On May 30 at 6 p.m., the Vilnius University organ studio \u201cUnda Maris\u201d will present the concert \u201cMesmerising\u00a0Sounds\u201d at\u00a0St. John\u2019s Church. The performance will feature members of the Vilnius University community\u00a0representing\u00a0a wide range of professions, alongside professional organists and the studio\u2019s artistic directors,\u00a0Dr Vidas Pinkevi\u010dius\u00a0and\u00a0Dr Au\u0161ra Mot\u016bzait\u0117-Pinkevi\u010dien\u0117.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Programming, mathematics, and organ music may seem like unlikely companions at first glance \u2013 but not for Dominyka\u00a0Juchnevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117. She studies software systems and spends her evenings in the balcony of St. John\u2019s Church, playing the largest organ in Lithuania. The student from the VU Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics says that learning the organ has long been a dream of hers:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe organ is an instrument capable not only of creating an indescribable atmosphere, but also of producing a sound comparable to that of an entire orchestra. Playing the organ has been my dream for a long time, and the opportunity to perform in a concert fills me with excitement and joy.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Little Prelude in C Major (BWV 553), attributed to the circle of\u00a0Johann Sebastian Bach, reveals the subtleties of Baroque music and allows listeners to experience the grandeur of the era. \u201cThis piece enriches my experience as a performer,\u201d says the student, inviting audiences to immerse themselves in the harmonious musical world of the composer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Among the concert participants will also be\u00a0Dr Vytautas Jonkus, a lecturer at the Faculty of Physics researching electrodynamics; Regina Dainyt\u0117, a long-time software systems specialist at the university; and Kotryna Jan\u010dauskait\u0117, communication specialist at the VU Culture Centre and a VU alumna.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The concert \u201cMesmerising\u00a0Sounds\u201d will feature music from different eras and styles \u2013 from Baroque and Romanticism to contemporary compositions. Audiences will hear works by\u00a0Johann Sebastian Bach,\u00a0Mikalojus Konstantinas \u010ciurlionis,\u00a0Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens,\u00a0L\u00e9on Raffy,\u00a0Johann Philipp Kirnberger,\u00a0Francisco Miquel,\u00a0Giovanni Battista Martini,\u00a0Samuel\u00a0Wesley\u00a0and\u00a0Markku\u00a0Hakanp\u00e4\u00e4.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The VU organ studio \u201cUnda Maris\u201d is led by its founder,\u00a0organist\u00a0and pedagogue\u00a0Dr V. Pinkevi\u010dius, together with organist\u00a0Dr A. Mot\u016bzait\u0117-Pinkevi\u010dien\u0117. Established in 2011, the studio brings together members of the Vilnius University community \u2013 students, lecturers, staff, and alumni \u2013 united by their love of organ music and a desire to explore the instrument more deeply. The name \u201cUnda Maris\u201d (Latin for \u201cwave of the sea\u201d) comes from one of the\u00a0organ\u00a0stops at St. John\u2019s Church, known for its soft, undulating sound.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cUnda Maris\u201d is part of the\u00a0VU Culture Centre, which brings together 16 artistic ensembles and creative studios, inviting both the university community and the wider public to experience a broad range of cultural activities.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On May 30 at 6 p.m., the Vilnius University organ studio \u201cUnda Maris\u201d will present the concert \u201cMesmerising\u00a0Sounds\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[93],"tags":[4519,49422,171,49421,170,26249],"class_list":["post-94750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vilnius","tag-concert","tag-culture-centre","tag-lithuania","tag-organ-studio","tag-vilnius","tag-vilnius-university"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116658422877216816","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}