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Symphonic concert

Lvso | daniel müller-schott plays A. dvořák

A. Dvořák. Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

R. Wagner. Symphonic suite "The Ring Without Words" (arranged by Lorin Maazel)

Daniel Müller-Schott, cello

Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius

Daniel Müller-Schott is one of the most prominent and highly regarded cellists of our time. For many years, he has been an ambassador for classical music, collaborating with the world's most famous orchestras and conductors, and building bridges between music, literature, and the visual arts. The American daily "The New York Times" highlights D. Müller-Schott's "compelling expressiveness" and praises him for his "bold interpretations and extraordinary technique." The cellist is a regular guest of the world's most famous orchestras – he has performed with the New York, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Berlin, London, and Oslo Philharmonic orchestras, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Sydney, Melbourne, Tokyo NHK, and many other symphony orchestras.

The artist's repertoire spans different eras – from the Baroque to the present day. His creative curiosity is evidenced by his constant search for new works, arrangements, and musical dialogue with contemporary composers. Over a career spanning more than thirty years, D. Müller-Schott has brought to life the music of J. S. Bach, W. A. Mozart, L. van Beethoven, J. Brahms, and many other distinguished authors, with recordings that have won numerous awards.

In Vilnius, D. Müller-Schott will perform Antonín Dvořák's (1841–1904) Cello Concerto in B minor. Asked for a long time to write a cello concerto, A. Dvořák kept refusing, believing that the instrument was better suited for chamber music. However, the composer later decided to take on such a work. And he was not mistaken – the Cello Concerto in B minor became one of the most prominent works in the cello repertoire in the world.

In the second part of the concert, the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by artistic director and chief conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius, will perform the essence of Richard Wagner's (1813–1883) titanic opera tetralogy "Der Ring des Nibelungen" – the symphonic suite "The Ring Without Words" (German: Der Ring Ohne Worte), compiled in 1987 by American conductor Lorin Maazel. The structure of the suite strictly follows the chronology of the musical events of R. Wagner's cycle – from the introduction to "Das Rheingold" to the final chords of "Götterdämmerung." Famous symphonic tableaux such as "Ride of the Valkyries," "Siegfried's Rhine Journey," and Siegfried's Funeral March are harmoniously woven into the overall flow of the musical action. R. Wagner's dense, colorful, infinitely changing, and inventive symphonic language is like an ocean, in the depths of which all emotions and feelings are born, all movements of the soul and all motifs that drive the opera characters to act. Observing the currents, storms, and stillness of this ocean is a journey that becomes a meaningful experience in itself.