Čiurlionis Code is the first of two dedications by the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Orchestra to Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, and a celebration of the 150th birthday of the composer and artist. This momentous occasion will be marked by a geographical retrospective of Čiurlionis' time, which the composer himself did not know about. Works by M. K. Čiurlionis' contemporaries, the French Lili Boulanger and the British Samuel Coleridge-Taylor will be performed.

The Kaunas State Choir and the Lithuanian National Symphonic Orchestra will perform one of Čiurlionis's most beautiful works, the cantata De profundis, which the composer wrote based on Psalm 130. Lili Boulanger based her work Du fond de l'abîme on the same psalm. Justina Gringytė, one of Lithuania's leading mezzo-sopranos, will perform the solo part of this heart-rending composition.

Coleridge-Taylor, known as the African Mahler, composed his Ballade for Orchestra in A minor only a year before M.K. Čiurlionis wrote his De profundis. One of his most mature works, the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G minor, will be performed by the French violinist Philippe Graffin, who impresses with his particularly skilful and subtle interpretations. The musical dedication to Čiurlionis, full of unexpected connections, will be conducted by the second conductor of the LNSO, Robertas Šervenikas.

Performers:

Lithuanian National Symphonic Orchestra

(Artistic director and principal conductor Modestas Pitrėnas)

Kaunas State Choir

(artistic director and chief conductor Robertas Šervenikas)

Philippe Graffin (violin, France)

Conductor Robertas Šervenikas

Program:

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Ballade for Orchestra in A minor, Op. 33; Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G minor, Op. 80

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis - Cantata "De profundis" ("Out of the Depths") for choir and orchestra

Lili Boulanger - Du fond de l'abîme ('From the depths of the abyss', based on Psalm 130) for contralto, choir and orchestra

Saturday 8 February at 7 pm

Great Hall of the Philharmonic, Aušros Vartų g. 5, Vilnius

Information: https://filharmonija.lt/repertuaras/koncertai-vilniuje/53/ciurlionio-kodas-i.-lnso-kauno-valstybinis-choras-robertas-servenikas-philippe-graffin/event-271

Tickets: https://kakava.lt/renginys/ciurlionio-kodas-i-lnso-kauno-valstybinis-choras-robertas-servenikas-philippe-graffin/9259/17872

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Concert "Čiurlionis Code I. Kaunas State Choir, R. Šervenikas, Ph. Graffin"

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