Baiba Tilhena, Author at Orķestris RĪGA

STOCKHOLM BRASS & ORCHESTRA RIGA

Baiba Tilhena — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 09:50:35 +0000

Spring festival WINDSTREAM

STOCKHOLM BRASS & ORCHESTRA RIGA

April 10, 2025	7.00 PM, Thursday
Biļetes cena	10 – 28€
Norises vieta	The National Library of Latvia, Ziedonis Hall

“Stockholm Chamber Brass”
Orchestra “Riga”
Conductor Valdis Butāns

Founded in 1988, Stockholm Chamber Brass (SCB) gained immediate recognition by winning 1st Prize at the International Brass Quintet Competition in Narbonne, France. Over the past 35 years, SCB has become one of the world’s leading brass ensembles, commissioning more than 50 new works from distinguished composers such as Anders Hillborg and Andrea Tarrodi.

Their internationally acclaimed recordings, including Clockworks (1995) and Then (2013), reflect SCB’s innovative repertoire. The prestigious American Record Guide wrote about Clockworks: “Cannot imagine that a better brass quintet has ever existed.”

SCB regularly performs at major festivals and, since 2016, has run Stockholm Chamber Brass Academy in Sweden, blending chamber music traditions with modern musical expressions.

Outside the quintet, its members are active as soloists, professors, orchestra principals, and conductors. They have won prizes in international solo competitions, including the ARD-Wettbewerb and CIEM Geneva. The current members are Urban Agnas and Tom Poulson (trumpets), Anna Ferriol De Ciurana (horn), Jonas Bylund (trombone), and Dirk Hirthe (tuba).

PROGRAM

M. L. Gothe – Clockworks
D. Wilson – Quintessence
K. Monteverdi / U. Agnas – Suite from L’Orfeo and L’incoronazione di Poppea
M. Arnold – Brass Quintet
A. Hillborg – Brass Quintet

The concert, Stockholm Chamber Brass & Orchestra Riga, will take place in Riga on April 10, 2025, at 19:00 in the Ziedonis hall of the National Library of Latvia as part of the WINDSTREAM 2025 Spring Festival.

Tickets are available at Biļešu Paradīze box offices and online at www.bilesuparadize.lv. 15% discount for pupils, students, and pensioners.

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SINATRA, REIMAGINED

Baiba Tilhena — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 15:07:45 +0000

Festival WINDSTREAM 2025 opening concert

SINATRA, REIMAGINED

12. APR	19.00, Ceturtdiena
Biļetes cena	25€ 20€ 18€ 15€ 7€
Norises vieta	Lielā ģilde

Orchestra “Rīga” Big Band
Conductor Raitis Ašmanis
Soloist Anyanya Udongwo (Nigeria)
Moderator Anete Ašmane-Vilsone

Program: Arrangements for big band by Patrick Williams from the album Sinatraland (1998) and Frank Sinatra’s most famous songs arranged by Dan Costa.

The opening concert of the WINDSTREAM2025 festival presents a program highlighting the instrumental mastery of the Orchestra “Riga” Big Band. Adding vibrant jazz vocals to the mix is Nigerian-born singer Anyanya Udongwo. Jazz has long been a defining feature of Orchestra “Riga”, with its expressive delivery honed over the years under the baton of conductor Raitis Ašmanis.

This concert marks a reunion of the orchestra and its conductor, celebrating the legacy of American stage legend and 11-time Grammy winner Frank Sinatra. The program features Sinatra’s iconic hits such as Strangers in the Night, My Way, and New York, New York, with big band arrangements by Patrick Williams and Dan Costa. Conductor and program curator Raitis Ašmanis notes, “Patrick Williams’ big band arrangements, showcased in the concert’s first half, are rarely performed in Latvia. They offer a treat for listeners and a challenge for musicians. The dynamic, exuberant music is enriched with additional flutes, clarinets, and even trombones, creating a richly textured sound. Improvisation plays a key role in Williams’ jazz arrangements, and nearly every instrumental group will have its moment to shine.”

Anyanya Udongwo is born in Nigeria and currently resides in Lithuania. In 2009, he moved to Ukraine to study medicine and pursue a career as a surgeon. During his studies, he began singing in a church choir and developed an increasing passion for music. After completing his medical degree, he worked as a surgeon for a few years before realizing that music was his true calling. Anjanya has participated in international shows such as The Voice of Ukraine and The Voice of Lithuania 2023, where he won first place. He has also performed at various jazz concerts and festivals.

The concert “Sinatra, Reimagined” will take place on March 20, 2025, at the Splendid Palace Cinema.

Tickets are available at Biļešu paradīze box offices and online at www.bilesuparadize.lv. 15% discount for pupils, students, and pensioners.

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JAZZ MUSIC AT CHRISTMAS

Baiba Tilhena — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 09:02:55 +0000

JAZZ MUSIC AT CHRISTMAS

DECEMBER 17 / VEF Culture Palace	DECEMBER 20 / “Splendid palace” cinema
Ticket price	15 EUR – 40 EUR

At this year’s Christmas, the Orchestra RIGA have decided to please the audience with a jazz music concert. The festive mood will be created by the big band of the Orchestra RIGA led by jazz musician Roberts Martini and a brilliant duet of vocalists – Paula Saija and Daumants Kalniņš.

A large part of the concert will be devoted to Latvian music. The brilliant sound of the orchestra’s big band instruments will be enriched by the singers, whose creative everyday life also plays a major role in jazz music. The cooperation of the Orchestra RIGA with Daumants Kalniņš has been dated for more than ten years, but for the first time the singer Paula Saija has been invited to musical cooperation. In the solo and duet performances of these vocalists, we will hear original compositions by Latvian pianist and composer Madars Kalniņš, as well as arrangements of popular Latvian songs in a jazz mood. Jazz musician and saxophonist of the Orchestra RIGA Roberts Martini will be at the big band conductor’s desk.

In 1960, the legendary jazz composer Duke Ellington created his jazz suite as an interpretation of the musical themes of Peter Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker”, released on the album “The Nutcracker Suite”. In this suite, you will hear such well-known melodies as “March”, “Waltz of Flowers” and others, which this time will be heard in non-traditional jazz intonations performed by the Orchestra RIGA big band in the first part of the concert.

The Orchestra RIGA Christmas concerts will take place on December 17 at the VEF Culture Palace and on December 20 at the “Splendid Palace” cinema.

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BACH. BRUCKNER. BRITTEN 20.08.

Baiba Tilhena — Tue, 21 May 2024 09:22:43 +0000

Classical music concert at Riga Cathedral

BACH. BRUCKNER. BRITTEN

AUGUST 20	7 pm, Tuesday
Ticket price	10 EUR 15 EUR 20 EUR
Place	Riga Cathedral

Orchestra RIGA

Conductor Jānis Liepiņš

Organ solo – Aigars Reinis

English horn solo – Inese Grāvleja

August traditionally is a time when Orchestra “Riga” invites classical music lovers to enjoy summer concerts at Riga Cathedral. Concertprogramme “Bach, Bruckner, Britten” is going to be rehearsed and performed in a long-awaited collaboration with Janis Liepins, the first kappelmeister at the Nationaltheater Mannheim, Germany.

PROGRAM

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)

Concerto for Oboe D’amore in A Major (BWV 1055) arranged for English horn and wind orchestra

Fantasia and Fugue in G minor (BWV 542) arranged for wind orchestra

Prelude and Fugue in E major (BWV 566) – organ solo

Anton Bruckner (1824 – 1896)

Hymn of Praise – arranged for wind orchestra by Philip Gordon

Motets Ave Maria, and Os justi – arranged for symphonic band by Carlo Balameli

Fantasie in G Major – organ solo

Benjamin Britten (1913 – 1976)

Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria – arranged for wind orchestra by Jakov Raskin

Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell, Op.34 – organ solo

TICKETS

Riga Cathedral box office, “Biļešu paradīze” box offices and https://www.bilesuparadize.lv/lv/event/139441

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BACH. BERLIOZ. BARNES 06.08.

Baiba Tilhena — Tue, 21 May 2024 08:50:53 +0000

Classical music concert at Riga Cathedral

BACH. BERLIOZ. BARNES

AUGUST 6	7 pm, Tuesday
Ticket price	10 EUR 15 EUR 20 EUR
Place	Riga Cathedral

PARTICIPANTS

Orchestra RIGA

Conductor Valdis Butāns

Organist Ilona Birģele

PROGRAM

If the names of the two greats, J.S. Bach and H. Berlioz, are undisputed figures in the history of classical music, the same could be said about the importance of the third major “B” composer included in this program, James Barnes, in the context of modern symphonic band music. His music for bsymphonic bands can be described as vividly imaginative, symphonically developed, masterfully and modernly instrumented and demanding high professionalism from the players.

Traditionally, in the “Summer classics” concert series organized by Orchestra RIGA in the Riga Cathedral, besides the sound of the orchestra, an important role is also given to the excellent organ of the Cathedral Church, which this time will respond to the touch of the versatile and virtuoso organist Ilona Birģele. In her interpretation, not only the organ music of J.S. Bach will be heard, but also the organ works of H. Berlioz, which are very little known to the public of Latvia and the world, which the composer once dedicated to his friend, the organ positive and small organ constructor Eduard Aleksander.

In turn, the orchestra will respond with the picturesquely pastoral 3rd movement from Berlioz’s famous “Symphonie fantastique”, “Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H)” dedicated to J.S. Bach by the virtuoso master American composer Ron Nelson, and James Barnes’ chrestomatic sample of modern wind orchestra instrumentation – “Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Niccolo Paganini”.

TICKETS

Riga Cathedral box office, “Biļešu paradīze” box offices and https://www.bilesuparadize.lv/lv/event/139440

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THE PRAYER

Baiba Tilhena — Tue, 21 May 2024 08:05:54 +0000

Dedicated to the Communist Genocide Memorial Day

THE PRAYER

JUNE 14	7 pm, Thursday
Place	Riga St. Johns Church

PARTICIPANTS

Orchestra RIGA

Mixed Choir of the Latvian Academy of Culture “Sōla”

Conductors Kaspars Ādamsons, Artūrs Oskars Mitrevics, Jurģis Rāts

PROGRAM

Vilnis Šmīdbergs “Third Symphony”

Pēteris Plakidis “In memoriam” (Vilnis Šmīdberg’s instrumentation)

Pēteris Vasks “And Suddenly Such Silence”

Andris Dzenitis “The Prayer”

Arturs Maskats “Lacrimosa” (première for instrumentation by Vilnius Schmiedberg)

Jēkabs Jančevskis “The Sea flows Slowly”

FREE INVITATIONS

Entrance to the concert with free invitations. They can be received from June 7, 10 am in all ticket offices of “Biļešu paradīze” and on the website: https://www.bilesuparadize.lv/lv/event/140313

The concert is supported by Riga City Council

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SUPERHEROES

Baiba Tilhena — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:59:16 +0000

SUPERHEROES

May 17, 5 pm	May 18, 12 pm
Culture palace “Ziemeļblāzma”	Culture centre “Imanta”

PARTICIPANTS

Orchestra RIGA

Conductor Valdis Butāns

Stories and singing by Daumants Kalniņš

Soloist Zane Dombrovska (vocal)

PROGRAM

Superheroes can be found in almost every era, so Orchestra RIGA anc conductor Valdis Butāns together with singers Daumants KalniņŠ and Zane Dombrovska have created a concert program as part of the Family Month, where not only superheroes of modern times will be discussed, but also our own Lāčplēsis, Third Father’s Son and others. The concert will also feature music from such popular movies as “Superman” and “Harry Potter”.

FREE INVITATIONS

Free invitations from May 10 at 10:00 a.m. at all ticket offices and www.bilesuparadize.lv

You can find more information about all family month events and their schedule on the websites – kultura.riga.lv and riga.lv, as well as follow the Riga City Council’s social network on the pages “Rīga” https://www.facebook.com/Riga.lv and “Rīgā notiek” https://www.facebook.com/RigaNotiek

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“Sounds of Latvia”

Baiba Tilhena — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 17:01:11 +0000

A concert dedicated to the Independence Day of the Republic of Latvia

SOUNDS OF LATVIA

MAY 4	6 PM, Saturtday
Place	VEF Culture Palace

Participants:

Orchestra “RIGA”

Conductor Valdis Butāns

Actress Guna Zariņa

Concert moderator Signe Lagzdiņa

Program:

Gundega Šmite – “Trīs gleznojumi mežā”

Krists Auznieks – “Gaismup”

Ilona Breģe – “Mūzika Kārļa Zāles piemiņai”

Juris Karlsons – Poēma “Klusumā dzimstošās dzīvības balss”

Anna Veismane – “Jūra. Stihijas” / premiere

In the concert “Sounds of Latvia” , Orchestra RIGA will play compositions by Latvian composers dedicated to the splendor of Latvia’s nature and the memory of notable personalities. The concert will premiere the new work of composer Anna Veismane “Jūra. Stihijas” , whose musical flow will be complemented by famous Latvian poet Aspazija’s poetry readings by actress Guna Zariņa.

Free invitations:

Entrance to the concert with free invitations. Free invitations are available from April 27 at all ticket offices “Biļešu paradīze” and on the website www.bilesuparadize.lv

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GOOD FRIDAY CONCERT

Baiba Tilhena — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 07:34:44 +0000

GOOD FRIDAY CONCERT

March 29th	7 pm, Friday
Place	Riga St. John’s Church

Orchestra RIGA

Riga Saxophone Quartet

Conductor Valdis Butāns

At the Good Friday concert, which will be performed on March 29, in Riga’s St. John’s Church, the center of the program are the names of two important sacred music composers. The music of this year’s jubilee Latvian composer Rihards Dubra. We will hear “Adagio appassionato”, composed for wind orchestra, and another composer’s original music “Lux aeterna” written for saxophone quartet.

David Maslanka’s “Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Orchestra” will be performed as the premiere in Latvia, which is globally appreciated as a musical work that reflects great emotional and spiritual intensity. Riga Saxophone Quartet will join Orchestra RIGA under the leadership of conductor Valdis Butāns.

FREE INVITATIONS

The concert is available to the audience free of charge. Entrance with free invitations, which will be available from March 22 at the ticket offices of “Bilešu paradize” and www.bilesuparadize.lv (https://www.bilesuparadize.lv/lv/event/137473)

The concert is supported by Riga City Council and State Culture Capital Fund.

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MOZART REQUIEM

Baiba Tilhena — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 06:58:08 +0000

MOZART REQUIEM

Dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Communist Genocide Memorial Day

March 25th	7 pm, Monday
Place	Riga Cathedral

Concert of the WINDSTREAM festival, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Communist Genocide Memorial Day.

Orchestra RIGA

Riga Chamber Choir “Ave Sol”

the mixed choir of the Riga Cathedral Choir School

Soloists: Jolanta Strikaite-Lapiņa, Ilze Grēvele-Skaraine, Mārtiņš Zvīgulis and Rihards Mačanovskis

Conductor Jurģis Cābulis

Traditionally, the program of the WINDSTREAM festival includes a concert dedicated to the memory of the victims of the communist genocide. On March 25 in cooperation with the choirs – the Riga Chamber Choir “Ave Sol” and the mixed choir of the Riga Dome Choir School, as well as four vocal soloists, Orchestra RIGA will perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem. A requiem in music is traditionally dedicated to the memory of the dead, praying for the souls of the dead. V. A. Mozart’s Requiem in d minor is one of the most famous in world music and also became Mozart’s last piece, as the composer passed away without completing this opus. In the music literature, it is still one of the most mysterious and amazing compositions, which has touched people’s hearts throughout the ages and encouraged quiet thoughts about life, death and eternity.

FREE INVITATIONS

The concert is available to the audience free of charge. Entrance with free invitations, which can be obtained from March 18 at the ticket offices of Riga Cathedral and “Biļešu paradīzes”, as well as www.bilesuparadize.lv – https://www.bilesuparadize.lv/lv/event/137472

The concert is supported by Riga City Council and State Culture Capital Fund.

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