Latviešu simfoniskās mūzikas lielkoncerts 2018

PROGRAMMA
Lithuanian National Symphonic Orchestra
Kristaps Bergs, cello
Modestas Pitrenas, conductor
Liepāja Symphonic Orchestra
Atvars Lakstīgala, conductor
Latvian National Symphonic Orchestra
Guntis Kuzma, conductor

DALĪBNIEKI
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
Kristaps Bergs, cello
Conductor Modestas Pitrėnas

Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Guntis Kuzma

Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Atvars Lakstīgala

2005 was the year when Latvia marked the 125th anniversary of Latvian symphonic music, and this was a good reason to proclaim that year to to be the Year of Latvian Symphonic Music, with a concert on December 11 that was organised with the aim of mobilising musicians and their fans so as to create a new level of quality in terms of attitudes toward the local symphonic tradition, the present and the future. It was in 2005 that the idea of annual concerts of Latvian symphonic music appeared. The suggestion came from music historian Arnolds Klotiņš in honour of the 125th anniversary.

Ever since, grand concerts of Latvian symphonic music have been presented so as to patch up a fundamental gap in the overall cultural aspects of Latvian culture. Now it can be said that this tradition has been enshrined in the repertoire of Latvia's orchestras and in the enthusiasm of their audiences. On February 11, 2017, the 11th concert will be staged at the Great Guild, with all professional symphonic orchestras taking part, Latvian composers debuting new compositions, and music being performed that has been composed by Latvian composers commemorating a major anniversary of their birth.