Programme
8 September, 6 pm
Palace of the Grand Dukes, Katedros a. 4, Vilnius
Andromeda
Opera by Antonio Maria Bononcini (1677–1726), concert version
Fanie Antonelou – soprano
Theodora Baka – mezzo-soprano
Christos Kechris – tenor
Yannis Fillias – tenor
Ex silentio (Greece), dir. Dimitris Kountouras
9 September, 6 pm
Palace of the Grand Dukes, Katedros a. 4, Vilnius
For the King
Lute music at the Polish-Lithuanian palace and court
Joachim Held - renaissance lute (Germany)
10 September, 8 pm
Franciscan Monastery Church, Trakų g. 9/1, Vilnius
Hearken unto me, all nations
Music of the Masters of the Polish-Lithuanian Renaissance
Cracow singers (Poland), dir. Karol Kusz
15 September, 6 pm
Palace of the Grand Dukes, Katedros a. 4, Vilnius
Pimpinone
Comic opera by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
Musical director Alina Rotaru (Germany / Lithuania)
Director Claudio Levati (Spain)
Julia Kirchner – soprano (Germany)
Carsten Krüger – bass-baritone (Germany)
Festival ensemble
16 September, 7 pm
St. Francis of Assisi (Bernardine) Roman Catholic Church, Maironio g. 10, Vilnius
Visions of Hildegard von Bingen
Original medieval music and improvisations
Ensemble Mandel (Austria, Hungary), dir. Robert Mandel
22 September, 2 pm
St. Francis of Assisi (Bernardine) Roman Catholic Church, Maironio g. 10, Vilnius
The Story of St. Clare
A concert for children and families
In campo aperto (Lithuania), dir. Beatričė Baltrušaitytė
22 September, 7 pm
Cathedral Basilica of Vilnius
Vespers
by Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–1678)
Ilze Grēvele-Skaraine – soprano (Latvia)
Ieva Gaidamavičiūtė-Barkauskė – soprano
Nora Petročenko – alto
Nerijus Masevičius – bass
Brevis Choir and Consort (Lithuania, Germany, Latvia), dir. Gintautas Venislovas and Darius Stabinskas
Schola gregoriana Vilnensis, dir. Dainius Juozėnas
Balys Vaitkus – organ
24 September, 7 pm
Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Arsenalo g. 3a, Vilnius
Le passage de la mer Rouge
Cantatas and sonatas by Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)
Iwona Leśniowska-Lubowicz – soprano (Poland)
Royal Baroque Ensemble (Poland), dir. Lilianna Stawarz
26 September, 7 pm
Palace of the Grand Dukes, Katedros a. 4, Vilnius
Lucrezia Borgia
Between history, myth and legend
Capella de Ministrers (Spain), dir. Carles Magraner