GLORIA for brass quintet, choir, symphony orchestra, tape and optional video projection (2017)
The recordings of the concert “Dedication to Lithuania” (2025.02.16)
It is recommended to perform Gloria together with Te Deum, as the first part of the cycle
PROGRAMME NOTE (in Lithuanian):
GLORIA (2017)
TE DEUM (2023)
Tekstas – lotynų kalba
Abiejų kūrinių trukmė –apie 17 minučių
Sopranui, mecosopranui, tenorui, bosui, varinių pučiamųj kvintetui, chorui ir simfoniniam orkestrui
Tai du himnai, sukurti paminėti du svarbius Lietuvai jubiliejus. Šiuose himnuose panaudoti tik keli svarbiausi liturginio lotyniško teksto žodžiai.
Pirmojo kūrinio „Gloria“ premjera nuskambėjo diriguojant maestrai Mirgai Gražinytei-Tylai 2018m. Vasario 16-ąją iškilmingame LNOBT koncerte „Gloria Lietuvai“, skirtame Lietuvos nepriklausomybės atkūrimo šimtmečiui.
Kūrinio „Te Deum“ premjera nuskambėjo diriguojant maestrai Giedrei Šlekytei 2023 metais Duisburge (Vokietija), kuomet buvo minimas Vilniaus 700-ųjų metų jubiliejus.
Pakartotinis „Gloria“ atlikimas ir lietuviškoji „Te Deum“ premjera nuskambės 2025m. Vasario 16 –ąją, minint Lietuvos atkūrimo šventę bei M.K.Čiurlionio 150-ąsias gimimo metines.
Kūrinyje “Gloria” pagrindiniais įkvėpimo šaltiniais man tapo su lasve ir šviesa sukelianti asociacijas Vasario 16-osios šventė bei M. K. Čiurlionio paveikslas „Karalių pasaka“. Būtent šis paveikslas, kuriame du karaliai žvelgia į delnuose laikomą švytintį pasaulį, man siejasi su valstybės gimimu.
O po kelių metų sukurtame kūrinyje “Te Deum” siekiau perteikti viltį ir tikėjimą, jog ir dabartiniais neramiais laikais ėjimas šviesos link bus Vilniaus, Lietuvos bei pasaulio vizija.
Raminta Šerkšnytė
PROGRAMME NOTE:
GLORIA (2017)
TE DEUM (2023)
Text -Latin
Duration –around 17 minutes
for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, brass quintet, choir and symphony orchestra
Gloria and Te Deum are two hymns. They both were composed to commemorate two important anniversaries for Lithuania. Only a few words of the liturgical Latin text are used in these hymns.
Gloria was premiered in 2018 at the concert Gloria to Lithuania, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Day of Restoration of Independence of Lithuania. Te Deum was premiered in Duisburg, Germany, to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.
“I had two main sources of inspiration for Gloria. One is the Day of Restitution of Independence of Lithuania -February 16th, which has association for me with a freedom and light. Another source of inspiration was Čiurlionis’ painting Karalių pasaka (Fairy Tale of the Kings). In this painting two kings gaze at a glowing world, which is held in the palms of their hands. This painting has association for me with the birth of the state.
Te Deum I composed a few years later. In this hymn I wanted to convey the hope and belief that even in the current turbulent times moving towards the light will be the vision of Vilnius, Lithuania and the world”.
Raminta Šerkšnytė
YEAR OF COMPOSITION: 2017
INSTRUMENTATION: brass quintet (2 trumpets, 2 trombones, horn), chorus (satb), symphony orchestra (3333-3431-hrp-cel-str), tape (optional), video projection (optional)
DURATION: ca.7′
LANGUAGE: Latin (one word: Gloria)
COMMISSIONED by the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre
PREMIERE: Sostinės Brass Quintet, united choir (Choir of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre & Kaunas State Choir), united symphony orchestra (Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra & Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra & Orchestra of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre). Conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Vilnius, Lithuania, Gala concert Gloria Lietuvai (Gloria for Lithuania).
This performance is dedicated to the solemn celebration of the Centennial of the Restoration of the State of Lithuania on Feb 16th, 2018.
COPYRIGHT: Raminta Šerkšnytė
SCORE (manuscript): please contact raminta.serksnyte@gmail.com
PERFORMING RIGHTS: please contact Mr. Stefan Fragner: fragner@rbartists.at