Two voices, 88 black and white keys, four vocal cycles like four short films, which the listener paints and brings to life with the colors of his or her imagination. Realities of Imagination is a program of vocal chamber music that brings together the French ironic geniuses of Post-Impressionism, Francis Poulenc and Maurice Ravel, and the 20th century British eclectic composers Benjamin Britten and Ralph Vaughan-Williams.
Program:
B. Britten - A Charm of Lullabies (1947)
R. Vaughan-Williams - The House of Life (1903)
F. Poulenc - Banalités (1940)
M. Ravel - Don Quichotte à Dulcinée (1932-33)
The concert features Irma Pavāre (mezzo-soprano), Nauris Indzeris (baritone), Helēna Laukmane (piano) and Ivars Vācers (light artist).