Waiting for the sunrise with Māri Sirmo conducting the most enduring singers in the chorus of the Song Festival hits – Gaismas pili, Lauztās priedes, Lec, saulīte – is something very special. To be present and sing together even when the entire program of the final concert and sing-along night has been sung! pic.twitter.com/39CgD42Y5e — … Read more
The song “My Homeland” with the words of the poet Jānis Peters was written in 1972 as a tribute to the centenary of the General Latvian Song Festival and a year later it was released in a mini-album together with the songs “Dzel manī sauli” and “Vēju stunda”. At the closing concert of the XXVII … Read more
The song (the first verse) was published for the first time by the pastor of Rūjiena, Gustavs von Bergmanis, in 1807. The melody of the song was first published by Jānis Cimze in 1872. Nowadays, the most well-known is the arrangement of the song for four parts made by Andreja Jurjānas in 1884 a capella … Read more
The National Armed Forces Headquarters Orchestra, the group “Raxtu raxti”, the instrumental group, “Saucejas”, “Tarkški”, “Suitu dudenieki”, “Austras koks”, Marina Rebeka, Agnese Pauniņa, Ance Krauze, Elīna Seile, Alice Baumane, will take part in the concert. Kamila Siliņa, Paula Bička, Olívija Gulbe, Aleksandra Špitzberga, Kristīne Kārkle-Kalniņa and others. The head of the artistic working group is … Read more
Journalists are also buzzing around – taking photos, the LR3 journalist even records interviews. The concert begins. “Ilgi” rumbles, “Dandaru” girls wind in a long string like a stream… We watch and enjoy. My role is to understand what is happening here? First of all, there was no interweaving of genres – representatives of the … Read more
For the sixth time since 1998, a show of Latvian folk costumes has been held. This year, its artistic director is Agnis Kristvalds, the choreographer is Elīna Gaitjukeviča, and the graphic design was created by Agnese Leilande. The live broadcast from the Latvian folk costume show and its video recording (after the end of the … Read more
Video: The plot of the program “Panorama”. The couple laughs that they will spend the wedding night in the gym on mattresses with the rest of the group’s dancers, but the whole first week of the honeymoon will be spent in Riga at the Song and Dance Festival. “Let’s dance until it’s bitter,” say the … Read more
However, this year the number of choirs participating in the Song Festival has increased. In 2018, there were 429 choirs, but this year there will be 454 choirs. Also, 2,097 brass band musicians from 66 orchestras and 5,714 members of 580 brass band ensembles, vocal ensembles, folk music groups, amateur theaters and other independent groups … Read more
For the second festival in a row, the Dance Festival will have the most participants. This year, 16,879 dancers from 695 collectives will participate. This is less than the Centennial Festival, when 18,150 dancers from 739 dance groups took part, but more than other Dance Festivals. The number of participants of the Song Festival collective … Read more