Pēteris Vasks

Streicherstimmensatz

Dona nobis pacem brings to life a timeless prayer for peace, enriching every concert and worship service with profound emotional depth. Published by the renowned Schott Musik, this multifaceted compos...

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...

Experience the moving power of vocal artistry: With the '3 Liebeslieder' (3 Love Songs) for soprano and piano, published by the renowned Schott Musik, an expressive cycle full of intimacy and musical...

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...

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...

With little effort and deeply rooted in the sonority of his Latvian homeland, Vasks generates enormous emotional power. Again and again the voices - accompanied by strings or organ - layer up from int...

Experience the festive splendor and spiritual depth of the traditional hymn of praise in an impressive setting for solo organ. The "Te Deum" unfolds its full, majestic power on the Queen of Instrument...

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...

The two pianos introduce the bass motif one after another. Every new entry brings an increase in tempo. Only when they play together, though, is the real 'Vivace unleashed. From then on, it is only in...

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...

Immerse yourself in a world of rich tonal colors and profound emotional depth: This beautiful "Adagio" for violoncello and organ, published by the renowned Schott Music, combines the warm, cantabile v...

Immerse yourself in the captivating world of the virtuoso cello repertoire with "Concerto no. 1 per violoncello ed orchestra". This impressive solo concerto combines profound emotional depth with bril...

Peteris Vasks has added two pieces to the flute and piano repertoire which are well suited for both domestic music-making and concert-hall performances. Aria is a gentle, meditative dialogue between f...

In the Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, performed for the first time by Michael Faust, Semyon Bychkov and the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne in 2009, the burlesque middle movement, with its firm dete...

The effective choral setting is based on texts by the Latvian national poet Velta Toma whose works are characterized by her having lived in exile in Canada for decades. At the heart of her Latvian Pra...

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

Gerne überraschte Mutter Teresa ihre Gesprächspartner damit, dass sie ihnen anstelle einer herkömmlichen Visitenkarte ein kleines Kärtchen überreichte, auf dem ein kurzer Text zu lesen war, beginnend...

For woodwind quintet.

In the four movements of his Concerto for Cor anglais and orchestra, Vasks intensively explores the various characteristics of the cor anglais. At the same time, the close connection to Latvian nature...