- 24/02, plkst. 19:30
“German Requiem” by Johannes Brahms is one of the most beautiful vocal instrumental works of the 19th century – usually performed by soloists, a choir and a large a symphony orchestra. On February 24, the conductor of the Latvian Radio Choir, Kaspars Putniņš, will offer a chamber version of Brahms’s masterpiece where the orchestra is substituted by two pianists at a single piano.
- 02/03, plkst. 19:30
It is always a great pleasure to see the genial Swiss Heinz Hollinger in Riga, and we are proud that this outstanding musician willingly and recurrently meets Latvian musicians. This time the audience will hear Hollinger perform the solo part in Oboe Concerto by Richard Strauss, written by him in his senior years, in the spirit of rococo, while Hollinger’s own creative activity will be represented (under the leadership of himself!) by one of the most original opuses of the turn of centuries – the extravagant ConcERto? that sounds differently depending on the composer’s willingness to choose this or that combinationn of opus parts.
08/03
Teleport
- 08/03, plkst. 19:30
Musicians:
Valters Pūce, violoncello
Artūrs Cingujevs, piano
Stage director Dace Pūce
Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven, Friedrich Gulda, Arvo Pärt, Astor Piazzolla
- 30/03, plkst. 19:30
Musicians:
George Steele, voice (USA/Latvia)
Deniss Paškevičs, flute, bass clarinet, saxophone
Artis Orubs, percussion
Staņislavs Judins, double bass
- 13/04, plkst. 19:30
Musicians:
Silvesteri Orkesteri:
Kārlis Vanags, flute, tenor saxophone
Renārs Lācis, alto saxophone
Ritvars Garoza, keyboards
Toms Poišs, basģitāra, double bass
Rūdolfs Dankfelds, percussion
- 13/04, plkst. 19:30
The fourth concert of the chamber concert cycle inspired by Normunds Šnē and Sinfonietta Rīga, and this time a new performance - a work written by the active Canadian composer residing in Latvia, Nick Gotham, that we look forward to with great interest. Along with the first performance, the audience will hear Joseph Haydn's symphony dedicated to the construction of a new opera house, and Sinfonia concertante by Mozart the solo parts of which are played by their experienced stage companions from the quartet RIX.
- 18/04, plkst. 19:30
- 19/04, plkst. 19:30
- 20/04, plkst. 19:30
Musicians:
Latvian Radio Choir and soloists
Aldis Liepiņš and Arturs Maskats, piano
Stage director Viesturs Kairišs
Stage designer Ieva Jurjāne
Conductor Sigvards Kļava
Programme:
Arturs Maskats
- 23/04, plkst. 19:30
Musicians:
Nordic Sounds (Estonia)
Programme:
nordic soundscapes
- 26/04, plkst. 19:30
Musicians:
Ljiljana Jovanovič, soprano
Biljana Staffansson, soprano
Agnese Egliņa, piano
Programme:
popular arias and duets
- 27/04, plkst. 19:30
Musicians:
Latvian Radio Choir
Conductor Kaspars Putniņš
Programme:
Andris Dzenītis, Maija Einfelde, Max Reger, Steve Reich
- 28/04, plkst. 19:30
Musicians:
Thomas Gould, elektric violin, leader
Sinfonietta Rīga
Programme:
Benjamin Britten Prelude and Fugue op. 29
Nico Muhly Concert for electric violin and orchestra Seeing is Believing
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade in D major K. 250 (Haffner)
- 03/05, plkst. 19:30
Musicians:
Ints Dālderis, clarinet
Sinfonietta Rīga String Quartet
Programme:
Artūrs Grīnups, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Arvo Pärt, Imants Zemzaris
- 11/05, plkst. 19:30
Musicians:
Latvian Radio Chamber Singers
Conductor Kaspars Putniņš
Stage director Zane Kreicberga
Light designer Egils Kupčs
Programme:
Luciano Berio, Kristaps Pētersons
- 31/05, plkst. 19:30
One of the most prominent contemporary Estonian composers Erkki-Sven Tüür, a loner from the juniper island Hijumaa, is represented in this programme with two pieces: Passion and Illusion are two parts of the lively triptych Show that was created during the time when Tüür had just crossed the threshold between the rock and contemporary classic music, while Prophecy is a fascinating sound story about clairvoyance and prophets, and here we’ll have the opportunity to welcome the lovely and super talented accordionist from Latvia, Ksenija Sidorova, residing in London, who is most convincingly on her way to conquering the world concert stages. The programme features also Symphony No. 2 by Schubert and Manhattan Broadcasts by the peculiar Austrian composer of the elder generation HK Gruber, who is bristling with inexhaustible inventiveness – the piece has been called by somebody “Viennese reflections of American dance-band”.
- 02/06, plkst. 20:00
Musicians:
State Choir Latvija
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Tõnu Kaljuste
Programme:
Arvo Pärt, Pēteris Vasks
- 04/06, plkst. 20:00
Musicians:
Anton Lyakhovsky, piano (Russia)
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra (Russia)
Conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev (Russia)
Programme:
Serge Rachmaninoff, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- 05/06, plkst. 20:00
Musicians:
Gundars Āboliņš, narrator
Dita Krenberga, flute
Valts Pūce, piano
Programme:
Flower Tales by Anna Sakse, music by Valts Pūce
- 06/06, plkst. 20:00
Musicians:
Ieva Ezeriete, soprano
Aleksandrs Antoņenko, tenor
Latvian Radio Choir
Conductor Sigvards Kļava
Programme:
Yuri Falik, Valery Gavrilin, Arturs Maskats, Georgy Sviridov
- 07/06, plkst. 20:00
Musicians:
Sinfonietta Rīga
Conductor Normunds Šnē
Programme:
Michael Gordon, Steve Reich, Julia Wolfe
- 08/06, plkst. 20:00
Musicians:
Harijs Bašs, piano
Liepāja Amber Sound Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Mārtiņš Ozoliņš
Programme:
George Gershwin
- 12/06, plkst. 20:00
Musicians:
Guna Āboltiņa, violoncello
Elīna Endzele, percussion
Agnese Egliņa, piano
Santa Bušs, electronics
Stage director Roberts Rubīns
Programme:
Santa Bušs, Yannis Xenakis, Anita Mieze, Kristaps Pētersons, Kaija Saariaho, Rolf Wallin
- 15/06, plkst. 20:00
Musicians:
Ramon Jaffé, violoncello (Germany)
Arturo El Polaco, guitar (Poland)
Miguelete, dance (Germany)
Programme:
flamenco
- 19/06, plkst. 20:00
Musicians:
Nobuya Sugawa, saxophone (Japan)
Riga Saxophone Quartet
Herta Hansena, piano
- 20/06, plkst. 20:00
Musicians:
Christian Lindberg, trombone
Sinfonietta Rīga
Conductor Normunds Šnē
Programme:
Christian Lindberg
- 21/06, plkst. 20:00
Musicians:
Michèle Crider, soprano (USA)
Elīna Garanča, mezzo-soprano
Yosep Kang, tenor (South Corea)
State Choir Latvija
Latvian Radio Choir
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Karel Marc Chichon
Programme:
Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi