“YOU, KLAIPĖDA, EXIST, YOU, LITHUANIA, EXIST”

Concert to mark the anniversary of the annexation of the Klaipėda region to Lithuania

PROGRAMME

Vladimiras KONSTANTINOVAS (b. 1958)–Stasys ŠIMKUS (1887–1943)
Song Lietuviais esame mes gimę (We are born Lithuanians) for choir, lyrics by Georg Sauerwein (1908)

Performers: Klaipėda State Music Theatre Choir and Symphony Orchestra

Vladimiras KONSTANTINOVAS (g. 1958)
Excertps from the opera of stories Klaipėda: introduction to scene 6, scene 8, act II; epilogue

Performers: Beata Ignatavičiūtė (soprano), Giedrius Gečys (tenor), Klaipėda State Music Theatre Choir and Symphony Orchestra

Bronius KUTAVIČIUS (1932–2021)
Dzūkian Variations for strings and piano (1974)

Performers: Aurelija Dovydaitienė (mezzo-soprano), Klaipėda State Music Theatre Symphony Orchestra and Choir

Žibuoklė MARTINAITYTĖ (g. 1973)
Millefleur for symphony orchestra (2018)

Juhan AAVIK (1884–1982)
Suite on Estonian folk melodies, Op. 42 (1936)

1. When I Was a Little Fellow (Kui mina alles noor veel olin)
2. My Brother Is Like a Proud Tree (Minu veli virvipuu)
3. Once, Sitting Deep in Thought (Kord mõtetes istus)
4. Oh, I Am a Little Lad (Oh mina väike mehekene)
5. Greeting of Cuckoo (Käo teretamine)
6. I Can’t Stay Silent (Ei saa mitte vaiki olla)
7. Starting the Celebration (Pidu hakkab)
8. Dance of Village (Küla tants)

Emīls DĀRZIŅŠ (1875–1910)
Valse melancolique (Melanholiskais valsis) for symphony orchestra (1904)

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809–1847)
Concert overture Meerestille und glückliche Fahrt (Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage), Op. 27 (1828)