Defense of the artistic research project “Choir in Catholic Church Liturgy”

On December 13–14, 2018, the defense of Linas Balandis’ artistic doctorate project “Choir in Catholic Church Liturgy” will take place at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Artistic supervisor of the project – Prof. Povilas Gylys, research supervisor – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Danutė Kalavinskaitė. Copies of the research paper and its summary are available at the library of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (Gedimino pr. 42).

Free entrance.

Defense of the creative part of the artistic doctorate project
December 13, 2018, 7 p.m.

CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS (Rūdninkų str. 20/1, Vilnius)

CONCERT PROGRAM

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229 (1684); (basso continuo Povilas Jacunskas)
Сергей Рахманинов (1873–1943) Всенощное бдение 37, (1916): 1st mvt. Приидите, поклонимся, 2nd mvt. Благослови, душа моя solo Nora Petročenko; 9th mvt. Благословен еси Господи
Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998) Three Sacred Hymns for mixed choir (1984)
Vaclovas Augustinas (b. 1959) Taip tebūna. Amen! (2018)
Gintautas Venislovas (b. 1973) Triump, triump (2018)
Donatas Zakaras (b. 1979) Rorate Caeli Desuper, for mixed choir, brass quintet and soloist (2014); solo Ieva Skorubskaitė

Performers: Šiauliai State Chamber Choir “Polifonija” (artistic director and chief conductor Tomas Ambrozaitis).

Defense of the artistic research paper
December 14, 2018, 10 a.m.
LMTA JUOZAS KAROSAS HALL (Gedimino pr. 42, Vilnius)

CHAIR OF THE DEFENSE BOARD OF ARTISTIC RESEARCH PROJECT – Prof. Vaclovas Augustinas (Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Music, Composition);
BOARD MEMBERS: Prof. Vytautas Miškinis (LMTA, Music, Choir Conducting), Assoc. Prof. Artūras Dambrauskas (Vytautas Magnus University, Music, Choir Conducting), Prof. Dr. (hp) Gražina Daunoravičienė (LMTA, Humanities, Art Research, Musicology), Prof. Dr. Martinš Boiko (Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, Humanities, Art Research, Musicology);
REVIEWERS: Prof. Česlovas Radžiūnas (LMTA, Music, Choir Conducting), Assist. Prof. Dr. Jonas Vilimas (LMTA, Humanities, Art Research, Musicology).

Abstract

The topic of the research paper by Linas Balandis is “Choir in Catholic Church Liturgy.” The work primarily focuses on the development of the choir concept that is reflected in the documents of Catholic Church as well as on its interpretations in the theological and pastoral literature of the end of 20^th – the beginning of 21^st centuries. The research mainly analyses the opinion on the role of a choir in liturgy of the two groups that have had the greatest impact on church choirs – priests and choir conductors – in order to understand the situation with church music in Lithuania and to see whether the instructions indicated in the documents of Catholic Church have been observed. Often the pieces composed by choirmasters are used in church ceremonies. Therefore, the present research paper is finished with a review of religious/liturgical compositions by Lithuanian choirmasters of the end of 20^th – the beginning of the 21^st centuries. Some authors compose specifically for church ceremonies, whereas the others, having chosen certain liturgical texts, compose opuses more suitable for concerts. The research concentrates on the difference between such creators, discusses the possibility to employ their compositions in church ceremonies.