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.

Piano - difficult

SKU: HL.49032518

For Piano. Composed by Peteris Vasks. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Composed 1978. 16 pages. Duration 14'. Schott Music #ED8046. Published by Schott Music (HL.49032518).

ISBN 9790001082839. UPC: 884088576653. 9.0x12.0x0.105 inches.

Peteris Vask's Eine kleine Nachtmusik, composed in 1978, is an example of the tragedy of past eras and a small-scale requiem for the hope of people of all ages. The title borrowed from Mozart is here coloured in a poignantly ironical hue. The greater the musical experience of the listener, the deeper is the understanding of this music and its composer. For example, the Latvian speech melody and the proximity of the diatonic folk song to the mediaeval sequence Dies irae suddenly reveals itself as a concept of night music from a more general aspect. The rhythmically constant pulsation in the piano bass subsequently assumes a semantic significance and could possibly be an elegy for Schubert's Erlkonig.

String Quartet - difficult

SKU: HL.49008109

Score and Parts. Composed by Peteris Vasks. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Score and Parts. Composed 1995. 96 pages. Duration 27'. Schott Music #ED8640. Published by Schott Music (HL.49008109).

ISBN 9790001120678. UPC: 073999881493. 9.0x12.0x0.268 inches.

'Christmas * Peace on Earth' is the leading motive of the String Quartet, a tenet of faith as well as an expression of hope. In the first part of the work Vasks uses themes from a well-known Christmas carol, while the second part is strongly influenced by Latvian folksongs and dances. The third section, with a chromaticiscm strongly reminiscent of Shostakovitch, investigates and questions the feasibility of any peace in our society. The final, calm and slightly melancholy section symbolizes 'Peace on Earth' by means of sonorous sustained choirs.

Organ

SKU: HL.49046898

For Organ. Composed by Peteris Vasks. Organ Collection. Classical. Softcover. 28 pages. Duration 780 seconds. Schott Music #ED23176. Published by Schott Music (HL.49046898).

ISBN 9781705166222. UPC: 842819108665. 9.0x12.0x0.123 inches.

Piano (PA SOLO) - difficult

SKU: HL.49008417

(Spring Music). Composed by Peteris Vasks. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Single sheet. Composed 1995. 36 pages. Duration 19'. Schott Music #ED 9437. Published by Schott Music (HL.49008417).

ISBN 9790001131650. 9.0x12.0x0.193 inches.

This Spring music forms part of the cycle The Seasons, a collection for piano containing the previously published pieces Balta ainava (White Landscape) and Rudens musika (Autumn music). Nature in all its shapes and the relationship of humans to Nature play an important role in Vask's works. Many of his works have programmatic titles associated with this theme, such as landscapes of burnt earth and music for migrating birds.

Score and Parts. By Peteris Vasks. Schott. Book only. Size 9x12 inches. 92 pages. Published by Schott.

Organ - advanced

SKU: HL.49007742

For organ. Composed by Peteris Vasks. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Composed 1991. 20 pages. Duration 13'. Schott Music #ED8052. Published by Schott Music (HL.49007742).

ISBN 9790001082891. UPC: 884088109684. 12.0x8.75x0.065 inches.

Violin/Cello Score. Composed by Peteris Vasks (1946-). Schott Kammerchor Reihe (Choral Music). Playing score. 16 pages. Schott Music #SKR20047-11. Published by Schott Music (HL.49016250).

Cello

SKU: HL.49001532

Composed by Peteris Vasks. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Cello-Bibliothek (Cello Library). Classical. Composed 1974/2001. 44 pages. Duration 17'. Schott Music #CB 171. Published by Schott Music (HL.49001532).

ISBN 9790001131346. UPC: 073999353754. 9.0x12.0x0.159 inches.

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

Clarinet; Piano - advanced

SKU: HL.49011070

Clarinet and Piano. Composed by Peteris Vasks. This edition: Paperback/Soft Cover. Sheet music. Klarinetten-Bibliothek (Clarinet Library). Classical. Composed 1973. 22 pages. Duration 9'. Schott Music #KLB 42. Published by Schott Music (HL.49011070).

ISBN 9790001113700. 9.0x12.0x0.09 inches.

Three challenging pieces by the Latvian-born composer, in his characteristic idiom of traditional and folk elements incorporated with contemporary influences.

Soprano, Flute, Cello, and Piano. Composed by Peteris Vasks (1946-). Ensemble. Softcover. Schott Music #ED21364. Published by Schott Music (HL.49019913).

(Piano Reduction with Solo Part). Composed by Peteris Vasks (1946-). For Piano, Violin (Violin). Schott. Piano Reduction with Solo Part. 50 pages. Schott Music #ED8841. Published by Schott Music

(Volume 1: Latvia). Edited by Alexander Fiseisky. For organ. This edition: Paperback. Orgelmusik in den baltischen Staaten, Band 1. Level 4. Performance score, Anthology. 86 pages. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag

(for Violoncello and String Orchestra (Piano Reduction)). Composed by Peteris Vasks (1946-). Arranged by Sol Gabetta. For Cello, Piano. String. Softcover. 68 pages. Schott Music #CB274. Published by Schott Music

Choral (SATB a cappella)

SKU: HL.49047316

SATB a cappella. Composed by Peteris Vasks. Choral. Choral, Classical. Octavo. 4 pages. Duration 240 seconds. Schott Music #C60161. Published by Schott Music (HL.49047316).

ISBN 9798350121896. UPC: 842819117483. 7.5x10.75x0.035 inches.

(Mate saule / Mutter Sonne). By Peteris Vasks (1946-). For SSAATTBB choir, a cappella (SSAATTBB). Choral. Choral score. Text language: Latvian. 16 pages. Schott Music #SKR20053. Published by Schott Music

(TTBB a cappella, Latvian). Composed by Peteris Vasks (1946-). For Choral (TTBB). Choral. Octavo. Schott Music #C54889. Published by Schott Music

Score and Parts Cello; Piano Accompaniment (Score and Parts)

SKU: HL.49047373

For Cello and Organ (String Orchestra Reduction) Score and Parts. Composed by Peteris Vasks. Edited by Ligita Sneibe. Edition Schott. Classical. Softcover. 24 pages. Duration 780 seconds. Schott Music #ED23557. Published by Schott Music (HL.49047373).

ISBN 9798350124897. UPC: 196288207702.

(Study Score)

SKU: HL.50499487

Composed by Peteris Vasks. Study Score. Softcover. Hal Leonard #SIK1826. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.50499487).

(Fantasia for Violin and String Orchestra (Piano Reduction)). By Peteris Vasks (1946-). For Violin, Piano Accompaniment. Schott. Softcover. 32 pages. Schott Music #VLB148. Published by Schott Music

Composed by Peteris Vasks (1946-). For Mixed Choir (SATB). Schott Kammerchor Reihe (Choral Music). Choral Score. 24 pages. Schott Music #SKR20036. Published by Schott Music

Free Instrumentation Performance Score Mixed Ensemble - intermediate

SKU: HL.49019415

Performance Score. Composed by Peteris Vasks. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Ensemble. Classical, Contemporary. Softcover. Composed 1979. 8 pages. Duration 8'. Schott Music #ED21356. Published by Schott Music (HL.49019415).

ISBN 9790001187251. 9.0x12.0x0.068 inches.

Tris skatieni is an extraordinary work in every respect. It has no fixed instrumentation, the instruments can be chosen freely from orchestral, folk or old musical instruments. It requires a minimum of four players but there can be as many as you like. As the performance does not cause any technical difficulties, the piece offers performers, from beginner or amateur to professional musician, interesting possibilities to experiment with tones and rhythms. Unforeseeable and unrepeatable in detail, the result is, a fascinating tonal world dazzling in many different ways.