{"id":1443,"date":"2021-01-01T11:22:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T11:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.barbaralehtna.com\/?p=1443"},"modified":"2026-07-24T11:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:32:28","slug":"cantus-firmus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barbaralehtna.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/01\/cantus-firmus\/","title":{"rendered":"Cantus Firmus"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u201cCantus Firmus\u201d brings four women together on stage as they seek ways to protect a local Latvian bog endangered by a female oligarch\u2019s plans to develop a spa in the middle of it. Within a richly layered musical composition, their concerns intertwine with questions about how much agency an individual can – and should – take when faced with what they perceive as a threat to the common good of others.<\/p>

In music,\u00a0cantus firmus\u00a0<\/em>is a melody that historically served as the foundation for polyphonic church music. Such music was almost always performed by men, as women\u2019s voices were largely excluded from public church music at the time. However, behind the walls of convents, women\u2014free from forced marriages and the burdens of noble duty\u2014composed and performed complex polyphonic works. Drawing upon sacred texts and Gregorian chants, they created music that became a form of expressing freedom. The performance \u201cCantus Firmus\u201d leads into a mysterious space where women, through singing, seek answers to essential questions and illuminate their branching realities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Co-produced by \u0122ertr\u016bdes ielas te\u0101tris and alternative festival of chamber music Sansus\u012b.<\/p>

    Supported by State Culture Capital foundation of Latvia, and Riga City Council.<\/p>

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    Premiere: 22 October, 2025 in Riga, Latvia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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