Programme
8 September, 7 pm
Palace of the Grand Dukes, Katedros a. 4, Vilnius
Dux vitae mortuus regnat vivus
Life and Death in the chants of the liturgical year
Jerycho, dir. Bartosz Izbicki (Poland)
With the participation of GŠ Asamblis (Lithuania)
10 September, 8 pm
Online concert from the Synagogue of Gorizia, Italy
Sounds from Shylock’s Venice
Music from the 16th-century Venetian ghetto
This concert is dedicated to the Year of the Vilna Gaon and to the history of the Jews of Lithuania
Lucidarium, dir. Averi Gosfield (Italy)
13 September, 6 pm
Palace of the Grand Dukes, Katedros a. 4, Vilnius
Stella, quam viderant magi
Motets and madrigals by Giovanni Battista Mosto, dedicated to Lithuanian and Transylvanian noblemen
Nora Petročenko - cantus, Mikus Abaroniņš - altus (Latvia), Povilas Vanžodis - quintus, Daniels Pelnēns - tenor (Latvia), Nerijus Masevičius - bassus
Morgaine (Germany / Lithuania)
17 September, 19 pm
Palace of the Grand Dukes, Katedros a. 4, Vilnius
Jan of Lublin Tablature
Polish keyboard music of the 16th century
This concert is dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the birth of Sigismund Augustus and Barbara Radziwiłł
Corina Marti – harpsichord (Switzerland)
18 September, 7 pm
Palace of the Grand Dukes, Katedros a. 4, Vilnius (on-screen projection, open for audience) and online
Prize-winner concert
SIGISMUNDUS LAUXMIN International Harpsichord Contest, first edition
18 September, 8 pm
Palace of the Grand Dukes, Katedros a. 4, Vilnius
Chiara e lucente stella
16th-17th-century keyboard music from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Alina Rotaru – harpsichord (Germany / Lithuania)
19 September, 7 pm
Video recording transmitted online
Sognando la morte
Choreo-opera
Anna Radziejewska – mezzo-soprano (Poland)
Jacek Tyski – dance (Poland)
Royal Baroque Ensemble, musical direction Lilianna Stawarz (Poland)
20 September, 5 pm
Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Consolation, Savičiaus g. 15, Vilnius
St. Jackus
A concert for children and families
GŠ Ansamblis, dir. Gabija Adamonytė (Lithuania)
The Table Theatre (Lithuania)
Director, artist, actress: Saulė Degutytė
20 September, 7 pm
Banchetto Musicale Festival “Fringe Day”
Online concert of young early music performers
23 September, 7 pm
Palace of the Grand Dukes, Katedros a. 4, Vilnius
Life and Death
Pieces for solo viol from Tobias Hume to Philippe Hersant
Nima Ben David – viola da gamba (France)
25 September, 8 pm
St. Francis of Assisi (Bernardine) Roman Catholic Church, Maironio g. 10, Vilnius
Missa Dominica in Albis
Mass setting for the second Sunday of Easter
Jean-Étienne Langianni – voice (France)
GŠ Ansamblis, dir. Gabija Adamonytė (Lithuania)
27 September, 6 pm
Palace of the Grand Dukes, Katedros a. 4, Vilnius
To see, to hear, to kiss, to die…
Music from the British Isles
Floridante (Estonia / UK)
27 September, 8 pm
Church of the Holy Spirit, Dominikonų g. 8, Vilnius
Vespers for St. Hyacinth
Closing concert of the singing masterclass
Jean-Étienne Langianni (France) together with participants of the singing masterclass
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic this concert is postponed to a later date
Palace of the Grand Dukes, Katedros a. 4, Vilnius
Actus tragicus
Sacred works by J. S. Bach and G. P. Telemann
Artistic direction Alina Rotaru (Germany / Lithuania)