Do emotions originate in the mind or in the heart? Can they be explained or experienced only? Composers of the Baroque period looked for answers in music, and we would like to invite you to experience it as well in the Baroque music concert “To Explain and To Feel. Affects and Elements” on 5 September.
Artists of the Baroque period were of the opinion that music can reflect human feelings and additionally manage them. The 17th and 18th-century composers and music theoreticians tried to understand the effect of music on human emotions. They researched intervals, keys, rhythms, and harmonies, creating the so-called affect theory – one of the most significant achievements of the Baroque aesthetics. Music became art which is not only full of sounds but also convinces, moves, discomforts, and comforts.
During the concert, this idea will be reflected in the architecture and artistic finish of the interior of Rundāle Palace where symbols, ratios, and allegories form a multilayered story about an individual, mythology, and opinions. Attendees are invited not only to enjoy excellent Baroque music but also notice its connection to the art language of the palace and the view of the modern individual.
The programme of the concert will include pieces of such great Italian Baroque composers as Girolamo Frescobaldi, Andrea Falconieri, Francesco Cavalli, Cristofaro Caresana, and Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli. Alongside lyrical melodies and virtuoso instrumental compositions, these pieces reveal contrasting affects – love and longing, joy and melancholy, playfulness and dramatic nature.
Before the concert, attendees will have the opportunity of using the special offer – the price of the concert ticket (20 EUR) also includes entry in the main exhibition of the Rundāle Palace Museum. The Museum will be open to visitors until 18:00, therefore we kindly ask to arrive in due time to be able to leisurely view the exhibition of the Museum before the concert.
The performers in the concert will be the ensemble Jazz Baroque: Lāsma Meldere-Šestakova – Baroque violin, Jānis Strazdiņš – vocals, cajon, Jānis Rubiks – jazz double-bass, Aigars Reinis – keyboard instruments.
Tickets are available for purchase on the e-ticket site of the Rundāle Palace Museum: https://e-tickets.rundale.net/buy/koncerts-izjust-un-izskaidrot.
Also at the box-offices of Biļešu paradīze: https://www.bilesuparadize.lv/lv/event/175584