July 23, 2019, 8 PM
Great Hall of the Dzintari Concert Hall
Opening concert. Born in Latvia
Performers: Intars Busulis (soloist), Iveta Apkalna (organ), Aleksandrs Antoņenko (tenor), Vestards Šimkus (piano), Latvia’s Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ainārs Rubiķis
Programme:
Part I
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and fugue on Henry Purcell)
Latvia’s Centenary Youth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ainārs Rubiķis
Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937) part III,Allegro from the Symphony for organ and orchestra op. 42
Iveta Apkalna, organ
Latvia’s Centenary Youth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ainārs Rubiķis
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) part III Tarantella from Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor op. 22
Kārlis Gusts Zariņš, piano (PIKC NMV EDMVS, 2nd year, pedagogue Sandra Jalaņecka)
Latvia’s Centenary Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ainārs Rubiķis
César Franck (1822–1890) Prelude, Fugue and Variation op. 18
Iveta Apkalna, organ
Kārlis Gusts Zariņš, piano
Arvīds Žilinskis (1905–1993) Antiņš aria “Sirds kā uguns” from opera The Golden Horse
Aleksandrs Antoņenko, tenor
Latvia’s Centenary Youth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ainārs Rubiķis
Johann Strauss (1825–1899) Adele’s couplet”Mein Herr Marquis” from the operetta Die Fledermaus
Līga Gita Zīriņa, soprano (PIKC NMV RDKS graduate)
Latvia’s Centenary Youth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ainārs Rubiķis
Franz Lehár (1870–1948) Duet “Lippen schweigen” from operetta The Merry Widow
Līga Gita Zīriņa, soprano
Aleksandrs Antoņenko, tenor
Latvia’s Centenary Youth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ainārs Rubiķis
Part II
Imants Kalniņš (1941) 3rd part from the chamber suite Rotāju, dancoju
Latvia’s Centenary Youth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ainārs Rubiķis
Duke Ellington (1899–1974) New World a-Comin’ (arrangement by Moriss Peress)
Vestards Šimkus, piano
Latvia’s Centenary Youth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ainārs Rubiķis
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) “Winter” from the group of four concerti grossi The Four Seasons
Sonja Misiņa, marimba (PIKC NMV EDSMV 6th grade, pedagogue Dzintra Knābe)
Latvia’s Centenary Youth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ainārs Rubiķis
Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962) Chinese Tambourine
Sonja Misiņa, marimba
Vestards Šimkus, piano
Intars Busulis / Jānis Elsbergs Miglas rīts
Intars Busulis, voice
Latvia’s Centenary Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ainārs Rubiķis
Stevie Wonder (1950) Sir Duke
Grēta Grantiņa, voice (PIKC NMV RDKS musical theatre department, 3rd year, pedagogue Annija Putniņa)
Latvia’s Centenary Youth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ainārs Rubiķis
Kārlis Lācis / Jānis Elsbergs “Brīvdiena”
Grēta Grantiņa, balss
Intars Busulis, balss
Latvijas Simtgades jauniešu simfoniskais orķestris un diriģents Ainārs Rubiķis
Arturo Márquez (1950) Conga del fuego
Latvia’s Centenary Youth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ainārs Rubiķis
Intars Busulis
Soloist
Iveta Apkalna
OrganLatvian organist Iveta Apkalna is considered one of the leading instrumentalists in the world. Since 2017 she has served as the titular organist of the Klais organ at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany. For the January 2017 opening of the hall she took part in the two world premieres of the evening: Wolfgang Rihm’s Triptychon und Spruch in memoriam Hans Henny Jahnn with Thomas Hengelbrock and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and Jörg Widmann’s ARCHE with Kent Nagano and the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg. In September 2018 Berlin Classics released the album “Light & Dark”, the first solo album recorded on the Klais organ at the Elbphilharmonie.
Vestards Šimkus
Piano
Latvia’s Youth Symphony Orchestra
For the third time, the Latvian Centennial Youth Symphony Orchestra will play at the concert "Born in Latvia", which brings together the best Latvian young musicians every year. 38 young musicians between the ages of 14 and 20 will be selected at a competition to refine their professionalism in semester master classes together with last year's youth orchestra members - a total of 80 young musicians - under the direction of conductor Kaspars Ādamsons. Musicians of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, “Sinfonietta Rīga”, Latvian National Opera and Ballet Orchestra and “Riga” Orchestra will be performing in masterclasses together with the young musicians.
