{"id":823,"date":"2015-09-29T13:22:39","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T10:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orkestris.riga.lv\/?p=823"},"modified":"2016-02-17T16:21:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T14:21:56","slug":"opening-of-the-festival-mercury-on-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orkestris.riga.lv\/en\/opening-of-the-festival-mercury-on-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL MERCURY ON THE MOON"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb av_one_half  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" 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MAR<br \/>\n<\/th><th class='avia-center-col'>19.00, Sunday<\/th><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-center-col'>Ticket price<\/td><td class='avia-center-col'>15 \u20ac<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-center-col'>Location<\/td><td class='avia-center-col'>Railway Museum<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><style type='text\/css'>.avia-table-1 td:nth-of-type(1):before { content: '20. MAR\n'; } .avia-table-1 td:nth-of-type(2):before { content: '19.00, Sunday'; } <\/style><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In the collaboration with <strong><em>StarSpace.lv<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Conductor <strong>Valdis But\u0101ns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Soloists: <strong>J\u0101nis \u0160ipk\u0113vics<\/strong> (vocal) and <strong>Mat\u012bss \u010cudars<\/strong> (guitar)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Programme: <strong>Scott McAllister<\/strong><b> <\/b>\u2013 Mercury on the Moon for Tenor Soloist, Electric Guitar, Wind Ensemble and Electronics<\/p>\n<p>Tickets available at \u201eBi\u013ce\u0161u parad\u012bze\u201d offices and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bilesuparadize.lv\">www.bilesuparadize.lv<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Conducted by <strong>Valdis But\u0101ns<\/strong>, <strong>Orchestra<\/strong> <em>RIGA<\/em> and soloists <strong>J\u0101nis \u0160ipk\u0113vics<\/strong> (vocal) and <strong>Mat\u012bss \u010cudars<\/strong> (guitar) will perform, for the first time in Latvia, the composition &#8220;Mercury on the Moon&#8221; written by <strong>Scott McAllister<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The composer himself has said: <em>Mercury is the cantor or messenger for the entire composition. 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