Bajoras: Music For Strings

The Lithuanian composer Feliksas Bajoras began his career as a violinist. His compositions demonstrate his strong interest in Lithuanian folk-music and often contain a personal element. His Symphony No. 2 reflects his experiences on a visit to the former Czechoslovakia, and Zenklas (The Sign) sets a poem by Mindaugas Tomonis, whose death in the Soviet period it commemorates. Fully aware of twentieth-century musical trends abroad, Bajoras absorbs these into his musical language, essentially continuing the neo-romantic tradition.