Featuring:
Agnese Egliņa (piano)
Elīna Bukša (violin)
Guntis Kuzma (clarinet)
Programme:
Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937) Myths for violin and piano
Béla Bartók (1881–1945) Contrasts
Ilona Breģe (born 1959) Clarinet Sonata (world premiere)
Paul Schoenfield (1947–2024) Trio on Klezmer Themes
On a summer evening in Liepāja, three outstanding artists—three equal soloists—come together for a chamber-music programme. They will offer listeners a richly coloured and rhythmically sparkling journey, from Szymanowski’s poetic Myths to the tension of Bartók’s modernism and Schoenfield’s scintillating klezmer themes.
The concert will feature the world premiere of Ilona Breģe’s Clarinet Sonata.
Ilona Breģe is one of the most distinctive voices in Latvian contemporary music. Her works have been performed by the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, the orchestra of the Latvian National Opera, Sinfonietta Rīga, Kremerata Baltica, as well as by conductors Andris Nelsons, Ainārs Rubiķis, Andris Poga, Normunds Šnē, and others.
As the composer puts it, she is not afraid to be emotional in her music. She is drawn to the very moment of creation—this is how she finds her balance again and clears her thoughts as her experience of the outside world transforms into music. Then she feels strong again.
Karol Szymanowski’s Myths for violin and piano is a set of three poems that draw the listener into images of the ancient world. The Fountain of Arethusa, Narcissus, and Dryads and Pan are not a narrative programme with a precise sequence of events, but rather a cycle of moods and symbols, where shimmering light on water, a lyrical contemplation of self-reflection, and a dance-like impulse intertwine in a subtle, colourful play of timbres.
Béla Bartók’s Contrasts is a series of virtuosic dialogues inspired by Hungarian and Balkan folk music, in which the characteristic “triangle” of clarinet, violin, and piano becomes a laboratory of rhythm and temperament. Here, contrasts are heard both in clashing characters and in a finely balanced ensemble texture—shifting from meditative flow to a swift, dance-like whirl.
In Paul Schoenfield’s work, the klezmer tradition appears not merely as a quotation, but as a living impulse: sparkling rhythms, “speaking” inflections, and theatrical expressivity, alternating with lyrical episodes. Schoenfield skilfully merges academic craftsmanship with the freedom of folk music, leaving room for the ensemble’s spontaneity and a flash of humour as well.
Discounts:
Students, disabled persons, pensioners – 5 euros
Pupils - 50%
Family 3+ card holders - 30%
For a companion of a person with a disability of group I or II - 50%
Groups (10 or more people) – 20%
When purchasing group tickets online, please send an e-mail to sales@lso.lv
When attending the concert, the visitor must present a document certifying their eligibility to a discount.
The Concert is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia and the Liepāja City.
