SACRED MUSIC HOURS: IN ANTICIPATION OF THE NATO SUMMIT
St. Casimir's Church (34 Didžioji St, Vilnius)
7 PM
06
27
About the event
Performers
RIMVYDAS MITKUS (organ)
LITHUANIAN ARMED FORCES HEADQUARTERS BAND
Artistic Director and Conductor Major EGIDIJUS ALIŠAUSKAS
Starting time:
7 PM
Duration:
60 min.
The opening of the Sacred Music Hours will feature three premieres, a walk in the “Forest” and a chorale dedicated to St Casimir. This impressive programme will be performed by the Lithuanian Armed Forces Headquarters Band, under the baton of Egidijus Ališauskas and with organist Rimvydas Mitkus.
Alfred Reed’s Alleluia, Laudamus Te, played for the first time in Lithuania, is like one grand, glorifying hymn without lyrics. The second premiere will be John Ireland’s Epic March. The composer created this work during the dark World War II years as encouragement, spiritual support and inspiration for the Brits. The third premiere will be William Walton’s Crown Imperial, which shall transport us to the coronation ceremony of George VI in Westminster Abbey. Incidentally, the work was also played during later state ceremonies: the coronation of Queen Elisabeth II in 1953 and at the wedding of Prince William in 2011.
Dive into this powerful wave of resonance, which is sure to flood the lofty heights of St Casimir’s Church!
Programme:
Alfred Reed (1921-2005)
Alleluia, Laudamus Te (Lithuanian premiere)
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911)
Symphonic Poem „In the Forest“
John Ireland (1879-1962)
Epic March (Lithuanian premiere)
William Walton (1902-1983)
Crown Imperial (Lithuanian premiere)
Kazys Daugėla (1960)
St. Casimir's Chorale
The opening of the Sacred Music Hours will feature three premieres, a walk in the “Forest” and a chorale dedicated to St Casimir.
This impressive programme will be performed by the Lithuanian Armed Forces Headquarters Band, under the baton of Egidijus Ališauskas and with organist Rimvydas Mitkus.
SACRED MUSIC HOURS: IN ANTICIPATION OF THE NATO SUMMIT
St. Casimir's Church (34 Didžioji St, Vilnius)
7 PM
About the event
Performers
RIMVYDAS MITKUS (organ)
LITHUANIAN ARMED FORCES HEADQUARTERS BAND
Artistic Director and Conductor Major EGIDIJUS ALIŠAUSKAS
Starting time:
7 PM
Duration:
60 min.
The opening of the Sacred Music Hours will feature three premieres, a walk in the “Forest” and a chorale dedicated to St Casimir. This impressive programme will be performed by the Lithuanian Armed Forces Headquarters Band, under the baton of Egidijus Ališauskas and with organist Rimvydas Mitkus.
Alfred Reed’s Alleluia, Laudamus Te, played for the first time in Lithuania, is like one grand, glorifying hymn without lyrics. The second premiere will be John Ireland’s Epic March. The composer created this work during the dark World War II years as encouragement, spiritual support and inspiration for the Brits. The third premiere will be William Walton’s Crown Imperial, which shall transport us to the coronation ceremony of George VI in Westminster Abbey. Incidentally, the work was also played during later state ceremonies: the coronation of Queen Elisabeth II in 1953 and at the wedding of Prince William in 2011.
Dive into this powerful wave of resonance, which is sure to flood the lofty heights of St Casimir’s Church!
Programme:
Alfred Reed (1921-2005)
Alleluia, Laudamus Te (Lithuanian premiere)
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911)
Symphonic Poem „In the Forest“
John Ireland (1879-1962)
Epic March (Lithuanian premiere)
William Walton (1902-1983)
Crown Imperial (Lithuanian premiere)
Kazys Daugėla (1960)
St. Casimir's Chorale
The opening of the Sacred Music Hours will feature three premieres, a walk in the “Forest” and a chorale dedicated to St Casimir.
This impressive programme will be performed by the Lithuanian Armed Forces Headquarters Band, under the baton of Egidijus Ališauskas and with organist Rimvydas Mitkus.
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