Pēteris Vasks

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...

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...

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...

In 2013, P?teris Vasks set Mother Teresa's peace prayer "The fruit of silence is prayer' for the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. The piece is for mixed choir however the versions for piano quintet...

Dirigier- und Studienpartitur

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...

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...

'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...

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...

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...