Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – 270

Participants

Annija Kristiāna Ādamsone, soprano
Etīna Emīlija Saulīte, soprāns 
Mārtiņš Šmaukstelis, tenor
Latvian Radio Choir
Sinfonietta Rīga
Conductor Aivis Greters

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ouverture from the song cycle Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario)
Concert aria for soprano Popoli di Tessaglia! – Io non chiedo, eterni Dei K.316
Symphony No. 27
Cantata Davide Penitente KV 469

Not only in terms of quantity, but also in terms of quality, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s musical legacy is remarkable and significant, retaining its relevance in today’s world. The works of the great Viennese composer live on in opera houses and concert halls, and in countless recordings. They inspire new works and are reimagined in the languages of jazz and rock music. They are also transformed into electronic versions and serve as a source of inspiration for popular music, mobile phone ringtones and video game soundtracks. Having started as a child prodigy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart left behind a legacy as a master of his craft. And although the emotional centre of gravity of his music is sometimes unjustly narrowly defined as a concentrate of sunshine, light, and joy of life, Mozart’s music, in fact, deeply, powerfully, and convincingly encompasses the entire human spirit, as will be demonstrated by the concert programme dedicated to the genius’s 270th anniversary. With Aivis Greters at the conductor’s podium, it brings together the chamber orchestra Sinfonietta Rīga, the Latvian Radio Choir and a brilliant ensemble of soloists – soprano Annija Kristiāna Ādamsone, soprano Etīna Emīlija Saulīte and tenor Mārtiņš Šmaukstelis. Alongside the ouverture from the comically parodic song cycle Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario) and the vocally challenging and virtuosic concert aria Popoli di Tessaglia! – Io non chiedo, eterni Dei, they have arranged the three-movement Symphony No. 27 and the cantata Davide Penitente (Penitent David) with youthful energy and warm sunlight. Content-wise, this voluminous vocal-instrumental work is rooted in the Old Testament, the Books of Samuel and the Psalms, while musically Mozart shaped it, borrowing most of the musical material from his unfinished Mass in C minor, creating only two arias from scratch for the cantata. 

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