Aeternum

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Release Date: 23rd Apr 2021
Catalogue No: LMIC089
Label: SKANI
Length: 72 minutes

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Ešenvalds: Rasa / The Dew

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State Choir Latvija, Māris Sirmais, Ivars Rebhūns, Dita Tomsone, Zane Zilberte, Didzis Lielauss

Mihailovska: Uguns rituāls

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State Choir Latvija, Māris Sirmais

Puce: Dziesmu svētkos

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State Choir Latvija, Māris Sirmais

Dzenitis: No debesīm

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State Choir Latvija, Māris Sirmais

Vasks: Mūsu kalni

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State Choir Latvija, Māris Sirmais

Zaļupe: Sauciens vējā

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State Choir Latvija, Māris Sirmais, Sintija Šmite-Smidrovska, Irīna Mihailovska, Ilze Dzenīte, Lauma Malnace

Uldis Marhilēvičs, Edgars Linde: Mēs esam

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State Choir Latvija, Māris Sirmais

Smidbergs: Tā lapa, tā lapa, kas lejup krīt

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State Choir Latvija, Māris Sirmais, Irīna Mihailovska, Mikus Bāliņš

Einfelde: Krāsas

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State Choir Latvija, Māris Sirmais

Kontauts: Jūras māte, Jūras māte, valdi savas kalponītes

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State Choir Latvija, Māris Sirmais, Lauma Malnace, Marika Austruma, Zane Zilberte, Ivars Rebhūns, Didzis Lielauss

Ķirse: Bieza migla zemi sedza

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State Choir Latvija, Māris Sirmais, Sintija Šmite-Smidrovska

Aišpurs: Piesaukšana

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State Choir Latvija, Māris Sirmais

Sauka, A: Ar zvaigžņu kluso gaismu…

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State Choir Latvija, Māris Sirmais

Kulakovs: Mežā. Nakts…

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State Choir Latvija, Māris Sirmais

Tiguls: Griezes dziesma

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State Choir Latvija, Māris Sirmais, Irīna Mihailovska, Uģis Meņģelis

Jančevskis: Aeternum

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State Choir Latvija, Māris Sirmais, Irīna Mihailovska, Eduards Fiskovičs, Ralfs Šmīdbergs, Iveta Sevele

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In anticipation of Latvia's centenary, the State Choir "Latvija" and its artistic director, Maris Sirmais, announced their idea for a special and lasting gift to Latvia a new, rich repertoire of choir songs that could be sung by both professional and amateur choirs. Thus they established a creative laboratory in which seventy-seven composers wrote new music for choir.

In five concerts over a period of three years, Sirmais and his choir premiered this gift of songs at the Ziedonis Hall of the National Library of Latvia. The songs had been created by composers already considered modern Latvian classics, accomplished composers of the middle generation and even young talents still studying at the Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music as well as Latvian composers living abroad and composers with a background in popular music. Each composer chose one of five elements fire, water, earth, sky, love as inspiration while composing. Some of the resulting works clearly represent their corresponding element in sound, while others approach it more generally and abstractly. Still others touch upon the element only remotely, as a thread between lines of text.

Conductor Maris Sirmais: "The works composed as a result of this initiative are dedicated to the best amateur choirs in Latvia, who will not keep this collection of songs only to themselves but through them will also introduce the wider world to the high quality of Latvian music in terms of both composition and performance. This project was developed with the goal of creating real and lasting spiritual values that will continue to live in the Latvian and global choir literature long after our country's centenary. We can take pride in the fact that such a relatively small nation has so many composers who are ready and able to create music of such high quality. We can also be proud of having so many choirs that can perform this music at such a high level."

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