Featuring:
Daniel Müller-Schott (cello)

Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Guntis Kuzma

Programme:
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Juris Karlsons (1948) At Sunrise (world premiere)
Arthur Honegger (1892–1955) Symphonie Liturgique

At the opening of its 146th season, the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra and its audience will be delighted to welcome back German cellist Daniel Müller-Schott, who made his first appearance here at the Liepāja 400th Anniversary International Star Festival. At the festival’s opening concert, he performed Camille Saint-Saëns’ virtuosic Cello Concerto No. 1.

This time, the programme features one of the cornerstones of the cello repertoire—Antonín Dvořák’s Cello Concerto.

Arthur Honegger’s Symphonie Liturgique is one of the 20th century’s most powerful symphonic statements—a dramatic, existentially charged work composed after World War II. Striking rhythms, sharp contrasts, and austere orchestral colours reveal a world on the brink of collapse, while the final movement brings a fragile, hard-won—yet unmistakable—sense of hope.

At the season opening, the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra will also present the world premiere of Juris Karlsons’ symphonic vision for orchestra, At Sunrise.