Featuring:
Gunta Gelgote (soprano)
Chamber enesmble “Sonore Antiqua”:
Līga Baltābola (violin)
Jānis Baltābols (violin)
Zane Baltābola (violin)
Baiba Lasmane (violin)
Annija Elizabete Meija (viola)
Dina Puķīte (cello)
Gertrūda Krauksta (harpsichord)
Programme:
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) Concerto grosso
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) “Salve Regina”
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Concerto for two violins
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) “Angels, ever bright and fair” from the oratory “l trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno”
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Fifth Brandenburg Concerto
George Frideric Handel | “Verdi prati, selve amene” from the opera “Alcina”
Johann Sebastian Bach | Coral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude”
In August, the musicians of the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra will once again go on a musical journey through the South Kurzeme region, discovering for themselves and others new and beautiful places where we can all meet in music.
At the opening of the festival “Rimbenieks”, on August 2nd at the Grobiņa Evangelical Lutheran Church, a meeting with the greatest composers of the Baroque era – Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli and George Frideric Telemann is expected. The works of the great composers will be interpreted by the ensemble “Sonore Antiqua”, already well-known to the audience, which will be joined by soprano Gunta Gelgote.
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The "Rimbenieks" festival is an event that has become a beautiful tradition and an expected summer cultural stop for the residents of the region and also for guests from near and far from other parts of Latvia.
This year, the festival, jointly organized by the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra and the South Kurzeme Municipality, will offer music lovers a series of high-quality concerts in various locations – cultural centers, churches, and other special meeting spaces.
From August 2 to 16, the festival concerts will take place in Grobiņa, Bārta, Ziemupe, Aizpute, Gavieze, Medze, Vaiņode and Kazdanga, and will offer a wide musical program - from baroque to contemporary compositions.
This year, the audience at the “Rimbenieks” festival will be delighted by ensembles already known from previous years – the Bertschy Quartet, the Liepāja Horn Quartet, – as well as specially invited friends and associates of the musicians of the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra. For example, mezzo-soprano Ieva Parša, the string quartet “Nōna” and many other artists.
Unlike previous years, this time the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra concert conducted by Guntis Kuzma at the Kazdanga Culture House will no longer be the opening of the festival, but rather the closing. At the culmination of the festival, on August 16, listeners will have the opportunity to hear Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, as well as one of the most beautiful pearls of Latvian symphonic music – Emīls Dārziņš's Melancholic Waltz.
As usual, the festival atmosphere is created not only by the musicians and diverse programs, but also by the concert venues, which give each evening its own unique character.
