Premiere by Le Jeune choeur de Paris
6th of May, Ugniavystas, commissioned by ACCENTUS, will be premiered by Le Jeune Choeur de Paris in the concert Tonalités boréales at CRR de Paris.
Tonalités boréales
Programme
Arvo Pärt – Da pacem Domine
Niels Gade – Fünf Gesänge, op. 13
Sven-David Sandström – To see a World, Hear my Prayer, O Lord
Edvard Grieg – Dona nobis pacem, Ave Maris Stella
Justina Repečkaitė – Ugniavystas (only at CRR at 19:00)
Pēteris Vasks – Zīles ziņa
Performers
Le Jeune Chœur de Paris
Christophe Grapperon – Choir Conductor
Pierre-Louis de Laporte – Choir Conductor
Concert Dates & Venues
May 6 – Boulogne-Billancourt, La Seine Musicale
May 6 – Paris, Auditorium du CRR – Ida Rubinstein
"Tonalités boréales" takes us on a journey through the Northern Hemisphere, exploring composers from the 19th and 20th centuries. Niels Wilhelm Gade was one of Denmark’s most significant musicians of his time. Like Grieg after him, he studied in Leipzig before returning to his homeland to revive traditional folk songs. Pēteris Vasks, Arvo Pärt, and Sven-David Sandström represent Latvia, Estonia, and Sweden, respectively, offering new perspectives on Scandinavian and Baltic choral aesthetics through their works.
Contemporary creation will also be highlighted with the world premiere of Ugniavystas, a piece specially commissioned for the occasion from the young Lithuanian composer Justina Repečkaitė.
Program note
The title Ugniavystas derives from an archaic Lithuanian word describing something fire-colored, bright red, or fiery. In one of the charms, the phrase ugniavystas kraujas can be translated as “fiery blood” or “blazing red blood.”
In ancient times, injury and bleeding often meant a fatal outcome. To combat this, people developed magical incantations believed to stop the flow of blood. This piece incorporates three such healing charms, which symbolically break the connection between blood and the wound, gradually diminishing its presence. Blood is likened to a flowing river that, through incantation, must be stilled—whether by naming bloodless objects, altering its course through backwards counting, or invoking its natural cessation. The texts are drawn from Lithuanian Verbal Healing Charms, compiled by Daiva Vaitkevičienė, a volume that not only collects all known incantations but also categorizes them according to their narrative function. The chosen charms correspond to three categories, which lend their names to the movements:
I. Separation
II. Destruction
III. Cessation
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Tonalités boréales
Programme
Arvo Pärt - Da pacem Domine
Niels Gade - Fünf Gesänge, op. 13
Sven-David Sandström -To see a World, Hear my Prayer, o Lord
Edvard Grieg -Dona nobis pacem, Ave Maris Stella
Justina Repečkaitė - Ugniavystas
* uniquement au CRR à 19h
Pēteris Vasks - Zīles ziņa
Distribution
le jeune chœur de paris
Christophe Grapperon, chef de chœur
Pierre-Louis de Laporte, chef de chœur
06 mai Boulogne-Billancourt La Seine Musicale
06 mai Paris Auditorium du CRR – Ida Rubinstein
"Tonalités boréales" nous emporte dans l'hémisphère nord à la rencontre de compositeurs du XIXe et du XXe siècle.
Niels Wilhelm Gade est l'un des musiciens danois les plus importants de son époque. Comme Grieg après lui, il étudiera à Leipzig avant de retourner dans son pays natal et de ranimer les chants populaires.
Pēteris Vasks, Arvo Pärt et Sven-David Sandström représenteront respectivement la Lettonie, l'Estonie et la Suède, donnant grâce à leurs œuvres chorales, de nouvelles perspectives aux esthétiques scandinave et balte.
La création contemporaine sera également à l'honneur avec la première mondiale de Ugniavystas, pièce commandée pour l'occasion à la jeune compositrice lituanienne Justina Repečkaitė.
Entrée libre
Paris, 75008
23 Rue d’Anjou
