LNSO, KRISTĪNA POSKA AND SCHUBERT'S NINTH

Friday, April 23, at 7:00 PM at the Riga Congress Centre

LNSO, KRISTĪNA POSKA AND SCHUBERT'S NINTH

Kalev KULJUS (Kalev KULJUS) - oboe

Conductor Kristīna POSKA

Program:

Erkki-Sven TĪRS Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra

Franz SCHUBERT Ninth Symphony

The sound of internationally acclaimed oboist Kalev Kuljus is so unique that the Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür wrote his Oboe Concerto especially for him. Describing the piece, Tüür compares it to a slow awakening from a dream, in which the soloist gradually becomes aware of what is happening around him. It is music in which a fragile, meditative sound merges with an increasingly intense inner motion. Conductor Kristīna Poska, in turn, believes that the conductor's task is to help the soloist achieve the fullest possible self-expression. Under her direction, Franz Schubert's Ninth Symphony, known as the "Great," will also be performed. The monumental work combines Schubert's characteristic lyricism with grand musical scope and ends with a surprising reference to Beethoven's "Ode to Joy."