Algirdas Vizgirda (flute)
Algirdas Vizgirda studied at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and the P.Tchaikovsky Conservatoire in Moscow. He also studied at the Paris national Conservatoire with world-famous flautists Christian Larde and Alain Marion.
Yet being a student he played in jazz music quintet with the V.Ganelinas, O.Molokojedovas, G.Balutis. Jazz quintet become a laureate of two Tallinn‘s jazz festivals. In 1971 in the first Lithuanian jazz festival in Elektrenai composition by Vizgirda „All depends of mood“ was declared the best composition. Since 1970 to 1977 A.Vizgirda was an artist of Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and a leader of the flutist group. From 1981 was a member of the qiuintet of wooden wind instruments. Since 1971 A Vizgirda teaches at the Lithuanian Academy of Music. His students works at the mains Lithuanian Symphony orchestras, at the conservatoires and music schools, others continue studies at the Paris and Germany conservatoires. From 1988 Vizgirda is a Professor of Lithuanian Academy of Music.
Vizgirda has been actively collaborating with the Lithuanian chamber orchestra, Ciurlionis quartet, chorus Aidija, Polifonija, pianists P.Stravinskas and E.Karcub, harpsichordist G.Lukšaitė-Mrazkova, violinists T.Grindenko, I.Pikaizen, R.Katilius, J.Tankevičius, A.Vainiūnaitė, flutists V.Gelgotas, V.Višinskas, J.Youn (Estija), P.-I. Artaud ir G.Bourgogne (Prancūzija), oboists J.-L. Capezzali (Prancūzija), M.Beckamn (Olandija).
Since 1988 he has played in the famous chamber music ensemble Baltic Trio. A CD by Baltic Trio was brought out by Warner Bross recording studio in the USA in 1997. The most recent CD by Vizgirda and Giedre Luksaite-Mrazkova, aprofessor and harpsichord player at the Prague Music Academy. “All Bach’s Sonatas for flute”, came out in 2001.
Music from various epochs of various styles can be heard at solo recitals by Vizgirda. Vizgirda has given many suuccessful concerts in Western Europe and the Scandinavian countries. Critics describe his playing as an expression of musicianship, the expressive sound of the flute, subtle artistic taste and pronounced artistry. He has been invited to give cources in the flute in France, Belgium, the Czech Republic and Latvia. Vizgirda was awarded the Order of Gediminas of the Republic of Lithuania for his work for musical culture in 1998. In 2006, he was a winner of the Lithuanian National Prize.
Vizgirda is a soloist with the Lithuanian National Philharmonic, and the art director of the Musica Humana ensemble. He is one of the most accomplished Lithuanian musicians.
Lithuanian Composers
Osvaldas Balakauskas
"Impresonata" for flute and piano
Algimantas Bražinskas
Andantino from Quartet No. 3
Vytautas Jurgutis
Quintet No. 1
Algimantas Kubiliūnas
Concert piece for wind instruments quintet
Algirdas Martinaitis
Sonata for flute solo
Jonas Tamulionis
Quintet
Works with Orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto in D major No.5, BWV 1050
Brandenburg Concerto in G major, No 4, BWV 1049
Michel Blavet
Concerto in A minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for flute violin, viola and cello in D major, K 41
Antonio Salieri
Concerto for Flute, Oboe and Orchestra in C major
Leonardo Vinci
Concerto for flute and oboe with the orchestra in C major
Concerto The Night in F major, No. 2 Op. 10
Concerto for flute and string orchestra in G major, No. 4
Solo Works
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Sonata in E minor for solo flute, 1735-40, H 550-56, W 123-9
Sonata for solo flute in A minor, H 562, W 132
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita for solo flute in A minor, BWV 1013
Claude Debussy
Syrinx for solo flute
Louis Durey
Dialogues I, II for flute solo
André Jolivet
Incantation, Pour que l'image devienne symbole for flute solo
Sacred Music
Johann Sebastian Bach
So wunsch’ ich mir zu guter Letzt, BWV 502
So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife, Aria in G minor , BWV 515 b
Aria Bist du bei mir, BWV 508
Auf, auf! Die rechte Zeit ist hier, BWV 440
Nicht so traurig, nicht so sehr, BWV 489
Wie wohl ist mir, o Freund der Seelen, BWV 517
Chamber Works
Malcolm Arnold
3 Pieces for wind quintet
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Sonata in B flat major, No.1 (A.Wotguenne, Thematisches Verzeichnis Nr.125, Berlin, 1738)
Sonata in D major, Nr.2, (No.128), H 505, W 83
Sonata No.3 in G major, H 550-56, W 123-9
Sonata No.4 in G major, H 550-56, W 123-9
Sonata in G major, H 564, W 133
Sonata for flute and harpsichord in G minor, H 557, W 138
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030, for flute and harpsichord
Sonata in A major, BWV 1032, for flute and harpsichord
Sonata in E flat major, BWV 1031, for flute and harpsichord
Sonata in G minor, No.7, BWV 1020
Sonata in C major, No.4, BWV 1033
Sonata in E minor, No.5, BWV 1034
Sonata in E major, No.6, BWV 1035
Sonata for flute and harpsichord in E major, BWV 1035
Samuel Barber
"Summer Music"
Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn, op.16
Franz Benda
Sonata for flute and harpsichord in F major, op.3, 5
Sonata for flute and basso continuo in E minor, opp.3, 5
Jiří Antonín Benda
Concerto for flute, harpsichord and quartet in G major
Michel Blavet
Sonates melees de pieces op. 2
Sonata La Vibray
Sonata L’Henriette for flute and harpsichord
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Suite op. 17
Sonata in E minor, op. 9 No.1
Giulio Caccini
Amarilli mia bella
André Caplet
Reverie for flute and piano
Arcangelo Corelli
Trio sonata in E minor
Variations on Folie Theme for Flute and Organ
François Couperin
Les Moissonneurs
Les Tic-toc-choc, ou les
Maillotins
Pasacalla
Franz Danzi
Quintet in B major, No.1 Op.56
Claude Debussy
3 épigraphes antiques for flute and piano
Edison Denisov
Sonata for flute and piano
Jean Francaix
Quartet for wind instruments
Cesar Franck
Sonata for flute and piano in A major
Christoph Willibald Gluck
"Melody" from Opera Orfeo ed Euridice
George Frideric Händel
Sonata for flute and harpsichord in B minor No. 22, HG xlviii, 137
Sonata HWV 367 B (Op.1 Nr.9) for flute, harpsichord and cello in B minor
Sonata in E minor, I HWV 374, for flute and harpsichord
Sonata HWV 369 (Op.1 Nr.11) for flute, harpsichord and cello in F major
Sonata HWV 363 B (op.1 Nr.5) for flute, harpsichord and cello in G major
Sonata HWV 363(op.1 Nr.4), for flute and harpsichord in A minor
Sonata HWV 379 (op.1 Nr.1), for flute, harpsichord and cello in E minor
Sonata in E minor,No. 7, HG xxvii, 2
Sonata in B flat major, HWV 377, for flute and cello
Sonata in D major, HWV 378, No. 25, HG xlviii, 112
Sonata in C minor, HWV 379
Paul Hindemith
8 Pieces for solo flute op. 31
"Little Chamber Music" / Kleine kammermusik, wind quintet, 1922, op. 24/2
André Jolivet
Chant de Linos, 1944
Jean-Marie Leclair
Concerto in C major Op.7 No.3
Jean-Baptiste Loeillet
Sonata for flute and harpsichord
Anatoly Lyadov
8 Russian Folksongs op. 58
Arnold Malkolm
3 Pieces for wind quintet / 3 Shanties, op. 4
Olivier Messiaen
Le merle noir for Flute and Piano, 1951
Claudio Monteverdi
Amarili onde m’assale
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo in E flat major, K 371
Sonata for flute and harpsichord in C major, No.5, K 14
Sonata for flute and harpsichord in F major, No 4, KV 13
Sonata for flute and harpsichord in B flat major No. 6, KV 15
Sonata for flute and harpsichord in G major, No. 2, K 11
Quartet for flute, violin, viola and cello in D major, K 285
Concerto for flute violin, viola and cello in D major, K 412
Divertismento for wind quintet in B flat major
Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon
Francis Poulenc
Piano sextet, 1932-9
Sonata for flute and piano
Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata for flute and piano in D major No. 2, op.94
Henry Purcell
"If Music be the food of love", Z 379
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Troisieme concert in A minor from the Pieces de clavesin en concerts
Premier concert in C major for harp, flute and cello
Maurice Ravel
”Chansons madécasses” for soprano, flute, cello and piano
Carl Reinecke
Undine, sonata, op.167
Albert Roussel
Suite Joueurs de flute op. 27
Deux poemes de Ronsard for flute and soprano, Op. 26
Robert Schumann
Three romances op. 94
Georg Philipp Telemann
Largo and Dolce from sonata for two flutes in D major
3 Fantasies
Sonata for flute and oboe in D major No. 1
Concerto for flute, horn and harpsichord
Edgard Varese
Density 21,5, Piece for solo flute
Leonardo Vinci
Sonata in D major
Dominus Deus from Cantata Gloria
Se parto, se resto
Sonata No.3 Op.13
Sonata for flute and harpsichord in G minor
Sonata in C major for flute, oboe, bassoon and harpsichord
Concert at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall, 25 April 2011
3rd International J.S.Bach Music Festival
Programme 5
Easter Oratorio
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049
Easter Oratorio for soloists, choir and orchestra, BWV 249
MUSICA HUMANA Ensemble
Artistic director, conductor and soloist ALGIRDAS VIZGIRDA (flute)
VILNIUS State Choir
Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Povilas Gylys
Soloists:
ROBERTAS BEINARIS (oboe)
BALYS VAITKUS (harpsichord)
JULIJA STUPNIANEK (soprano)
JURGA PRAKELYTĖ (mezzo-soprano)
MINDAUGAS ZIMKUS (tenor)
IGNAS MISIŪRA (bass-baritone)
Concert at Vilnius Evangelical Lutheran Church, December 31, 2009
J.S. Bach and A. Vivaldi
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor for organ, BWV 582
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Concerto for oboe d'amore and strings in A major
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Two soprano arias: "Schafe können sicher weiden“ from the Cantata No. 208 Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 ("The Hunt Cantata"); "Et exsultavit spiritus meus“ from the Magnificat, BWV 243
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Symphony in G major, No. 3, RV 149
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Chorale "Jesu bleibet meine Freude“ from the Cantata No. 147 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Soprano aria "Siam navi all'onde algenti“ from the opera L'Olimpiade; motet In furore iustissimae irae for voice, strings and basso continuo in C minor, RV 626
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Concerto "in due cori“ for 4 flutes, 4 violins, 2 cellos, organ, strings and basso continuo in A major, RV 585
MUSICA HUMANA Ensemble
Artistic Director and Conductor Algirdas Vizgirda
CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLE OF VILNIUS UNIVERSITY
Artistic Director and Conductor Paulius Bernardas Koncė
Soloists:
JULIJA STUPNIANEK (soprano)
JŪRATĖ LANDSBERGYTĖ (organ)
ROBERTAS BEINARIS (oboe)
Conductor ALGIRDAS VIZGIRDA
Concert at the Vilnius Evangelical Lutheran Church, May 10, 2009
To mark the 200th death anniversary of JOSEPH HAYDN
JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809)
Concerto for flute, oboe and strings
Stabat Mater for 4 soloists, choir and orchestra
MUSICA HUMANA Chamber Ensemble
Artistic Director and Conductor ALGIRDAS VIZGIRDA
JAUNA MUZIKA Choir of Vilnius Municipality
Artistic Director and Conductor VACLOVAS AUGUSTINAS
Soloists:
AISTĖ ŠIRVINSKAITĖ (soprano)
MINDAUGAS ZIMKUS (tenor)
VILIJA MIKŠTAITĖ (mezzo-soprano)
IGNAS MISIŪRA (bass-baritone)
ALGIRDAS VIZGIRDA (flute)
ROBERTAS BEINARIS (oboe)
Concert at the Vilnius Evangelical Lutheran Church, March 22, 2009
"J.S.Bach and the Organ"
Part of the J.S.BACH MUSIC FESTIVAL
Programme 3
CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH
Sonata in A minor for flute solo
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Works for organ
CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH
Sonata in G minor for flute solo
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Two motets for choir and instrumental ensemble
MUSICA HUMANA Chamber Ensemble
Artistic Director and Conductor ALGIRDAS VIZGIRDA
Vilnius Municipality Choir JAUNA MUZIKA
Artistic Director and Conductor VACLOVAS AUGUSTINAS
Soloists:
JOHANNES GEFFERT (vargonai, Vokietija)
ALGIRDAS VIZGIRDA (fleita)
Concert at the Vilnius Evangelical Lutheran Church, March 29, 2009
"Cantatas by J.S.Bach"
Part of the J.S.BACH MUSIC FESTIVAL
Programme 4
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Sinfonia from the Cantata No. 35 Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35
Cantata for soprano, trumpet and strings Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51
Cantata for bass and basso continuo Amore Traditore, BWV 203
Sinfonia from the Cantata No. 21 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21
Cantata No. 54 Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54
MUSICA HUMANA Chamber Ensemble
Artistic Director and Conductor ALGIRDAS VIZGIRDA
Soloists:
RAMINTA VAICEKAUSKAITĖ (soprano)
CHARLES HUMPHRIES (countertenor, UK)
IGNAS MISIŪRA (bass-baritone)
ARVYDAS BARZINSKAS (trumpet)
Concert in the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall, 04 25 2007
Programme "Music of Heaven and Earth: 19th-20th century Music and Art of France" dedicated to the 40th anniversary of ALGIRDAS VIZGIRDA’s concert career
Louis Durey Dialogues I, II for flute solo
Claude Debussy 3 épigraphes antiques for flute and piano
Valse and 2 estampes for piano solo
Maurice Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte for piano
„Chansons madécasses for soprano, flute, cello and piano
Camille Saint-Saens La flute invisible for soprano, flute, cello and piano
Albert Roussel Deux poemes de Ronsard for flute and soprano, Op. 26
Suite "Joueurs de flute" for flute and piano, Op. 27
Andre Caplet Reverie for flute and piano
Andre Jolivet Incantation, Pour que l'image devienne symbole for flute solo
Francis Poulenc Sonata for flute and piano
Povilas Stravinskas (piano), Aistė Širvinskaitė (soprano), Raimundas Jasiukaitis (cello)
Concert in the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall, 2003 04 02
R Schumann Three romances op. 94
C.Franck Sonata in A major
O.Balakauskas "Impresonata "
A.Martinaitis Sonata for flute solo
F.Poulenc Sonata
Algirdas Vizgirda, Povilas Stravinskas
