<p></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.bilesuparadize.lv/en/event/82467">BUY TICKETS</a></p><p><br></p><p>Iveta APKALNA – organ</p><p>Raimonds PAULS – piano</p><p>Conductor Jānis STAFECKIS</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Programme:</strong></p><p>Works by Raimonds PAULS, Giya KANCHELI, and Samuel BARBER</p><p><br></p><p>The brilliant organist Iveta Apkalna, honorary artist of Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and Raimonds Pauls, master of melodies and a unique improvisation style, meet on stage and in music for the first time. Pauls’s talent will be on display in his miniature from the series <em>Naktstauriņi </em>(<em>The Moths</em>), theatre music, and score from the film <em>Homo novus</em>. Pauls is also a long‑time friend of his like-minded colleague, heartfelt Georgian composer Kancheli, whose best film scores are arranged in a dazzling suite. The magnificence and scope of the organ will appear in Barber’s <em>Toccata festiva</em>, where lightning speed contrasts with melodic episodes, brilliant fanfares – with pensive retreats.</p>