Pēteris Vasks

For my composition Cosa devo fare, I was inspired when I read the text accompanying the picture cycle Books of Venice by the Latvian artist Ilmars Blumbergs, who died in 2016. The Books of Venice, con...

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.

Choral music has always played a major role in the work of the Latvian composer Peteris Vasks. In this piece, but also in his numerous instrumental works, themes such as home, nature, customs and trad...

Chorpartitur / Chornoten von Liepa (Der Lindenbaum / The Lime Tree) für gemischten Chor (SSAATTBB).

Streicherstimmensatz

These three folk songs in a charming instrumentation were composed by Vasks 30 years ago. The texts describe nature's flora and fauna, the hard work of mankind and the thoughts of a newlywed woman. Va...

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...

Weißes Fragment (1978, rev. 2014) - ein Poem für Männerchor (TTBB) auf ein Gedicht des berühmten lettischen Dichters MarisCaklais. Die Farbe Weiß in poetischen, irrealen Bildern in einer faszinierende...

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...

Mother Teresa liked to surprise people she met by giving them a small card printed with five concise sentences instead of a calling card. The brief text on the card beginning with the line 'The fruit...

Organ and choir take turns in appearing: Three passages on the majestic organ in a vigorous D minor are answered by the choir with a meditative part each. A final interlude on the organ is followed by...

Zala ainava (Green Landscape) is the final part of the cycle Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons), a collection for piano with the pieces Rudens muzika (Autumn Music), Balta ainava (White Landscape) and Pav...