Pēteris Vasks

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...

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...

This work of ca. 12 minutes' duration was composed at the suggestion of the cellist Sol Gabetta in remembrance of the great mystic St. Teresa of Avila. Premiered in 2014, it will surely find its way i...

Baltâ ainava - White Landscape (Winter)' belongs to the seasonal pieces of the nature-loving Latvian composer Peteris Vasks. Everything is white. The new year begins. It is a quiet meditation, a great...

P?teris Vasks composed the original version for violin and piano in 1985. The year 2012 saw the publication of the 'Little summer music' in an arrangement for viola and piano. The six-movement suite t...

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...

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...

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...

Der wirkungsvolle Chorsatz basiert auf Texten der lettischen Nationaldichterin Velta Toma, deren Schaffen durch einen jahrzehntelangen Aufenthalt im kanadischen Exil geprägt ist. Liebessehnsucht, Fami...

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...

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...

Pēteris Vasks (April 16, 1946 in Aizpute) is a Latvian composer. He now lives as a freelance composer in Riga and is one of the best-known composers from the states of the former Soviet Union.

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...

Also available for a-cappella choir apart from the versions with piano or string orchestra: the Prayer for Peace of Saint Mother Teresa in a simple, densely woven musical setting as a romantic elegy....

Peteris Vasks komponierte dieses Werk auf denText des gleichnamigen Gedichtes des 1936 in Riga geborenen Autors Knuts Skujenieks als liebevolle Hommage an die Landschaft seines Heimatlandes Litauen: W...

Peteris Vasks komponierte dieses Werk auf denText des gleichnamigen Gedichtes des 1936 in Riga geborenen Autors Knuts Skujenieks als liebevolle Hommage an sein Vaterland Litauen. Durch die Aussprachhi...

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.