Changing Forecasts and Premiere of a Work by Antanas Kučinskas. LCO, Bazaras Brothers, Karolis Variakojis

Performers:
LITHUANIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
(artistic director and conductor Sergej Krylov)
Soloists: MOTIEJUS, MYKOLAS and BENEDIKTAS BAZARAS (pianos, keyboards)
Conductor KAROLIS VARIAKOJIS

Programme:
ANTANAS KUČINSKAS – Triple concerto for harpsichord, piano, prepared piano and string orchestra (premiere, commission of the LNPhS, 2026)
OSVALDO GOLIJOV – Tenebrae
MICHAEL GORDON – Weather One

The works on this programme are peculiarly interconnected and complement the overarching theme of transformation and spatiality. Composer Antanas Kučinskas’ new opus, commissioned by the LNPhS will be the highlight of the evening. It will be performed alongside works by internationally acclaimed foreign composers. Kučinskas says of his Triple concerto: “It is a sonic journey through the evolution of keyboard instruments, while also exploring the boundaries of the classical concerto genre. The work consists of three movements (fast–slow–fast), each focusing on a specific solo instrument, thus revealing different historical and aesthetic layers. The innocent ‘play’ that begins in the first movement later modifies: the transformed timbre of the instrument introduces a sense of unease and foreboding. The Triple concerto is not only a dialogue between three soloists and a string orchestra, leaving room for the soloists’ improvisation, but also a symbolic transition from Baroque clarity to today’s existential tension.”