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SOUND-FILLED ŠIAULIAI CHURCHES / RESURREXIT

Feasts, festivals

For the third consecutive year, four Catholic churches in Šiauliai will resound with worship hymns on Saturday before the Second Sunday of Easter. From the Renaissance vaults of the Cathedral, the churches of St. George and St. Ignatius of Loyola to the modern spaces of the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the voices will rise to the heavens and echo throughout the city, bearing witness to the mystery of the Resurrection.

SOUND-FILLED ŠIAULIAI CHURCHES

Saturday, April 6, 5 p.m. Šiauliai St. Apostles Peter and Paul‘s Cathedral (Aušros takas 3)

(The choir will sing at the Holy Mass followed by a concert programme)

VILNIUS ARCHCATEDRAL BASILICA YOUTH CHOIR
Director and Conductor VIOLETA SAVICKAITĖ-PACIŪNIENĖ

RIMVYDAS MITKUS (organ)

The programme includes Easter hymns by foreign and Lithuanian composers

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Saturday, April 6, 6 p.m. Šiauliai St George Church (Kražių Street 17)

KLAIPĖDA UNIVERSITY MIXED CHOIR PAJŪRIO AIDOS

Artistic Director and Conductor ALGIRDAS ŠUMSKIS

JUSTĖ ŠILAITĖ (organ)

Compositions by V. Augustinas, F. F. Feliciano, O. Gjeilo, M. Leontovych, W. A. Mozart, J. Naujalis, M. Praetorius, J. Rutter, P. W. J. Stopford

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Saturday, April 6, 6 p.m. Šiauliai St Ignatius Loyola Church (Vilniaus Street 247B)

VILNIUS TECH ACADEMIC CHOIR GABIJA

Artistic Director and Conductor ANNA MIŠČENKO

Compositions by V. Augustinas, A. Banchieri, L. Bardos, M. Brauns, O. Gjeilo, A. Martinaitis, J. Naujalis, K. Nysted, A. Remesa, W. Todd, L. Vilkončius, E. Whitacre

 

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Saturday, April 6, 7 p.m.Šiauliai Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Gegužių Street 57)

VILNIUS UNIVERSITY WOMEN CHOIR VIRGO

Artistic Director and Conductor RASA GELGOTIENĖ

DANGĖ WOMEN CHOIR OF THE ŽVEJŲ RŪMAI CULTURE CENTRE IN KLAIPĖDA

Artistic Director and Conductor JUDITA KIAULAKYTĖ

VILNIUS UNIVERSITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Artistic Director and Conductor MODESTAS JANKŪNAS

Compositions by M. K. Čiurlionis, G. Holst, P. Jańczak, R. Mažulis, V. Miškinis, D. Zakaras.

 

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