(Piano). By Peteris Vasks (1946-). Schott. Softcover. 20 pages. Schott Music #ED20914. Published by Schott Music

Double Bass Solo. By Peteris Vasks. Schott. Book only. Size 9x12 inches. 12 pages. Published by Schott.

(Piano Trio). By Peteris Vasks (1946-). For Cello, Piano/Keyboard, Violin, Piano Trio (Score and Parts). Ensemble. Softcover. 50 pages. Schott Music #ED21375. Published by Schott Music

(SATB with piano). Composed by Peteris Vasks (1946-). For Choral. Choral. Octavo. 12 pages. Schott Music #C56345. Published by Schott Music

(Vasaras dejas). Composed by Peteris Vasks (1946-). This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. String Ensemble. Classical. Performance score. Composed 2017. 12 pages. Duration 8'. Schott Music #ED 22951. Published by Schott Music

(Piano). Composed by Peteris Vasks (1946-). For Piano. Piano. Softcover. 16 pages. Schott Music #ED21266. Published by Schott Music

(Choral Score). By Peteris Vasks (1946-). SATB. Schott Kammerchor Reihe (Choral Music). Choral Score. 44 pages. Schott Music #SKR20030. Published by Schott Music

String quartet (P/ST) - difficult

SKU: HL.49033305

Composed by Peteris Vasks. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Score and Parts. Composed 2004. 56 pages. Duration 25'. Schott Music #ED9809. Published by Schott Music (HL.49033305).

ISBN 9790001137911. UPC: 884088408053. 9.0x12.0x0.202 inches.

String Quartet No. 5 consists of two contrasting movements. The first movement, being present, immediately leads to an atmosphere of high emotional tension. The prevailing atmospheric elements of the music are dramatic and passionate, alternating with each other like a kaleidoscope. In contrast to that, a second theme is intoned three times - an invitation, a memory of the existence of another world, a light-house which illuminates the twilight in which we live so often. But this invitation remains unheard. The first movement concludes with dissonances in the upper register - a cry of utter desperation.The second movement, so distant ... yet so near, is the calm, unhurried vocal section of the quartet. A forgiving, loving look at a world tortured by grief and contradictions. Gradually, the singing becomes more personal, more emotional and more dramatic. The rhythmic figure of a funeral march in the recapitulation of the second movement is a gesture of loss. Eventually, the quartet loses itself in an atmosphere of light-filled grief. Peteris Vask.

By Peteris Vasks (1946-). Organ. Schott. 24 pages. Schott Music #ED8049. Published by Schott Music

Violin, viola, cello and piano (P/ST)

SKU: HL.49033093

Composed by Peteris Vasks. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Score and Parts. Composed 2001. 132 pages. Duration 36'. Schott Music #ED 9442. Published by Schott Music (HL.49033093).

ISBN 9790001131773. 9.25x12.0x0.36 inches.

SSAA a cappella Choral; Women's Choir (SSAA ACAPELL) - intermediate

SKU: HL.49017958

3 Songs for Women's Choir. Composed by Peteris Vasks. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Choral. Classical. Softcover. Composed 1979-1988. 24 pages. Duration 12'. Schott Music #C53589. Published by Schott Music (HL.49017958).

ISBN 9790001170017. UPC: 884088520014. 0.066 inches. Latvian.

Peteris Vasks' strong attachment to his Latvian home country shows particularly in his choral music. Nature, customs and traditions as well as the idea of freedom are the central themes of the texts he sets to music, while carefully using modern techniques of choral singing as well. Alternating with traditional, even archaic singing, the music creates a multi-faceted, immediately effective sound image in the listener's mind.These three songs for female choir centre on the themes of man, nature and transience, and home in aphoristic brevity. Vasks wrote music on these folk poems which contains rewarding tasks for the choir and opens up a fascinating world of sound to the listener.

Score and Parts String Quartet (Score & Parts) - intermediate

SKU: HL.49046017

Version for String Quartet Score and Parts. Composed by Peteris Vasks. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. String Ensemble. Classical. Softcover. Composed 2013/2016. 16 pages. Duration 360 seconds. Schott Music #ED22723. Published by Schott Music (HL.49046017).

ISBN 9790001164726. UPC: 840126929102. 9.0x12.0x0.063 inches.

Mother Teresa was happy to surprise her interlocutors by handing them a small card instead of a traditional business card, on which a short text was to be read, beginning with the line “The fruit of silence is prayer.” In 2013, Peteris Vasks set this peace prayer of Mother Teresa on behalf of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival for mixed choir a cappella in the form of a dense elegiac sound stream. The versions for piano quintet and string quartet now make this musical expression of Mother Teresa's words accessible to two traditional genres of chamber music without the help of a choir.

Piano - advanced

SKU: HL.49018374

Piano. Composed by Peteris Vasks. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Composed 2009. 12 pages. Duration 6'. Schott Music #ED20926. Published by Schott Music (HL.49018374).

ISBN 9790001173162. UPC: 884088620936. 9.0x12.0x0.056 inches.

Peteris Vasks (b. 1946) has been hailed as the most significant and popular composer to come out of Latvia. This piano work was composed as a type of encore in 2009. 6 minutes.

Flute - difficult

SKU: HL.49010558

For Solo Alto Flute. Composed by Peteris Vasks. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Il Flauto Traverso (Flute Library). Classical. Composed 1992. 12 pages. Duration 10'. Schott Music #FTR163. Published by Schott Music (HL.49010558).

ISBN 9790001094597. UPC: 888680964689. 9.0x12.0x0.074 inches.

In drei mit Nakts - Lidojums - Nakts uberschriebenen Satzen beschreibt der 1946 geborene lettische Komponist Peteris Vasks mit lautmalerischen Mitteln einen nachtlichen Vogelflug zwischen Abenddammerung und Morgengrauen.

Score and Parts Piano Quintet (Score & Parts) - intermediate

SKU: HL.49046014

Version for Piano Quintet Score and Parts. Composed by Peteris Vasks. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. String Ensemble. Classical. Softcover. Composed 2013/2015. 20 pages. Duration 360 seconds. Schott Music #ED22450. Published by Schott Music (HL.49046014).

ISBN 9790001159968. 9.0x12.0 inches.

Mother Teresa was happy to surprise her interlocutors by handing them a small card instead of a traditional business card, on which a short text was to be read, beginning with the line The fruit of silence is prayer. In 2013, Peteris Vasks set this peace prayer by Mother Teresa on behalf of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival for mixed choir a cappella in the form of a dense elegiac sound stream. The versions for piano quintet and string quartet now make this musical expression of Mother Teresa's words accessible to two traditional genres of chamber music without the help of a choir.

2 pianos (4 hands) - difficult

SKU: HL.49019723

For two pianos. Composed by Peteris Vasks. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Piano. Softcover. Composed 1977. 32 pages. Duration 10'. Schott Music #ED21404. Published by Schott Music (HL.49019723).

ISBN 9790001188074. UPC: 888680039219. 9.25x12.0x0.107 inches.

This piece dates back to Vasks' Sturm and Stress period and was premiered in 1977. Freely notated over long passages, it uses both commonly notated passages and symbols as well as clusters. Vasks uses this wide range of modern piano technique for an expressive performance of both pianists. The performers have to cope with eruptions of powerful sounds and passages of great softness, while excitement alternates with contemplation.

String Quartet - difficult

SKU: HL.49008206

Score and Parts. Composed by Peteris Vasks. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Score and Parts. Composed 1977/1997. 86 pages. Duration 15'. Schott Music #ED 8899. Published by Schott Music (HL.49008206).

ISBN 9790001124003. UPC: 073999655742. 9.0x12.0x0.34 inches.

With serious string players this Latvian composer has long been recognized because of his sonorous tonal concepts and his modal, occasionally aleatoric idiom. Works like 'Cantabile per Archi' or 'Musica dolorosa' are already quite well-known, but newer pieces like the violin concerto with string orchestra 'Fernes Licht', commissioned by Gidon Kremer for his Kremerata Baltica, are also gaining wide international exposure. The genre of the string quartet is well represented in Vasks' output. The 2nd string quartet 'Summer Tunes' (ED 8512) has been published for some time and the 3rd was premiered by the Kronos Quartet who were so enthused that they commissioned a 4th quartet. In 1996, prompted by a complete recording of all his string quartets by the Miami String Quartet for Conifer Records Vasks totally revised his early 1st string quartet 1996, it is here presented for the first time in a printed edition.