From Classical to Pop Music, Grades 1-6. Gerda

Artists:

Liene Denisjuka-Straupe, flute

Kristīne Paula, piano

Sāra Šmite, vocals

Anastasija Čornaja, dance

Varis Klausītājs, narrator

The concert performance “Gerda” is a musical portrayal of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Snow Queen” in an interactive concert format. Narrator Varis Klausītājs’s reading about the adventures of the fairy tale’s main heroine, the little girl Gerda, will be enhanced by music, dance, and digital drawings created during the concert performance.

The concert program will be performed by flutist Liene Denisjuka-Straupe and pianist Kristīne Paula, who are known in Latvia as members of the ensemble “Duo Spectrum.” In addition, the concert will feature the young singer Sāra Šmite, who will take on the role of Gerda, while contemporary dance improvisations will be performed by Anastasija Čornaja.

The concert program includes works by this year’s jubilees, Arvo Pärt and Johann Sebastian Bach. Alongside them, there will also be compositions by Francis Poulenc, Bohuslav Martinů, Claude Debussy, Giulio Briccialdi, Herman Beeftink, as well as Latvian composers Pēteris Plakidis and Ieva Parša.