Palace Music: Duo Dalia Dedinskaite & Gleb Pyšniak
Duo Dalia Dedinskaite & Gleb Pyšniak
Dalia Dedinskaite – violin
Gleb Pyšniak – cello
Program:
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911)
Piano preludes (arr. for violin and cello)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Sonata for violin and cello M.73
Anatolijus Šenderovas (1945-2019)
Dialogue II for violin and cello
Pēteris Vasks (s. 1946)
“Castillo Interior” for violin and cello (2013)
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) – Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935)
Passacaglia in G minor for violin and cello (1894)
In cooperation with Lithuanian Embassy in Tallinn
The Sonata for Violin and Cello is a composition written by Maurice Ravel from 1920 to 1922. He dedicated it to Claude Debussy, who had died in 1918. It premiered on 6 April 1922 with Hélène Jourdan-Morhange playing the violin and Maurice Maréchal the cello. It is in the key of A minor, with the fourth movement in the relative major key of C. It is M. 73 in the catalogue compiled by Marcel Marnat.
Anatolijus Šenderovas’ music has distinctly recognizable sound and does not lack magic for its specific modal colour, improvisational character, development of the piece from a single thematic motto, emotionality, strong dramatic expression and energy. His music includes elements of both archaic Oriental music and more abstract atonal style. The composer did not adhere to a single method of composition, instead he chose particular most appropriate composing techniques for every new piece. Anatolijus Šenderovas gave a lot of attention to the sacred themes, using the stories and texts from the Old and New Testament in Hebrew and Latin. His music perfectly fits in the European new music context and is often performed by the Lithuanian musicians as well as performers from the other continents.
Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks about his work “Castillo Interjöör”: “This piece for violin and cello was written in 2013 at the suggestion of Sol Gabetta. In early 2014, I spent some time meditating in a quiet and remote place by the Baltic Sea. There, the string duo finally got its title. As a tribute to the great mystic and Saint Teresa of Avila, I named the composition Castillo Interjöör. The meditative composition is interrupted twice by fast and energetic passages. It is a spiritual vertical, a path toward eternal light, and right beside it is today’s world – so diverse and full of contradictions.”
Norwegian violinist and outstanding conductor Johan Halvorsen worked as a conductor at the Norwegian National Theater in Christiania for 30 years and composed numerous violin works in addition to orchestral music. In 1894 he made a sumptuous arrangement for violin and viola based on the Passacaglia from Handel’s Harpsichord Suite in G minor. Havorsen put into play all possible and impossible ways of playing on the strings and with his extraordinary imagination created a brilliant masterpiece, the like of which is difficult to find in the entire string repertoire.
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Kadriorg Palace is one the most well known and beautiful historic concert halls in Estonia offering memorable music experiences already for many decades. The tradition of performing music in the baroque palace goes back to 18th century when court music accompanied the daily life. The palace has had the pleasure to welcome many international artists and ensembles for outstanding performances.
The construction of the Kadriorg Palace was started by the Tsar Peter the Great of Russia in 1718. It was named Catharinenthal (in Estonian Kadriorg) in honour of his wife Catherine I. The palace was designed by the Italian architect Nicola Michetti and its abundantly decorated main hall is one of the most exquisite examples of baroque architecture both in Estonia and in northern Europe.
Kadriorg Palace has always been the crown jewel of Tallinn. The small festive tsars’ palace in the style of Roman Baroque, ‘surrounded by a regular garden, with fountains, hedges and flowerbeds, planned after the model of Versailles. The palace was a summer residence of Russian emperors untill 1917. In the 1920s, and again in 1946-1991 palace served as the main building of the Art Museum of Estonia. In the 1930s, it was the residence of the Head of State of the Estonian Republic. In 2000, it was opened as the Kadriorg Art Museum, which displays the largest collection of old Russian and Western European art in Estonia. Music has been performed in the palace halls since the 18th century. In the past few decades, the most brilliant Estonian and international musicians have delighted listeners in the palace. Regular concerts started to take place in the Kadriorg Palace again in 2014, when the museum launched the Palace Music Concert Series. The extraordinary acoustics and the magnificent interior of the main hall make every concert a truly enjoyable artistic experience. The artistic director of the Palace Music Concert Series is Aare Tammesalu.
In cooperation of the Art Museum of Estonia. Tickets are on sale at the Kadriorg Art Museum and Piletikeskus outlets.
Supporters: Estonian Ministry of Culture, The Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Estonian Public Broadcasting, Tallinn Culture and Sports Department, UNESCO City of Music Tallinn, Kultuurikõla, Pointprint
Special thanks: Visit Estonia, Visit Tallinn, Õhtuleht
