Meditation for organ is a simple choral arrangement on a well known tune.

Song List: Psalm XX (Homage to Benedetto Marcello) Divertissement (Gigue) Toccata on Ein Feste Burg (A Mighty Fortress Is Our God) Modal Prelude The Happy Trumpeter (Trumpet Tune) The Happy Trumpeter Pavane Sarabande (after Felix Mendelssohn) Grand Choeur The Angelus Happy Trumpeter

Peteris Vasks has written a .large number of .pieces for the organ, both original works and arrangements of his own pieces which had originally been written for strings. The Riga-based composer created his ideal sound image after listening to the famous organ of the Cathedral of Riga. The basic idea of the organ work 'Cantus ad pacem' is, as with almost all of his compositions, the personal understanding of nature: the beauty of nature, on the one hand, and the destruction of nature by man, on the other hand.
Not presenting any great difficulties, Vasks' organ music displays an impressive variety of sounds, from the most intimate, restrained sounds to powerful chordal outbursts.

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 into a sonorous organ sound foundation. In the adaptation for organ, the catchy motif of Viatore (Passenger) receives entirely new dynamic possibilities.
The whole sound potential of the queen of instruments is fully explored, the typical Vasks sound is maintained and at the same time expanded by new, surprising aspects.

Peteris Vasks has written compositions for organ again and again, whether original works or arrangements of his own works for strings. He drew his ideal sound image and his inspiration from the famous organ of the Cathedral in Riga where the composer has been living for a long time. Like in almost all his compositions, the basic idea of 'Canto di forza' is the personal human examination of Creation: on the one hand the beauty of Nature, on the other hand the destruction of Nature by man.
Vasks' organ music does not provide any great difficulties but rather displays an impressive tonal variety of the most intimate, held back sounds to tremendous chordal eruptions.

Peteris Vasks has written compositions for organ again and again, whether original works or arrangements of his own works for strings. He drew his ideal sound image and his inspiration from the famous organ of the Cathedral in Riga where the composer has been living for a long time. Like in almost all his compositions, the basic idea of 'Musica seria' is the personal human examination of Creation: on the one hand the beauty of Nature, on the other hand the destruction of Nature by man.
Vasks' organ music does not provide any great difficulties but rather displays an impressive tonal variety of the most intimate, held back sounds to tremendous chordal eruptions.

Song List: I'll Fly Away (Albert E Brumley) Because He Lives (Wm & Gloria Gaither) To Be Used of God (Audrey Mieir) El-Shaddai (J Thompson/M Card) Let's Just Praise the Lord (William Gaither) Thou Art Worthy (Pauline Mills) I'll Tell the World That I'm A Christian (Bock) Healer of Broken Hearts (Bock) He Is with Me (Bock) He Touched Me (Bock) I Believe in A Hill Called Mt. Calvary (Bock) Over the Sunset Mountains (Bock) Plenty of Room in the Family (Bock) How Great Thou Art (Stuart K Hine) In This Very Room (Ron and Carol Harris) Jesus Loves Me (Bradbury/Debussy) Happiness Nearer, My God, to Thee (S. Adams) What A Friend We Have in Jesus (C Converse) This Is My Country (Raye/Jacobs) Love Lifted Me (J. Rowe/H. Smith) Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead Us (W. Bradbury) I've Got Peace Like A River Greater Is He That Is in Me (Lanny Wolfe) Day by Day (C Berg/O Ahnfelt) I Am A Promise (Wm. & Gloria Gaither) Joy Comes in the Morning (Wm. & Gloria Gaither) I Cannot Fail the Lord (Doris Akers) He's Everything to Me (R Carmichael) When He Shall Come (A J Pearce) Sweet, Sweet Spirit (Doris Akers) Oh, I Never Shall Forget the Day (R Carmichael) Sweeter As the Years Go by (Mrs. C H Morris) Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Don Wyrtzen) My Heart Is Filled with Jesus' Love (D Akers) Heaven Came Down and Glory Filled My Soul (John Peterson) Love At Home (Wm Driggs, Jr.) Thank God for the Promise of Spring (Wm Gaither) God Leads His Dear Children Along (G Young) Even So, Lord Jesus, Come (Wm. Gaither) Jesus Is Coming Again (J Peterson) He'll Never Let You Fall (R Carmichael) Go Tell It On the Mountain Amen Precious Memories LOVE OF GOD, THE (FREDERICK H LEHMAN) BLOOD WILL NEVER LOSE ITS POWER, THE (A. CROUCH) CHURCH TRIUMPHANT, THE (WM GAITHER) UNVEILED CHRIST, THE (N B HERRELL) MIRACLE OF GRACE, THE (R CARMICHAEL)