Songs of sunset and dawn by Various, ti. 14 juni 2022, Fra (2022/2022), Dirigent Giedrė Šlekytė, Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society, Vilnius, Lithuania

"The Baltic countries never cease to amaze us!" - this is how the young generation conductor Giedrė Šlekytė is presented in foreign countries, 2016-2017. was the first Kapellmeister of the Klagenfurt City Theater Orchestra for a season. Music critics note "accuracy and youthful elegance", "dreaminess and gently pulsating energy" in this conductor's interpretations. So this year, Giedrė Šlekytė is also making her debut on the stage of the Vilnius Festival, bringing together a special circle of artists returning to Lithuania - these are the pianist Andrius Žlabys and singers Lina Dambrauskaitė (soprano), Justina Gringytė (mezzo-soprano) and Raimundas Juzuitis ( bass-baritone), as well as Tomas Pavilionis (tenor), who is creating in Lithuania. 2007 will be played at the concert. The oratorio "Songs of the Sun and Dawn" created by the composer Raminta Šerkšnytė on the order of the "Vilnius Festival" will be supported by the choir of the Vilnius City Municipality "Jauna muzika" (director Vaclovas Augustinas). Also in the evening program is an intriguing introduction to the world-famous Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen's new role as a composer. We will hear this artist's 2007. created a three-part Concerto for piano and orchestra.