Der Wanderer | Elžbieta Liepa Dvarionaitė (piano)

This programme is united by the motif of the wanderer – a person searching for their place in the world. Schubert’s Der Wanderer provides the central idea around which the entire musical narrative unfolds.

Longing, memory and the desire to belong emerge in different forms of the same inner experience, spanning the Romantic period to contemporary music. An invisible thread connects all the works: a shared sense of elegance that transcends stylistic boundaries. Simplicity, restraint and refinement acquire profound expressive power.

The journey has no clear destination or definitive answer, yet an inner transformation can be felt.

Franz Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy, inspired by his earlier song Der Wanderer, unfolds through a sense of continuous movement and an irresistible drive forward. The selected Schubert waltzes reveal another side of the composer’s musical world, extending his characteristic sound through a different form.

Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales (“Noble and Sentimental Waltzes”) establishes a dialogue that transcends time. The composer borrowed the title from Schubert’s work, yet presents the waltz through a richer harmonic language, in which elegance is touched by ambiguity and subtle irony.

Raminta Šerkšnytė’s Fantasy continues the journey into the contemporary world of sound. Its nostalgic character and neo-Impressionistic harmonies become another reflection of longing and memory.

At the end of the programme, the music returns to Schubert/Liszt’s Der Wanderer. Following the Wanderer Fantasy, the same theme is encountered anew, allowing the familiar melody…