Pēteris Vasks

Litene is the name of a village in Latvia, which has acquired a significance similar to that of 'Katyn' in Poland. It was in this village that in June 1941 the officer élite of the Latvian army was am...

The Latvian region Zemgale is infamous for atrocities committed in the 13th century and in 1949. It has become a symbol for the deportation of Latvians. Vasks uses the text in a linear as well as in a...

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...

P?teris Vasks composed this cycle for women's choir on poems by his Latvian compatriot Vitauts ??d?ns. The lyrics are taken from the poetry collections Blizzard in the Rye of 1971 and The Birch Bark P...

Poem für gemischten Chor (SSAATTBB) Text von M?ris Caklais Chorpartitur - gemischter Chor (SSAATTBB) - lettisch

Varonis - der Held (1989, rev. 2013) für gemischten Chor (SSAATTBB) - ein kurzes Chorstück in lettischer Sprache auf einen Text von Zinaida Lazda. Moderne Techniken des Chorgesangs ein mischen sich mi...

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...

Peteris Vasks occupies a special position in the circle of Baltic composers. He is not only the most significant and popular composer ever to come out of Latvia; he always speaks to his listeners with...

Peteris Vasks occupies a special position in the circle of Baltic composers. He is not only the most significant and popular composer ever to come out of Latvia; he always speaks to his listeners with...

Peteris Vask's Eine kleine Nachtmusik, composed in 1978, is an example of the tragedy of past eras and a small-scale requiem for the hope of people of all ages. The title borrowed from Mozart is here...

This 'Autumn Music' allows the performer great latitude within the notated music. It puts great demands on both the technique and the creativity of the pianist. The sound spectrum ranges from soft pia...

Landschaften der ausgebrannten Erde.

Peteris Vasks has written compositions for organ again and again, whether original works or arrangements of his own works for strings. He drew his ideal sound image and his inspiration from the famous...

In the subtitle, the composer calls the piece 'Three looks into the infinity of time'. Tris skatieni is an extraordinary work in every respect. It has no fixed instrumentation, the instruments can be...

Peteris Vasks has written a large number of pieces for the organ, both original works and arrangements of his own pieces which had originally been written for strings. The Riga-based composer created...

Peteris Vasks has written compositions for organ again and again, whether original works or arrangements of his own works for strings. He drew his ideal sound image and his inspiration from the famous...

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...

Peteris Vasks has written compositions for organ again and again, whether original works or arrangements of his own works for strings. He drew his ideal sound image and his inspiration from the famous...

Peteris Vasks has written compositions for organ again and again, whether original works or arrangements of his own works for strings. He drew his ideal sound image and his inspiration from the famous...