Čiurlioniada: Organ Music Evening | Karolina Juodelytė Plays M. K. Čiurlionis Transcriptions for the Organ

“The 150th anniversary of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis celebrated this year is a truly exceptional opportunity to take a fresh look at the composer’s artistic work, its discoverability, outspread and popularization.

M. K. Čiurlionis wrote very few works for the organ, they are small-scale and often do not reveal the composer’s comprehensive talent. However, the composer left most striking mark in his symphonic and piano works. The organ, often called a one-man orchestra, can impressively open symphonic and enrich piano music, giving it new colours. This is how the idea of this program arose – M. K. Čiurlionis’ pieces transcribed for organ. Several piano opuses have been transcribed by the famous Lithuanian organist of blessed memory prof. Leopoldas Digrys and by the organist Jūratė Landsbergytė, other transcriptions will be performed for the first time ever.” – says Karolina Juodelytė while introducing the concept of this concert.

 

This event is part of the concert series "Čiurlioniada. Piano and Organ Music Evenings". On this special occasion, the Center for International Cultural Projects has invited special guests and jury members, laureates of the various editions of the International M. K. Čiurlionis Organ and Piano Competition to the Lithuanian capital. In addition to the composer's own organ and piano works, the program of the cycle will also include premieres of the pieces inspired by Čiurlionis's legacy, explications of the fragments or just the themes left, improvisations, newly prepared and previously created arrangements, and the work of contemporaries. 

 

Project is partly sponsored by: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, Lithuanian Council for Culture, Vilnius City Municipality.

 

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PROGRAMME

 

❯ Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911)

Nocturne in F-sharp minor, VL 178 (premiere)

Fugue in C-sharp minor, VL 86

Fugue Kyrie eleison in C minor, VL 19 (arr. by L. Digrys)

Nocturne in C-sharp minor, VL 183 (premiere)

Fugue-Choral Aus tiefer Not in A minor, VL 227 (premiere)

Fugue in C minor, VL 219 (arr. by L. Digrys)

Prelude Angelus Domini in F-sharp minor, VL 184 (premiere)

Fugue in B-flat minor, VL 345 (arr. by J. Landsbergytė)

Simphonic Poem In the Forest (arr. by K. Juodelytė; premiere) 

 

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ARTIST

 

Karolina Juodelytė (Lithuania–Germany) have recently become the music director and titular at the Bernhard Lichtenberg parish in Berlin. As a soloist and chamber music performer, she regularly participates in various organ music festivals and concerts in Europe, and plays along with various orchestras such as the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra, Bielefeld Philharmonic Orchestra, Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra, among the others, she has also recorded several music albums.

 

Karolina is a winner of the 6th International M. K. Čiurlionis Organ Competition. In 2024, she was on a jury board of the largest youth competition in Germany “Jugend Musiziert” (the organ category, Berlin district).

 

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EVENT INFORMATION

 

Date & Time: October 19, 2025, 6 PM

Venue: : Church of St. Casimir

Address: Didžioji st. 34, Vilnius

 

Admission is free!

 

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ORGANISER

 

Centre for International Cultural Projects Lithuania

 

Contact: info@ipmc.lt / +370 52 496 171

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