In case you missed my collaboration with the fabulous Lithuanian soloist Vytautas Kiminius earlier this Fall... our final concert of the tour is now up on YouTube!
The instrument he plays, the "birbyne," is specific to Lithuania. Audiences described the sound as varying from saxophone to oboe, wood flute, and trumpet. Vytautas is a phenomenal musician and as beautiful as the instrument can be, it's his musical soul that pours into and out of the instrument.
The link is to the whole concert, which includes music by classical and Lithuanian composers. At the end of the program we're joined by my Mom (Cecylia Barczyk) for Ernest Bloch's "Prayer" and then, for the final selection, my brother (Emmanuel A. Borowsky) for "Jerusalem of Lithuania."
Here is the entire program from our concert at Dickinson College. If you have to pick just one piece, check out Bartok’s Romanian Dances (second video).
