Programme:
Indra Riše - songs 1, 3 of the song cycle "Manai zemītei" (English: "To My Country") (Ž. 1 and 2 of the vocal cycle "On the shore" (Ž. Jonas Mekas)
Arvo Pärt - "Fratres" (lit. "Brothers")
Zita Bružaitė - "Lietus me myli" (dir. Aurimo Dačiola)

The third concert of the Baltic-Nordic Music Festival is devoted to academic music.

The Kaunas String Quartet with soloist Gunta Gelgote (soprano) is preparing a programme for the audience, which will feature the golden fund of contemporary music and new works. Gelgote's roles in the stage works of Bronis Kutavičius ("The Bear", "The Thrush - Green Bird") show the sensitive relationship of the soloist with the music of the composer. In this programme, the soloist has chosen the vocal cycle "On the Shore" by Jonas Mekas, as well as Latvian composer Indra Riše's composition "Manai zemītei"  (lit. "To My Country") and Zita Bružaitė's "Rainus me milli". The latter works will be joined by a regular friend of chamber music - pianist Daiva Stulgytė.

The Kaunas String Quartet, which has been in existence since 1981, is a constant promoter of Lithuanian music, having performed almost all of the string quartets by composer Algimantas Kubiliūnas. With the sixth string quartet we will congratulate the composer on his birthday, which he celebrated at the beginning of summer. The highlight of the festival's concert programme will be Arvo Pärt's Fratres (English: "Brothers"). Writer and former dancer Tereza Rose, whose work has been published in numerous magazines, anthologies and online publications, puts it this way: 'Arvo Pärt's Fratres seems to have all sorts of emotions bubbling just under the surface. Dense, big, life and death emotions. An ancient spirituality..."

So tonight's music will be emotional, spiritual and simply full of beautiful harmonies, plastic flowing melodies, strung together from the resounding sands of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

The festival is organised by Akantas Public Institution
The festival is financed by Kaunas City Municipality
The festival's partner and co-organiser - Kaunas State Philharmonic
More information http://www.akantas.lt/?p=289