LNSO, ANDRIS POGA AND BRUCKNER'S EIGHTH

On Friday, 2 April, at 7:00 p.m. at the Riga Congress Centre

LNSO, ANDRIS POGA AND BRUCKNER'S EIGHTH

Katrīna Paula FELSBERGA – soprano

Emma SVENTELIUSA (Emma SVENTELIUS) – mezzo-soprano

State Academic Choir “Latvija”

Conductor Andris POGA

Program:

Ilona BREĢE Gloria (world premiere)

Anton BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8

Under the baton of Andris Poga, the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, the State Academic Choir “Latvija,” mezzo-soprano Emma Sventeliusa and soprano Katrīna Paula Felsberga invite you to a program that brings together two powerful musical visions of spirituality and human life. The world premiere of Ilona Breģe's new work Gloria begins with the radiant Gloria in excelsis Deo, creating a bright, joyful and contemplative mood. Rooted in the spiritual tradition of the text, the piece at the same time creates a distinctly personal musical language, its own sonic world and dramatic structure. Bruckner's Eighth Symphony, one of the composer's symphonic pinnacles, unfolds on a monumental scale, leading from darkness and struggle toward radiant transcendence, while also revealing deeply intimate and tender moments.