Nocturne<\/em> arranged for violin and string orchestra by Andrei Pushkarov.<\/p>In contrast, the Kujawiak<\/em> for violin and orchestra, following a similar line of expression to the better-known Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes<\/em>, is more upbeat in character. Yet it\u2019s the Three Jewish Songs<\/em>, played in stunningly effective arrangements for voice and string orchestra by Veniamin Basner, that make the greatest impact, particularly when the singing of soprano Vida Miknevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117 is so hypnotically affecting.<\/p>Miknevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117 also delivers deeply felt performances of two movements (\u2018David\u2019s Lamentation\u2019 and \u2018Postlude\u2019) from the Chamber Symphony Star of David<\/em> and the Penultimate Kaddish<\/em> by contemporary Lithuanian composer Giedrius Kuprevi\u010dius. Especially mesmerising is the \u2018Postlude\u2019, in which soprano and unaccompanied violin engage in intimate yet anguished conversation. <\/p>Framing these contributions are two remarkable recent works. This too shall pass<\/em> by Lithuanian Raminta \u0160erk\u0161nyt\u00e9 is atmospheric and ethereal. But I was even more impressed by J\u0113kabs Jan\u010devskis\u2019s Lignum<\/em> which, according to its young Latvian composer, seeks to \u2018represent a kind of dialogue with trees\u2019. Scored for string orchestra, chimes, wind chimes and svilpaunieki<\/em> (a Latvian folk-instrument that sounds like an ocarina), Jan\u010devskis\u2019s work utilises a distinctive yet accessible range of sonorities, and certainly makes an immediate impact on first hearing. Erik Levi<\/em><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n
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