LNSO, VESTARDS ŠIMKUS AND BEETHOVEN'S THIRD

Friday, April 16, at 7:00 PM at the Riga Congress Centre

LNSO, VESTARDS ŠIMKUS AND BEETHOVEN'S THIRD

Vestards ŠIMKUS – piano

Conductor Roberto FORES VESSES (Roberto FORES VESES)

Program:

Christian MEASON Eternity in an Hour

Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD Piano Concerto for the Left Hand and Orchestra

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

A special opportunity to experience Vestards Šimkus’s piano playing under the baton of the world-renowned Spanish conductor Roberto Fores Veses, whose interpretations are distinguished by a nuanced, intellectual, and charismatic approach. Christian Meason’s Eternity in an Hour explores time as a relative and changing phenomenon, drawing the listener into an intense, almost psychedelic sound world. Korngold’s Piano Concerto is an almost continuous musical flow on a symphonic scale, whose scope can only be fully grasped after the final note. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, “Eroica,” is a monumental tribute to the idea of heroism, turning courage and the strength of the human spirit into music.