This festival is a particularly welcome event, where both the audience and the musicians themselves are happy to return to regain harmony, draw energy, put themselves in the shoes of the courtiers of the Baroque period and conclude how surprisingly much we can still discover about the seemingly known. Everything is played with only the originals or copies of historical musical instruments, the singers master the ornaments and rhetorical subtleties of the Baroque period, sweeping away the delusional myths about ancient music as something old-fashioned.
The festival was opened by the ancient music ensemble The Somersault from France, and here are the details of the upcoming concerts this month. on September 12 at 19.00 Riga Music College in the concert hall, where most of the concerts of this festival will be held, the transverse flute musician Marta Gravla from Poland will perform with the program Georgs Fridrichs Telemanis and 12 fantasy flutes. This will be a unique opportunity to hear all 12 of Teleman’s flute fantasias together.
There, on September 13 at An ancient music ensemble will perform at 19.00 The Banshies from France. According to Irish mythology, the word “banshee” means “witch” or “messenger from another world”. The ensemble experiments, looking for new ways in the interaction of arts and telling a story in every program.
Soprano Ieva Sumejas and baroque orchestra Riga Music College plan Quarrel of the Jesters on September 15 at 19.00 will reveal the former conflict between the supporters of the traditional French opera style, represented by Jean-Baptiste Lully and Philippe Rameau, and the slightly lighter Italian operas funny supporters. Ieva Sumeja (soprano) has been specializing in the interpretation of early music since 2018 and is a nominee for the 2023 Great Music Award as Young Artist of the Year. She says: “This program combines styles close to me in one concert. It will be an opportunity to hear both Italian virtuosity and the emotional depth of French music.”
on September 21 at 16.00 at the concert Musical sketches at the court of Frederick the Great in music Trio Kadikitis: Aija Dimza (transverse flute), Elfrida Schvalbe (baroque cello), Mihails Pranovič (harpsichord). The head of the ensemble, Aija Dimza, says that a “royal journey through time to the Prussian court of the 18th century is expected. King Frederick the Great and his teacher Joachim Kwantz, as well as the compositions created by other court musicians, will allow you to refresh yourself in somewhat atypical harmonies and melodic solutions, because the rules do not apply to the king .”
Tickets for the festival concerts are sold Ticket paradise. Some are free to enter. In more detail – Earlymusic.lv/en/home.
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