MOZART AND JANULYTĖ: CONFLUERE

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Concertante Symphony in E flat major for violin, viola and orchestra KV 364

JUSTĖ JANULYTĖ Confluere for chamber orchestra, joint order of Radio France, L’Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire and Filharmonie Brno, Czech premiere

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G minor KV 550

Fedor Rudin violin

Pavel Nikl viola

Filharmonie Brno

conductor Tomáš Netopil

The word “confluere” comes from Latin and means “to flow together”. Written by the internationally successful Lithuanian composer Justė Janulytė, the work with this name is intended to be performed immediately before Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G minor – as if one river is flowing into another. Janulytė adopts the famous opening theme of Mozart’s symphony – a figure reminiscent of sighing (sospiro), which she diversely varies, colours and harmonises, preparing the audience for the arrival of Mozart’s piece. Confluere was played to acclaim on 13 March 2024 in Paris by Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by Kristiina Poska. Filharmonie Brno co-commissioned the work and will give the first Czech performance.

Described as composer of monochrome music, Justė Janulytė is not unknown in Brno. In 2014 as part of the Exposition of New Music festival, Filharmonie Brno presented her Elongation of Nights, and the following year’s Moravian Autumn featured her feature-long multimedia project, Sandglasses, the work which, some years previously, had launched her illustrious international career.

The concert can be purchased as a part of a full subscription at the Ticket office of Filharmonie Brno on Besední Street and online from 27 May 2024.
The concert will be sold separately from 17 June 2024.