DAY OF SONG AND DANCE FESTIVAL - Sunday, July 2

Song- and dance festival will take place in Tartu Songfestival Arena, where 6000 performers will gather to sing, dance and enjoy the harmony of music. Song- and dance festival is preceded by traditional Procession through the city of Tartu. The start will be given in Toomemägi with exhilarating singing competition on Angels Bridge. The procession will end in the Songfestival Arena. The patron of Gaudeamus is the President of Republic of Estonia Arnold Rüütel.

 

15.00 Lighting up song festival fire at the memorial of First General Songfestival

15.30  Gaudeamus procession through the centre of Tartu to Songfestival Arena (Lossi, Ülikooli, Jaani, Lai, Jakobi, Fr.R. Kreutswaldi, Tuglase)

17.00 – 21.00 Baltic Students’ Song and Dance Festival Gaudeamus 2006

 
 

XV BALTIC SONG AND DANCE FESTIVAL GAUDEAMUS
At the Tartu Song Festivals Arena 2 July at 5 p.m.

United choir

Traditional students’ song – Gaudeamus

The festival flame is ignited

Greeting. Arnold Rüütel, the President of the Estonian Republic

Fredrik  Pacius – My native land, my joy, delight

Kārlis Baumanis – God, bless Latvia!

Vincas Kudirka – Lithuania, my homeland

Karl August Hermann – Kungla rahvas from the song-play Uku and Vanemuine 

Jānis Lūsēns – This miraculous world

Algimantas  Raudonikis – The sea

 
United brass band

Vakaris Laurynas Lopas – This is us

Raimonds Pauls – Devil’s disciples

Uno Naissoo – A medley of songs

 
Lithuanian performers

Giedrius Svilainis – Vivat! Gaudeamus!

Lyrics from folklore - Oh, there on the hill

Folk music - The willow

Folk song - Rue the green

Algirdas MartinaitisLaul Laul Lalalinę

Folk song - On the other side of the lake

The herald dance

Rezginėlė

Paplėštuodegis  

Trandipolkė

Laimis Vilkončius – The old cars 

Marijonas Mikutavičius – Let’s greet each other 

Vivant studiosi!

 
Latvian performers

Valdis Zilveris – The song of the Sun

Valdis Zilveris – The birds’ song

Alsunga polka

Weavers’ dance

Valdis Zilveris – Blow, blow, the gust of wind

Valdis Zilveris – I don’t give a hoot to fear

Come with me to Vidzeme

Latgalian’s  dances

Valdis Zilveris – A song about a song

 
Estonian performers

Evald Aav – We are the children of the Nordic land 

Eduard Oja – Weavers’ song

Veljo Tormis – Three songs based on Estonian folk dance melodies from the set Five Estonian folk dance melodies for mixed choirs
- Labajalg
- Long Ingliska
- Kaarajaan


Priit Pajusaar – Tii

Clapping dance

Aadu Regi – The march of the month of May

Raimond Valgre – Medley of the songs

- Melody

- The right choice

- Through the rainfall

- You say to me: “You are my Sunshine”

 
United dance groups

Suite of the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian folk dances

- Column dance

- Sudmaliņas

- Medley of Lithuanian folk dances


United choir

Juozas Gudavičius – Where the green colour of the forests can be seen

Valters Kaminskis – I’ll bury my sorrow

Miina Härma – Tuljak

 
We thank you. Mailis Reps, Minister of Education and Research

 
Delivering of the festival flame

 
Gustav Ernesaks – My native land you are my love

Raimond Valgre – Tartu march


Honorary Directors: Helju Mikkel, Kuno Areng, Imants Kokars, Uldis Šteins, Antanas Jozėnas, Juozas Gudavičius

 

Artistic Director and Chief Conductor: Alo Ritsing

Artistic Director and Chief Producer: Rene Nõmmik

Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of brass bands: Aavo Ots

Assistants to the Chief Producer: Angela Arraste and Jaanus Randma

Stage Director: Heiki Unt

 

Artistic Director and Conductor of Latvian choirs: Juris Kļaviņš

Artistic Director and Chief Choreographer of folk dance groups: Rolands Juraševskis

Choreographer: Gunta Skuja

Production Director of the repertoire: Jānis Siliņš

Chief Artistic Director and Conductor of brass bands: Māris Martinsons

 

Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of Lithuanian choirs: Povilas Gylys

Artistic Director and Chief Choreographer: Vidmantas Mačiulskis

Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of brass bands: Valerijus Filonovas

 

Announcers: Liina Olmaru and Ain Mäeots

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