Weekend pass. London Symphony Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda (30.08.-01.09.)

Weekend pass : London Symphony Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda (30.08.-01.09.)

Riga Jurmala Music Festival also offers a Weekend Pass that includes tickets to all of the concerts happening in that weekend with additional activities and cultural experiences between each concert. Each subscription includes the tickets (with fixed seating) offered by the festival for all concerts in a particular week. Additionally, concert guests will be invited to enjoy a glass of champagne in the special guest area during the event, as well as special intermission sessions with the artists. Ticket price: 150 EUR (basic ticket category) and 350 EUR (premium ticket category).

Friday, August 30th at 8 p.m., Dzintari Concert Hall
London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Gianandrea Noseda
Seong-Jin Cho, piano

At the heart of the final weekend of the RĪGA JŪRMALA Music Festival is an orchestra which could easily be called the bravest and wittiest of the world’s orchestras. The concept of “boundaries” doesn’t seem to apply to the London Symphony Orchestra. Since its founding in 1904, the ensemble has always been avant garde, introducing or encapsulating the trends of the time. The Orchestra was the first to make records, film music, found its own record label, play at the Opening Ceremony for the Olympic Games and has taken contemporary music to new heights.

The LSO’s Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda and Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho first collaborated in a recording of Frédéric Chopin’s music. Today the musicians will perform Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 at the RĪGA JŪRMALA Music Festival.

Concert programme:
Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Suite The Invisible City of Kitezh
Sergei PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor op. 16
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 6 in B minor op. 54

Saturday, August 31st at 14 p.m., Dzintari Concert Hall (Small Hall)
Ying Fang /Soprano/ and Ken Noda /Piano/

One of the most promising young sopranos in the world, Ying Fang is seen as one of the most talented Chinese opera singers of her generation. The press have praised her vocal vitality, attractiveness, and ability to inhabit many different emotional states, also putting to use her charming, flirtatious acting talent. Fang sings with a sophisticated lightness and directness, both dignified and convincing. It would be incorrect to call her “promising” – according to many critics she is already a fully matured artist.

Fang feels equally free with the music of different eras, paying particular attention to the greats of Baroque and Romanticism. In Jūrmala, Fang will be joined on stage by prominent pianist and vocal coach Ken Noda, whose primary role is at the Metropolitan Opera, but has given concerts with almost all of the world’s leading opera singers.

Friday, August 30st at 7 p.m., Dzintari Concert Hall

London Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda
Vadim Repin, violin

At the heart of the final weekend of the RĪGA JŪRMALA Music Festival is an orchestra which could be called the bravest and wittiest of the world’s orchestras. The concept of “boundaries” doesn’t seem to apply to the London Symphony Orchestra - since its founding in 1904, the ensemble has always been avant garde, introducing or approving the trends of the time. The orchestra was the first make records, film music, found its own record label, play at the Opening Ceremony for the Olympic Games and take contemporary music to new heights.

Performing along with the LSO, under the baton of its Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda, will be Russian violinist Vadim Repin. Fiery passion with impeccable technique, poetry and sensitivity are his trademarks. He entered the world music arena almost as a child prodigy, winning gold at the Wienawski Competition at the age of 11. Since then, he has performed in the most famous concert halls of Europe, America and Asia. At the age of seventeen, he became the youngest ever winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition.

Concert programme:
Benjamin BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes op. 33a and Passacaglia op. 33b from “Peter Grimes”
Max BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor op. 26
Piotr TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor op. 64

Sunday, September 1st at 2 p.m., Great Guild
Cellist Edgar Moreau’s solo concert

The cleverness with which he learns new repertoire, the passion with which he plays in every concert, the skill which can only be gained with years of experience, and the spontaneity offered by a modern drive - this is what characterises French cellist Edgar Moreau, whose star already shone brightly at the age of 17, when he won silver at the International Tchaikovsky Competition. In his native France, the medal, despite it being a mere silver, was greeted with ovations, and the musician himself has said that it was second place, rather than winning, which opened the doors to so many concert stages.

Concert programme:
Johann Sebastian BACH Suite No. 1 in G Major for Violoncello solo BWV 1007
Johann Sebastian BACH Bach Suite No. 3 in C Major for Violoncello solo BWV 1009
Johann Sebastian BACH Suite No. 6 in D Major for Violoncello solo BWV 1012

Sunday, September 1st at 5 p.m., Dzintari Concert Hall (Small Hall)
Pianist Lucas Debargue’s solo concert

Lucas Debargue was discovered by the music world after his performance at the 15th International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 2015. “Debargue is a befuddling case of musical potential. His talent is real; his training, mysterious; his artistry, at times arrestingly beautiful. Not since Ivo Pogorelich in 1980 has a pianist garnered more attention for, essentially, not winning a competition” summarised critics (KQED). Adding: “Power, subtlety, control, imagination, taste – he’s got it all” (Le Point). Debargue has performed in Latvia multiple times andhas become a firm favourite of our audiences.

Concert programme:
Domenico SCARLATTI Sonatas
Jochann Sebastian BACH Toccata in C minor BWV 911
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor op. 111

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