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Arturs Maskats – Cello Concerto No. 2 | Kristaps Bergs, LNSO, Conductor Jānis Stafeckis

Arturs Maskats – Cello Concerto No. 2 | Kristaps Bergs, LNSO, Jānis Stafeckis A deeply passionate and theatrical work, Arturs Maskats' Second Cello Concerto draws inspiration from four of William Shakespeare’s sonnets, each movement reflecting the emotions and themes of these timeless verses. Specific lines serve as the foundation for each movement’s musical character: 🎼 I. Sonnet 18 – "Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?" This movement is inspired by the famous opening lines, embodying the warmth, beauty, and eternal nature of love. "Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee." 🎼 II. Sonnet 43 – "When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see," This movement explores the dreamlike quality of love and longing, as expressed in these lines. "When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see, For all the day they view things unrespected; But when I sleep, in dreams they look on thee, And darkly bright are bright in dark directed. Then thou, whose shadow shadows doth make bright, How would thy shadow's form form happy show To the clear day with thy much clearer light, When to unseeing eyes thy shade shines so! How would, I say, mine eyes be blessed made By looking on thee in the living day, When in dead night thy fair imperfect shade Through heavy sleep on sightless eyes doth stay! All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me." 🎼 III. Sonnet 41 – "Those pretty wrongs that liberty commits," A movement full of tension, reflecting themes of temptation, beauty, and betrayal. "Those pretty wrongs that liberty commits, When I am sometime absent from thy heart, Thy beauty and thy years full well befits, For still temptation follows where thou art. Gentle thou art, and therefore to be won; Beauteous thou art, therefore to be assail'd; And when a woman woos, what woman's son Will sourly leave her till he have prevail'd? Ay me! but yet thou mightst my seat forbear, And chide thy beauty and thy straying youth, Who lead thee in their riot even there Where thou art forced to break a twofold truth: Hers, by thy beauty tempting her to thee, Thine, by thy beauty being false to me." 🎼 IV. Sonnet 29 – "Haply I think on thee, and then my state…" This movement is based on the transformation found in these final lines, where love lifts the soul beyond misfortune. "When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd, Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, and then my state, Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate; For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings." This performance, featuring cellist Kristaps Bergs, who premiered the concerto in 2022, brings to life the raw emotions and rich musical textures woven into the score. Written in close collaboration with the soloist, the concerto explores the cello’s full expressive depth—at times intimate and lyrical, at others, dramatic and powerful. The orchestral colors enhance the storytelling, creating a sound world filled with love, longing, and intensity. 📍 Recorded live at Dzintaru Concert Hall on December 7, 2024. 🎻 Kristaps Bergs – Cello 🎼 Latvian National Symphony Orchestra 🎶 Conductor: Jānis Stafeckis 🎥 Live video & sound engineering by Jānis Porietis 🔗 www.janisphoto.com