On Saturday, January 8, 2022, at 6 pm, the traditional concert of spiritual songs dedicated to the Star Day will be performed in the Liepāja Concert Hall “Lielais dzintars” to celebrate the return of light and sun.
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As “Delfi” informs the representatives of the concert hall, this time, when the Orthodox Church celebrates the birth of Christ, the concert program “Orthodox Church” will be performed by the Latvian Radio Choir. Christmas. Tchaikovsky ‘s liturgy “.
When hearing the name of the Russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky, his symphonies, stage works and chamber music are mostly remembered, but Tchaikovsky’s creative legacy also hides the sacred choral music, this time highlighted by the conductor of the Latvian Radio Choir. Sigvards Kļava.
According to the creators of the concert program, the monumental St. Tchaikovsky composed the liturgy of Jānis Zeltamutes in 1878. Almost a century and a half later, in 2019, he recorded it in a barn Latvian Radio Choir, becoming one of the very first European bands to touch on Tchaikovsky ‘s version of the musical liturgy. For this record, the choir has received undivided public and critical acclaim, as well as the prestigious International Classical Music Award (ICMA) 2020 in the choir record category.
The Latvian Radio Choir’s interpretations of Tchaikovsky’s sacred choral music have also earned glorious reviews from such prestigious publications as “Gramophone”, which writes: “Sigvards Kļava is not afraid to choose slow tempo The Latvian Radio Choir is outstanding in this repertoire! “
Closer to Tchaikovsky St. Sigvards Kļava, the leader of the Latvian Radio Choir, introduces the liturgy of Jānis Zeltamute: It was not for nothing that Tchaikovsky wrote it in one of the most difficult stages of his life, when his spirit was torn apart, he was tormented by contradictions. you can feel this zero point, the instability, the desire to feel the way to God. It could be the key to getting closer to this music. “
In addition to the view of the Orthodox tradition on the liturgy, the concert will also feature Byzantine songs in the Latvian language, arranged by the regent and composer of the Latvian Orthodox Church Andrejs Selickis. The Latvian-Byzantine song is the first attempt to summarize and arrange the sacred-musical tradition of the Eastern Rite of the Christian Church in the Latvian language. Andrejs Selickis, who represents both the Latvian Orthodox Church and the family of Latvian composers, has been an enthusiast of this unique tradition and its Latvianization for more than thirty years.
Tickets for the concert can be purchased at “Biļešu paradīze” box offices throughout Latvia and on the Internet.
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