

Crossroads. Sākums is a chamber music concert programme in Riga at Rīgas Reformātu baznīca, running from 28 October to 31 October 2026. The programme features Edvard Grieg’s suite From Holberg’s Time, Mark Mellits’ Splinter and George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. It is performed by Crossroads, the first reed quintet in Latvia and the Baltics. The ensemble brings together clarinet, oboe, saxophone, bassoon and bass clarinet, played by Madara Eleonora Mežale, Līva Juruša, Patrīcija Bloma, Pauls Reinis and Edgars Karpenskis-Allažs. The concert introduces audiences to the reed quintet format and to chamber music for wind instruments.