Early Music Festival will take place in Rundāle
By admin at 7 July, 2010, 4:57 pm
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The annual Early Music Festival will take place in Rundāle and in Riga from the 1st to the 10th of July. It will be a colourful celebration of early music for the whole family! German musical culture will be central to the festival this year. The concert programmes will feature compositions by German baroque masters Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Georg Philipp Telemann as well as music that used to be performed at the Court of Dresden for the King of Prussia; certain individuals and the part of German music culture closely related to the city of Riga will also be represented. ‘Latvijas Koncerti’ in cooperation with ‘Skaisto skatu aģentūra’ offers transportation to Rundāle Palace concerts as well as various excursions of your choice. Please call 00 371 67221767 or 00 371 26415127
The opening concert at Spīķeri Courtyard will feature Burkard Waldis’s singspiel The Prodigal Son – in 1527 its premiere marked the name of Riga on the map of the culture world. A programme of Gregorian chants will be performed by Schola Cantorum Riga at Riga St. Peter’s Church and will contain unique opuses of the 14th century music, performed at Riga Dome Cathedral at medieval times. The baroque orchestra of Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music Collegium musicum Rīga with Riga Cathedral Boys’ Choir will give a concert at Riga St. John’s Church featuring opuses by Bach and Pergolesi. Festive events at Rundāle Palace will be very diverse.
A project by the creative union Butterflies for the Sky will combine baroque music and contemporary dance through a storyline dialogue. Ensemble of Sinfonietta Rīga soloists will perform opuses that were popular at the Court of Dresden on the brink of the 18th century. Collegium musicum Riga baroque orchestra will offer a programme of pieces that were commonly performed at households during the 18th century. The youngest members of the audience will have an opportunity to experience the exiting and luxurious lifestyle at the court of the musical King of Prussia – Frederick the Great. The closing concert will feature G.F. Handel’s opera Deidamia, produced and directed by the fiery baroque interpreter Andris Veismanis.
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