Transfigured Night. South Kurzeme Festival RIMBENIEKS

Featuring:

• Karolina Aurelia Walarowska (violin)
• Undīne Cercina (violin)
• Annija Elizabete Meija (viola)
• Ance Lipste (viola)
• Klāvs Jankevics (cello)
• Leons Veldre (cello)

Programme:

• Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951) Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4
• Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) String Sextet No. 2, Op. 36

Two string sextets. Two eras. Two voices, one subject: the inner life of a human being.

Brahms’ Second Sextet is like a letter from the Romantic era – intimate, reflective, filled with longing, memory, and a quiet sense of reconciliation. Schoenberg’s Transfigured Night, inspired by Richard Dehmel’s poem, looks to the future – a music of heightened drama and expression, at once fragile and shattering.

Yet both works meet at a single point: the moment when a person is left alone with their truth.

The South Kurzeme Festival “Rimbenieks” is implemented within the framework of the “Liepāja 2027” programme, with funding provided by the Ministry of Culture, the State City of Liepāja, and the municipalities of South Kurzeme and Kuldīga. The festival is supported by LSEZ Terrabalt SIA.