Sheet Music Downloads by Pēteris Vasks

Mit geringem Aufwand und tief in der Klanglichkeit seiner lettischen Heimat verwurzelt erzeugt Vasks eine enorme emotionale Kraft. Immer wieder neu schichten sich die Stimmen - begleitet von Streicher...

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...

Baltâ ainava - White Landscape (Winter)' belongs to the seasonal pieces of the nature-loving Latvian composer Peteris Vasks. Everything is white. The new year begins. It is a quiet meditation, a great...

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

Streicherstimmensatz

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...

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...

Pēteris Vasks skilfully wove this song cycle from the lyrics and melodies of five Latvian folk songs.

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...

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...

'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...

Gramata cellam besteht aus zwei sehr kontrastierenden Teilen. Der erste, sehr heftige Teil 'fortissimo' (Allegro, freie Sonatenform) bearbeitet rauhes, aggressives Musikmaterial in ununterbrochener em...

Peteris Vasks from Latvia, who is known for his atmospheric pieces for string orchestra Cantabile, Musica dolorosa and Voices, is concentrating increasingly on chamber music. He was commissioned to co...

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...

Viatore was originally one of Peteris Vasks's extremely successful works for string orchestra. This newly-published arrangement translates the inexorably shimmering original string sound of the piece...

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...

Pēteris Vasks (16. April 1946 in Aizpute) ist ein lettischer Komponist. Er lebt heute als freischaffender Komponist in Riga und zählt zu den bekanntesten Komponisten aus den Staaten der ehemaligen Sow...

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It is particularly in his choral music that Peteris Vasks reveals his strong attachment to his Latvian home country. Nature, customs and traditions and the idea of freedom are the central themes of th...

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...