Performance “Homage a Orfee” – music and poetry (excerpts)
Kremerata Baltica
Gidon Kremer (violin)
Guna Zarina (actress)
Inga Kalna (soprano)
Lucas Debargue (piano)
Juste Gelgotaite (oboe)
Choir “Kamer” (conductor Janis Liepins)
Margo Zalite (scenographer and stage director)
Program
Georgs Pelecis (1947)
“Flowering Jasmin” (for violin, vibraphone, and string orchestra)
Georgs Pelecis (1947)
“Remembering Orpheus” concerto for oboe and string orchestra
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Excerpts from “Phantasy” in C major for violin and string orchestra (arr. V. Kissine)
Intermission
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Excerpts from Opera “Orpheus”:
Orasia’s Aria No.1 from Act I “Wie hart ist mir das Schicksal doch?”
Orasia’s Aria No.5 from Act I “Sù, mio core a la vendetta”
Lucas Debargue (1990)
Concertino “Orpheo di camera” for piano and string orchestra
*World premiere, dedicated to Kremerata Baltica 20th Anniversary
Philip Glass (1937)
Excerpts from “Orphée suite” (arr. for violin, string orchestra, and percussion by A. Pushkarev based on P. Barnes version for solo piano)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Final chorus from Act III “Ach lebe, Konigin” for violin, oboe, choir and strings (arr. by A.Pushkarev)
*Orpheus sonets by R.M.Rilke read during the performance (Guna Zarina)