3 October 2024, 18:00 | Kaunas Culture Centre "Girstutis"

The concert is dedicated to the International Teacher's Day

November 2024, 18:00 | St. Catherine's Church

As with all the concert programmes of the folklore ensemble "Nalšia" so with this one, too - "Do you remember this melody...?" - will feature folk songs sung last century, but still not forgotten today, nostalgic romances, the ensemble will intrigue with time-tested popular melodies with more modern, sometimes even fanciful interpretations.

What are the people who come to the Nalšia concert hoping to experience, what are they most likely to long for and long for? We guess the fullness of feelings - one in youth, another in maturity. And a non-verbal musical expression of these feelings, an opportunity not only to listen, but also to recognise, to sing together again, a melody once heard, sung for some time, and now already forgotten. We are sure that such songs never grow old and remain relevant for centuries. Together we will sing about the bliss of first love, there will be the sorrow of unhappy love, the blossoms of undeveloped roses, and the breaking of hearts, and men will be comforted by unrequited love, girls will always want to believe in the love of the one... Even love letters will be questioned: Maybe it's better to "read it - tear it up and be done with it" - neither the grief nor the pain. And where there are romances, there are also tango, waltz and foxtrot - the couple will be spinning on the stage and, perhaps, even in the audience...?

Nalšia tries to sing the popular romances in the way they have traditionally been sung by the people in Lithuania. However, sometimes the exquisite, enchanting lyricism and poetic depth of the most beautiful romances beg for a special musical expression. Therefore, daring to deviate from the authentic traditions of music-making and singing, the ensemble twists the melodies and rhythms of the romances in newer, nowadays more usual ways, and seeks to bring them to life, to elevate them to the level of experimentation, unconventional interpretation and works worthy of a high musical culture. Here, Nalšiai is beautifully assisted by its long-time friend - professional, creative performer Rytas Lingė (forepiano).