Festival opening concert. UBI CARITAS ET AMOR

XI International St. James Festival opening concert. UBI CARITAS ET AMOR

For the eleventh year in a row in September we start our International St. James Sacred Music Festival. This year the festival is dedicated to the year of St. James and the founder of the Dominican Order St. Dominic. The opening concert of the festival will feature a program of sacred music performed acapella by the State Choir VILNIUS, in this concert Pärt Uusberg’s Mon âme a soif will premiere in Lithuania.

State Choir VILNIUS is a professional choir, with a high performance culture, versatility, dissemination of national choral music. A distinctive feature of the choir is the synthesis of creativity and professionalism, the ability to convey music to different audiences, implementation of non-traditional events and projects.

Program:

Ola Gjeilo – Ubi caritas

Ola Gjeilo – Northern lights

Kim Andre Arnesen – Even when He is silent

Kim Andre Arnesen – Infinity

Arvo Pärt – The Deer`s Cry

Pärt Uusberg – Mon âme a soif (premier in Lithuania)

Artists:

State Choir VILNIUS (art director and conductor Artūras Dambrauskas)

ERIKA KVIATKOVSKAJA (soprano)

GINTARĖ BARISAITĖ – MITKUVIENĖ (soprano)

Conductor ARTŪRAS DAMBRAUSKAS