PAŽAISLIS FESTIVAL 2011
- June 5, 2011
Opening Concert
Pažaislis Monastery
LITHUANIAN STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Artistic director and principal conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius
KAUNAS STATE CHOIR
Artistic director and principal conductor Petras Bingelis
Soloists:
Vilija Pilibaitytė-Mia, Rosita Čivilytė, Donatas Montvydas, Sasha Song
Conductor: Gintaras Rinkevičius
Programme includes songs by Freddy Mercury, Michael Jackson, George Michael, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Bryan Adams, Barbra Streisand, Lady Gaga, Madonna, and Queen
Tickets: Lt20, 30
An Evening of Chamber Music
Kaunas Evangelical Lutheran Church
Mark Drobinsky (cello, France)
Vladislav Pligovka (bayan, Belarus)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Sergei Rachmaninov, Johannes Brahms, Niccolo Paganini, David Popper, Astor Piazzolla
Tickets: Lt15
Piano Concertos
Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall
KLAIPĖDA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Artistic director Mindaugas Bačkus
Soloist and conductor: Alexander Paley (piano, USA)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concertos Nos. 15, 17, 18 and 19
Tickets: Lt10, 15, 20
Gentlemen Duo
St. John the Baptist’s Church in Zapyškis
Vilhelmas Čepinskis (violin)
Sergej Krinicin (guitar)
Georg Philipp Telemann, Niccolo Paganini, Pablo de Sarasate, Astor Piazzolla
Tickets: Lt20
Commemorating the Day of Occupation and Genocide
Pažaislis Monastery
Vidmantas Bartulis - Requiem
LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Artistic director and principal conductor Juozas Domarkas
KAUNAS STATE CHOIR
Artistic director and principal conductor Petras Bingelis
ĄŽUOLIUKAS Boys and Youth Choir
Artistic director and principal conductor Vytautas Miškinis
TRIMITAS State Wind Orchestra
Artistic director Algirdas Budrys
Soloists:
Sandra Janušaitė (soprano)
Vaidas Vyšniauskas (tenor)
Vladimiras Prudnikovas (bass)
Conductor: Petras Bingelis
Admission free
Mephisto’s Spells
Zypliai Mansion
BASS ARCO String Group
Giedrius Daunoravičius (cello)
Tomas Šatas (cello)
Domas Jakštas (cello)
Dainius Rudvalis (double bass)
Soloist: Liudas Mikalauskas (bass)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioachino Rossini, Charles Gounod, Arrigo Boito, Anton Rubinstein, Modest Mussorgsky, Camille Saint-Saens
Tickets: Lt15
The Good News
St. Anne’s Church in Skaruliai
LITHUANIAN OBOE QUINTET
Robertas Beinaris (oboe&Artistic Director)
Tomas Bieliauskas (oboe)
Eugenijus Paškevičius (oboe d’amore)
Petras Kuraitis (English horn)
Arūnas Zujus (bassoon)
Soloist: Judita Leitaitė (mezzo-soprano)
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Cézar Franck, Franz Xaver Brixi, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Georg Friedrich Haendel, Francesco Durante, Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Algirdas Martinaitis, Kristina Vasiliauskaitė, Vaida Striaupaitė-Beinarienė
Admission free
An Evening of Symphonic Music
Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall
TAIPEI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (Taiwan)
Soloists:
Vestard Šimkus (piano, Latvia)
Igor Kramarev (trumpet)
Conductor: Paul Tien-Chi Lin (Taiwan)
Béla Bartók, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Dmitry Shostakovich, Taiwanese folk music
Tickets: Lt10, 15, 20
Out of Longing and Love...
St. John the Baptist’s Church in Zapyškis
Lilija Gubaidulina (soprano)
Jevgenij Chrebtov (bass-baritone)
Rūta Mikelaitytė-Kašubienė (piano)
Birutė Marcinkevičiūtė-Mar (actress)
Programme includes romances by Mikhail Glinka, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninov, Cezar Kyui, Vladimir Vlasov and Aleksandr Zhivtsov, and poetry by Anna Akhmatova, Boris Pasternak, Marina Tsvetayeva, Vladislav Khodasevich and Jurgis Baltrušaitis
Tickets: Lt20
In the Rhythm of Tango
Babtynas-Žemaitkiemis Mansion
CONCERTINO Accordion Ensemble (Moldova)
Astor Piazzolla, Richard Galliano
Tickets: Lt20
Dedicated to the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Franz Liszt
Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall
Lukas Geniušas (piano)
Frederic Chopin - 24 Etudes
Franz Liszt - Sonata in B minor
Tickets: Lt15, 20
The Charm of Wind Instruments
Backyard of the Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum
Aušra Lukoševičiutė (flute)
Lukas Sarpalius (oboe)
Andrius Bernotaitis (clarinet)
Andrius Dirmauskas (French horn)
Povilas Bingelis (bassoon)
Samuel Barber, Jean Françaix, György Ligeti, Paquito D’Rivera
Tickets: Lt10
Justinas Marcinkevičius - MAŽVYDAS
Kaunas Castle
In cooperation with the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre
Justinas Marcinkevičius - MAŽVYDAS
Director: Vytautas Rumšas
Set Designer: Virginija Idzelytė-Dautartienė
Music Director: Antanas Kučinskas
Lighting Designer: Gintautas Urba
Assistant Director: Regina Garuolytė
Sound Director: Rimvydas Gaigalas
Cast:
Mažvydas – Saulius Balandis
Benigna – Adrija Čepaitė
Kristupas – Mantas Vaitiekūnas
Kasparas – Vytautas Rumšas Jr.
Marija – Toma Vaškevičiūtė
Milkus – Ramutis Rimeikis
Nikodemas – Šarūnas Puidokas
Mačys – Evaldas Jaras
Žioba – Jonas Braškys
Tirva – Remigijus Bučius
Berankis – Džiugas Siaurusaitis
Vilentas – Alvydas Šlepikas
Burgrovas – Albinas Arkauskas
First Townsman / Solder – Irmantas Jankaitis
Second Townsman / Gelčys – Mindaugas Jusčius
Katrikė – Jurga Kalvaitytė
Gendrė – Regina Garuolytė
The Monk – Arūnas Vozbutas
With the participation of the BLIKAS Pyrotechnics Company
Tickets: Lt10
Pacific Boychoir Academy (USA)
July 7, Thursday, 7 pm, Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary in Žeimiai
July 8, Friday, 7 pm, Church of the Pažaislis Monastery
July 9, Saturday, 8 pm, Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Birštonas
Pacific Boychoir Academy (USA)
Leader and Conductor: Kevin Fox (USA)
Maurice Duruflé, Charles Wood, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Thomas Tallis, Eric Whitacre, Gregorio Allegri, Sergej Rachmaninov, spirituals
Admission free
Summer with the Double Bass
St. John the Baptist’s Church in Zapyškis
Asta Krikščiūnaitė (soprano)
Donatas Bagurskas (double bass)
Audronė Kisieliūtė (piano)
Programme includes duets by Jules Massenet, Ernest Chausson, Luigi Denza, Mikhail Glinka, Leonard Bernstein and other composers
Tickets: Lt15
An Evening of Chamber Music
Taujėnai Mansion
VILNIAUS ARSENALAS Chamber Ensemble
Laima Šulskutė (flute)
Rolandas Romoslauskas (viola)
Sergejus Okruško (harpsichord)
Soloist: Joana Gedmintaitė (soprano)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Zita Bružaitė, Vidmantas Bartulis, Domenico Cimarosa, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioachino Rossini
Tickets: Lt10
19th-Century Romanticism and Virtuoso Salon Music
Baisogala Mansion
MUSICA HUMANA Chamber Ensemble
Soloists:
Raminta Vaicekauskaitė (soprano)
Paulius Biveinis (violin)
Robertas Beinaris (oboe)
Conductor: Algirdas Vizgirda
Franz Schubert, Fritz Kreisler, Robert Schumann, Manuel de Falla, Hugo Wolf, Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, Edward Elgar
Tickets: Lt10
Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Gustav Mahler
St. John the Baptist’s Church in Zapyškis
Rita Preikšaitė (mezzo-soprano)
Raminta Neverdauskaitė (piano, Lithuania/France)
Diana Sakalauskaitė (actress, Lithuania/France)
Songs and letters by Gustav Mahler
Tickets: Lt15
Piano Music
Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall
Andrius Žlabys (piano)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Yevgeniy Sharlat, Ludwig van Beethoven, Sergej Prokofjev
Tickets: Lt10, 15
Chamber Music
Church of the Holy Cross (Carmelite)
KAUNAS STRING QUARTET
Karolina Beinarytė (violin I)
Dalia Terminaitė (violin II)
Eglė Karžinauskaitė (viola)
Saulius Bartulis (cello)
Soloists:
Algirdas Budrys (clarinet)
Robertas Beinaris (oboe)
Anton Bruckner, Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Eduard Herrmann
Admission free
An Evening of Vocal Music
Kaunas Officers’ Club
VOICES UNLIMITED Male Vocal Ensemble (Austria)
Moritz Guttmann (tenor)
Christian Hollerweger (tenor)
Christoph Moser (tenor)
Georg Dürnberger (tenor)
Paul Dürnberger (baritone)
Thomas Schneider (baritone)
Lukas Oberhammer (bass)
Thomas Ramminger (bass)
Programme includes a cappella music from various countries around the world
Tickets: Lt15
Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall
Baltic Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
Founding Conductor & Music Director Kristjan Järvi
Soloist: Mikhail Simonyan (violin, Russia)
Conductor: Kristjan Järvi (Estonia)
Daniel Schnyder, Carl Nielsen, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Dmitry Shostakovich
Tickets: Lt10, 15, 20
Variations on a Theme of Cabaret
Babtynas-Žemaitkiemis Mansion
Tora Augestad (vocals)
Stian Carstensen (accordion, steel guitar)
Martin Taxt (tuba)
Pål Hausken (percussion)
Programme includes songs, ballades and instrumental music by Kurt Weill
Tickets: Lt20
Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Birštonas
VILNIUS STATE QUARTET
Audronė Vainiūnaitė (violin I)
Artūras Šilalė (violin II)
Girdutis Jakaitis (viola)
Augustinas Vasiliauskas (cello)
Soloist: Merūnas Vitulskis (tenor)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, songs by Italian and Lithuanian authors
Admisson free
Let Your Voice Echo in My Song
Pociūnai Airport
Gintarė Skerytė (soprano)
Virgilijus Noreika (tenor)
Dainius Puišys (baritone)
Instrumental trio:
Povilas Jaraminas (piano)
Jaroslavas Cechanovičius (guitar)
Zigmas Žukas (double bass)
With the participation of the world-class dancers Katerina Voropaj and Vadimas Šuško
Presenter: Viktoras Gerulaitis (musicologist)
Programme includes tangos, foxtrots, waltzes, Neapolitan songs, and hits; popular melodies, duets, trios and song potpourris from musicals and films and by the Lithuanian light music composers; and ballroom and Latin American dances
Tickets: Lt15
At the Turn of Epochs
Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director Sergej Krylov
Soloist:
Sergej Krylov (violin, Italy)
Edoardo Strabbiolli (piano, Italy)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn
Tickets: Lt10, 15, 20
Through the Pages of Opera Scores
St. John the Baptist’s Church in Zapyškis
Sabina Martinaitytė (soprano)
Erika Grigaitytė (mezzo-soprano)
Egidijus Bavikinas (tenor)
Andrius Apšega (baritone)
Mantas Gacevičius (baritone)
Audronė Eitmanavičiūtė (piano)
With the participation of the students of the VMU Music Academy: Viktorija Veršinina (soprano), Ieva Golecjytė (mezzo-soprano), Mangirdas Dabkus (tenor) and Žygimantas Galinis (bass)
Giuseppe Verdi, Anton Rubinstein, Giacomo Puccini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Georges Bizet, Antonin Dvorak, Amilcare Poncchielli, Charles Gounod, Richard Wagner, Gioachino Rossini, Piotr Čaikovskij, Jacques Offenbach, Ruggero Leoncavallo
Tickets: Lt15
Through the Epochs in an a Cappella Manner
Taujėnai Mansion
QUORUM Male Voice A Cappella Ensemble
Vitalij Neugasimov (countertenor, artistic director)
Andrius Jautakis (tenor)
Artur Šulc (tenor)
Žilvinas Čaplikas (baritone)
Vytautas Gailevičius (baritone)
Romanas Savickas (bass)
Romuald Olechnovič (vocal percussion)
Tickets: Lt10
The Feast of the Assumption at Pažaislis
Pažaislis Monastery
Commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Lithuanian Congregation of the Sisters of St Casimir Mass to be celebrated by Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevičius
With the participation of:
KAUNAS STATE CHOIR
Artistic director and principal conductor Petras Bingelis
Soloists:
Elena Kalvaitytė-Vitkauskienė (soprano)
Inga Gudavičienė (soprano)
Žermena Buliauskaitė-Lunskienė (mezzo-soprano)
Neringa Navikauskaitė (mezzo-soprano)
Augustinas Kantas (tenor)
Antanas Kulakauskas (bass)
Conductor: Petras Bingelis
Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
St. John the Baptist’s Church in Zapyškis
Rūta and Zbignevas Ibelhauptas (piano duo)
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint-Saens
Tickets: Lt15
Johann Strauss’ Music on the Water
Yacht Club
KAUNAS CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Principal conductor Modestas Pitrėnas
Soloists:
Kristina Zmailaitė (soprano)
Edmundas Seilius (tenor)
Conductor: Juozas Domarkas
Presenter: Viktoras Gerulaitis (musicologist)
Tickets: Lt20
Romantic Novellas
August 26, Friday, 6 pm, Žiežmariai Culture Centre
August 28, Sunday, 5 pm, Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Birštonas
CHORDOS String Quartet
Dainius Puodžiukas (violin I)
Ieva Sipaitytė (violin II)
Robertas Bliškevičius (viola)
Rūta Tamutytė (cello)
Soloist: Rita Novikaitė (mezzo-soprano)
Franz Schubert, Gabriel Faure, Erwin Schulhoff, Ottorino Respighi, Zhou Long, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, Ruperto Chapi, Ernesto Leccona
Admisson free
From My Dreams
M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art
Aistė Širvinskaitė (soprano)
Miglė Dikšaitienė (violin)
Rūta Blaškytė (piano)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss, Eugène Ysaÿe, Sergei Rachmaninov, Manuel Enriguez, Pietro Mascagni, Alfredo Catalani, Johannes Brahms, Richard Rodgers, Meredith Willson, Franz Kreisler, Franz Lehar
Tickets: Lt20, 30
Closing Concert
Pažaislis Monastery
Giacomo Puccini - La Rondine (A concert performance)
Performers:
Magda – Elaine Alvarez (soprano, USA)
Ruggero – Edgaras Montvidas (tenor)
Lisette – Lilija Gubaidulina (soprano)
Prunier – Mindaugas Zimkus (tenor)
Rambaldo Fernandez – Andrius Apšega (baritone)
KAUNAS CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Principal conductor Modestas Pitrėnas
KAUNAS STATE CHOIR
Artistic director and principal conductor Petras Bingelis
Conductor: Modestas Pitrėnas
Tickets: Lt20, 30