Featuring:
the Bertschy String Quartet:
Gunārs Mūrnieks (violin)
Diāna Reimane (violin)
Elīna Čipāne (viola)
Klāvs Jankevics (cello)
Programme:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Fourth String Quartet
Pēteris Vasks (1946) Fifth String Quartet
Alise Rancāne (1995) String Quartet (premiere)
Emīls Dārziņš (1875-1910) Melancholic Waltz
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In August, the musicians of the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra will once again go on a musical journey through the South Kurzeme region, discovering for themselves and others new and beautiful places where we can all meet in music.
This year, the festival, jointly organized by the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra and the South Kurzeme Municipality, will offer music lovers a series of high-quality concerts in various locations – cultural centers, churches, and other special meeting spaces.
From August 2 to 16, the festival concerts will take place in Grobiņa, Bārta, Ziemupe, Aizpute, Gavieze, Medze, Vaiņode and Kazdanga, and will offer a wide musical program - from baroque to contemporary compositions.
This year, the audience at the “Rimbenieks” festival will be delighted by ensembles already known from previous years – the Bertschy Quartet, the Liepāja Horn Quartet, – as well as specially invited friends and associates of the musicians of the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra. For example, mezzo-soprano Ieva Parša, the string quartet “Nōna” and many other artists.
Unlike previous years, this time the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra concert conducted by Guntis Kuzma at the Kazdanga Culture House will no longer be the opening of the festival, but rather the closing. At the culmination of the festival, on August 16, listeners will have the opportunity to hear Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, as well as one of the most beautiful pearls of Latvian symphonic music – Emīls Dārziņš's Melancholic Waltz.
As usual, the festival atmosphere is created not only by the musicians and diverse programs, but also by the concert venues, which give each evening its own unique character.
