Music concert by conductor Andris Nelsons and Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Wagner / Article

On Saturday, September 4, Latvian Television from the Latvian National Opera and Ballet will broadcast a concert of the music festival “Riga Jurmala”, where the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra conducted by Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons will perform for the first time in Latvia, playing Wagner’s music program.

This will be a special event at the festival “Riga Jurmala”, because the world-famous Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons leads the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra to Riga, and this is the first time the composer’s cherished festival orchestra will perform in Riga, the city where Wagner spent two turbulent years of his life. .

Every year, the orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival brings together the most outstanding musicians of the best orchestras in Germany and abroad, who play together both at the festival and on concert tours, visiting Riga this year as well.

Andris Nelsons, to whose heart Wagner’s music is particularly close, has prepared a nuanced opera music program. The concert will feature symphonic episodes and chants from the operas “Loengrin”, “Parsifal” and the tetralogy “Niebelung’s Ring” for the parts “Valkyrie” and “God’s Twilight”. Together with the orchestra and maestro Nelson, soprano Kristīne Gerke, who has performed in the world’s leading opera houses, and tenor Klaus Florian Fogt, who is recognized as one of the most outstanding singers in the role of Loengrin, will perform on stage.

The television broadcast of the concert will be produced by the editorial office of LTV Kultūras broadcasts, it will be directed by journalist Eva Johansone, directed by Agita Cāne-Ķīle.

Ieva Rozentāle, the head of the LTV Culture Program, says: “We are honored to be able to record and broadcast a concert under the direction of Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons!

Andris Nelson’s personality, deep musicality and professional power are revealed in every composition he conducts.

The world’s best record companies and television companies have been looking for ways to record his performances. In the editorial office of cultural programs, we have created several programs about Andris Nelson, also co-produced a documentary about him by the German film studio “Accentus”, but now we will capture a conductor’s performance with the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra in our opera house. Those who will not be able to be present at the concert will be able to watch this outstanding concert of the festival “Riga Jurmala” in their homes at the screens LTV1. Top-class classical music recordings have become an integral and glorious part of our air, this concert will be another vivid proof of that. ”

Both the festival visitors and the whole festival team are looking forward to meeting the outstanding Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons and the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, and they hardly believe that after this difficult year we will be able to enjoy such a grand ending of the festival “Riga Jurmala”. Many thanks to our friend and cooperation partner – Latvian Television. With its support, viewers throughout Latvia will be able to watch this event! ” Zane Čulkstēna, executive director of the festival “Rīga Jūrmala” is satisfied.

The concert of conductor Andris Nelsons and the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra will be shown on September 4 at 10.35 pm on LTV1 and REplay.lv.

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