Sinfonietta Riga will perform with German conductor Jērgas Vidmani at the Mozart concert. Mozart. Mozart.

The 40th and 41st symphonies of Mozart’s history will be performed in the concert program, as well as Sinfonia Concert, which will be performed by violinist Vineta Sareika and violinist Amihaj Gross (Amihai Grosz).

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 40th Symphony in G minor belongs to the symphonic canvases of the composer’s “grand finale trilogy”, which marks the end of the Viennese classicist’s professional maturity. The three symphonies in the cycle – Symphony 39 in Eb minor, Symphony 40 in S minor and Symphony 41 in D major (Jupiter) were made in a very short time – in the summer months of 1788. During the life of the author, the scores of the symphonies were never published, and it is expected that they were created as a whole of art, not works respectively. Over time, the trilogy has been able to maintain the unceasing attention of the public and has caused strong emotions in it, so the evaluations of the symphonic cycle in different times and countries have been completely different, even ambiguous.

Romantic-era composer Robert Schumanis attributed qualities of “Greek elegance and grace” to the symphony cycle, while noted 20th-century musicologist and noted expert on Mozart’s musical heritage, Alfred Einstein, believed that symphonies emit an aura of “heroic tragedy”.

Along with performances of the 40th and 41st symphonies, Jērgs Vidmanis and Berlin Philharmonic concert masters – violinist Vineta Sareika and violinist Amihajs Gross will give Latvian audiences the opportunity to listen to Mozart’s work created in 1779 Sinfonia Concert, in which the intense drama is combined with the relentless virtuosity of the instrumental concert, which balances both the hearts of the romantic singer and the flight of sounds of the acoustic master.

With musical and educational stories, Jērgs Vidmanis will be present at the pre-concert talk. The unknown. A dozen fanciful sounds – MOCAARTS This Thursday, October 31, at 16.00 in the Organ Hall of the Latvian Academy of Music Jāzepa Vītola.

Jērgs Vidmanis (1973) is one of the brightest and most versatile artists of our time, who masters the virtuoso clarinet, creates his own music, stands at the director’s desk with the same enthusiasm.

Vidmanis learned the clarinet from Gerd Starke in Munich and Charles Neidich at the Juilliard School in New York. He often plays with prestigious orchestras such as Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, The Orchester National de France, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the Washington National Symphony Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and collaborate with conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Eschenbach and Christoph from Donnani.

From February 2024, Jērgs Vidmanis has started his three-year collaboration with the State Chamber Orchestra Riga Sinfonietta as an art partner.