On March 13, in the Embassy of Latgale GORS, with a significant musical cast a place will take the program “Pearls of Russian Music III” with the compositions of Rachmaninov and Shostakovich performed by the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, State Choir “Latvija” and soloists Egils Siliņš, Yevgeny Akimov and Irina Krikunova.
On March 13, in Rezekne and a day before in Riga, the premiere of the program will close the concert cycle of the LNSO “Pearls of Russian Music”. The conductor Andris Poga has included in the program of the concert two outstanding compositions – Choir symphony “Bells” by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Symphony No. 13 "Бабий Яр" by Dmitri Shostakovich.
The laureate of the Grand Music Award 2014 category “For an Outstanding Performance” Egils Siliņš will perform the solo in both of the concert compositions, however, Russian soprano, free-lancer Irina Krikunova and the tenor of the Marie Theatre of St. Petersburg Yevgeny Akimov will be the soloists in the choir symphony by Rachmaninoff. In the concert will participate the choir “Latvija” – an opus by Rachmaninoff they will perform being in the full composition, however, the symphony by Shostakovich will be performed by a group of men choir. In the message of the concert symphony by Sergei Rachmaninoff, are inweaved the unending circles of associations. The symbolic meaning of the bell are ringing the inevitable, unexpected and unchangeable events – the youth, growth, age, death and the hope for the new life. Silver bells – for winter dreams, golden bells – for weddings, bronze bells – for the alarm, iron bells – for goodbyes.
The first part of the symphony Бабий Яр by Dmitri Shostakovich tells the story about the Babi Yar tragedy – about many thousands of people, the most from whom were Jews, shot in the ravine of Babi Yar, Kiev during the World War II. The last for parts take a look in the nature of the humor that could not be broken and fought, the shopping of the tired Soviet women in the Soviet store, fear which disappears and a new fear that comes with the pace of the century, and finally, the career – in the meaning of the tiny careerism, as well as it`s greatest sense. The fundamental of the symphony is the poetry by the poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko – the verses, such an uncomfortable for that time, as a direct reference to the dark days of the recent history.
In the third concert of the Pearls of Russian Music, we will be able to enjoy the performance of many outstanding soloists.
As the partners of the Marie Theater soloist Yevgeny Akimov could be listed performers as Plasido Domingo and Ferruccio Furlanetto, conductors Valery Gergiev, Lorin Maazel, Mstislav Rostopovich, Esa Pekka Salonen, Gianandrea Noseda, Semyon Bychkov, however, in Riga they will be – Irina Krikunova and Egils Siliņš.
Irina Krikunova has received the diploma “Golden Mask” for three times, performed in The Great Theater in Moscow, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Royal Albert Hall in London, Teatro Massimo Bellini, Teatro di San Carlo in Napoli, the Carnegie Hall in New York. Latvian audience of opera has seen Irina Krikunova in the role of Katerina Izmailova in the second premiere of the opera by Shostakovich on January 28, 2006 and the role of Chochosana in 2010. Irina in a role of Katerina Izmailova has performed in the LNO guest performances in Catania (Sicily). She has singed the solo in the chamber composition “Rows of Venice” by Arturs Maskats in Minsk.
The dates for the “Pearls of Russian Music III” concerts:
March 12, at 19.00 the Great Guild, Riga;
March 13, at 19.00 in the Embassy of Latgale GORS
Concert tickets are available at the ticket office of the Embassy of Latgale GORS and ticket offices of “Bilešu paradīze” across Latvia, as well as online: www.latgalesgors.lv.
The concert is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia and State Cultural Capital Foundation.
