Bajoras, F.: Symphony-Diptych / Violin Concerto / Exodus I
9/30/2009, 7 Tracks, 1:14:41
Featuring
Gintaras Rinkevicius
Rusnė Mataitytė
Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra
Feliksas Bajoras
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Composer Biography
Feliksas Bajoras, the composer, studied violin before majoring in composition, and his experience influenced his writing for string instruments.
Composer Biography
Feliksas Bajoras, the composer, began his career in the mid-1960s and is also known for composing over eighty popular music compositions and about forty scores for theatre and film.
Performer Biography
Rusnė Mataitytė, the violinist on this recording, frequently performs contemporary music and has helped bring many new compositions by Lithuanian composers to the forefront.
Composition History
The Symphony-Diptych by Feliksas Bajoras incorporates musical themes from his opera Lamb of God, which did not reach the stage until 1991, two years after the symphony was composed.
Composition History
Exodus I by Feliksas Bajoras was written in memory of his mother, but also dedicated to "everyone of us, travellers on the eternal journey."
Composer's Artistic Vision
Feliksas Bajoras's music is considered unmistakably Lithuanian not due to borrowed melodies, but from his use of a specific performance manner adopted from folksingers and musicians.
Compositional Technique
In his vocal music, Feliksas Bajoras often breaks down literary texts into individual words or syllables and recombines them to create new meanings, rather than using them straightforwardly.
