Vasks' early style owed much to the aleatoric experiments of Witold Lutosławski, Krzysztof Penderecki and George Crumb. Later works included elements of Latvian folk music, such as his gentle and pastoral cor anglaisconcerto (1989). His works are generally extremely clear and communicative, with a solid and muscular sense of harmony. Lyrical passages may be followed by agitated dissonances, or interrupted by sombre sections with a march-like feel. He made extensive use of minimalist techniques as well, but never became attached to any particular method.
Vasks feels strongly about environmental issues, and a sense of nature both pristine and destroyed can be found in many of his works, such as the String Quartet No. 2 (1984). Other important works include Cantabile (1979) and Musica dolorosa (1984) and "Bass Trip" (2003) for solo double bass. He has written six string quartets, the fourth (1999[2]) and fifth (2004[3]) of which were written for the Kronos Quartet.
^"List of works by Pēteris Vasks on the website of the Latvian Music Information Centre". www.lmic.lv.
^"Pēteris Vasks - Voices, I" – via www.youtube.com.
^"Symphony for Strings (Balsis [Voices]) | Peteris Vasks – Daniels' Orchestral Music Online".
External links
Profile at Schott Music website
Latvian Web Page on Vasks in English
Ondine Records: Peteris Vasks
orfile on Music.lv website
Liner notes for Pater Noster performed by Latvian Radio Choir
"Peteris Vasks: Composer and Sinfonietta Riga deplore destruction" Kokafi article
Composer Profile/Works at Schott Music (English version)
CD Recording of String Quartets 1-5
January 20, 2023
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Peteris Vasks news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message Peteris Vasks born 16 April 1946 is a Latvian composer 1 Peteris VasksVasks in 2007Background informationBorn 1946 04 16 16 April 1946 age 76 OriginAizpute LatviaGenresClassical musicOccupation s composer double bassistYears active1970s Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 2 1 Symphonies 2 2 Other orchestral works 2 3 Orchestra with instrumental soloists 2 4 Chamber music 2 5 Solo instrumental 2 6 Choral 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditVasks was born in Aizpute Latvia into the family of a Baptist pastor He trained as a violinist at the Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music as a double bass player with Vitautas Sereikaan at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and played in several Latvian orchestras before entering the State Conservatory in Vilnius in the neighboring Lithuania to study composition with Valentin Utkin as he was prevented from doing this in Latvia due to Soviet repressive policy toward Baptists He started to become known outside Latvia in the 1990s when Gidon Kremer started championing his works and now is one of the most influential and praised European contemporary composers Vasks early style owed much to the aleatoric experiments of Witold Lutoslawski Krzysztof Penderecki and George Crumb Later works included elements of Latvian folk music such as his gentle and pastoral cor anglais concerto 1989 His works are generally extremely clear and communicative with a solid and muscular sense of harmony Lyrical passages may be followed by agitated dissonances or interrupted by sombre sections with a march like feel He made extensive use of minimalist techniques as well but never became attached to any particular method Vasks feels strongly about environmental issues and a sense of nature both pristine and destroyed can be found in many of his works such as the String Quartet No 2 1984 Other important works include Cantabile 1979 and Musica dolorosa 1984 and Bass Trip 2003 for solo double bass He has written six string quartets the fourth 1999 2 and fifth 2004 3 of which were written for the Kronos Quartet Vasks was the recipient of the Vienna Herder Prize of the Alfred Toepfer Foundation in 1996 as well as the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature the Arts and Science and the Latvian Grand Music Award in 1997 the latter for his violin concerto Tala Gaisma Distant Light 1996 7 He received the Cannes Classical Awards in 2004 His important works also include Viatore Symphony No 2 and Music for a deceased Friend Since 1994 he has been an honorary member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences and in 2001 he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music In 1996 he was the main composer at the Stockholm New Music Festival and in 2006 composer in residence at the Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts and the Vale of Glamorgan Festival in Wales In 2005 he received the Estonian honour the Order of the White Star 3rd Class 4 Works EditThe following is a list of works by Vasks 5 Symphonies Edit Symphony No 1 Balsis Voices 1991 for string orchestra 6 7 Symphony No 2 1998 Symphony No 3 2005 Other orchestral works Edit Cantabile per archi 1979 for string orchestra Vestijums The Message 1982 for orchestra with percussion and two pianos Musical dolorosa 1983 for string orchestra Lauda 1986 for orchestra Musica adventus 1996 for string orchestra Adagio 1996 for string orchestra Viatore 2001 for string orchestra also for organ 2001 Musica appassionata 2002 for string orchestra Symphonic elegy Sala Island 2006 for orchestra Credo 2009 for orchestra Epifanija Epiphany 2010 for string orchestra Musica serena 2015 for string orchestraOrchestra with instrumental soloists Edit Violin concerto Tala gaisma Distant Light 1997 for violin and strings Viola concerto 2015 for viola and strings Cello concerto No 1 1994 Cello concerto No 2 Klatbutne Presence 2012 for cello and strings Flute concerto 2008 Oboe concerto 2018 Concerto for cors anglais and orchestra 1989 Meditation Vientulais engelis Lonely Angel 1999 for violin and strings Fantasia Vox Amoris 2009 for violin and stringsChamber music Edit Vasaras dejas Summer dances 2017 for two violins Castillo Interor 2013 for violin and cello Maza vasaras muzika Little Summer Music 1985 for violin and piano 2012 for viola and piano Partita 1974 for cello and piano Three compositions 1973 for clarinet and piano Musique du soir Vakara muzika Evening Music 1988 1989 for horn and organ Music for two pianos 1974 In Memoriam 1977 for two pianos Toccata 1977 for two pianos Concerto for timpani and percussion 1979 Tris skatieni Trisvieniba Three glances Trinity 1979 for violin cello and piano Episodi e canto perpetuo 1985 for violin cello and piano Pianotrio Plainscapes 2011 for violin cello and pianoPiano quartet 2001 for piano viola cello and piano String quartet nr 1 1977 String quartet nr 2 Vasaras dziedajumi Summer tunes 1984 String quartet nr 3 Ziemassvetku kvartets Christmas Quartet 1995 String quartet nr 4 2000 String quartet nr 5 2004 String quartet nr 6 2020 Muzika aizlidojosajiem putniem Music for flying birds 1977 for wind quintet Muzika aizgajusam draugam Music for a late friend 1982 for wind quintetChamber Music 1975 for flute oboe clarinet bassoon and percussion Pavasara sonate Spring Sonata 1987 for string sextetCanto di forza 2005 for twelve cellos also for organ 2006 Solo instrumental Edit Cycle 1976 for piano Moments musicaux 1977 for clarinet Gramata cellam A book for cello 1978 for cello Eine kleine Nachtmusik A Little Night Music 1978 for piano Ainava ar putniem Landscape with birds 1980 for flute Cantata 1980 for harpsichord Balta ainava White landscape 1980 for piano Rudens muzika Autumn Music 1981 for piano Pieskarieni Touches 1982 for oboe Cantus ad pacem Concerto per organo 1984 for organ Sonata 1986 for double bass Musica sera per organo 1988 for organ Sonata Vientuliba Loneliness 1990 for guitar Te Deum 1991 for organ Sonata 1992 for flute Izdegusas zemes ainavas Landscapes of the burnt out earth 1992 fantasy for piano Pavasara muzika Quasi una sonata Spring Music Quasi una sonata 1995 for piano Viatore 2001 for organ also for string orchestra 2001 Bass Trip 2003 for double bass Canto di forza 2006 for organ also for twelve cellos 2005 Zala ainava Green landscape 2008 for piano Vasaras vakara muzika Music for a summer evening 2009 for piano Latviesu deja Latvian Dance 2012 for piano Hymnus 2018 for organ Dzeguzes balss Pavasara elegija Cuckoo s Voice Spring Elegy 2021 for paino Sonata Estiva 2022 for violin Choral Edit Unaccompanied choir Golgatas krusts Cross of Golgotha 1967 Ugunssargs The Firefighter 1975 Liepa The Lime Tree 1975 2012 Mate saule Mother Sun 1975 Small concert for voices conductor and composer 1976 Ar laiku pukes vist Flowers wither in time 1976 Musu masu vardi Our mothers names 1977 2006 Ne tikai lirika Not just poetry 1977 Baltais fragments White fragment 1978 Vasara Summer 1978 Concerto vocale 1978 Klusas dziesmas Silent Songs 1979 Skumja mate Sad Mother 1980 Ganu dziesma Shepherd s Song 1981 Ziles zina Message of a Chickadee 1981 kekatu dziesma Carnival Song 1981 Mazi silti svetki A Moment of Celebration 1988 Musu dziesma Our Song 1988 Zemgale 1989 Varonis Hero 1989 Sava tauta By His People 1990 Pater Noster 1991 also for choir and string orchestra 2000 Litene 1993 Three poems 1995 for four solists Balsis klusuma Voices in silence 1997 for six solo voices and female choir Mass 2000 also for choir and organ or string orchestra 2001 2005 Piedzimsana Birth 2008 Milas dziesmas Love Songs 2013 Klusuma auglis The Fruit of Silence 2013 also for choir and string orchestra 2014 Musu kalni Our Mountains 2017 Tevu zeme Fatherland 2018 Cosa devo fare What should I do 2018 Accompanied choir Lugsana matei Prayer for a mother 1978 for soprano choir and orchestra Kantate sievietem Cantata for Women 1978 for soprano choir and orchestra Three folk song settings 1984 for voices flute cello and piano Chamber cantata Latvija 1987 for soprano flute bells and piano Pater Noster 2000 for choir and string orchestra also for unaccompanied choir 1991 Dona Nobis Pacem 1996 for choir and organ or string orchestra Mass 2001 2005 for choir and organ or string orchestra also for unaccompanied choir 2000 Lidzenuma ainavas Plainscapes 2002 for choir violin and cello Klusuma auglis The Fruit of Silence 2014 for choir and string orchestra also for unaccompanied choir 2013 Lugsana Latvijai Prayer for Latvia 2014 for choir and wind orchestra Da Pacem Domine 2016 for choir and string orchestra Laudate Dominum 2016 for choir and orchestra Veni Domine 2018 for choir and organReferences Edit The ten most important musical works of Latvia s centenary eng lsm lv 1 August 2018 Retrieved 31 August 2018 String Quartet No 4 englisch String Quartet No 5 englisch Bearers of decorations president ee List of works by Peteris Vasks on the website of the Latvian Music Information Centre www lmic lv Peteris Vasks Voices I via www youtube com Symphony for Strings Balsis Voices Peteris Vasks Daniels Orchestral Music Online External links EditProfile at Schott Music website Latvian Web Page on Vasks in English Ondine Records Peteris Vasks orfile on Music lv website Liner notes for Pater Noster performed by Latvian Radio Choir Peteris Vasks Composer and Sinfonietta Riga deplore destruction Kokafi article Composer Profile Works at Schott Music English version CD Recording of String Quartets 1 5 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peteris Vasks amp oldid 1118874425, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
