Impresijos iš Prancūzijos | S. Vaitkevičiūtė, M. Zimkus, P. Gudinaitė

Important! We would like to inform you that due to unforeseen circumstances, the concert that was supposed to take place on May 28 has been postponed to September 9.

A wonderful concert of French music, which will feature works by C. Debussy, M. Ravel, G. Fauré and other composers.

Three talented performers - Silvija Vaitkevičiūtė (violin), Mindaugas Zimkus (tenor). and Paulė Gudinaitė (piano) - invites you to the dreamy and delicate world of French music. 19th-20th centuries impressionist light, sensitive lyricism, irony and a light shade of melancholy intertwine in the music of the French and the creators of the French spirit.

The axis of the evening consists of intertwining sounds of violin, voice and piano. In vocal compositions, French poetry unfolds through an intimate relationship between music and words, from dreamy melancholy to a playful, sometimes ironic look at feelings. In instrumental works, the same emotional world is extended without text: through the flexibility of the line, harmonic tension and subtle change of timbres.

The music of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel spreads an intangible atmosphere, the play of light and shadow, the works of Gabriel Fauré are filled with inner peace, gentle longing and elegance. The songs of Francis Poulenc show a more modern, sometimes even paradoxical relationship with the text, while the works of Ernest Chausson and Camille Saint-Saëns give the program a wider emotional spectrum, from intense lyrical expression to dramatic movement. In the songs of George Enescu, the French tradition acquires a peculiar, personal and somewhat unexpected tone.

Concert program:

Maurice Ravel "Deux mélodies hébraïques" ("Two Hebrew Melodies") for tenor, violin and piano

Claude Debussy "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune" afternoon") for violin and piano

Gabriel Fauré "Apres un reve" ("Awakening"), z. P.R. Bussine for tenor and piano

Gabriel Fauré - "Berceuse" ("Lullaby") for violin and piano op. 16

Gabriel Fauré "Mandolin" ("Mandolin"), p. Verlaine for tenor and piano

Francis Poulenc "A sa guitare" ("Guitars"), p. P. de Ronsard for tenor and piano

Intermission

Ernest Chausson Poem Op. 25 for violin and piano

George Enescu 3 songs from the cycle "Seven Songs of Clement Marot" op.15:

· Aux damoyselles paresseuses d'escrire à leurs amys ("To the ladies who are lazy to write to their lovers")

· Languir me fais ("Worry me long")

· Changeons propos, c'est trop chanté d'amours ("Let's change the subject, enough singing about love")

Clair de lune ("Moonlight") by Claude Debussy for violin and piano

Camille Saint-Saëns "Dance Macabre" ("Dance of Death") op. 40 for violin and piano

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About the performers:

Silvija Vaitkevičiūtė - violinist, since 2015. playing in the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, and since 2016 working as a violin teacher at the Algirdas Music School in Vilnius. She actively performs as a soloist and member of chamber ensembles, has performed at festivals in Lithuania, Germany and Holland, performed at the Kristupas Festivals in Vilnius, the "Voices of the World" festival in Palanga, the Kaunas State Philharmonic, Klaipėda Concert Hall, Birštonas Kurhaus, Gelgaudiškis Manor and other Lithuanian concert spaces. Mostly performed by the 19th-20th centuries. music, with various partners prepared the programs "Music of Old Paris", "Night of World Songs III", "True History" etc.

Mindaugas Zimkus - singer, since 2006 soloist of the Kaunas Musical Theater. He sings in the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater, Klaipėda Musical Theater. Toured European countries. He performed solo parts of large-scale vocal symphonic works, vocal cycles by F. Schubert and R. Schumann, chamber music programs from baroque to contemporary works by Lithuanian and foreign composers. Winner of the "Grand Prix" prizes in S. Bar's male voices (2001) and vocal chamber music "Beatričė" (2011) competitions. Three times nominated for the Golden Stage Cross and in 2009 recognized as the best soloist of the Kaunas State Musical Theater.

Paulė Gudinaitė is a pianist who won the diploma of the best concertmaster in the international chamber music competition "Beatriče" (2011) and won the 1st place in the Republican concertmaster competition in Vilnius. P. Gudinaitė actively performs in various concert halls in Lithuania and abroad, participated in such festivals as "Druskininkai summer with M. K. Čiurlionius", Nida's Thomas Mann festival, Pažaislis festival, "Užutraki vakarai", International organ music festival in Rokišky.

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