STRAVINSKY, ADAMS, PROKOFIEV | SUMMER NIGHTS' CHAMBER MUSIC IN THE DZINTARI CONCERT HALL
Sinfonietta Riga's Summer Nights' Chamber Music concert cycle takes on an exciting journey through the world of refined musical relationships. Here every voice, every gesture, every breath and every flick of a bow holds a deeper meaning. We invite you to dive into these small form musical wonders, created by great composers, together with the chamber ensembles of Sinfonietta Riga on August 21 and August 27 at Dzintari Concert Hall.
The music of this evening's featured composers comes alive at the intersection of experimentation and tenacity.
Igor Stravinsky's experiment led him to the language of Neoclassicism: the anti-romantic, dispassionate Octet for woodwind instruments has sometimes been described as "the Seventh Brandenburg Concerto". The Paris premiere of the piece in 1923 left the admirers of Stravinsky's ballets in shock.
Sergei Prokofiev's experiment - composing music for a traveling circus troupe brought on a surge of inspiration that swept away the intentions Serge Koussevitzky who commissioned the piece might have had; the robust score turned out to be unsuitable for a ballet, but was a turning point in Prokofiev's musical quest. In 1924, during his short stay in Paris, the composer presented the composition to the sophisticated French audiences.
Finally, John Adams's experiment with movement turned into a cycle of ten "alleged" dances. Alleged, because "the steps for them are yet to be invented". Performance of Adams's composition requires a string quartet playing live, and a recorded prepared piano, however the ten dances from "John's Book of Alleged Dances" can be performed in any order.
Igor Stravinsky Octet for Wind instruments
Ilona Meija, flute
Mārtiņš Circenis, clarinet
Jānis Semjonovs, basoon
Elza Ozola, basoon
Jens Emil Holm, trumpet
Edgars Švembergs, trumpet
Lauris Zvejnieks, trombons
Artūrs Bērziņš, trombons
conductor Jānis Stafeckis
Sergei Prokofiev Quintet in G minor, op. 39
Agnese Kanniņa, violin
Ivars Brīnums, viola
Viktors Stankevičs, double bass
Pēteris Endzelis, oboe
Mārtiņš Circenis, clarinet
John Adams “John's Book of Alleged Dances”
Marta Spārniņa, violin
Liene Neija-Kalniņa, violin
Ivars Brīnums, viola
Kārlis Klotiņš, cello