Chamber music concert #1

CYCLE OF 10 CONCERTS, 2023-2024 season

by musicians of the Nice Philharmonic Orchestra
Artistic direction : Vincent Monteil
a co-production of the Opéra de Nice and the National Museums of XXth century in the Alpes-Maritimes

The Marc Chagall national Musée and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice are continuing their long-standing collaboration: for over twenty years, chamber music has resonated in the exceptional setting of the museum's concert hall opposite Marc Chagall's stained-glass windows depicting The Creation of the World.

Monday 23 October 2023, at 8pm
Journey to Lithuania

This evening concert will be an opportunity for the general public to discover five Lithuanian composers. The musicians of the Orchestre philharmonique de l'Opéra de Nice have chosen pieces that are rarely performed: these musical pieces will take you on a road trip to Lithuania, crossing Switzerland, Germany and Norway. 

At the same time, other better-known European composers will be in the spotlight, including Edvard Grieg, Johannes Brahms and Michael Jarrell. And to make this concert evening even more authentic, two musicians of Lithuanian origin will be performing on stage! 

• Valentinas Bagdonas (1929-2009), Melody for solo birbynė (1977)
• Vaida Striaupaitė (b. 1977), Beinarienė "Per girią girelę" (Through the forest), for birbynė and piano (2012)
• Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911), Prelude "Vakariniai varpai" (Evening Bells), for bass clarinet and piano (1901)
• Justinas Bašinskas (1923-2003), "Plaukia upės" (The Rivers Flow), for bass clarinet, mezzo-soprano and piano (1992)
• Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911), Nocturne No. 2 in C sharp minor Op. 6, for clarinet and piano (1901)
• Zita Bružaitė (born 1966), Burlegija, for clarinet and piano (1998)
• Edvard Grieg (1843-1897), "Ich liebe dich", for mezzo-soprano and piano (1864)
• Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Zwei Gesänge op. 91, for clarinet, mezzo-soprano and piano (1863-1884)
• Michael Jarrell (born 1958), Assonance, for solo clarinet (1984)

Performers
Clarinet: Stasys Makštutis
Voice: Agnė Čepaitytė, mezzo-soprano
Piano: Thibaud Epp

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Concert in the auditorium of the Marc Chagall national Museum
Duration: approx. 1 hour
Reservations recommended from the Opera box office, tel. 04 92 17 40 79
To book online, click here

To discover the programme for the 2023-2024 season, click here

Clarinettist © Photo: DR, 2023.