Pēteris Vasks

P?teris Vasks' Summer Dances (Vasaras dejas or Summer Dances) for two violins consists of seven easy dances of different character. The short pieces are lively throughout and ideal for music lessons a...

P?teris Vasks' Summer Dances (Vasaras dejas or Summer Dances) for two violins consists of seven easy dances of different character. The short pieces are lively throughout and ideal for music lessons a...

In my adaptation of a work originally composed in 2002 for eight-voice choir, violin and violoncello, I was particularly interested in recreating the tonal spectrum of the three extended vocalises (su...

'Christmas - Peace on Earth' is the leading motive of the String Quartet, a tenet of faith as well as an expression of hope. In the first part of the work Vasks uses themes from a well-known Christmas...

'Christmas - Peace on Earth' is the leading motive of the String Quartet, a tenet of faith as well as an expression of hope. In the first part of the work Vasks uses themes from a well-known Christmas...

The Latvian composer Peteris Vasks, who is known for his atmospheric pieces for string orchestra, 'Cantabile', 'Musica dolorosa' and 'Voices', is concentrating increasingly on chamber music: his lates...

The Latvian composer Peteris Vasks, who is known for his atmospheric pieces for string orchestra, 'Cantabile', 'Musica dolorosa' and 'Voices', is concentrating increasingly on chamber music: his lates...

String Quartet No. 5 consists of two contrasting movements. The first movement, being present, immediately leads to an atmosphere of high emotional tension. The prevailing atmospheric elements of the...

This is the first of two works by the successful Latvian composer for this instrumentation. It was written in 1977 and shows his early compositional style: while freely notated in the beginning, impro...

Peteris Vasks supports the solo part with a string orchestra accompaniment, employing a warm, sonorous tone that is particularly effective during the slow movements. The two central movements pose exc...

This little suite is particularly suitable as a first introduction to contemporary music. The outer movements seem to pursue a melismatic dialogue, the middle pieces cover a variety of moods.

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

Nel suo poema Latvija, Anna Rancane descrive con immagini dense di metamorfosi le sofferenze passate e le ferite residue del popolo lettone attraverso la guerra e l'occupazione. Peteris Vasks ha messo...

In tre movimenti intitolati Nakts - Lidojums - Nakts, il compositore lettone Peteris Vasks, nato nel 1946, utilizza dispositivi onomatopeici per descrivere un volo notturno di uccelli tra il crepuscol...