Vellum (2020) at Sorbonne
COSU at Sorbonne.
After its French premiere at the Philharmonie de Paris in 2024, Justina Repečkaitė’s Vellum (2020) will be performed again in Paris by the Sorbonne University Orchestra, conducted by Nicolas Agullo.
The concert, entitled Paris – Vilnius, will take place on December 8, 2025, at the Grand Amphithéâtre of the Sorbonne. The stage will be shared by the Sorbonne University Orchestra and the Gaudeamus Choir (Lithuania), featuring works by Donatas Zakaras, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Julien Joubert, Justina Repečkaitė, and Francis Poulenc.
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The Chœur & Orchestre Sorbonne Université (COSU) brings together 120 enthusiastic and passionate young musicians around an ambitious musical project which pursues Sorbonne University’s missions linked to education and knowledge dissemination.
Chœur & Orchestre Sorbonne Université
Paris - Vilnius
The COSU and Vilnius University's ensembles celebrate Čiurlionis, Poulenc, and contemporary Lithuanian music in a dialogue between tradition and modernity.
Le 08 Dec. 2025
20:00 - 21:30
Grand Amphithéâtre de la Sorbonne
This exceptional concert brings together the Sorbonne University Choir & Orchestra with the Vilnius University Chamber Orchestra and Academic Mixed Choir «Gaudeamus». Conceived as a bridge between the two capitals, Paris and Vilnius, the program pays tribute to two major figures.
First, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis – composer, painter, and pioneer of Lithuanian modernism – whose post-Romantic repertoire remained unjustly unknown in Western Europe until the 1990s. Then Francis Poulenc, who, with his radiant and irreverent Gloria, created one of the great spiritual frescoes of the 20th century, composed at a time when he had returned to faith.
In counterpoint, the evening also features contemporary works by Donatas Zakaras and Justina Repečkaitė – a Lithuanian composer based in Paris – highlighting the vitality of today’s Lithuanian music and the dialogue it establishes between tradition and modernity.
Donatas Zakaras Laiškai Sofijai (Letters to Sofija)
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Kyrie
Gloria
Sanctus
Kęstutis, Overture
Trad. / Arr. Paul Ladmirault Le batelier
Julien Joubert Trois «Verlaine» a cappella – «Green»
Justina Repečkaitė Vellum
Francis Poulenc Gloria, FP 177
Clara Orif soprano
Sorbonne University Choir & Orchestra
Nicolas Agullo conductor
Frédéric Pineau choirmaster
Vilniaus University Chamber Orchestra
Modestas Jankūnas conductor
Vilnius University Academic Mixed Choir «Gaudeamus»
Rasa Gelgotienė conductor
Ignas Garla choirmaster
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