Concert to Commemorate Holocaust Victims at Vilnius Church of the Bernardines

Wednesday, September 23

7:00 P.M. International concert “Breaking the Silence” (Vilnius Church of St. Francis of Assisi (Church of the Bernardines), Maironio street No. 10-22, Vilnius).

 

To honor the memory of Jewish artists who suffered, there will be a concert program of 3 premieres in Vilnius: Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905-1963), Concerto funebre altui and string orchestra; Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942), five works for strings; and Arvo Pärt (born 1935), Stabat Mater for choir and stringed instruments. Performers: Vilnius City Municipality Choir Jauna muzika, artistic director and conductor Vaclovas Augustinas, Austrian-Bulgarian string orchestra, Camerata Orphica Les Orphéïstes, Razvan Hamza (alto), conductor Amaury du Closel. Donatas Puslys will be master of ceremonies. Entry is free.