Užaugo Liepa - Kęstutis Daugirdas - Harmonium Choral Society Treble Choir

Be Brave - June 2024
Under the direction of Dr. Anne J. Matlack
Harmonium Choral Society Treble Choir
Morristown United Methodist Church, Morristown, NJ
David Davis, piano
Solo: Jennifer Holak

Kęstutis Daugirdas ‪@KcDaugirdas‬ is a composer, producer, performer, and educator whose music has been featured in films, commercials, and concert programs around the world. He is also a choral director, certified teacher, and arranger. This folk song arrangement, Užaugo Liepa (SSAA, piano) will be performed at the centennial Lithuanian Song Festival in Vilnius this summer, featuring 15,000 singers from around Lithuania and the world. The metaphor of the linden tree battered by a storm yet serving a purpose which ultimately leads to love, fits into our theme, as well as this just being a gorgeous piece! He provides the following notes:
Sutartinės are traditional Lithuanian multi-part songs and have been recognized by UNESCO as “Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity” in 2010. This piece expands upon the traditional Lithuanian sutartinė “Užaugo liepa,” a story of a linden tree and a woman’s reverie. In the original version, each verse is sung three times, each time by a different singer, accompanied by a call-and-response refrain of “Dautuvo” and “Ratilio” in the other voices. My setting preserves this texture in the first verse. After that, we depart from the strict canonical form; each successive verse is given a unique character to help illuminate the meaning of the text and make this fantasy colorful and vibrant. https://daugirdasmusic.com/about/

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