Baltic Musical Gems

This is the ramblings and discoveries of a Makem composer currently studying in Lithuania. Discussing new works as well as old, hidden classics, this blog will show the world what there is to love in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.

30 September 2016

Osvaldas Balakauskas - Symphony No. 1

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Today I wanted to go over a wonderful recording I recently came across of Osvaldas Balakauskas's Symphony No. 1 . For those of you unfa...

23 September 2016

Vytautas Montvila: Chorai

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As things are relatively calm on the concert front for, I thought it would be a nice opportunity to return to a cycle I started discussing ...

16 September 2016

Jeronimas Kacinskas - Missa Brevis

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For today's post I thought it would be nice to look back at one of my biggest loves from Lithuania during the early 20th Century, Jeron...

8 September 2016

A hoquet and an exploration of 10 years of Narbutaite

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This evening in the overflowing National Art Gallery, was the second in a triptych of concerts dedicated to the life and work of Onute Narb...

3 September 2016

Centones Meae Urbi - 60th Birthday Celebrations

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New semester, new season, and a new collection of concerts for me to pass judgement at, and what a way to start the year than with a perfor...

26 August 2016

Observing Juste Janulyte

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For my final installment before I return to Vilnius, and my final installment of composers featured in last month's BBC Music Magazine,...

18 August 2016

Raminta Serksnyte: De Profundis

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After a few days away, I am back and ready for another blog post. As I hadn't quite finished the little collection of Lithuanians menti...

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