THE LNSO AND AINĀRS RUBIĶIS

15 March, 19.00, Great Guild

THE LNSO AND AINĀRS RUBIĶIS

Rēzija KALNIŅA – narrator

Jolanta STRIKAITE – soprano

Laura GRECKA – mezzo-soprano

State choir LATVIJA

Conductor Ainārs RUBIĶIS

Programme:

Arthur HONEGGER Symphonie Liturgique

Felix MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night's Dream

The earthly and the heavenly. The cosmic and the humane. Honegger wrote this symphony straight after World War II, examining conflicting concepts: succumbing to blind dominance and happiness instinct, striving for peace and the idea of a heavenly solace. Misery, happiness, and the man – Honegger’s timeless topics. Mendelssohn, on the other hand, reads Shakespeare and amuses himself in the forest where fairies, sprites, enchanted artisans and smitten youths can still be encountered.