November 12 20 p.m. Vilnius St. The chords of the jubilee - tenth - educational project "Classics for all" will sound in St. John's Church. There are three initiators of the musical project Vilnius University (VU) choirs - "Gaudeamus", "Virgo" and "Pro musica" (conductor Rasa Gelgotienė) - and the VU chamber orchestra (conductor Modestas Jankūnas) together with more than a quarter of a hundred registered classical enthusiasts will perform "Requiem" by WA Mozart.
The large group of performers will be supported by the musicians of the VU brass band "Oktava" (conductor Albinas Kučinskas), soprano Gunta Gelgotė, mezzo-soprano Nora Petročenko, tenor Edgar Davidovičius and bass Kšištofs Bondarenko. Rasa Gelgotienė will conduct.
This project is special in that classical lovers who know the music notation can register by e-mail, learn the parts individually, and on the given day they rehearse with their voices and all together, later with the soloists and the orchestra. Having rehearsed in this way for just a day, he prepares a well-known classical piece and performs it for the audience.
The goal of the music project "Classics for Everyone" is to involve people who love classical music and singing in live music, to bring them closer to the treasure of classical music, to unite the voices of all music lovers into a common sound, and to spread ideas of creative cooperation.
"I am glad that Vilnius University is not only a focus of scientific knowledge, but also a space for comprehensive education", says Rasa Gelgotienė, the creator of the project.
According to the choir director, VU provides cultural education conditions not only for its students or alumni, but also for all residents of the country.
"Over the course of a decade, a community of loyal project participants has gathered, although new voices are constantly joining," emphasizes the conductor.
This year, a part of the singers from Kyiv State University "Dnipro" choir, with which VU choirs have an old friendship, will participate in "Classics for all". Lithuanian choirs visited Kyiv in 2014 and sang for Ukrainian soldiers being treated in hospitals. The last time residents of Vilnius visited the capital of Ukraine was in 2018. and congratulated the "Dnipro" choir, which was celebrating its 175th anniversary at that time. Singing in a concert will help the people of Kyiv to take a break from the horrors of war, at least for a while.
The Classics for All project was first implemented in 2012, which also featured WA Mozart's Requiem. This classic masterpiece was also played in 2017. at the project event. in 2021 and in 2016 project participants performed "Carmina Burana" by Carl Orff, 2019. - "Sunrise Mass" by the contemporary Norwegian composer Ola Gjeil, 2018. - Camille Saint-Saëns' Christmas Oratorio (Oratorio de Noël, op. 12), 2015 - Requiem by Gabriel Fauré, 2014 – Mass in G major by Franz Schubert, 2013 - Magnificat by Antonio Vivaldi.
The project is organized by VU Culture Center.
The project is partially financed by the State Study Fund.
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