PĒTERIS VASKS Composer Brochure

PĒTERIS
VASKS
Composer Brochure
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CHRONOLOGY
1946 Born in Aizpute (Latvia) on 16 April as son of a Baptist pastor

1953-59 Attended the school in Aizpute
1954 First piano and violin lessons at the local music school; first compositions
1959-64 Studied double bass at the Emīls Dārziņš Music School in Riga
1963-66 Played double bass at the Latvian National Opera in Riga
1964-70 Studied double bass at the Lithuanian Academy of Music in Vilna with Professor
Sereika; got to know music of the Polish avant-garde
1966-69 Played double bass in the Lithuanian Philharmonic Orchestra
1969-70 Played double bass in the Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
1970-71 Military service in the Soviet Army
1971 Married with Vija Bekere
1971 Birth of Son Matiss
1971-74 Played double bass in the Latvian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Riga
1972 Birth of daughter Laura
1973-78 Studied composition with Valentin Utkin at the Latvian Music Academy in Riga
1977 "Music for Fleeting Birds" for wind quintet; "1st String Quartet"; "In memoriam"
for two pianos
1977 Birth of daughter Madara
1978 "The Book" for violoncello solo; "Concerto vocale" for mixed choir
1979 "Cantabile" for strings
1979 Birth of daughter Gundega
1982 "Message" for chamber orchestra; "In Memory of a Friend" for wind quintet
1982 Birth of son Paulis
1983 "Musica dolorosa" for strings
1984 "2nd String Quartet"
1985-88 Music teacher in Zvejniekciems and Salacgrīva (Latvia)
1985 "Episodi e Canto perpetuo" for piano trio
1986 "Lauda" for orchestra
1988 "Musica seria" for organ; music teacher in Jelgava (Latvia)
1989 Taught composition at the Em. Dārziņa music school in Riga; first trip to Western
Europe (Germany, Schweden)
1990 "Concerto" for English horn and orchestra; "Jana Ivanova" Prize
1991 Barricades in Riga; Latvia reestablished its independence
1991 Symphony "Voices" for strings; "Te Deum" for organ
1992 "Fantasia – Landscapes of the Burnt-out Earth" for piano
1993 "Litene" for mixed choir; Great Latvian Music Award for "Litene"
1994 "Concerto" for violoncello and orchestra
1994 Honorary member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences
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1995 "Three Poems by Czesław Milosz"
1996 "3rd String Quartet"; "Dona nobis pacem"
1996 Herder Prize of the Alfred Toepfer Foundation F.V.S. Hamburg; Baltic Assembly
Prize for the Cello Concerto
1997 Concerto for violin and string orchestra "Distant Light"
1998 Great Latvian Music Award for the concerto for violin and string orchestra "Distant
Light"
1999 "2nd Symphony"
2000 "4th String Quartet", "Missa" for mixed choir; Great Latvian Music Award for the
"2nd Symphony"; Marriage with Dzintra Geka
2001 "Quartet" for violin, viola, violoncello and piano; "Viatore" for string orchestra
2001 Member of the Royal Swedish Music Academy
2002 "Musica appassionata" for string orchestra; "Plainscapes" for mixed choir, violin and
violoncello
2002 Senator of Honor of the Latvian Academy of Culture Riga
2003 "Bass Trip" for double bass
2004 "5th String Quartet"
2005 "Canto di forza" for 12 violoncello players; "3rd Symphony"
2006 "Lonely Angel" for violin and string orchestra
2007 "Sala" for orchestra
2009 "Concerto" for flute and orchestra; "Vox amoris" for violin and strings; completition
of the piano cycle "The Seasons"
2010 "Credo" for orchestra
2011 "Epifania" for string orchestra
2012 Concerto for violoncello and string orchestra "Klātbūtne"
2013 "Love Songs" for mixed choir
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ORCHESTRA -
ORCHESTRA
Lauda
für Orchester (1986)
Orchestra instrumentation: 3 (1. auch Altfl., 3. auch Picc.) · 3 · 3 (3. auch Bassklar.) · 3 - 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 - P.
S. (Trgl. · Gl. · Schellen · Beckenpaar · Tamt. · Bong. · gr. Tr. · Tempelbl. · Woodbl. · Clav. · Pandeira
· Peitsche · Xyl. · Vibr. · Marimba) (4 Spieler) - Hfe. · Klav. - Str. (16 · 14 · 12 · 10 · 8)
21' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: April 4, 1987 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Jānis Kaijaks · Staatliches Symphonieorchester Lettland
2. Symphonie
für großes Orchester (1998-1999)
Jointly commissioned by Bournemouth Orchestras and by the BBC
Yakov Kreizberg gewidmet
Orchestra instrumentation: 3 (1. auch Altfl., 3. auch Picc.) · 3 (3. auch Engl. Hr.) · 3 (3. auch Bassklar.) ·
3 (3. auch Kfg.) - 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 - P. S. (Trgl. · hg. Beck. · Beckenpaar · Tamt. · 4 Tomt. · Mil. Tr. · 4
Bong. · gr. Tr. · Tischgl. · Clav. · 2 Woodbl. · Ratsche · 5 Tempelbl. · Peitsche · Handgl. · Flexaton ·
Glsp. · Xyl. · Marimba · Vibr.) (3 Spieler) - Hfe. · Klav. (auch Cel.) - Str.
35' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: July 30, 1999 London, Royal Albert Hall (UK) BBC Proms 1999 · Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg ·
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
3. Symphonie
for large orchestra (2004-2005)
Auftragswerk der Tampere Filharmonia
Die Symphonie besteht aus einem einzigen, groß angelegten Satz.
Orchestra instrumentation: 3 (1. auch Altfl., 3. auch Picc.) · 3 (3. auch Engl. Hr.) · 3 (3. auch Bassklar.) ·
3 (3. auch Kfg.) - 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 - P. S. (Glsp. · Xyl. · Vibr. · Marimba · Röhrengl. · Trgl. · hg. Beck. ·
Beckenpaar · Tamt. · 4 Bong. · 4 Tomt. · Mil. Tr. · gr. Tr. · 5 Tempelbl. · 2 Holzbl. · Clav. · Mar. ·
Guiro · Peitsche · Ratsche · Flex.) (4 Spieler) - Hfe. · Klav. (auch Cemb.) - Str.
45' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: November 25, 2005 Tampere, Tampere-talon Iso sali (FIN) · Conductor: John Storgårds · Tampere
Filharmonia
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Sala
Symphonic Elegy (2006)
for orchestra
“Sala” was made possible through the Magnum Opus Project, Founding Patron and
Commissioner: Kathryn Gould, Founding Orchestras: Marin Symphony, Oakland East Bay
Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony, Project Development and Administration: Meet The Composer
Orchestra instrumentation: 3 (3. auch Picc.) · 2 (2. auch Engl. Hr.) · 3 (3. auch Bassklar.) · 3 - 4 · 3 · 3 ·
1 - P. S. (Glsp. · Xyl. · Vibr. · Marimba · Röhrengl. · Trgl. · Schellen · hg. Beck. · Beckenpaar · Tamt. ·
2 Holzbl. · 5 Tempelbl. · gr. Tr. · Clav.) (3 Spieler) - Hfe. - Str.
22' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: January 28, 2007 San Rafael, CA, Marin Veterans\' Memorial Auditorium (USA) · Conductor: Alasdair
Neale · Marin Symphony
Credo
for orchestra (2009)
Auftragskomposition der Philharmonischen Gesellschaft Bremen für die Bremer Philharmoniker im
Rahmen des Bremer Kompositionszyklus 2007-2010
Orchestra instrumentation: 3 (3. auch Picc.) · 3 (3. auch Engl. Hr.) · 3 · 3 - 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 - P. S. (Glsp. ·
Xyl. · Vibr. · Marimba · Röhrengl. · kl. Schellenbaum · hg. Beck. · Beckenpaar · Tamt. · 4 Tomt. · gr.
Tr. · 5 Tempelbl.) (4 Spieler) - Hfe. · Org. ad lib. - Str.
20' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: April 26, 2010 Bremen, Die Glocke, Großer Saal (D) · Conductor: Markus Poschner · Bremer
Philharmoniker
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CHAMBER ORCHESTRA - ENSEMBLE
Vēstijums
(Botschaft / Message) (1982)
für Streicher, Schlaginstrumente und zwei Klaviere
Orchestra instrumentation: P. S. (Gl. · Beck. · Tamt. · Tempelbl. · Tomt. · Bong. · gr. Tr. · Ratsche ·
Mar. · Flex · Woodbl. · Clav. · Peitsche · Xyl. · Vibr. · Marimba) (3 Spieler) - 2 Klav. - Str. (16 · 14 · 12
· 10 · 8)
15' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: April 9, 1983 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Jānis Zirnis · Staatliches Symphonieorchester Lettland
Canto di forza
for 12 violoncellos (2005)
Auftragswerk der Alten Oper Frankfurt
Den 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker gewidmet
14' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: September 13, 2005 Frankfurt/Main, Alte Oper, Grosser Saal (D) Cello-Festival 2005 · Die 12 Cellisten
der Berliner Philharmoniker
STRING ORCHESTRA - STRING ENSEMBLE
Cantabile
per archi (1979)
8' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: March 12, 1980 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Tovijs Lifšics · Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Lettland
Musica dolorosa
für Streichorchester (1983)
13' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: May 5, 1984 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Tovijs Lifšics · Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Lettland
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Symphonie für Streicher
Balsis / Stimmen / Voices (1991)
Auftragswerk des Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
für Juha Kangas
I Klusuma balsis (Stimmen der Stille / Voices of silence) - II Dzīvības balsis (Stimmen des Lebens /
Voices of life) - III Sirdsapziņas balss (Stimme des Gewissens / Voice of conscience)
Orchestra instrumentation: Str. (6 · 5 · 4 · 3 · 2) oder (12 · 10 · 8 · 6 · 4)
27' 0''
Material on hire
Other editions: score ED 8032
Premiere: September 8, 1991 Kokkola (FIN) · Conductor: Juha Kangas · Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
Adagio
für Streichorchester (1995-1996)
aus "Musica adventus"
9' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: October 5, 1996 Kokkola (FIN) · Conductor: Juha Kangas · Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
Musica adventus
für Streichorchester (1995-1996)
nach dem 3. Streichquartett
I Moderato - II Allegro energico - III Adagio - IV Moderato
28' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: January 26, 1997 Kaustinen (FIN) · Conductor: Juha Kangas · Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
Viatore
per 11 solisti d'archi (2001)
Einrichtung für 11 Solostreicher von Stefan Vanselow (2013)
Arvo Pärt gewidmet
Orchestra instrumentation: Str. (6 · 0 · 2 · 2 · 1)
15' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: April 20, 2013 Hannover, Neustädter Hof- und Stadtkirche St. Johannis (D) · Conductor: Stefan Vanselow
· Hannoversche Hofkapelle
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Viatore
per orchestra d'archi (2001)
(Hommage à Arvo Pärt)
Auftragswerk der Concertstichting De Doelen
Arvo Pärt gewidmet
15' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: December 9, 2001 Rotterdam, De Doelen (NL) · Conductor: Rudolf Werthen · I Fiamminghi
Musica appassionata
Auftragswerk des Korsholm Music Festivals
für Juha Kangas und das Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
18' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: July 1, 2002 Vaasa, Vaasa Town Church (FIN) Korsholm Music Festival 2002 · Conductor: Juha Kangas
· Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
Epifania
für meinen Freund Juha Kangas
10' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: July 29, 2011 Kokkola (FIN) · Conductor: Juha Kangas · Keski-Pohjanmaan Kamariorkesteri
(Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra)
Musica serena
for string orchestra
Juha Kangas gewidmet
Andante moderato
10' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: November 21, 2015 Kokkola, Snellman-sali (FIN) · Conductor: Juha Kangas · Keski-Pohjanmaan
Kamariorkesteri (Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra)
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SOLO INSTRUMENTS WITH ORCHESTRA OR ENSEMBLE - VIOLIN
Konzert
für Violine und Streichorchester (1996-1997)
"Tālā gaisma" / "Fernes Licht" / "Distant Light"
Auftragswerk der Salzburger Festspiele
Gidon Kremer gewidmet
30' 0''
Material on hire
Other editions: piano reduction with solo part ED 8841
Premiere: August 10, 1997 Salzburg, Mozarteum (A) Salzburger Festspiele 1997 · Gidon Kremer, Violine ·
Conductor: Saulius Sondeckis · Kremerata Baltica
Vientuļais eņģelis (Lonely Angel)

Meditation for violin and string orchestra (1999, rev. 2006)
12' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: July 3, 2006 Riga, Dom Cathedral (LV) · Gidon Kremer, violin · Conductor: Gidon Kremer · Kremerata
Baltica
Vox amoris
Fantasy for Violin and String Orchestra (2008-2009)
dedicated by Barbara Blackman to Louis Green, a friendship in music for over 50 years
24' 0''
Material on hire
Other editions: piano reduction with solo part VLB 148
Premiere: October 14, 2009 Sydney, NSW, Angel Place, City Recital Hall (AUS) · Richard Tognetti, violin ·
Conductor: Richard Tognetti · Australian Chamber Orchestra
VIOLA
Concerto
per viola e orchestra d'archi (2014-2015)
for viola and string orchestra
Commissioned by BBC Wales and Vale of Glamorgan Festival
I Andante - II Allegro energico - III Andante - IV Adagio
28' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: May 20, 2016 Wales, St. David\'s Hall (UK) Vale of Glamorgan Festival 2016 · Maxim Rysanov, viola ·
Conductor: Jac van Steen · BBC National Orchestra of Wales
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VIOLONCELLO
Concerto
per violoncello ed orchestra (1993-1994)
Auftragswerk des Senders Freies Berlin
I Cantus I - II Toccata I - III Monologhi - IV Toccata II - V Cantus II
Orchestra instrumentation: Picc. · 2 (2. auch Altfl.) · 2 · 2 · 2 - 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 - P. S. (hg. Beck. ·
Beckenpaar. · Tamt. · 4 Bong. · 4 Tomt. · Schellentr. · kl. Tr. · gr. Tr. · Clav. · 2 Holzbl. · Tempelbl. ·
Mar. · Guiro · Ratsche · Flex. · Röhrengl. · Glsp. · Xyl. · Vibr. · Marimba) (5-6 Spieler) - Hfe. · Cel. ·
Klav. - Str.
32' 0''
Material on hire
Other editions: piano reduction with solo part ED 8470
Premiere: November 26, 1994 Berlin (D) · David Geringas, Violoncello · Conductor: Arturo Tamayo · Deutsches
Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Concerto no. 2
Klātbūtne (Presence) (2012)
per violoncello e orchestra d'archi
Commissioned by Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Amsterdam Cello Biennale, The Eduard van Beinum
Foundation and International Istanbul Music Festival
Sol Gabetta gewidmet
I Cadenza · Andante cantabile - II Allegro moderato - III Adagio
34' 0''
Material on hire
Other editions: CB 274
Premiere: October 25, 2012 Gent, De Bijloke (B) · Sol Gabetta, cello · Conductor: Candida Thompson · Amsterdam
Sinfonietta
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FLUTE
Concerto
for flute and orchestra (2007-2008, rev. 2011)
Kompositionsauftrag des Westdeutschen Rundfunks
Michael Faust gewidmet
I cantabile I - II quasi una burlesca - III cantabile II
0 - P. S. (Glsp. · Xyl. · Marimba · Röhrengl. · Schellenbaum · hg. Beck. · Beckenpaar · Tamt. · 4 Bong.
· Schellentr. · 4 Tomt. · Mil. Tr. · Clav. · 2 Holzbl. · 5 Tempelbl. · Mar. · Ratsche · Guiro · Flex.) (2
Spieler) - Hfe. · Cemb. - Str.
30' 0''
Material on hire
Other editions: piano reduction with solo part FTR 216
Premiere: January 23, 2009 Köln, Philharmonie (D) · Michael Faust, Flöte · Conductor: Semyon Bychkov · WDR
Sinfonieorchester Köln
COR ANGLAIS
Konzert
für Englisch Horn und Orchester (1989)
Auftragswerk des Stamford Chamber Orchestra
to Thomas Stacy and the Stamford Chamber Orchestra
I Elegy I - II Folk Music - III Elegy II - IV Postlude
Orchestra instrumentation: 2 (2. auch Picc.) · 2 · 2 · 2 - 2 · 0 · 0 · 0 - P. S. (Glsp. · Xyl. · Marimba ·
Vibr. · Schellen · Holzbl. · Clav. · Mar. · Bong. · Tempelbl.) (1 Spieler) - Str.
21' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: May 12, 1990 Stamford, CT (USA) · Thomas Stacy, Englisch Horn · Conductor: Larry Gilgore · Stamford
Chamber Orchestra
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KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS -
PIANO - PIANO SOLO
Cycle
for piano (1976)
I Prolog - II Nocturne - III Drama - IV Epilogue
12' 0''
Order number: ED 21266
Premiere: December 3, 1976 Riga (LV) · Tālivaldis Deksnis, Klavier
A Little Night Music

(A Little Night Music) (1978)
for piano
14' 0''
Baltā ainava
(White Scenery (Winter)) (1980)
for piano
Gadalaiki I · The Seasons I
7' 0''
Order number: single sheet ED 8047
Premiere: November 11, 1980 Riga (LV) · Imants Zemzaris, piano
Kantāte
(Cantata) (1980)
for harpsichord
5' 0''
Premiere: January 11, 1981 Riga (LV) · Aina Kalnciema, Cembalo
Rudens mūzika
(Autumn Music) (1981)
for piano
quasi una sonata
Gadalaiki IV · The Seasons IV
13' 0''
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Fantasia
"Izdegušās zemes ainavas" / "Landscapes of the Burnt-out Earth" (1992)
for piano
17' 0''
Premiere: October 3, 1993 Frankfurt/Main (D) · Monica Gutman, Klavier
Pavasara mūzika
(Spring Music) (1995)
for piano
quasi una sonata
Gadalaiki II · The Seasons II
19' 0''
Premiere: March 25, 1996 Stockholm (S) · Bengt Forsberg, Klavier
Zaļa ainava
(Green Scenery (Summer)) (2008)
for piano
Gadalaiki III · The Seasons III
Vestard Shimkus gewidmet
8' 0''
Premiere: September 18, 2009 Liepāja, Theatre (LV) · Vestard Shimkus, piano
Vasaras vakara mūzika

(Music for a Summer Evening) (2009)
for piano
6' 0''
Premiere: September 18, 2009 Liepāja, Theatre (LV) · Vestard Shimkus, Klavier
Latvian Dance
(2012)
for piano
Ein kleiner tänzerischer Gruß an Peter von Peter
2' 0''
Premiere: June 19, 2012 New York, NY, The Juilliard School\'s Paul Recital Hall (USA) · Christopher McKiggan,
piano
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PIANO DUET
In memoriam
for two pianos (1977)
10' 0''
Order number: performance score ED 21404
Premiere: November 15, 1977 Riga (LV) · Nora Novika, piano; Raffi Haradzanjan, piano
TWO AND MORE PIANOS
Music for Two Pianos

(1974)
I Moderato con durezza - II Variationen - III Mouvement
12' 0''
Premiere: May 23, 1975 Riga (LV) · Nora Novika, Klavier; Raffi Haradzanjan, Klavier
Toccata
for two pianos (1977)
5' 0''
Premiere: October 20, 1977 Riga (LV) · Nora Novika, Klavier; Raffi Haradzanjan, Klavier
ORGAN - ORGAN SOLO
Cantus ad pacem
per organo (1984)
18' 0''
Premiere: April 12, 1985 Riga (LV) · Tālivaldis Deksnis, Orgel
Musica seria
per organo (1988, rev. 2008)
16' 0''
Premiere: November 5, 1988 Halle (D) · Martin Stephan, Orgel
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Te Deum
for organ (1991)
Herrn Ludwig Reiter gewidmet
13' 0''
Premiere: October 12, 1991 New York, NY, Peter Church (USA) · Ingrid Gutberg, Orgel
Viatore
per organo (2002)
Hommage à Arvo Pärt
16' 0''
Premiere: September 15, 2002 Liepāja, Trísvieníbas Bazníca (Church of the Holy Trinity) (LV) · Tālivaldis Deksnis,
Orgel
Baltā ainava
(White Scenery (Winter)) (2005)
for organ
Gadalaiki I · The Seasons I
Version for organ byTālivaldis Deksnis
8' 0''
Premiere: March 4, 2005 Riga, Dom · Talvaldis Deksins, Orgel
Canto di forza
per organo (2006)
14' 0''
Premiere: April 21, 2006 Riga, Dom Cathedral (LV) · Tālivaldis Deksnis, organ
ORGAN AND VOICE
Missa
Version for mixed choir (SATB) and string orchestra or organ (2005) (2000, rev. 2005)
I Kyrie - II Gloria - III Sanctus - IV Benedictus - V Agnus Dei
33' 0''
Order number: score ED 9622
Other editions: Version for mixed Choir a cappella SKR 20056 · Choral Score of the Version for mixed
Chorus and Strings ED 9622-1 · Version for mixed Chorus and Strings
Premiere: June 13, 2001 Riga (LV) · Tālivaldis Deksnis, Orgel · Conductor: Sigvards Kļava · Lettischer
Rundfunkchor (world première of the version for mixed choir and organ)
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CHAMBER MUSIC -
STRING INSTRUMENTS - VIOLIN - VIOLIN AND PIANO
Mazā vasaras mūzika

(Little Summer Music) (1985)
for violin and piano
I Breit, klangvoll - II Nicht eilend - III Energisch - IV Traurig - V Heiter - VI Breit, klangvoll
10' 0''
Order number: score and part VLB 88
Premiere: October 22, 1985 Riga (LV) · Jānis Bulavs, Violine; Ilona Breğe, Klavier
Vox amoris
Fantasy for Violin and String Orchestra (2008-2009)
dedicated by Barbara Blackman to Louis Green, a friendship in music for over 50 years
24' 0''
Order number: piano reduction with solo part VLB 148
Other editions: performance material
Premiere: 14. Oktober 2009 Sydney · Australian Chamber Orchestra · Leitung und Violine: Richard Tognetti
VIOLA - VIOLA AND PIANO (B.C.)
Mazā vasaras mūzika

(Little Summer Music) (einger. 2012)
for viola and piano
I Breit, klangvoll - II Nicht eilend - III Energisch - IV Traurig - V Heiter - VI Breit, klangvoll
9' 0''
Order number: VAB 83
Premiere: July 13, 2012 Riga (LV) · Andra Darzins, Viola; Lauma Skride, Klavier
CELLO - CELLO SOLO
Grāmata čellam
(The Book) (1978)
for cello
Maija Prdele gewidmet
I Fortissimo (Marcatissimo) - II Pianissimo (Dolcissimo)
13' 0''
Order number: CB 183
Premiere: January 10, 1979 Riga (LV) · Maija Prēdele, Violoncello
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ONE OR MORE CELLI AND PIANO
Partita
(1974, rev. 2001)
for cello and piano
Auftragswerk der Stadt Heidelberg für den "Heidelberger Frühling"
I Preludio - II Aria - III Toccata - IV Postludio
17' 0''
Order number: CB 171
Premiere: July 30, 1975 Pécs (H) · Zsolt Molnar, Violoncello; Anatol Jagoda, Klavier March 24, 2001 Heidelberg,
Stadthalle (D) Heidelberger Frühling 2001 · Alban Gerhardt, Violoncello; Markus Groh, Klavier (world première of
the new version)
Concerto no. 2
Klātbūtne (Presence) (2011, rev. 2012)
for violoncello and string orchestra
piano reduction by the composer
Commissioned by Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Amsterdam Cello Biennale, The Eduard van Beinum
Foundation and International Istanbul Music Festival
Sol Gabetta gewidmet
34' 0''
Order number: piano reduction with solo part CB 274
Premiere: October 25, 2012 Gent, De Bijloke (B) · Sol Gabetta, cello · Conductor: Candida Thompson · Amsterdam
Sinfonietta
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DOUBLE BASS - ONE OR MORE DOUBLE BASSES SOLO
Sonata
(1986)
for double bass solo
I monologo - II fantasia - III toccata - IV melodia
16' 0''
Order number: KBB 4
Premiere: October 14, 1988 Riga (LV) · Andris Grunte, Kontrabass
Bass Trip
(2002-2003)
for double bass solo
Auftragswerk für den ARD-Musikwettbewerb 2003 in München
10' 0''
Order number: KBB 7
Premiere: September 5, 2003 München (D) Internationaler Musikwettbewerb der ARD 2003 · Roman Patkoló,
Kontrabass (Finale)
STRING ENSEMBLE - DUOS / TRIOS
Castillo Interior
(2013)
for violin and cello
Auftragswerk des Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival und des Menuhin-Festival Gstaad
Patricia K. und Sol G. gewidmet
12' 0''
Order number: score and parts ED 22025
Premiere: July 17, 2014 Bordesholm, Klosterkirche (D) Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival 2014 · Patricia
Kopatchinskaja, Violine; Sol Gabetta, Violoncello
QUARTETS
String Quartet No. 1

(1977, rev. 1997)
I Intrada - II Sonata - III Melodia
15' 0''
Premiere: May 6, 1977 Vilnius (LT) · Uldis Sprudzs, 1. Violine; Vladimir Kornev, 2. Violine; Valerij Avramenko,
Viola; Mark Marianovsky, Violoncello February 2, 1998 Walnut Creek (USA) · Miami String Quartet:; Ivan
Chan, 1. Violine; Cathy Meng Robinson, 2. Violine; Chauncey Patterson, Viola; Keith Robinson, Violoncello (world
première of the new version)
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"Vasaras dziedājumi" / "Summer Tunes" (1984)
I Das Aufblühen - II Die Vögel - III Elegie
25' 0''
Premiere: October 20, 1984 Riga (LV) · Rigaer Streichquartett

(1995)
Auftragswerk der Villa Musica
I Moderato - II Allegro energico - III Adagio - IV Moderato · Allegro
27' 0''
Premiere: March 16, 1996 Mainz (D) · Orlando Quartett: Arvid Engegard, 1. Violine; Heinz Oberdorfer, 2. Violine;
Ferdinand Erblich, Viola; Stefan Metz, Violoncello

(1999)
Commissioned for the Kronos Quartet by Mrs. Ralph I. Dorfman
for my mother
I Elegy - II Toccata I - III Choral - IV Toccata II - V Meditation
32' 0''
Premiere: May 21, 2000 Paris, Théâtre de la Ville (F) · Kronos Quartet

(2004)
Commissioned for the Kronos Quartet by Mrs. Ralph I. Dorfman
dedicated to the Kronos Quartet
I klātbūtne (being present) - II tālu prom…tik tuvu (so distant…yet near)
25' 0''
Premiere: October 19, 2005 Tallinn (EST) · Kronos Quartet
20
SEXTETS AND MORE INSTRUMENTS
Pavasara sonāte
(Spring Sonata) (1987)
for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and 2 Violoncellos
18' 0''
Premiere: 30. Januar 1988 Mailand · Anchi Carfi, Violine · Giacomo Monica, Violine · Danielo Rossi, Viola ·
Stefano Pancotti, Viola · Marco Scano, Violoncello · Simone Scotto, Violoncello
STRING ENSEMBLE WITH PIANO - TRIOS
Episodi e Canto perpetuo

(1985)
for violin, cello and piano
I Crescendo - II Misterioso - III Unisono - IV Burlesca - V Monologhi - VI Burlesca II - VII Canto
perpetuo - VIII Apogeo e Coda
26' 0''
Premiere: April 26, 1986 Riga (LV) · Jānis Bulavs, Violine; Martiņš Grīnbergs, Violoncello; Aldis Liepiņš, Klavier
Plainscapes
for violin, violoncello and piano (2011)
Commissioned by the Muziekcentrum Eindhoven
15' 0''
Premiere: January 20, 2012 Eindhoven, Muziekgebouw, Rabobank Zaal (NL) Storioni Festival 2012 - International
Chamber Music Festival · Storioni Trio
21
QUARTETS
Quartet
(2001/Revision Herbst 2001)
for violin, viola, cello and piano
Auftragswerk des West Cork Chamber Music Festival
written for the Florestan Trio
I Preludio - II Danze - III Canti drammatici - IV Quasi una passacaglia - V Canto principale - VI
Postludio
36' 0''
Premiere: June 30, 2001 Bantry, Co. Cork, Bantry House (IRL) West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2001 ·
Florestan Piano Trio (Anthony Marwood, Violine; Richard Lester, Violoncello; Susan Tomes, Klavier); James Boyd,
Viola November 7, 2001 Ventspils (LV) · Sandis Šteinbergs, Violine; Ilse Klava, Viola; Reinis Birznieks,
Violoncello; Janis Maleckis, Klavier (world première of the revised version autumn 2001)
QUINTETS
The Fruit of Silence

piano quintet (2015)
6' 0''
Premiere: February 7, 2015 Rīga, Latvijas Nacionālā Opera, Bel-Etage (LV) · Dita Krenberga, flute; Sandis
Steinbergs, violin; Ilze Klava, viola; Reinis Birznieks, cello; Janis Maleckis, piano
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WIND INSTRUMENTS - FLUTE
Aria e danza
for Flute and Piano (1972, rev. 2010)
Aria - Danza
8' 0''
Order number: FTR 215
Premiere: July 18, 1973 Riga (LV) · Agnese Ārgale, Flöte; Tālivaldis Deksnis, Klavier
Ainava ar putniem
(Landscape with Birds) (1980)
for flute solo
8' 0''
Premiere: November 11, 1980 Riga (LV) · Imants Sneibis, Flöte
Sonata
(1992)
for flute (also alto flute) solo
Auftragswerk des Helsinki Festivals
I Nakts (Nacht / Night) - II Lidojums (Flug / Flight) - III Nakts (Nacht / Night)
10' 0''
Premiere: August 21, 1992 Helsinki (FIN) Helsinki Festival 1992 · Imants Sneibis, flute
Concerto
for flute and orchestra (2007-2008, rev. 2011)
Kompositionsauftrag des Westdeutschen Rundfunks
Michael Faust gewidmet
I cantabile I - II quasi una burlesca - III cantabile II
0 - P. S. (Glsp. · Xyl. · Marimba · Röhrengl. · Schellenbaum · hg. Beck. · Beckenpaar · Tamt. · 4 Bong.
· Schellentr. · 4 Tomt. · Mil. Tr. · Clav. · 2 Holzbl. · 5 Tempelbl. · Mar. · Ratsche · Guiro · Flex.) (2
Spieler) - Hfe. · Cemb. - Str.
30' 0''
Order number: piano reduction with solo part FTR 216
Premiere: January 23, 2009 Köln, Philharmonie (D) · Michael Faust, Flöte · Conductor: Semyon Bychkov · WDR
Sinfonieorchester Köln · Organizer: WDR
23
OBOE - COR ANGLAIS
Pieskārieni
(Touches) (1982)
for oboe solo
7' 0''
Order number: OBB 37
Premiere: November 19, 1983 Riga (LV) · Normunds Šnē, Oboe
CLARINET
Trīs skaņdarbi
(Three Pieces) (1973)
for clarinet and piano
I Allegro moderato - II Rubato - III Vivo
9' 0''
Order number: KLB 42
Premiere: November 19, 1973 Rēzekne (LV) · Ģirts Pāže, Klarinette; Anita Pāže, Klavier
Moments musicaux
(1977)
for clarinet solo
I Cantilena I - II Con vivezza - III Misterioso - IV Con espressione - V Cantilena II
10' 0''
Order number: KLB 41
Premiere: February 11, 1977 Riga (LV) · Ģirts Pāže, Klarinette
24
WIND ENSEMBLES - QUINTETS
Wind Quintet No. 1

"Mūzika aizlidojušajiem putniem" / "Music for Fleeting Birds" (1977)
for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
8' 0''
Premiere: December 10, 1977 Riga (LV) · Bläserquintett des Staatlichen Lettischen Symphonie-Orchesters: Vilnis
Strautinš, Flöte; Vilnis Pelnēns, Oboe; Ģirts Pāže, Klarinette; Arvīds Klišāns, Horn; Janis Barinskis, Fagott
Wind Quintet No. 2

"Mūzika aizgājušam draugam" / "In Memory of a Friend" (1982)
for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
10' 0''
Premiere: September 30, 1982 Tbilissi (GE) · Bläserquintett des Staatlichen Lettischen Symphonie-Orchesters: Vilnis
Strautinš, Flöte; Vilnis Pelnēns, Oboe; Ģirts Pāže, Klarinette; Arvīds Klišāns, Horn; Gunars Endzelis, Fagott
CHAMBER MUSIC WITH GUITAR
Vientulības sonāte
(The Sonata of Loneliness) (1990)
for guitar solo
im Gedenken an M. B.
I Pensieroso - II Risoluto - III Con dolore
16' 0''
Order number: GA 526
Premiere: March 17, 1991 Osnabrück (D) · Reinbert Evers, Gitarre
MIXED INSTRUMENTS - CHAMBER MUSIC WITH PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Concerto
per timpani e strumenti di percussione (1979, rev. 1986)
I Preludio · II Toccata I · III Elegia · IV Toccata II · V Cadenza · VI Postludio
Orchestra instrumentation: P. S. (Trgl. · hg. Beck. · 4 Bong. · 4 Tomt. · Mil. Tr. · Schellentr. · Tamb. ·
Rührtr. · Clav. · Ratsche · Tamt. · Gl. · Mar. · Peitsche · Guiro · Flex. · 3 Kuhgl. · Schelle · Kast. · 3
Tempelbl. · 2 Hölzer · gr. Tr. · Xyl. · Vibr. · Marimba) (3 Spieler)
12' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: October 25, 1987 Riga (LV) · Aikaz Akopjan, timpani; Rolands Krumins, Ilmars Purins, Andris
Rozentals, percussion · Conductor: Pēteris Vasks
25
ELECTRONIC MUSIC -
ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND SPECIAL SETTINGS
Trīs skatieni
(Three Gazes) (1979)
free instrumentation
8' 0''
Order number: performance score ED 21356
Premiere: October 30, 1979 Riga (LV) · Imants Zemzaris, piano; Boriss Avramecs, violin; Maija Prēdele, cello
26
VOCAL MUSIC -
VOICE(S) AND CHAMBER ENSEMBLE (2-12 INSTRUMENTS)
3 Latviešu tautas dziesmas

(Three Latvian Folk Songs) (1984)
for Soprano, Flute, Cello and Piano
Folk song texts
I Teici, teici, valodiņa (Speak, language, speak / Erzählt, erzählt, Worte) - II Ej, saulīte, drīz pie Diva
(Go, sun, go down to God / Geh, Sonne, geh bald zu Gott) - III Tautiešami roku devu (My hand to the
young man / Dem Freier gab ich meine Hand)
10' 0''
Premiere: November 11, 1984 Ahtjubinsk (KZ) · Sigrida Krigere, soprano; Imants Sneibis, flute; Agne Stepina, cello;
Irina Haradzanjan, piano
Latvija
chamber cantata for soprano, flute (alto flute), bells and piano (1987)
text by Anna Rancane
12' 0''
Premiere: September 19, 1987 Warszawa (PL) · Margorzata Armanowska, Sopran; Grzegorz Cimossko, Flöte;
Marta Ptaszynska, Glocken; Szabolcs Estenyi, Klavier
CHORAL MUSIC - MIXED CHOIR
Golgātas krusts
(Cross of Golgatha) (1967)
for mixed choir
text by Edvards Treimanis
4' 0''
Order number: choral score C 55858
Premiere: February 18, 1995 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Valdis Zeltkals · Jugendchor St. Gertrud
Māte saule
(Mother Sun) (1975, rev. 2001)
for mixed choir (SSAATTBB)
text by Jānis Peters
5' 0''
Order number: choral score SKR 20053
Premiere: January 25, 1977 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Edgars Račevskis · Lettischer Rundfunkchor
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Madrigāls
for mixed choir (SATB) (1976)
on a poem by Claude de Pontoux
Latvian translation by Eduards Virza
4' 0''
Premiere: May 29, 1976 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Juris Kļaviņš · Chamber Choir of Latvian Academy of Music
Concerto vocale
for mixed choir (SSSAAATTTBBB) (1978)
text by Māris Čaklais
I Elēğija - II Skerco - III Himna
16' 0''
Premiere: April 3, 1980 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Imants Cepītis · Staatlicher akademischer Chor "Latvija"
Klusās dziesmas
(Silent Songs) (1979, rev. 1992)
for mixed choir (SATB)
text by Knuts Skujenieks (I, II, IV) and Leons Briedis (III)
für Ausma Derkvica
I Nosāpi pārsāpi (Hurt Overhurt) - II Dusi dusi (Sleep Sleep) - III Trīs meži (Three Forests) - IV Paldies
tev vēlā saule (Thank You, The Late Sun)
10' 0''
Premiere: September 19, 1992 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš · Kammerchor "Balsis"
Ugunssargs
(Forest Ranger) (1982)
poem for mixed choir (SSAATTBB)
Text by Māris Čaklais
7' 0''
Premiere: May 6, 1984 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Imants Cepītis · Staatlicher akademischer Chor "Latvija"
Varonis
(The Hero) (1989, rev. 2013)
text by Zinaīda Lazda
6' 0''
Premiere: February 3, 1990 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Juris Klavins · Lettischer Rundfunkchor
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Zemgale
for mixed choir (SSSAAATTBB) (1989)
text by Māra Zālīte
13' 0''
Premiere: November 30, 1989 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Imants Kokars · Kammerchor "Ave Sol"
Savā tautā
(By His People) (1990)
for mixed choir (SATB)
text by Andrejs Eglitis
3' 0''
Premiere: March 27, 1991 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Sigvards Kļava · Lettischer Rundfunkchor
Litene
Ballade for 12-part mixed choir (SSSAAATTTBBB) (1993)
text by Uldis Bērziņš
11' 0''
Premiere: November 18, 1993 Oslo (N) · Conductor: Sigvards Kļava · Lettischer Rundfunkchor
Pater noster
for mixed choir (SATB) a cappella: string orchestra ad lib. (1995)
Orchestra instrumentation: Str. (3 · 3 · 2 · 2 · 1)
7' 0''
Order number: set of string parts C 49509-10
Other editions: choral score C 49509
Premiere: December 3, 1995 Gdańsk (PL) · Conductor: Juris Vaivods · Lettischer Kammerchor "Versija"
Dona nobis pacem

(1996-1997)
for mixed choir (SATB) and string orchestra or organ
16' 0''
Order number: choral score ED 9239-1
Other editions: organ part ED 9239-11 · string parts ED 9239-10 · score ED 9239
Premiere: Fassung für gem. Chor und Streichorchester: 30. November 1996 Riga; Fassung für gem. Chor und Orgel: 27.
Juni 1997 Visby; Fassung für gem. Chor und 7 Instrumente: 4. Oktober 1997 Brixen
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Missa
Version for mixed choir (SATB) and string orchestra or organ (2000, rev. 2005)
33' 0''
Order number: choral score ED 9622-1
Other editions: Version for mixed Choir a cappella SKR 20056 · Score of the Version for mixed Chorus
and Organ ED 9622 · Version for mixed Chorus and Strings
Premiere: 13. Juni 2001 Riga · Lettischer Rundfunkchor · Talivaldis Deksnis: Orgel · Leitung: Sigvards Klava
Missa
Version for mixed choir (SATB) and string orchestra or organ (2005) (2000, rev. 2005)
33' 0''
Order number: score ED 9622
Chorus and Strings ED 9622-1 · Version for mixed Chorus and Strings
Premiere: June 13, 2001 Riga (LV) · Tālivaldis Deksnis, Orgel · Conductor: Sigvards Kļava · Lettischer
Rundfunkchor (world première of the version for mixed choir and organ)
Missa
per coro (SATB) a cappella (2000)
Commissioned by the Danish National Radio Choir
30' 0''
Other editions: Choral Score of the Version for mixed Chorus and Strings ED 9622-1 · Score of the
Version for mixed Chorus and Organ ED 9622 · Version for mixed Chorus and Strings
Premiere: December 5, 2000 København, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Dronningesalen (DK) · Conductor: Stephen Layton ·
Radiokammerkoret (Danish National Radio Choir)
Plainscapes
(2002)
for mixed choir (SSAATTBB), violin and cello
15' 0''
Other editions: performance score SKR 20047-11
Premiere: March 28, 2002 Wien, Minoritenkirche (A) · Gidon Kremer, Violine; Marta Sudraba, Violoncello ·
Conductor: Māris Sirmais · Youth Choir "Kamēr..." Riga
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Mūsu māšu vārdi
(Our Mothers' Names) (2003, rev. 2006)
12' 0''
Other editions: version for men's choir C 51219
Premiere: August 30, 2006 Ewenny, Ewenny Priory Church (UK) Vale of Glamorgan Festival 2006 · Conductor:
Sigvards Kļava · Lettischer Rundfunkchor
Zīles ziņa
(The Tomtit's Message) (2004)
10' 0''
Premiere: March 13, 2004 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Māris Sirmais · Youth Choir "Kamēr..." Riga
Piedzimšana
(Birth) (2008)
for mixed choir (SSSSAAAATTTTBBB) a cappella and bass drum ad lib.
text by Inese Zandere
Auftragswerk des Youth Choir "Kamr..." Riga
12' 0''
Premiere: July 3, 2008 Riga, University of Latvia, Aula (LV) · Conductor: Māris Sirmais · Youth Choir "Kamēr..."
Riga
Liepa
(The Lime Tree) (2012)
text by Pēteris Zirnītis
7' 0''
Premiere: December 26, 2012 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Ārijs Šķepasts · Kammerchor Austrums
31
Mīlas dziesmas
(Love Songs) (2013)
for mixed choir a cappella
based on poems by Imants Ziedonis
I Tāds gaišums - II Un pēkšņi tāds klusums - III Kur biju? - IV Tad apstājas laiks - V Ne lapa nekustas
14' 0''
Premiere: June 12, 2013 Riga, Sv. Pētera baznīca (LV) Rigas Festival 2013 · Conductor: Sigvards Kļava · Lettischer
Rundfunkchor

for mixed choir a cappella (2013)
based on a text by Mother Teresa
Auftragswerk des Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
4' 0''
Other editions: Version for mixed choir and piano C 56345
Premiere: August 18, 2013 Lübeck, Dom (D) Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival 2013 · Conductor: Rolf Beck ·
Schleswig-Holstein Festival Chor Lübeck

for mixed choir and piano (2013)
6' 0''
Other editions: Version for mixed choir a cappella C 55851
Premiere: October 16, 2013 Rēzēkne (LV) · Vestard Shimkus, piano · Conductor: Sigvards Kļava · Lettischer
Rundfunkchor
32
MEN'S CHOIR
Mūsu māšu vārdi

(Our Mothers' Names) (1977, rev. 2003)
for men's choir (TTTBBB)
12' 0''
Other editions: Version for mixed choir C 52391
Premiere: May 11, 1996 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Juris Vaivods · Männerchor "Dziedonis" January 17, 2003 Pärnu
(EST) · Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš · Estonian National Men’s Choir (world première of the revised version)
Baltais fragments
(White Fragment) (1978, rev. 2014)
Ballad for men's choir (TTBB)
5' 0''
Premiere: March 12, 1997 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Juris Vaivods · Kammerchor "Versija"
Three Poems
by Czesław Milosz (1994-1995)
for four solo voices or choir (ATTB) a cappella
Dace A. gewidmet
I Window "I looked out the window at dawn" - II So little "I said so little" - III Encounter "We were
riding through frozen fields"
20' 0''
Premiere: April 29, 1995 London, Queen Elizabeth Hall (UK) · The Hilliard Ensemble:; David James, Countertenor;
Rogers Corey-Crump, Tenor; John Potter, Tenor; Gordon Jones, Bariton
WOMEN'S / CHILDREN'S CHOIR
Liepa
(The Lime Tree) (1975, rev. 1992)
for women's choir (SSAA)
text by Pēteris Zirnītis
6' 0''
Premiere: May 10, 1992 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Ausma Derkēvica · Frauenchor "Dzintars"
33
Ne tikai lirika
(Not Only Poetry) (1977)
cycle for women's choir (SSSSAAAA)
text by Vitauts Ļūdēns
8' 0''
Premiere: March 6, 1978 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Ausma Derkēvica · Frauenchor "Dzintars"
Skumjas
(Trauer / Sorrow) (1978-1988, rev. 1991)
3 songs for women's choir
texts by Leons Briedis, Jānis Baltvilks and Gabriela Mistral (Latvian by Knuts Skujenieks)
I Vasara (Summer) (1978) - II Mazi, silti svētki (Small, Warm Holiday) (1988) - III Skumjā māte (Sad
Mother) (1980/1991)
9' 0''
Premiere: March 4, 1979 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Ausma Derkēvica · Frauenchor "Dzintars" (world première of
"Vasara") November 12, 1991 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Ausma Derkēvica · Frauenchor "Dzintars" (world première
of "Mazi, silti svētki") September 17, 1993 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Ausma Derkēvica · Frauenchor "Dzintars"
(world première of "Skumjā māte")
Dzimtene
(Home) (1979-1988)
3 songs for women's choir
on folk poems
I Mūsu dziesma (Our Song) (1988) - II Miedziņš jāja (Sleep Was Riding) (1979) - III Māmiņai
klausīdama (Following Mother’s Advice) (1979)
12' 0''
Premiere: April 14, 1979 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Viesturs Gailis · Chor "Minjona" (world première of "Miedziņš
jāja" and "Māmiņai klausīdama") February 26, 1988 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Ausma Derkēvica · Frauenchor
"Dzintars" (world première of "Mūsu dziesma")
Ķekatu dziesma
(Carnival Song) (1981)
for women's choir (SSSSAAAA)
Folk song
3' 0''
Premiere: December 1, 1989 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Ausma Derkēvica · Frauenchor "Dzintars"
34
Ganu dziesma
(Shepherd’s Song) (1981, rev. 1989)
for women's choir (SSSAAA)
on a folk poem
4' 0''
Premiere: May 15, 1989 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Ausma Derkēvica · Frauenchor "Dzintars"
Zīles ziņa
(The Tomtit's Message) (1981)
for female choir
10' 0''
Premiere: April 2, 1982 Riga (LV) · Conductor: Ausma Derkēvica · Frauenchor "Dzintars"
SYMPHONIC VOCAL WORKS - CHOIR WITH ORCHESTRA OR INSTRUMENTS
Dona nobis pacem

for mixed choir (SATB) and 7 instruments (1996-1997)
Auftragswerk der Brixner Initiative Musik und Kirche
Orchestra instrumentation: Ob. · Klar. · Fg. - Str. (1 · 0 · 1 · 1 · 1)
16' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: 4. Oktober 1997 Brixen - Stuttgarter Vokalensemble - ensemble recherche Freiburg - Leitung: Oswald
Sallaberger
Missa
version for mixed choir and string orchestra (2000, rev. 2005)
37' 0''
Material on hire
Chorus and Strings ED 9622-1 · Score of the Version for mixed Chorus and Organ ED 9622
Premiere: November 9, 2005 Helsinki, Cathedral (FIN) Helsinki Bach Festival 2005 · Conductor: Juha Kangas ·
Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra · Tapiola Chamber Choir
35
Prayer
(“Lord, open our eyes”) (2011)
for mixed choir and string orchestra
Text by Kathryn Spink
Commissioned by Latvijas Radio Koris, RIAS Kammerchor, Tenso Network Europe
15' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: November 28, 2012 Rīga, Dom (LV) · Conductor: Sigvards Kļava · Sinfonietta Riga · Lettischer
Rundfunkchor
Lūgšana Latvijai
für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Streichorchester (2014)
for mixed chorus and string orchestra
5' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: November 16, 2014 Rīga, Rīgas Latviešu biedrība (LV) · Conductor: Māris Sirmais · Jāzepa Vītola
Latvijas Mūzikas akadēmijā orķestris · Jāzepa Vītola Latvijas Mūzikas akadēmijā koris

for mixed choir (SATB) and string orchestra (2014)
6' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: October 22, 2014 Rīga, Cathedral (LV) · Conductor: Sigvards Kļava · Sinfonietta Rīga · Latvijas radio
koris
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STRING ORCHESTRA - STRING ENSEMBLE

Vientuļais eņģelis (Lonely Angel)

A Little Night Music

Vasaras vakara mūzika

TWO AND MORE PIANOS

Music for Two Pianos

ORGAN - ORGAN SOLO

ORGAN AND VOICE

Mazā vasaras mūzika

VIOLA - VIOLA AND PIANO (B.C.)

Mazā vasaras mūzika

CELLO - CELLO SOLO

STRING ENSEMBLE - DUOS / TRIOS

String Quartet No. 1

String Quartet No. 3

String Quartet No. 4

String Quartet No. 5

STRING ENSEMBLE WITH PIANO - TRIOS

Episodi e Canto perpetuo

The Fruit of Silence

Wind Quintet No. 1

Wind Quintet No. 2

CHAMBER MUSIC WITH GUITAR

MIXED INSTRUMENTS - CHAMBER MUSIC WITH PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS

3 Latviešu tautas dziesmas

CHORAL MUSIC - MIXED CHOIR

Dona nobis pacem

The Fruit of Silence

The Fruit of Silence

Mūsu māšu vārdi

WOMEN'S / CHILDREN'S CHOIR

SYMPHONIC VOCAL WORKS - CHOIR WITH ORCHESTRA OR INSTRUMENTS

Dona nobis pacem

The Fruit of Silence

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