Jēkabs Jančevskis
Aeternum
for Mixed Choir
Jēkabs Jančevskis
Aeternum
for Mixed Choir
- Instrumentation Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), 3 piper solos and soli (SSS)
- Composer Jēkabs Jančevskis
- Lyricist Pēters Brūveris
- Edition Choral Score
- Publisher Musica Baltica
- Order no. MBALTICA2066
Description:
Cast:
SSAATTBB, 3 whistling soloists, SSS solo
Aeternum was written for the centenary of Latvia's independence. I find that the terse poetry of Pēters Brūveris presents an outstanding poetic formula for musical composition. A between-the-lines reading of the eleven words Pēteris offers us opens up a cosmically infinite space that tears down our imagined boundaries of time-space. - from notes by Jēkabs Jančevskis © 2020 "From haunting stillness to exquisite plangency, Jančevskis's choral music captivates with its sheer intensity …"
— GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE
SSAATTBB, 3 whistling soloists, SSS solo
Aeternum was written for the centenary of Latvia's independence. I find that the terse poetry of Pēters Brūveris presents an outstanding poetic formula for musical composition. A between-the-lines reading of the eleven words Pēteris offers us opens up a cosmically infinite space that tears down our imagined boundaries of time-space. - from notes by Jēkabs Jančevskis © 2020 "From haunting stillness to exquisite plangency, Jančevskis's choral music captivates with its sheer intensity …"
— GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE