Pēteris Vasks

It is particularly in his choral music that Peteris Vasks reveals his strong attachment to his Latvian home country. Nature, customs and traditions and the idea of freedom are the central themes of th...

Vasks's popular Missa is now available in his original setting for SATB a cappella choir. The work, which runs for about half an hour, can also be performed with organ or string orchestra.

Taking as his theme the use of traditional birds' names as pet names for women, Vasks has created a very poetic piece of music based on a text in the Latvian language. German and English translations...

With little effort and deeply rooted in the sonority of his Latvian homeland, Vasks creates a tremendous emotional power. Again and again, the voices - accompanied by strings or organ - are layered wi...

Mit geringem Aufwand und tief in der Klanglichkeit seiner lettischen Heimat verwurzelt erzeugt Vasks eine enorme emotionale Kraft. Immer wieder neu schichten sich die Stimmen - begleitet von Streicher...

Peteris Vasks composed his Oboe Concerto in commemoration of the centenary of Latvian independence, and so the work became a hymn to his native country, its nature and its people, while simultaneously...

Dirigier- und Studienpartitur

With serious string players this Latvian composer has long been recognized because of his sonorous tonal concepts and his modal, occasionally aleatoric idiom. Works like 'Cantabile per Archi' or 'Musi...

Gramata cellam besteht aus zwei sehr kontrastierenden Teilen. Der erste, sehr heftige Teil 'fortissimo' (Allegro, freie Sonatenform) bearbeitet rauhes, aggressives Musikmaterial in ununterbrochener em...

In metamophorically dense images, Anna Rancane describes in her poem Latvija the past sufferings and residual wounds of the Latvian people through war and occupation. Peteris Vasks has sensitively set...

In three movements entitled Nakts - Lidojums - Nakts, the Latvian composer Peteris Vasks, born in 1946, uses onomatopoeic devices to describe a nocturnal flight of birds between dusk and dawn.

Three challenging pieces by the Latvian-born composer, in his characteristic idiom of traditional and folk elements incorporated with contemporary influences.

4 Solostimmen oder Chor (ATTB)

The beauty of the Latvian landscape inspired many of my works, for it has given me moments of exceptional happiness. The plains are a dominant feature of the Latvian countryside, a place where one can...

Poem für gemischten Chor (SSAATTBB) Text von M?ris Caklais Chorpartitur - gemischter Chor (SSAATTBB) - lettisch

It is particularly the choral music of Peteris Vasks that reveals his strong attachment to his Latvian home country. Nature, customs and traditions and the idea of freedom are the central themes of hi...