The 24th edition of the contemporary music festival GAIDA GO
// October 24 – November 9 //


24th of October, Friday, 7 pm
Contemporary Art Centre

LES PERCUSSIONS DE STRASBOURG (France)

Programme:
Gérard Grisey – Le Noir de l'Étoile


25th of October, Saturday, 7 pm
Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall

LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Soloists:
Martynas Levickis (accordion)
Vytautas Giedraitis (clarinet)
Conductor Roland Freisitzer (Austria)

Programme:
Sofia Gubaidulina – Das Gastmahl während der Pest
Ugnė Giedraitytė – Iris for clarinet and orchestra (world premiere)
Hanna Kulenty – Part One
Rūta Vitkauskaitė – Ashraga for accordion and orchestra (world premiere)


26th of October, Sunday, 7 pm
Contemporary Art Centre

SPECTRA Ensemble (Belgium)

Soloist Nora Petročenko (soprano)

Programme:
Daan Janssens – Paysages-études IV
Frederik Neyrinck – Gestalt VIII
Hanna Kulenty – Crossing Line
Justina Repečkaitė – Acupuncture
Karel Goeyvaerts – Les voix du Verseau
Filip Rathé – Avec Diamants Extrêmes
Gérard Grisey – Talea


28th of October, Tuesday, 7 pm
Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall

LITHUANIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Soloists:
Aisha Syed (violin, Dominican Republic / USA / UK)
Eneasz Kubit (accordion, Poland)
Conductor Adrija Čepaitė

Programme:
Osvaldo Golijov – Last Round
Hanna Kulenty – E-motions for accordion and string orchestra
Philip Glass – Symphony No. 3
Algirdas Martinaitis – The Three M'art Comedy Seasons (world premiere)


30th of October, Thursday, 7 pm
St. Catherine‘s Church

ST. CHRISTOPHER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Soloist Goska Isphording (harpsichord, the Netherlands / Poland)
Conductors: Donatas Katkus and Juha Kangas (Finland)

Programme:
Stefano Gervasoni – Un leggero ritorno di cielo
Ramūnas Motiekaitis – without blood... without wings... (world premiere)
Vytautas Laurušas – Symphonietta (world premiere)
Onutė Narbutaitė – Was there a Butterfly?
Hanna Kulenty – GG Concerto


31th of October, Friday, 7 pm
Vilnius Congress Concert Hall

LITHUANIAN STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Soloist Gavriel Lipkind (violoncello, Israel)
Conductor Andris Veismanis (Latvia)

Programme:
Micheal Gordon – Beijing Harmony
Bronius Kutavičius – Epitaph to the Maid of Orleans
Philip Glass – Concerto for cello and orchestra No. 2 Naqoyqatsi


5th of November, Wednesday, 7 pm
Vilnius Congress Concert Hall

PHILIP GLASS & THE PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE (USA)

Programme:
Philip Glass – Mad Rush   
Philip Glass – Music in 12 Parts (1 & 2)
Philip Glass – The Grid (Koyaanisqatsi)   
Philip Glass – Building (Einstein on the Beach)   
Philip Glass – Floe (Glassworks)   
Philip Glass – Facades (Glassworks)   
Philip Glass – Rubric (Glassworks)   
Philip Glass – Act III (The Photographer)


6th of November, Thursday, 6.30 pm
The Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre

ONUTĖ NARBUTAITĖ CORNET

Two acts opera in Lithuanian, German, French, Italian languages
Author of libretto Onutė Narbutaitė
Music director and conductor Robertas Šervenikas
Conductor Julius Geniušas
Stage director Gintaras Varnas
Set designer Medilė Šiaulytytė
Costume and make-up artist Juozas Statkevičius
Lighting Levas Kleinas
Graphics designer Rimas Sakalauskas
Choreographer Elita Bukovska (Latvija)
Choir master Česlovas Radžiūnas


7th of November, Friday, 7 pm
Contemporary Art Centre

SPEAK PERCUSSION (Australia)

Programme:
Anthony Pateras – Hypnagogics
Thomas Meadowcroft – Cradles
Matthew Shlomowitz – Popular Contexts Vol. 6
Simon Løffler – b
Steve Reich – Pendulum Music


7th of November, Friday, 9 pm
Contemporary Art Centre

ROBERT HENKE LUMIÈRE

Intro: DIISSC ORCHESTRA


8th of November, Saturday, 7 pm
Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall

LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Soloists:
Marco Blaauw (trumpet, the Netherlands)
Viktorija Miškūnaitė (soprano)
Andrius Bialobžeskis (actor)
Conductor Robertas Šervenikas

Programme:
Heiner Goebbels – Aus einem Tagebuch
Martynas Bialobžeskis – The Dream on Shakespeare for soprano, actor and orchestra (world premiere)
Vinko Globokar – Les chemins de la liberté for orchestra without conductor
Hanna Kulenty – Concerto for trumpet and orchestra


9th of November, Sunday, 7 pm
Lithuanian National Drama Theatre

HEINER GOEBBELS MAX BLACK
 
Theatre performance under texts by Paul Valéry, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Max Black
Stage director and composer – Heiner Goebbels
In the main role – André Wilms
Scenography and lights – Klaus Grünberg

Production by Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne (Switzerland)

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