Composers Performers

Pēteris Vasks

Pēteris Vasks (b. 1946)

Latvia · Neoromanticism, Avant-garde music

Aria e danza for Flute and Piano (1972-10)
`Birth` for mixed choir and percussion (1980)
Book (Grāmata čellam), for solo cello (1978)
Cantabile (1979)
`Canto di Forza`, for solo organ (2006) (2005-06)
Cantus ad pacem, concerto for organ (1984)
Concert for cello and orchestra No1 (1994)
Concerto for cello and orchestra No.2 `Presence` (2012)
Concerto for english horn and orchestra (1989)
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (2007-11)
Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra (2018)
Concerto for Viola and String Orchestra (2014-15)
Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra `Distant light` (Tālā gaisma) (1996-97)
Credo (2009)
Cuckoo’s Voice. Spring Elegy (Dzeguzes balss. Pavasara elēģija), piece for piano (2021)
`Dona nobis pacem`, for mixed chorus and string orchestra or organ (1996)
Epifania per orchestra d`archi (2010)
Episodi e canto perpetuo, for Piano Trio (1985)
“Evening Music” (Musique du soir) for French horn or cello and organ (1988)
Flying Birds Music for Wind Quintet (1977)
`Landscape with Birds` for Flute Solo (1980)
`Landscapes of the scorched earth` (Ainava ar izdegušu zemi), fantasy for piano (1973-92)
Lauda, for symphony orchestra (1986)
`Lonely Angel` (Vientuļais eņģelis), for violin and string orchestra (2019 - for trio) (2006-19)
Mass for Choir and String Orchestra (2000-05)
Music for a summer evening(Vasaras vakara mūzika), piece for piano (2009)
`Musica Adventus`, for string orchestra (1996)
Musica appassionata, for string orchestra (2002)
Musica Dolorosa for String Orchestra (1983)
`Musica serena` (Calm Music), for string orchestra (2015)
`Musica seria`, for organ (1988)
Our Mothers` names (1977)
Partita for cello and piano (1982)
`Pater noster` (Our Father), for choir and orchestra (1991)
Piano Quartet (2001)
Plainscapes (Līdzenuma ainavas), for choir, violin and cello (2011 - for piano trio) (2002-11)
`Seasons` (Gadalaiki), 4 piano pieces (1980-09)
Silent Songs (Klusās dziesmas), a cappella choral cycle (1992)
Sonata for Double Bass solo (1986)
Sonata for Flute and Alto Flute (1992)
String Quartet No.1 (1977-97)
String Quartet No.2 `Summer motives` (1984)
String Quartet No.3 (1995)
String Quartet No.4 (2000)
`Summer Dances` (Vasaras dejas), for 2 violins (2017)
Summer, for mixed chorus a cappella (1978)
Symphony No.1 `Voices` (1991)
Symphony No.2 (1998)
Symphony No.3 (2005)
`Te Deum`, solo for organ (1991)
The Fruit of Silence (Klusuma auglis), for choir and string orchestra (2013)
`The Message` for strings, percussion and two pianos (1982)
The Sad Mother, for mixed chorus a cappella (1980)
The Tomtit`s Message, for mixed chorus a cappella (1981-04)
Three poems to verses by Ceslav Milos for 4 soloists or choir (1994-95)
Viatore (Traveler), for string orchestra (2001)
Vox amoris (The Voice of Love), fantasy for violin and string orchestra (2009)