Egils UPATNIEKS — oboe
Mārtiņš CIRCENIS — clarinet
Jānis SEMJONOVS — bassoon
Artūrs ŠULTS — horn
Conductor Nodoka OKISAWA
Programme:
Takashi YOSHIMATSU And Birds Are Still…
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Sinfonia Concertante for Wind Instruments
Igor STRAVINSKY suite from the ballet The Rite of Spring
Nodoka OKISAVA, principal conductor of the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, is distinguished by a special ability to create a deep, living connection with musicians and music. Together with the LNSO she presents a programme that brings together pieces of very different eras and moods — Takashi YOSHIMATSU’s poetic and subtly melancholic meditation, in which the image of birds becomes a symbol of memory, silence and loss; MOZART’s Sinfonia Concertante, where the voices and characters of each soloist — the quartet of metal wind instruments — emerge in an elegant dialogue; and STRAVINSKY’s suite from The Rite of Spring, which immerses listeners in a primeval, rhythmically explosive and shattering ritual. The concert is included in the Spring subscription 2027.