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Programme
“Music of Changes” Contemporary Music Festival
17 September – 19 October 2012
Monday 17 September, 6 pm
“A year with Kutavičius”
St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director and Conductor Donatas Katkus
Klaipėda Choir Aukuras
Artistic Director Alfonsas Vildžiūnas
Darius Meškauskas (actor)
Programme: a semi-staged performance of Bronius Kutavičius’s cycle Metai (The Seasons) written to the eponymous poem by Kristijonas Donelaitis
5 pm – pre-concert talk
Wednesday 19 September, 6 pm
“Concordant and temperamental”
Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director Mindaugas Bačkus
Soloist Lukas Geniušas (piano)
Conductor Martynas Staškus
Programme: Paul Hindemith
5 pm – pre-concert talk
Wednesday 26 September, 6 pm
“Drumming with Kroumata”
Kroumata Percussion Ensemble (Sweden):
Johan Silvmark, Roger Bergström, Ulrik Nilsson, Pontus Langendorf Programme: György Ligeti, Iannis Xenakis, Juan Felipe Waller, John Eriksson, Steve Reich, Thierry De Mey, John Cage, Steve Reich
5 pm – pre-concert talk
Friday 5 October, 6 pm
“Angels and Demons in Sound”
Rūta and Zbignevas Ibelhauptas (piano duo)
Programme: Bronius Kutavičius, Gintaras Sodeika, Per Nørgård, George Crumb
Friday 12 October, 6 pm
“Silent Music”
Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director and Soloist Mindaugas Bačkus
Conductor Mark Kadin (Russia)
Programme: Valentin Silvestrov, Alfred Schnittke, Iraida Yusupova, Dmitry Shostakovich
Friday 19 October, 6 pm
“2+2+1”
Alexander Paley, Pei-Wen Chen (pianos, USA)
Pavel Giunter (percussion), Stanisław Skoczyński (percussion, Poland)
With the participation of Zbigniev Levicki (violin)
Programme: Peter Ružicka, Marco Antonio Perez-Ramirez, Béla Bartók, Vasile Zagorsky, Vytautas Bacevičius, Loreta Narvilaitė
5 pm – pre-concert talk
