Half-year subscription ticket of Sinfonietta Rīga 19th season are on sale now
• From May 24 half-year (September-December) Subscription tickets of Sinfonietta Rīga 19th Season are on sale.
• The subscription ticket includes four concerts.
• Subscription tickets are available at the outlets of “Biļešu paradīze” ticket counters and online at bilesuparadize.lv
• All subscription concerts take place in the Great Hall of the University of Latvia, Raiņa bulvārī 19, Riga
Subscription ticket price - € 60
Subscription tickets are on sale until 2024 September 21.
THE FOLLOWING CONCERTS IN SUBSCRIBTION TICKET ARE INCLUDED:
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 7 p.m. GREAT HALL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA
SINFONIETTA RĪGA 19TH SEASON OPENING CONCERT
Vivi Vassileva, percussions
Sinfonietta Rīga
Conductor Normunds Šnē
Programme:
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major Op. 97 (Rhenish)
Gregor A. Mayrhofer Recycling Concerto
Andris Dzenītis Elysium
Silvery sheets of foil, clay-coloured flowerpots, shiny pieces of glass, a marimba, built from plastic bottles, colourful coffee capsule chimes and marmalade jars filled with jingling and rattling finds... These are just few of the unusual percussion instruments created by the young and talented Bavarian Gregor A. Mayrhofer for his audially and visually impressive Recycling Concert. First performed two-and-a-half years ago in Germany, this opus dedicated to trash recycling problem that has already been met with ovations in Austria, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Norway, will open the 19th season of Sinfonietta Riga with a bang. The soloist for the concerto will be Vivi Vassileva, the Bulgarian-born percussion star of Germany, who inspired the creation of the piece. Germany was also the motherland of the great Romantic-era master Robert Schumann; his Third Symphony is an ecstatic hymn to the beauty and power of nature, the inspiration for which was the composer's uplifting trip through Rhineland, witnessing its landscapes, the extraordinary character of its people and the stunning Cathedral of Cologne.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 7 p.m. GREAT HALL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA
Autumn chamber music festival
BACH, TAVENER, MACMILLAN
Reinis Zariņš, piano
Sinfonietta Rīga
Conductor Normunds Šnē
Programme:
Johann Sebastian Bach Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
John Tavener Pratirùpa
James MacMillan A Meditation on Iona
Reinis Zariņš's performance has a hypnotic quality about it. He is a masterful ruler of the black-and-white keys who captivates and leads the audiences into his particular world of sound not with a flashy virtuosity but with deep thoughtfulness and complexity, and astonishing balance between profoundly subjective and objective musical outlook. In this, there is something akin to the music of the composers whose works have been selected for this concert programme that all share a sincere interest in spirituality and a wish to express faith, hope, and love. The most distinguished Scottish composer of our times, James MacMillan, in his pensive Meditation on Iona tenderly paints a portrait of the small Hebridean island, while the English maestro John Tavener seeks to reflect about the divine beauty present in each one of us with his Sanskrit-inspired Pratirùpa and its famous piano part. Last, but not least, the grandmaster of German Baroque Johann Sebastian Bach professes his faith in God even in one of his best-known secular works - the Harpsichord Concerto in D minor.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 7 p.m. GREAT HALL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA
MOZART. MOZART. MOZART.
Vineta Sareika, violin
Amihai Grosz, viola
Sinfonietta Rīga
Conductor Jörg Widmann
Programme:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550,
Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, K. 364,
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 (Jupiter)
Following the wonderful inauguration concerts of February the creative partner of Sinfonietta Rīga, Jörg Widmann, returns to audiences in Rīga and Rēzekne with the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This classical genius is the one closest to Jörg Widmann's heart and soul - Mozart's masterpieces come alive in the enchanting tones of his clarinet, and are often revealed in emotional interpretations in his role as orchestra conductor. In his new interpretation of the almost two-and-a-half centuries old Sinfonia Concertante, Widmann, as always striving for profound emotionality, has invited two accomplished musicians to join him on stage - the Berliner Philharmoniker's 1st Concertmaster, violinist Vineta Sareika and its 1st Principal violist Amihai Grosz. Along with the brilliant example of concerto genre, the programme, dedicated solely to Mozart, also includes the chrestomathic two final symphonies of the Austrian grandmaster - the 40th, brimming with aching for life, and the 41st, full of uplifting beauty, and nicknamed after the chief Roman god, the great Jupiter.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 7 p.m. GREAT HALL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA
MOZART'S PIANO CONCERTO AND "PRAGUE" SYMPHONY
Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano, leader
Sinfonietta Rīga
Programme:
Joseph Martin Kraus Overture for tragedy Olympie
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466,
Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 (Prague)
The musical rendezvous of Sinfonietta Rīga and Kristian Bezuidenhout are always special and create long-lasting memories. The South African musician studied in Australia and New York, and has resided in London for a long time, but his sophisticated interpretations captivate audiences in the concert halls and festivals around the world. The brilliant pianist whose masterful touch makes the piano and the harpsichord sing, is particularly skilled with the fortepiano. He is a veritable expert of Mozart, as shown by his many wonderful and award-winning recordings of the Viennese grandmaster's music. Mozart, interpreted by Bezuidenhout, is the heart of this programme, which highlights two very different musical pieces from the 1780s. The so-called Prague Symphony has an unusual for his time three-part structure and signals Mozart's return to his beloved D major scale; in contrast, the Piano Concerto No. 20 is among the few examples of it genre that Mozart composed in D minor scale. Along with the Austrian genius we will hear his contemporary's, the "Swedish Mozart" Joseph Martin Kraus's overture, inspired by Voltaire's tragedy Olympie.
