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Dances with the winds.

Lithuanian National Philharmonic · Great Hall

Stathis Karapanos. D. Matvejevo nuotr.
Dmitrijus Matvejevas (source caption: D. Matvejevo nuotr.)

Four flutes give voice to Rautavaara’s Dances with the Winds. Robertas Šervenikas conducts the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra in a programme that also introduces Algirdas Martinaitis’s Gija and closes with Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra.

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Živilė Ramoškaitė hears a playful, dynamically sensitive conversation in Rautavaara, praising the changing colours and the lively interaction between Karapanos and the orchestra. Her review also considers Martinaitis’s new work and the expressive force of Strauss, alongside occasional orchestral imprecision.

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Dmitrijus Matvejevas (source caption: D. Matvejevo nuotr.)
Dmitrijus Matvejevas (source caption: D. Matvejevo nuotr.)
Dmitrijus Matvejevas (source caption: D. Matvejevo nuotr.)
Dmitrijus Matvejevas (source caption: D. Matvejevo nuotr.)
Dmitrijus Matvejevas (source caption: D. Matvejevo nuotr.)
Dmitrijus Matvejevas (source caption: D. Matvejevo nuotr.)