In August with 10 different concerts the “Rimbenieks” Music Festival, which is being held for the third time already, organized by the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra in cooperation with the Local Government of the South Kurzeme Municipality, will tour South Kurzeme.
The main focus of the Festival will be on chamber music, which will be performed by ensembles consisting of Liepāja Symphony Orchestra musicians, involving other soloists as well.
South Kurzeme Music Festival RIMBENIEKS 2023
August 4 – 20
ENTRANCE TO ALL THE FESTIVAL CONCERTS IS FREE!
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August 4 7PM
Kazdanga Cultural Centre
THE OPENING CONCERT OF THE FESTIVAL
Featuring: Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, Līga Baltābola (violin), Guntis Kuzma (conductor)
Programme:
Johannes Brahms - Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, op. 77
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No.41 in C major K. 551 (“Jupiter”)
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August 8 7PM
Dēsele Mill in Embūte
Featuring: Egija Sproģe (flute), Amanda Tauriņa (English horn), Ingus Novicāns (French horn), Ieva Dzērve (piano)
Programme:
Karl Mille - “Elegie” for English horn and piano
Dirk Michael Kirsch - “Trio Pastoral” for flute, English horn and piano
Kārlis Rērihs - New work for flute, English horn, French horn and piano
Eric Ewazen - “Ballade, Pastorale and Dance” for flute, French horn and piano
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August 9 7PM
Kalvene Manor Park
Featuring: Edgars Ruģelis (French horn), Mārtiņš Zujs (trumpet), Krišjānis Leišavnieks (trumpet), Dāvis Matīss Leišavnieks (trombone), Mārtiņš Leišavnieks (tuba), Marta Kauliņa-Pelnēna (percussion)
Programme:
Lucky Chops, ABBA, Rolf Løveland, Coldplay, Merle Travis, Chris Evan Hass, Bob Gaudio, Jerome Kern, Fools Garden, Joe Greene, Rafael Hernandez
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August 10 7PM
Gramzda Evangelical Lutheran Church
THE BERČI QUARTET AND CZECH ROMANTICISM
Featuring: Gunārs Mūrnieks (violin), Diāna Reimane (violin), Elīna Čipāne (viola), Klāvs Jankevics (cello)
Programme:
Antonin Dvorak - Four miniatures, op. 75a
Bohuslav Martinu - Serenade No.2 H 216
Pēteris Vasks - Third String Quartet (“Christmas Quartet”)
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August 11 7PM
Ziemupe Evangelical Lutheran Church
LIEPĀJA FRENCH HORN QUARTET. SPARKLING DANCES
Featuring: Ingus Novicāns (French horn), Aivars Vadonis (French horn), Mārcis Auziņš (French horn), Ilmārs Bērziņš (French horn), Līva Tomiņa (violin)
Programme:
Eugene Bozza, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johannes Brahms, Henryk Wieniawski, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Astor Piazzolla, Vittorio Monti, Renārs Kaupers, Jānis Ivuškāns
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August 13 3PM
Apriķi Evangelical Lutheran Church
TRIO FOR FLUTE, VIOLIN AND VIOLA
Featuring: Agnija Ābrama (flute), Līva Tomiņa (violin), Elīna Čipāne (viola)
Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven - Serenade in D major for flute, violin and viola, op.25
Jan van Gilse - Trio for flute, violin and viola
Dmitri Shostakovich - Lyric waltz and Polka from the cycle “Dances of the Dolls”
Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No.9 “From the New World”, Op. 95 Second movement adaptation for flute, violin and viola
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August 17 7PM
Bārta Cultural Centre
Featuring: Līga Baltābola (violin), Jānis Baltābols (violin), Zane Baltābola (violin), Ginta Alžāne (violin), Ingars Ģirnis (viola), Dina Puķīte (cello), Gertruda Jerjomenko (harpsichord)
Programme:
Jean-Marie Leclair - Sonata for two violins, op. 3. no. 5 in E minor
George Frideric Handel - Trio Sonata in G minor, op. 2 no. 8 HVW 393 and Concerto grosso in A major, op. 6 no. 11 HVW 329
Antonio Vivaldi - La Follia in D minor and Violin Concerto with Orchestra in C major RV 191
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August 18 7PM
Grobiņa Evangelical Lutheran Church
Featuring: Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, Guntis Kuzma (conductor)
Programme:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade No.10 for winds “Gran partita” K 361/370a
Richard Strauss - Sonatine for winds No. 1 TrV 288
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August 19 8PM
Jūrmalciems Fishnet House
Featuring: Helēna Sorokina (mezzo-soprano), Patrīcija Vilsone (video), Orests Silabriedis (narrator)
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August 20 3PM
Rucava Evangelical Lutheran Church
Featuring: Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, Guntis Kuzma (conductor)
Programme:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade No.10 for winds “Gran partita” K 361/370a
Richard Strauss - Sonatine for winds No. 1 TrV 288
The festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia and the South Kurzeme Municipality.
