May 11
19:00
Free admission
Klaipėda Concert Hall
Lithuanian Armed Forces Headquarters Band
Artistic Director and Conductor Mjr. Egidijus Ališauskas
Soloists: Marius Urba (cello, Lithuania / Germany), Atanas Krastev (cello, Bulgaria)
Conductor Mjr. Egidijus Ališauskas
Programme: Johan de Meij Casanova Concerto for Cello and Concert Band; Friedrich Gulda Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra
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The evening concert invites us to relish an unexpected combination of the cello and concert band. This time, the cello fiesta is joined by a rare guest – the Lithuanian Armed Forces Headquarters Band (Artistic Director and Conductor Mjr. Egidijus Ališauskas). Founded more than 30 years ago, it has been responsible not only for preserving the tradition of music for military bands and the proper performance of foreign anthems at ceremonies, but also for the dissemination of new, modern works, and the desire to reach wider audiences with the help of music. The concert is playfully entitled “Casanova’s Stories” after the Casanova Concerto for cello and concert band by famous Dutch composer Johan de Meij. It is a musical portrait of Giacomo Casanova, the 18th-century libertine and philosopher who captured the hearts of women, impersonated by the solo cello. Eight musical scenes recount the highlights of Casanova’s adventurous life: his arrest, his captivity and his escape from the notorious Piombi Prison in Venice.
Equally intriguing is the Concerto for Cello, Wind Orchestra and Rhythm Band by Austrian composer Friedrich Gulda, which blurs the boundaries between genres and is also full of musical adventures and events, all of which are conveyed in the spirit of jazz, rock and improvisation. Gulda himself described the work as “jazz, minuet, rock, a little polka, a little march, and a couple of cadenzas in which the star cellist has to improvise.”
Yes, the young cello stars are playing solo tonight! Featured in this concert are Marius Urba (Lithuania / Germany), a pupil of Peter Bruns and Troels Svane, principal cellist with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, who is described as “a great cellist with an extraordinary sound and a warm vibrato,” and Atanas Krastev (Bulgaria), a pupil of David Geringas and prize-winner of international competitions, who is, by the way, artistic director of the similar festival in Bulgaria called “Cellissimo”. Both soloists are members of the jury in this year’s International David Geringas Cello Competition in Klaipėda.
INFORMATION FOR CONCERT GOERS
- We ask all visitors to stay at home, if you have fever (at least 37.3 C) or experienced symptoms that cannot be attributed to a pre-existing condition or injury (cough, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, shortness of breath or difficulty of breathing, fatigue, loss of taste or smell, muscle or body aches, etc.).
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AVAILABLE DISCOUNTS
- 50% off for schoolchildren, students, senior citizens and people with disabilities (appropriate cards to be shown);
- Admission free for persons in wheelchairs (appropriate cards to be shown ) and 50% off for one accompanying person;
- 10% off for group bookings (20 and more tickets for one event);
- 100% off for schoolchildren and students of the Klaipėda art schools (appropriate ID cards to be shown), which include: Klaipėda Stasys Šimkus Conservatory, Klaipėda Juozas Karosas Music School, Klaipėda Eduardas Balsys Gymnasium of Arts, Klaipėda Jeronimas Kačinskas Music School, Klaipėda Faculty of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Klaipėda Adomas Brakas School of Art. A transaction fee of € 1.20 is applied when purchasing tickets via the BILIETAI ticketing system.