Mixed Choir "Klaipėda"
Miglė Mosėnienė is the concertmaster and artistic director of the Klaipėda choir.
Kazys Kšanas is the chief conductor of the choir, Professor Emeritus at Klaipėda University and Klaipėda’s Master of Culture.
Mixed Choir "Klaipėda" was founded in 1953 by prof. Klemensas Griauzdė, a conductor and composer. In 1956-1986, the choir was a part of the Klaipėda Folk Opera Theatre. In the period 1956 to 1966, the choir was led by Aleksejus Pozdnejevas, Aleksandras Buzys, Augustinas Kepenis, Robertas Varnas, and Juozas Idzelis, and, in 1966-1986, by prof. Kazys Kšanas.
However, the activities of the choir within the above thirty-year period were not limited to opera performances: the choir organised individual concerts of choral music, concerts with the symphony orchestra and soloists of the Folk Opera Theatre, as well as participated in the republican song festivals, choir festivals and other events held in Klaipėda and other cities, and choral music festivals held abroad, such as the Bela Bartok festival in Debrecen (Hungary, 1972), and festivals in Bulgaria (1975) and Germany (1983). The choir used to give concerts in Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, Russia and other countries.
In 1987, after the establishment of the State Musical Theatre on the basis of the Klaipėda Folk Opera Theatre, the choir left the theatre and began to function independently. It was granted the status of a Lithuanian model choir and the name “Klaipėda”.
Currently, under the auspices of the ŽVEJŲ RŪMAI Culture Centre, the choir is actively performing in the city and the entire Lithuania, as well as abroad. The choir’s repertoire includes creations of various genres and styles: starting from baroque and classical music to the works by contemporary composers. The creations of Lithuanian composers, sacred music, Evangelical spiritual songs, marine-themed songs, and Catholic music play a significant role in the performance programme of the choir. In continuation of the tradition of the Folk Opera Theatre, a considerable part of the programmes of the choir’s repertoire consist of excerpts from operas and operettas.
The Klaipėda choir regularly participates in the Song Festivals of the Western Lithuania Region (2016-2019), and, in 2018, it sang at the World Lithuanian Song Festival named “Vardan tos…” (“In the name…”) that was dedicated to the centenary of the restored State of Lithuania.
Since 1975, the Klaipėda choir has participated the Klaipėdos muzikos pavasaris (Klaipėda Music Spring) festival seventeen times. It has also given concerts at the following international festivals: Voices of Nuoro in Sardinia (Italy, 1990), European Choir Days in Bremen (Germany, 1993, 1996), Uelzen (Germany, 1998, 2000), Ciampino (Italy, 2002), Unterwossen (Germany, 2008). The choir also performed in Macedonia (2006), Vigo (Spain, 2010), Tallinn (Estonia, 2016), Punsk (Poland, 2017) and other.
The following famous Lithuanian opera soloists have performed with the Klaipėda choir not once: Virgilijus Noreika, Irena Milkevičiūtė, Vladimiras Prudnikovas, Eugenijus Vasilevskis, Vytautas Kurnickas, Gražina Kurnickienė, Eduardas Kaniava, Sigutė Stonytė, Asta Krikščiūnaitė and other. The concerts of the Klaipėda choir often involve participation of the soloists from Klaipėda: doc. Mindaugas Gylys, Viačeslavas Tarasovas, and prof. Valentina Vadoklienė, the soloists of Klaipėda State Musical Theatre: Judita Butkytė-Komovienė, Steponas Zonys, Dalia Kužmarskytė, and Rokas Spalinskas, as well as soloists Audronė Levickytė, Stasys Šniukšta, Elena Lučkienė and other.
Sacred music programmes performed in Lithuanian churches continue to play an important role in the concert activities of the choir. These include concerts at the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Palanga (2015, 2016), at the St Isidore Church in Renavas, Mažeikiai District (2017), at the Džiūgaukim...Aleliuja (Let’s Rejoice...Alleluia), the 19th Sacred Music Festival, at the Church of St Vincent de Paul in Marijampolė (2018), at the Church of the St John the Baptist in Biržai and the Biržai Castle (2019), and at the Church of the Apostles St Peter and St Paul in Varniai (2019).
On 28 December 2019, a memorable and very special event of the Klaipėda choir took place: a concert dedicated to the 80th anniversary of prof. Kazys Kšanas, a long-time artistic director and permanent conductor of the concerts of the Klaipėda choir.
"Fairy-tale About Kitten, Cock-a-Dodle-Doo and Seven Goatlings"
"The Poets Are Coming"
"Mysterious Discovery"
"Ana Karenina"
„Jūratė and Kastytis“
"You Are Absolutely Right"
"The Mergers"
"Musical Journey"
"Little Witch"
"Sing Spring Heaven"
"Lithuania in Amber Drop"
Prom for Seniors
"Grandmother's Tale"
"Grandmother's Tale"
"Grandmother's Tale"
„Warsaw Melody"
„Warsaw Melody"
„Warsaw Melody"
„Warsaw Melody"
"I'm Waiting For You, My Dear"
"A Pig is Moving In"
"Silver Wedding"
"Othello"
"Vision Of the Dance"
"The Tale about Senbernar and Kitty Fay"
"Travel Humor Party"
"Tamošius Bekepuris"
"Gossip and Legends"
"Farewell to the Jubilee Year"
"The Masquerade"
"Daughter-in-Law"
"Solitary and Lonely"
"Light Of The World"
"Man, Woman - Wings of Soul"
"Tilidūda"
"Pippi Longstocking"
"Pippi Longstocking"
"Pippi Longstocking"
"Pippi Longstocking"
"Pippi Longstocking"
"Three Little Pigs and the Spinning Top"
"Stolen Face"
"The Tale about Senbernar and Kitty Fay"
"Want To Rise"
"Aeternum"
"Coda 2019"
Commemoration and Concert for the Day of Mourning and Hope
Michail Bulgakov. "The Master and Margarita"
"100% Of Joke"
"Great Hits from Vivaldi to Metallica"
"Widow, Shorty, Seal and Others"
"On the Baltic Road"
"Don Giovanni"
"Don Giovanni"
"Idiot"
Strauss Festival Orchester (Wien)
"Gods And People"
"Fiddler On The Roof"
"Fiddler On The Roof"
"Fiddler On The Roof"
"In The Shadow of Altars"
"In The Shadow of Altars"
"In The Shadow of Altars"
"The Nutcracker"
"Spanish Sarsuela"
"A Potato Tale"
"A Potato Tale"
"Giselle"
"The Show In The Rain 4. Women Only"
"Nameless Fairytale"
"Nameless Fairytale"
"Nameless Fairytale"
"Nameless Fairytale"
“To the Lighthouse“
"Nunsense"
"A Potato Tale"
"A Potato Tale"
"Opera a la Pasta"
"Promise Santa Claus!"
"Love Recipes"
"The Best Show"
"Mykolas The Fisherman"
"Mykolas The Fisherman"
"Mysterious Discovery"
"Mysterious Discovery"
"La Bohème"
"Life Scratches"
"At The Quiet Waters"
"Prussians"
"Prussians"
"Devil's Bride"
"Romeo and Juliet"
"Fool's Boat"
"Chicago"
"Chicago"
"The True Story Of Dinosaurs"
"The True Story Of Dinosaurs"
"Carmen"
"Wiener Blut"
"Three Sisters"
”Delhi Dance”
"Grumbler The Nobleman"
"Twelfth Night"
"Notre-Dame de Paris"
"Notre-Dame de Paris"
"Die Fledermaus"
"Expectations"
The Evening of Romances
"AOUM"
"Our Class"
"Fabijonas"
"Good Humor Dose"
"The Government Inspector (Revizor)"
"Veronika"
"The Sound of Hollywood"
"SEL"
"Caliph Stork"
“Madman“
Strauss Festival Orchestra Vienna
Strauss Festival Orchestra Vienna
Justinas Marcinkevičius. "Cathedral"
Justinas Marcinkevičius. "Cathedral"
"Tele Bim Bam" Christmas Performance
"The New Year Adventures"
"The Nutcracker"
M. Ivaškevičius. "Expulsion"
M. Ivaškevičius. "Expulsion"
"Yarn Tales"
"Candide" by Leonard Bernstein
"Zorba The Greek"
"Zorba The Greek"
"Mushroom War and Peace"
"Pagliacci"
"Pagliacci"
"Mommys"
Molière. "Tartuffe"
Molière. "Tartuffe"
The Most Excellent And Lamentable Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet
The Most Excellent And Lamentable Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet
"Women Lie Better"
"Swan Lake"
"Swan Lake"
"For Love"
Benjamin Britten "War Requiem"
"Head Over Heels"
"Where The Monsters Live"
"Star Opera"
"The Wizard Of Emerald City"
The Musical "Birthday of Kakė Makė"
"Improvisation Fights"
"Two Little Ladies Head North"
"The Story of Mr Sommer"
"Little Mozart"
"Little Mozart"
"Little Mozart"
"Little Mozart"
"Little Mozart"
"Little Mozart"
"Notre-Dame de Paris"
"Eglė the Queen of Grass-snakes"
"Eglė the Queen of Grass-snakes"
"Eglė the Queen of Grass-snakes"
"The Journey to Tilsit"
"The Journey to Tilsit"
"The Journey to Tilsit"
"Dedication #Opera100"
"Musician, Devil and Thunder"
"Don Juan List"
Festival of Indian Classical Arts "SurSadhana 2019"
"Eglė the Queen of Grass-Snakes"
"Fun Fair"
Group "Vairas"
"Stories Perpetuum Mobile - 200"
"Orphée Aux Enfers"
"Attention! Ballet"
"Attention! Ballet"
"Romeo and Juliet"
"A Pig is Moving In"
"Alice in Wonderland"
"The Perfect Witness"
"Is America in the Bath?!"
80’s/90’s Mega Hits
"Little Witch"
"Magical Cranberry"
"With A Bow On Your Lips"
18:00 hour
Theatre Hall
Nemokamai €
Performance of senses according to the story of Romualdas Granauskas
"Exit"
"New Year Dose of Good Laughter"
"We Are Astronauts"
An Exclusive 20th Anniversary Concert
"The Lesson"
"|Wonderful Things"
"Shame on the Owl!"
12:00 hour
Theatre Hall
5.50 €
Rhythmic-musical performance not only for children according to the poetry works of various Lithuanian authors
"Man from Podolsk"
"Adventures of Princess Curly and Antanėlis Beetle"
"Kashtanka"
Greatest Hits
Concert for International Women's Day
"White Notes"
"Popular disco"
„Mažvydas“
19:00 hour
Big Hall
13.00 - 26.00 €
Musical Performance According to the drama of JustInas Marcinkevičius
Concert for Freedom Defenders Day
"Therapies"
„Dantenija“
"World Hits"
"The Most Beautiful Love Songs“
"Wandering the Mists"
Belarusian State Dance Ensemble
"The Show For Everyone"
"Free Program"
"Free Program"
Commemoration of the Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania
"We really love Lithuania"
"Childhood on the Fairytale Trail"
"Have We Arrived Yet?"
„Palangos Juzė“
"For You And Me"
17:00 hour
Vienna Strauss Philharmonic Orchestra
Festive concert for State Day
A National Anthem Around the World
A National Anthem Around the World
20:30 hour
"Easy Dating"
"The Merry Ship of Orchestra"
"The Merry Ship of Orchestra"
"I Am an Old Sailor"
"I Am an Old Sailor"
"Coffee Cantata"/ "La serva padrona“
"Bunda jau Baltija"
"Bunda jau Baltija"
"One Yard"
"Faust"
"Faust"
"Faust"
"Here Is Our Home"
A Celebration Of Autumn Melodies, Light And Harvest
"Identity – Love for Klaipėda"
17:00 hour
Community House
Concert of the project "Active Citizens" supported by the British Council
"Back to Future"
"Grand Christmas"
Acoustic Concert
Acoustic Concert
"Comedy Woman"
35 Years Anniversary Tour
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