Synergy of organ and cello

Performers: GLEB PYŠNIAK (cello) DAINIUS SVERDIOLAS (organ)

Program:

Part I Johann sebastian bach: Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 537 Sonata No. 2 in D major, BWV 1028 Part II PĒTERIS VASKS – "Gramata čellam" ("Book for Cello"): Fortissimo Pianissimo OLIVIER MESSIAEN:

"The Magi" ("Les Mages")

"The Angels" ("Les Anges")

"The Shepherds" ("Les Bergers")

"The Virgin and Child" ("La Vierge et l'Enfant")

From the cycle "The Nativity of the Lord" ("La Nativité du Seigneur"):

"God Among Us" ("Dieu parmi nous")

"Praise to the Eternity of Jesus" ("Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus") from the cycle "Quartet for the End of Time" ("Quatuor pour la fin du temps") in B-flat major

In this concert, one of the most prominent Lithuanian cellists, Gleb Pyšniak, and the renowned national organist, Dainius Sverdiolas, will create a rare musical dramaturgy, and listeners can expect an unprecedented impression – the authentic organ will resonate on the stage of the Kaunas State Philharmonic.

The program features cello solo, organ solo, and a dialogue between the two as three modes of storytelling – a monologue, another monologue, and, finally, a symbiosis of both instruments. The stylistic axis shifts as well: an organic, meaningful tension unfolds between Johann Sebastian Bach and contemporary music, opening up the musical horizon of the concert.

This is a musical journey where Baroque polyphony, 20th–21st-century modernism, and contemporary sacred impulses reveal how musical tradition can evolve and become a living, continuous process.

Here, music develops in time, acquires new meanings, and highlights various interpretative aspects. For the listener, this provides a rare opportunity to hear not only individual works but also their mutual dialogue, structural connections, and the composer's path of thought.

This concert opens up a broader academic understanding of classical music masterpieces and their interaction, promising a personal joy of discovery.