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A concert in support of Ukraine
PROGRAMME
LATVIA
EMĪLS DĀRZIŅŠ (1875–1910) – Mūžam zili (Forests forever blue) for male choir (1909), arr. for horn quartet
JĀNIS MEDIŅŠ (1890–1966) – Polka for ensemble (1931)
Latvian traditional song Tumša nakte, zaļa zāle (Dark was the night, green was the grass)
Performed by the horn quartet: Ingus Novicans, Edgars Kalniņš, Ilmārs Bērziņš, Monika Miliauskienė
IRAN
Kurdish traditional song Wârân Wârâne (It rained, it rained)
Performers: Farshad Abbasabadi (baritone, Iran), Christopher Joel Colley (piano, USA)
VENEZUELA
ANTONIO ESTÉVEZ (1916–1988) – Canto de ordeño (Milking song), lyrics by Alberto Arvelo Torrealba
Performers: Indra Sofia Maria Nielsen (mezzo-soprano, Venezuela), Christopher Joel Cooley (piano, USA)
JUAN BAUTISTA PLAZA (1898–1965) – El curruchá (Pig), lyrics by Vicente Emilio Sojo (1928)
Performers: soloist Indra Sofia Maria Nielsen (mezzo-soprano, Venezuela), Emilia Janina Kozłowska (soprano, Poland), Lina Lukauskienė (mezzo-soprano), Eglė Valytė-Zago (mezzo-soprano), Farshad Abbasabadi (baritone, Iran), Gintautas Stankevičius (percussion), Ingrida Spalinkskaitė-Kurienė (percussion)
LATVIA
JĀNIS MEDIŅŠ (1890–1966) – Rhapsody for flute and piano (1945)
Performers: Anita Barlote (flute, Latvia), Narine Stepanyan (piano, Armenia)

POLAND
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI (1882–1937) – Lecioły zórazie (The cranes were flying) from the song cycle Kurpian Songs, Op. 58 No. 1 (1932)
FELIKS NOWOWIEJSKI (1877– 1946) – Sikoreczka świergoli (Tit, you little bird), Op. 21 No. 7 (1936)
Performers: Emilia Janina Kozłowska (soprano, Poland), Christopher Joel Cooley (piano, USA)
IRAN
FARSHAD ABBASABADI (b. 1992) – song cycle Do Beyti for voice and piano, lyrics by Baba Taher Oryan Hamadani, Omar Khayyam
Performers: Farshad Abbasabadi (baritone, Iran), Christopher Joel Cooley (piano, USA)
ITALY
CESARE ANDREA BIXIO (1896–1978) – Mamma, son tanto felice (Mum, I’m so happy), lyrics by Bixio Cherubini (1940)
Performers: Francesco Sauzullo (tenor, Italy), Christopher Joel Coolley (piano, USA)
LUIGI DENZA (1848–1922) – Funiculì, Funiculà, lyrics by Peppino Turco (1880)
Performers: soloist Francesco Sauzullo (tenor, Italy), Emilia Janina Kozłowska (soprano, Poland), Lina Lukauskienė (mezzo-soprano), Eglė Valytė-Zago (mezzo-soprano), Farshad Abbasabadi (baritone, Iran), Christopher Joel Cooley (piano, USA)
USA
GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898–1937) – Rhapsody in Blue, version for solo piano (1924)
Performed by Christopher Joel Colley (piano, USA)
UKRAINE
Ukrainian traditional songs: Nashcho meni chorni brovi (What use are coal-black brows to me?), composed by Dionysius (Denis) Bonkovsky, lyrics by Taras Shevchenko, arr. by Leonid Kaufman; Jakby ja vmila vyshyvat’ (If I could embroider), composed by Nina Andriyevska, lyrics by Lada Reva; Gandzia, composed by Dionysius (Denis) Bonkovsky, arr. by Petro Boychenko
Performers: Dina Mataitienė (soprano, Ukraine), Narine Stepanyan (piano, Armenia)
LITHUANIA
Lithuanian traditional song Ne dėl žalio vyno (Not for the green wine), arr. by Evgeny Milovanov
Performers: Lina Lukauskienė (mezzo-soprano, Lithuania), Ernesta Stankutė (mezzo-soprano, Lithuania) Eglė Valytė-Zago (mezzo-soprano, Lithuania)
UNITED NATIONS
Improvisation on the themes of Lithuanian and Iranian traditional songs
Performers: Farshad Abbasabadi (ney, Iran), Larion Dyakov (viola, Russia), Ingrida Spalinskaitė-Kurienė (kanklės, Lithuania)
ERIC EWAZEN (b. 1954) – Pastorale from the Ballade, Pastorale and Dance for flute, horn and piano (1993)
Performers: Anita Barlote (flute, Latvia), Ingus Novicans (French horn, Latvia), Christopher Joel Cooley (piano, USA)
Concert presenter DOMININKAS MALAJAVAS