Aylesbury Lunchtime Music presents

Kasparas Mikužis

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7 December 2023

Starts: 12:45pm, Doors: 12:15pm

Duration: 1 hour (approx.)

St Mary the Virgin, Aylesbury

£7 adults on the door (<18s & carers free)

Kasparas Mikužis

Programme

  • 1875-1911

    ‘Pater Noster’ VL260 (Čiurlionis)

    Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875 – 1911) was a Lithuanian composer, painter, choirmaster, cultural figure, and writer in Polish. Čiurlionis contributed to symbolism and art nouveau, and was representative of the fin de siècle epoch. He has been considered one of the pioneers of abstract art in Europe. During his short life, he composed about 400 pieces of music and created about 300 paintings, as well as many literary works and poems. The majority of his paintings are housed in the M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania. His works have had a profound influence on modern Lithuanian culture.

  • 1875-1911

    ‘Little Sonata’ VL269-271 (Čiurlionis)

    Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875 – 1911) was a Lithuanian composer, painter, choirmaster, cultural figure, and writer in Polish. Čiurlionis contributed to symbolism and art nouveau, and was representative of the fin de siècle epoch. He has been considered one of the pioneers of abstract art in Europe. During his short life, he composed about 400 pieces of music and created about 300 paintings, as well as many literary works and poems. The majority of his paintings are housed in the M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania. His works have had a profound influence on modern Lithuanian culture.

  • 1951-

    ‘Stigmatas’ 5 miniature pieces (Remesa)

    A. Remesa (b 1951) composed over 100 works in genres ranging from songs to symphonies and stage works; however, sacral music occupies the main part of his output. During the last 15 years he has studied theology, history of ecclesiastical music, liturgy, Gregorian chant, became a Franciscan monk. This piece is about five wounds of Jesus Christ.

  • 1810-1849

    Preludes, Op. 28 (Chopin)
    i Agitato ii Lento iii Vivace iv Largo v Molto allegro vi Lento assai vii Andantino viii Molto agitato ix Largo x Molto allegro xi Vivace xii Presto xiii Lento xiv Allegro xv Sostenuto xvi Presto con fuoco xvii Allegretto xviii Molto allegro xix Vivace xx Largo xxi Cantabile xxii Molto agitato xxiii Moderato xxiv Allegro appassionato

    Frederic Chopin (1810 – 1849) Chopin’s 24 Preludes, Op. 28, are a set of short pieces for the piano, one in each of the twenty-four keys, originally published in 1839. Chopin wrote them between 1835 and 1839, partly at Valldemossa, Mallorca, where he spent the winter of 1838–39 and where he had fled with George Sand and her children to escape the damp Paris weather. In Majorca, Chopin had a copy of Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, and as in each of Bach’s two sets of preludes and fugues, his Op. 28 set comprises a complete cycle of the major and minor keys, albeit with a different ordering.

    The manuscript, which Chopin carefully prepared for publication, carries a dedication to the German pianist and composer Joseph Christoph Kessler. The French and English editions (Catelin, Wessel) were dedicated to the piano-maker and publisher Camille Pleyel, the German edition (Breitkopf & Härtel) was dedicated to Kessler, who ten years earlier had dedicated his own set of 24 Preludes, Op. 31, to Chopin.

Performers

  • Kasparas Mikužis

    Piano

    Lithuanian-born pianist Kasparas Mikužis is studying at the Royal Academy of Music and has already given solo performances on stages such as Wigmore hall, Concertgebouw hall, as well as, Lithuanian national and Kharkiv Philharmonic halls.

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Key information for concert goers

When

Every Thursday at 12:45pm (except August & over Christmas). Performances last around 60 minutes. Please enter quietly as there is a noon service in the Lady Chapel.

How much?

Entry is £7 per adult (card or cash), under 18s and carers are free. The price includes a programme. Donations are welcomed to subsidise the larger ensembles.

Where?

Performances are at St Mary’s Church in the heart of Aylesbury Old Town. See directions for further details.

Do I need to book?

No, just turn up. Doors open at 12:15 pm. Make sure you arrive in good time to get a seat.

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