The relocation of the Symphony Orchestra from the Grand Guild, which is awaiting repairs, has been postponed to the end of the season / Article

The LNSO promises to inform more about the reconstruction plans of the Grand Guild and the activities of the orchestra during the beginning of March.

It was previously planned that the orchestra would leave its permanent home in the Grand Guild in March, as large-scale repairs are expected, during which the LNSO will conduct the rehearsal and concert process elsewhere.

Changes in the reconstruction plans mean that listeners will be able to enjoy the orchestra’s musical performances at the LNSO’s permanent residence for some time to come.

In the concert “Elgar, Grieg and Peterson’s New Work”, which will take place on Saturday, March 25, listeners will be able to indulge in the musical dialogue of the orchestra’s higher and lower sounding instruments – flute and double bass. The flute party will be played by one of the most famous representatives of Latvian classical music – flutist Dita Krenberga, while with double bass we will see LNSO musician Oskars Bokanovs. The concert will be conducted by Atvars Lakstīgala.

On Saturday, April 2, at 11.00 (in Russian) and at 14.00 (in Latvian) there will be a concert for little listeners “LeNeSOns and the Firebird”. Listeners will be introduced to an unprecedented bird, whose feathers are clothed with all the beauty of the world and the ability to protect the world. The miraculous abilities of the firefighter allow Prince Ivan to defeat the evil sorcerer and save the princess trapped in the tower. Inspired by Igor Stravinsky’s famous music, the works were also created by students of the JVLMA Department of Composition. Concert conductor – Andris Vecumnieks.

On Thursday, April 7, young people and beginners of classical music are invited to enjoy the concert “Symphonic hits with Goran Gora. Altman. Glass. Saxophone”. Close-up of the concert will be an instrument that is often referred to as the king of jazz music. In less than two hundred years, the saxophone has established a secure, convincing position in both jazz and academic music, but it rarely appears in the scores of the symphony orchestra. Oskars Petrauskis, one of the most renowned saxophonists in Latvia, will premiere Alvils Altmanis’ new works, while the saxophone quartet “Atomos” will join the performance of the American minimalist Philip Glass’s composition.

On Thursday, April 28, there will be a concert “LNSO musicians. Four shots” (concert postponed from February 10). The author of the idea, Elīna Bērtiņa, describes the concert program as follows: four contrasts, four opposites, four personalities and four languages. 20th century music has always been an exciting and endless source of cognition of the era, where each composer’s unique musical aesthetic is shaped by an individual personality experience. Pianist Elīna Bērtiņa, cellist Ieva Upatniece, violinist Georgs Sarkisjans and clarinetist Mārtiņš Circenis will take part in the concert.

Chamber music enthusiasts will be delighted by the LNSO in the coming years at the music house “Daile”, where the LNSO intends to play chamber music programs during the reconstruction of the Grand Guild. On Thursday, March 10, listeners are invited to enjoy the first of the concerts “Vienna Café. LNSO Piano Trio”. On Thursday, April 14, the concert “Chick Korea. Spain” will take place, which was dedicated to the musician Chik Koream, who passed away last year. On Thursday, May 5, in the concert “Schuman. Hindemits. Dzenitis” clarinetist and one of the long-term conductors of the LNSO Guntis Kuzma together with the piano quartet “Quadra” – violinist Arvīds Zvagulis, viola player Pēteris Trasunas, cellist Kārlis Klotiņš and pianist outstanding chamber music opuses of the music age.

On April 23, the LNSO will perform with a concert “LNSO, Vasks un Beethoven in the Fourth” in the concert hall “Cēsis”. Conducted by Kristiina Poska, the orchestra’s chief guest conductor, the musicians will perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony, one of the latest opuses by Estonian contemporary genius Erki Sven Tire, “Phantasma”, as well as Peter Vasco’s Violin Concerto for the Far Light. The soloist will be a special guest – the first violin of the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra Triin Ruubel.

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