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During the Christmas holidays, several premieres are expected on Latvian Television (LTV) – animated and adventure films, as well as several concert recordings – among them Maestro Raimonds Paul’s Christmas program “White Holidays” and the charity concert “Come together!” will be shown in the family circle.
On the morning of Sunday, December 24, Tuta will invite the little viewers of LTV to join in the festivities. At 09.00 LTV1 and REplay.lv will be able to watch the series “Tutas Ziemassvetki. Tuta and the Christmas song”, where Tuta prepares for Christmas – bakes gingerbread, writes a letter to Santa Claus, arranges things, prepares a gift for Fenek. 9:10 a.m. – Tuta’s Christmas concert “Heart of Gingerbread” (2022), where children will be able to listen and sing along to Tuta’s songs they already know, as well as various Christmas songs – from Latvian folk songs to world-famous holiday melodies. The holiday mood will continue to be created by two animation premieres – at 10:00 a.m. – “Brašais Kurmītis: special release” (2020) and at 10:35 a.m. – “Terry Pratchetts. Snow Baby” (2021). Then at 11:00 a.m. – the animated film “Christmas with musifans” (2020), and at 11:25 a.m. – “Christmas Letter” (2019).
On Christmas Eve at 6:20 p.m., the Christmas service will be watched live from the Dome Church, where Archbishop Jānis Vanags of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia will deliver the homily. The service will be performed by the boys’ choir of Riga Cathedral under the leadership of conductor Mārtiņš Klišāns, organist Aigars Reinis and percussionist Ernests Mediņš.
Then at 20.25, the television premiere of Maestro Raimonda Paul’s Christmas program “Baltie svetki”. “White light from the snowy roofs shines into the room. There is a flash of my childhood days in this light that touches me easily. A gentle winter joy surrounds the heart. I started to remember how it was back then…” – that’s what Kārlis Skalbe once wrote, and that’s what each of us longs for. Also Raymond Paul, who at Christmas invites us to remember the love, goodness and warmth of the heart, which may have faded a little today. Kārļis Skalbe’s play “Christmas in a hut” read by actor Jēkabs Reiņš and songs by Raimonds Paul with the poetry of Plūdonis, Aspazija, Vācieš, Peter, Račs and Zanderes will be performed. They will be sung by Paula Saija, Erika Eglija-Gravele and Jānis Kurševs. Musical accompaniment led by Māras Briežkalns.
On the first Christmas, December 25, at 10:00 a.m., there will be animated short films “Happy Madagascar!” (2009) premiere. When Santa’s sleigh crashes in exotic Madagascar and he suffers memory loss, beloved characters Alex, Melman, Gloria, Marty and the penguins take the reins into their own hands to save the true Christmas spirit. 10:30 a.m. – The Penguins of Madagascar Christmas (2005) premiere, where the beloved penguins of Madagascar from New York’s Central Park Zoo go on a fun adventure through the bustling metropolis to save their mate on Christmas Eve.
In the evening, at 18.20, the premiere of the charity concert “Come with Christmas!” recording from the Latgale Embassy GORS, where audience-loved artists and talented children, young people with special needs performed together – Integrative art festival “Come together!” laureates. This year, talented young people with various functional disabilities are represented by: Valmiera Gaujas krasta secondary school – youth of the development center and preschool little dancers “Mazas bitite”; The percussion group of Riga 1st elementary school – development center, which always surprises the audience, because the teacher Ieva Altrof is inexhaustible in her creative pursuits in working with children; The three brave singing boys of Riga 5th elementary school – development center – Oskars, Tomas and Sandis, two surdo groups of Riga Ēbelmuiža elementary school, the preschool zvangu duet of Daugavpils Stropi elementary school – development center, the great dancers of VSAC “Zemgale” branch “Ziedkalne” and our talented individual performers – Diana Ponaskova, Renāte Jakovljeva, Laura Zhukova, Marta Rancāne, Artūrs Rubenis, Anton Snegov, Kaspars Grigāns, Roberts Reingold and instrumentalists – accordionist Mihails Olehov, organist Jakov Burlayev, guitarist Kirill Shvidchenko and the dashing “Come along!” foundation. choir – in which many of the soloists sing. The outstanding stage artists will join together in the performance: LNO soloist Jūlija Vasiļjeva, singers Dainis Skutelis, Marija Naumova, Nauris Puntulis, Ingus Ulmanis, Kristīne Prauliņa, the ethnic group “Tautumeitas”, the group “Audiokvartāls”, the boys’ choir of the Dome choir school (conductor Mārtiņš Klišāns), as well as Emīlas Dārziņas music school orchestra together with professional musicians. The musical direction of the concert was entrusted to the conductor Andris Vecumnieks, the musical arrangements were created by the composer and musician Andris Sējāns, the concert director – Marija Bērziņa. At the concert, there will be a unique opportunity to see the masterpieces of Latvian painters in scenography – video artist Toms Zeļgis will dress them all in a video frame, while between the songs, you can expect sincere conversations led by journalist Inese Vaikule.
Then at 20.40 – the premiere of the Latvian adventure film “Circenīša Christmas” (2022, directed by Aigars Grauba) on “Latvijas Televīzija”. The film tells about the family of police officer Ervin Damby, who come to their country house in a bad mood and meet Santa Claus.
Little Martha and little brother Tom involve him in a plan to save their family. The parents start preparing for the holiday, not knowing at all that the Santa Claus they meet is Bruno Circenis, who escaped from prison. Cast: Kaspars Kārkliņš, Jānis Vimba, Inga Tropa, Bille Siliņa, Vilhelm Auders, Marija Grauba, Javier Garcia, Jēkabs Reinis, Samira Adgezalova, Rihards Lepers, Meynards Liepiņš, etc.
On the second Christmas, December 26, at 9:25 a.m., the children’s and youth vocal studio “Rasa” will premiere the musical Christmas story “Dargākā dāna” (2023), created by songwriters Anna Zankovska and Kaspars Ansons. It features seven creations, as well as the popular Christmas carol “Who’s This Child”. The story was created to remind children and also adults what the true essence of Christmas is. For today’s children, this holiday is the big holiday of gifts. Children so badly want another plastic toy from an advertisement, which will soon lie sadly forgotten on the shelf after the holidays. Is Christmas more than a gift list? It is, that’s why friends come to the pajama party at Rasa’s, Richard’s and godmother’s. Christmas is approaching and the only thing on children’s minds is gifts. The godmother, hearing the children’s conversations, offers to read the most beautiful Christmas story about the birth of Jesus Christ, which reveals why gifts are given on this holiday and what they should be.
In the evening, at 18.20, the premiere of the family film “Christmas in the Jungle” (2022, dir. Jāks Kilmi) – the story of ten-year-old Paula, whose family has moved to an exotic country because his father is a geologist and works in a gold mine. Paula longs for Christmas, but what if there’s no winter? It turns out that Paula’s new friend Achim has heard that there is also a Christmas shaman in the jungle thicket. The plan is in hand! However, the children have no idea how dangerous and exciting adventures await them on the way: underground caves, jungle spirits, cannibals, unusual animals and much more. Cast: Rebeka Shuksta, Brayden Pablo Escobar, Māris Olte, Inga Alsiņa-Lasmane, Elizabete Liepa, etc.
20.40 “My friend is a frivolous person. Archeology of the film” (dir. Agita Cāne-Ķīle, script author Daira Āboliņa) premiere. The film “My friend – a non-serious person” made Jānis Streiču a master of cinema, because he was able to make a film in which every moviegoer, in one way or another, was able to see both dramatic and comic references to his life. In the series “Film archeology”, the team will return to the Riga film studio together with the ever-smiling Jānis Paukštello, the serious director Jānis Streič and his reliable assistant Ilzi Līci. Characters: costume designer Skaidra Deksne, cinematographer Miks Zvirbulis, publicist Āriks Hānbergs and the then film actors – Raimonds Auškāps, Kārlis Pumpuriņš, Jānis Liepiņš and Valdis Liepiņš. The question is open: was Arvīds Lasmanis a relative of Rainas Antiņas, the third son of the father of Latvian fairy tales, or was he a hidden “alter ego” of Jānis Streičs himself? Immediately after that, at 21.35, the comic melodrama “My friend – a serious person” (1975, directed by Jānis Streičs). Cast: Jānis Paukštello, Galina Maculeviča, Jānis and Valdis Liepiņi, Dzidra Ritenberga, Aleksej Mihailov, Lilita Bērziņa, Āvalds Valters, Eduards Pāvuls, Olģerts Dunkers, Voldemārs Lobiņš, Raimonds Auškāps, Boleslavs Ružs, Irina Thomsone, etc.
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At the end of the evening at 23.15 – “Vienna Philharmonic Concert in Prague” (Austria, 2023). The concert will be conducted by the conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Jakubs Hruša, and the special guest will be the pianist Igors Levits – a citizen of the world, who serves as a reminder that music can cross national borders.
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2023-12-20 13:41:14
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