The festival will be opened by a concert Raimondo Paolo and friends on 2 December at 19.00 The Latvian Radio big band, singers Daumants Kalniņš and Elza Rozentāle will perform alongside the maestro. The program includes excerpts from the musicals Legend of the Green Jumprava and Sister Carey, songs, excerpts from popular films.
December 3, 4.00 pm and 7.00 pm Fairytale ballet by Peter Tchaikovsky Nutcracker the ballet soloists and bell ensemble of the Estonian National Opera will take you to the realm of wonder I burned Little musical tales for the whole family on December 4 at 12:00, Liepāja theater actress Karīna Tatarinova, percussionist Marta Kauliņa-Pelnēna and woodcutter Ingus Novicāns will enchant preschool and primary school children.
In the program Johann Sebastian Bach and 4 pianos On December 17 and 18, four pianists – Reinis Zariņš, Daumants Liepiņš and their Estonian colleagues Stans Heinoja and Stans Lesmans – together with the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and the Polish conductor Anna Dučmali-Mroza, will perform JS Bach’s concertos for two, three and four pianos with an orchestra
At a special Christmas concert on December 22 and 23, cellist Valters Pūce, pianist Dainis Tenis and the Riga Cathedral Boys’ Choir will perform new arrangements of songs by Mārtiņš Braun, Zigmar Liepiņš, Imanta Kalniņš, Raimond Paulus and other composers , melodies by Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake and Camille Sensans Animal Carnival.
In a brilliant performance for children King Strazbeard’s Christmas On December 25, the Grimm brothers’ fairy tale will intertwine with the music of Henry Purcell. In a lively medieval music program Vox Chiara The vocal ensemble will meet on December 26th Riga school of singers Led by Guntars Prānis and Ieva Nīmane (bagpipes, kole). Vocal group Ancient art Riga, Uģis Prauliņš (electronics, keyboards) and the instrumental group led by Pēteras Vaickovskis will play Uģis Prauliņš on December 27th Meat and interludes gunman, where Renaissance polyphony meets the twentieth century. spirit of rock music. But on December 28 and 29, a solo concert Tribute to Frederic Chopin will be performed by pianist Andrejs Osokins.
Johann Strauss’ program of Viennese waltzes, conducted by Mārtiņš Ozoliņš, chief conductor of the Latvian National Opera, promises to set the mood for the annual festival on December 31st. In the first part of the concert, Aurelia Šimkus will perform one of the beautiful piano concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
