali Osman Alhaj (Sudan-Egypt) - “Fusion” (01:09:39-01:16:15)
Mohammad Taha (Jordan), percussion, Kremerata Baltica, Andris Veismanis - Conductor

Arturs Maskats  (1957) - “Midnight in Riga” (for violin, violoncello, vibraphone and orchestra) (01:19:20-01:34:00)
(Written for Kremerata Baltica)
Gidon Kremer, violin; Giedre Dirvanauskaite (Lithuania), violoncello; Andrei Pushkarev (Latvia-Ukraine), vibraphone, Kremerata Baltica

Maias Alyamani (1981) - “Omar” (for violin solo, percussion, and string orchestra) (01:36:35-01:54:16)
Maias Alyamani (Syria), violin; Mohammad Taha (Jordan), percussion, Kremerata Baltica, Andris Veismanis - Conductor