Participants:
Gunta Gelgote, soprano
Ieva Pudāne, flute
Ilze Reine, organ
Program: music by Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian composers and Latvian folk songs
On 10 December at 5 p.m., the Silent Night, Holy Night concert will feature three great and well-known Latvian musicians – singer Gunta Gelgote, flautist Ieva Pudāne and organist Ilze Reine. The programme focuses on the Soul, Nature and God trinity, with the themes of silence, prayer and hope. The concert will feature works by Baltic composers from the Romantic period to the present day, united by melodicism and light moods.
We will hear fanciful opuses by Jānis Ķepītis and Ilze Arne, the poetic work “El mirollo de l’arbore” by Santa Ratniece, as well as works by Jānis Lūsēns and Romualds Jermaks. Prayer motives will be heard in the works performed by Aļģimants Kubiļūns, Maija Einfelde and Rihards Dubra, while a folk mood will be evoked with an organ miniature by Estonian classical composer Edgars Arro and a setting of Latvian folk songs.
