A woman's love and life

Performers: KRISTINA SIURBYTĖ (soprano) ŠVIESĖ ČEPLIAUSKAITĖ (piano) ANDRIUS GAUČAS (actor)

Program: EDVARD GRIEG: Songs: “Zur Rosenzeit” (“Time of Roses”), op. 48 No. 5 (text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) “En Svane” (“A Swan”), op. 25 No. 2 (text by Henrik Ibsen) “Jeg elsker dig” (“I Love Thee”), op. 5 No. 3 (text by Hans Christian Andersen) “Ein Traum” (“A Dream”), op. 48 No. 6 (text by Friedrich Bodenstedt) Composer's transcriptions for solo piano: “Det første møte” (“The First Meeting”), op. 52 No. 2 “Du fatter ej bølgernes evige gang” (“You cannot understand the eternal movement of the waves”), op. 52 No. 3 Robert schumann–ferenc liszt: “Frühlingsnacht” (“Spring Night”), S. 568 “Widmung” (“Dedication”), S. 566a ROBERT SCHUMANN Vocal cycle “Frauen-Liebe und Leben” (“Woman's Love and Life”), op. 42 (text by Adelbert von Chamisso) Poems by PABLO NERUDA, ARVYDAS AMBRAZAS Excerpts from MIKHAIL SHISHKIN's “Book of Letters”

The romantic chamber music evening “Woman's Love and Life” invites you on a sensual journey through the world of love, longing, and inner transformation.

Songs by the Northern romantic Edvard Grieg, “Time of Roses”, “A Swan”, “I Love Thee”, “A Dream”, and his own arrangements for solo piano of the songs “The First Meeting” and “The Poet's Heart” reveal both intimate experiences and passionate inspiration.

The axis of the evening is the entire cycle “Woman's Love and Life” by the German romantic Robert Schumann, in which a woman's emotional path – from the first glance to mature experience – unfolds with special tenderness and drama.

The program is complemented by poems by Pablo Neruda and Arvydas Ambrazas, and excerpts from Mikhail Shishkin's “Book of Letters”, giving the word the same emotional depth that music expresses without words.

This is an evening where love resonates in all its colors – from a fragile beginning to a mature, deeply experienced light.

The concert program is presented to listeners by performers who have won various awards for their creative work.

K. SIURBYTĖ, who has been creating roles at the Kaunas State Musical Theatre for three decades, covers the genres of opera, operetta, and musical. Her performances in theatrical concert programs, which earn special sympathy from audiences throughout Lithuania, are also memorable.

Actively performing pianist Š. ČEPLIAUSKAITĖ organizes recitals and chamber music programs, and participates in festivals and international projects. The majority of the performer's repertoire consists of works by romantic and contemporary composers.