Čiurlionis Code III is a sequel to the two concerts held in the spring season dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. The Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra begins its 85th season with a Čiurlionian theme, and the concert will open with a performance of Čiurlionis’ overture "Kęstutis", one of his unfinished opuses that was only reconstructed later.

The Čiurlionis Code III disguises opuses by Čiurlionis and composers of his time, reflecting different trends of Eastern European modernism. Eugeniusz Morawski was a fellow student of Čiurlionis at the Warsaw Institute of Music and a close lifelong friend, to whom Čiurlionis dedicated one of his symphonic poems. Čiurlionis may have met the Polish composer and political figure Ignacy Jan Paderewski while studying in Warsaw or Leipzig. Although there is no record of their paths crossing, the two composers share a common interest in fostering national culture.

The concert will culminate with Richard Strauss’ symphonic poem "Tod und Verklärung" (Death and Transfiguration), a young Strauss’ look at the process of the artist’s death. Strauss and Čiurlionis belong to different musical traditions, but their work is united by the element of symbolism, which is particularly pronounced in their favourite genre of symphonic music – symphonic poems.

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PROGRAMME

❯ Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

Overture "Kęstutis" for symphony orchestra, VL 2

❯ Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Concerto for piano and orchestra in A minor, Op. 17

❯ Eugeniusz Morawski

Symphonic poem "Nevermore"

❯ Richard Strauss

Symphonic poem "Tod und Verklärung" (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24

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PERFORMERS

Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra

(artistic director and principal conductor Modestas Pitrėnas)

Soloist: Szymon Nehring (piano, Poland)

Conductor: Victorien Vanoosten (France)

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EVENT INFORMATION

Date & Time: September 20, 2025 7 PM

Venue: Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society

Address: Aušros Vartų st. 5, Vilnius

More: HERE

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ORGANIZER

Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society

Contact: bilietai@filharmonija.lt / +370 526 65233

Program

Concert "Čiurlionis Code III. Lithuanian National Symphonic Orchestra, Szymon Nehring, Victorien Vanoosten"

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