Holiday Music
Autumn 2024
Subscription price: EUR 40
Ticket price: EUR 15
29.09.2024
Holiday Music. Tautumeitas
Artists:
Ethno-pop music group “Tautumeitas”
Jānis Ozols, concert host
Program:
“Tautumeitas” is an ethno-pop music group that uses the melodies and lyrics of Latvian folk songs in its music, creates strong harmonies and fuses them with modern beats and sounds, creating a magical and powerful new Latvian sound. The group is also creative with their visual image – their costumes and crowns reflect how close ‘traditional’ and ‘futuristic’ really are. Their appearance is cosmic, yet at the same time authentic, strong and feminine.
13.10.2024
Holiday Music. Aleksandra Špicberga and Vladimirs Kudrins
Artists:
Aleksandra Špicberga, voice
Vladimirs Kudrins, guitar
Jānis Ozols, concert host
Program:
Aleksandra and Vladimirs have been performing together since 2015. They have created programs across various musical genres. Their repertoire includes popular melodies by Latvian composers as well as notable examples of academic music. The duo has a special affinity for the songs of Imants Kalniņš and Spanish music.
17.11.2024.
Across the River. Ziedonis and Vācietis
Artists:
Gundars Āboliņš, actor
Katrīna Paula Felsberga, soprano
Guntars Freibergs, percussion
Agnese Egliņa, piano
Jānis Ozols, concert host
Programme:
In the program “Across the River. Ziedonis and Vācietis” music inspired by the great Latvian writers of different times intertwines with the verses of the great masters’ poetry, heartfelt reminiscences and engaging fragments from the letters they once wrote. The outstanding Latvian actor Gundars Āboliņš meets on stage with Katrīna Paula Felsberga, who is deservedly considered one of the most promising singers of her generation, and the bright stars of the Great Music laureates of the Award – the versatile percussionist Guntars Freibergs and the temperamental pianist Agnese Egliņa.
Plakid’s “Trejžuburis” and Zemzari’s cycle “Ķemeri”, also Maskat’s “Aizteci, zaķīt” and Jančevski’s “Apdzisa pļavas”, Dambis’ “Three variations of Imants Ziedonis and Paulis Dambis” and many other subtleties of Latvian chamber music.
01.12.2024
Holiday Music. Garden of Sound
Artists:
Aija Veismane, soprano
Elizabeta Lāce, harp
Jānis Ozols, concert host
Program:
The duet concert program “Garden of Sound” by soprano Aija Veismane and harpist Elizabetas Lāce offers the music of the first half of the 20th century in Western Europe and the works of Latvian composers, surrounded by a bright and clear atmosphere, with the desire to take the listener from everyday trivialities through musical paths to bright places in the heart of the emotional revelation of the compositions. The program will also include Aija Veismane’s cycle for voice with harp and Elizabeta Lāce’s prelude for harp. Through these compositions, the musicians build a bridge to the sound fields of the soul, and kindly invite everyone to go in search of the richness and peace of the soul.
