The Kaunas Cantata // Chris Baldwin, Philip Miller, Jenny Kagan
October 2022, Vilnius

There is chamber music and then there are mega events in arenas. So many moving parts came together under the thoughtful leadership of director Chris Baldwin. A lesson in conducting in all four directions at once.

Director: Chris Baldwin
Composer: Philip Miller
Visual artist: Jenny Kagan

Soloists: Rafailas Karpis, Agnė Stančikaitė, Steponas Zonys, Tshegofatso Moeng,

Perfomers, ensembles, orchestras and choirs: the folklore ensembles Babadag, Ainiai, Ratilėlis, the Kaunas Symphony Orchestra, and the Kaunas State Chorus, The Kaunas Wind Orchestra Ąžuolynas, the VMU students’ string quartet, the VMU choir Vivere Cantus, the Klezmer Orchestra from Seine, the choir of the Sacred Music School Cantores David, the Juozas Naujalis Music Gymnasium students’ choir, the choirs Cantate Domino and Gintaras, and the readers Bella Shirin and Violeta Rakauskaite-Shtrom.

Images by Gražvydas Jovaiša