- 07/02, plkst. 19:30
This year, Beethoven and his immortal masterpieces triumph in the festival “Vienesse Classic”. The opening concert will feature the Triple Concerto by Beethoven under the guidance of Modest Pitrem, chief conductor of the Latvian National Opera – a beautiful opus, unburdened by problems, during which three soloists will show their mastership: violinist Sergey Dogadin from St. Petersburg, laureate of international competitions and already well known in Latvia; temperamental Kristīne Blaumane, renowned for the beautiful sound of her performance, will play the cello; and a musician from Israel, Gil Shohat, will play the piano.
- 11/02, plkst. 19:30
Following the suggestion of Sigvards Kļava, the audience will have an opportunity, after a lengthy break, to listen to Mass in C Major by Ludwig van Beethoven, which, although it cannot be compared to the monumental Mass in D Major as to its grandiosity, abounds in crystal-clear, childish trust in the Father who will always be wakeful over His children. Alongside with Beethoven’s music, Mozart’s hymn to the legendary Blessed Virgin Mary of Loreto, Litaniae Lauretanae, will be performed.
- 14/02, plkst. 19:30
Musicians:
Duet Nota Bene (Austria)
Programme:
- 15/02, plkst. 19:30
Musicians:
Irina Zahharenkova, fortepiano, piano (Estonia)
Čiurlionis String Quartet (Lithuania)
Programme:
Johannes Brahms, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 16/02, plkst. 19:30
Musicians:
Egīls Šēfers, clarinet
Spīķeri Quartet
Programme:
Johannes Brahms, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
17/02
Vienna Classics. Festival closing concert. Piano Concerto No. 2 and Symphony No. 7 by Beethoven
- 17/02, plkst. 19:30
The genius of hammer piano, unsurpassable performer of Mozart and Beethoven, Christian Bezuidenhout, will let the audience hear Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in the way it had probably resounded during the time of the prominent Vienesse master. The programme will be crowned by Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony the content scope of which reaches from a beautiful, ascetic sacral passage to turbulent ecstasy of joy.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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”.