FULL Concerto for one Almas Švilpa Klaipeda 2021

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Concerto for one Almas Švilpa  
• Composer: various  
• Libretto: various  
• Venue & Opera Company: Empty concert hall of the LMTA Klaipėda Faculty (Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre), Klaipeda, Lithuania  
• Recorded: April 23, 2021
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Almas Švilpa
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra: Nijolė Ralytė, PIANO  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: LRT  
• Date Published: 2021  
• Format: Broadcast
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  PROGRAMME

  Johannes Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge (“Four Serious Songs”), Op. 121

  This cyclical centerpiece features four biblical texts chosen by Brahms as he anticipated the death of his close friend Clara Schumann.
  • “Denn es gehet dem Menschen wie dem Vieh” (It is for man as it is for the beast) — Ecclesiastes 3:19–22
  • “Ich wandte mich und sahe an alle, die Unrecht leiden” (I turned and looked upon all who suffer injustice) — Ecclesiastes 4:1–3
  • “O Tod, wie bitter bist du” (O death, how bitter you are) — Sirach 41:1–2
  • “Wenn ich mit Menschen- und mit Engelzungen redete” (Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels) — 1 Corinthians 13:1–3, 12–13

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Selected Romances
  The second half of the performance transitioned into a series of Tchaikovsky’s classical Russian art songs, which highlights Almas Švilpa’s expressive bass-baritone weight and Nijolė Ralytė’s intricate accompaniment. [1]
  • “None but the Lonely Heart” (Net, tolko tot, kto znal), Op. 6, No. 6
  • “Don Juan’s Serenade” (Serenada Don Zhuana), Op. 38, No. 1
  • “Amid the Din of the Ball” (Sred’ shumnovo bala), Op. 38, No. 3
  • “I Bless You, Forests” (Blagoslovlyayu vas, lesa), Op. 47, No. 5

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