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The University of Latvia's mixed choir "Juventus" will tour the Netherlands from October 22 to October 28, as Uldis Barbans, representative of the choir, informed LETA.

The Latvian choir will perform several solo concerts and will have a few performances together with the Amsterdam youth symphonic orchestra "CREA Orkest".

The choir's performance at the "Concertgebouw" concert hall will be broadcast live by the Netherlands Radio 4 and available for listening also at the radio's website on Sunday, October 25, at 11 a.m. Latvian time.

On the night of October 24 "Juventus" will perform a concert in a church in the Dutch city of Hoorn. The concert program includes Latvian church music and classical music pieces, including compositions by Jazeps Vitols, Emils Melngailis, Lucija Garuta, Peteris Barisons, and Maija Einfelde. The choir will also perform works by Lithuanian, Estonian, Polish and Swedish composers.

The choir's performance will be enriched by the voices of solists Gunta Cese (soprano) and Janis Kursevs (baritone).

"Juventus" will perform two concerts jointly with the Amsterdam Youth Symphonic Orchestra "CREA Orkest": on October 24 in Hague, and on October 27 in Amsterdam, singing Latvian cantatas. The two concerts will feature also some a capella pieces by the choir and some instrumental music performances by the orchestra.