Laura Jekabsone
Pūt pūti, ziemeli, ziemsvētku naktī
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Laura Jekabsone
Pūt pūti, ziemeli, ziemsvētku naktī
- Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SSATBB)
- Composer Laura Jekabsone
- Edition Choral Score
- Publisher Musica Baltica
- Order no. MBALTICA4188
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Description:
A Latvian is a pagan, and Christmas is a proper pagan holiday. One of
the traditions on the winter solstice is "going in bunches", or people
dressed up in masks go from house to house and do various things,
such as singing and dancing, or testing various Latvian folk beliefs.
One of the beliefs that is also heard in this piece is that on Christmas
night you should go and see if the bees are singing, if the bees are
singing beautifully, it will be a warm summer.
Musically, this work combines the melody of a Latvian folk song with
my own additions to the original music, in a rhythmically varied but
thrusting set of notes. My version of what a folk music carnival would
look like on the Latvian winter solstice.
the traditions on the winter solstice is "going in bunches", or people
dressed up in masks go from house to house and do various things,
such as singing and dancing, or testing various Latvian folk beliefs.
One of the beliefs that is also heard in this piece is that on Christmas
night you should go and see if the bees are singing, if the bees are
singing beautifully, it will be a warm summer.
Musically, this work combines the melody of a Latvian folk song with
my own additions to the original music, in a rhythmically varied but
thrusting set of notes. My version of what a folk music carnival would
look like on the Latvian winter solstice.