Estimated duration

1 h 30 min., no intermission

Organizer

Musiikkitalon Urut ry

Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks is often mentioned in the same breath as his Estonian colleague Arvo Pärt, and no wonder: both composers’ music has a soothing, mind-clearing effect.

Counted among the international choral elite, the Latvian Radio Choir serves up a musical banquet for Vasks’s 80th birthday in April 2026 with a selection of songs calling for calm. Organist Tuomas Pyrhönen puts the cherry on the cake by playing Vasks’s song for peace, Cantus ad pacem.

Latvian Radio Choir
Kaspars Putniņš, conductor
Tuomas Pyrhönen, organ

Pēteris Vasks:
Angele Dei
Mūsu māšu vārdi
Actus Caritatis
Māte saule
Cantus ad pacem, Tuomas Pyrhönen (organ)
The Fruit of Silence
Cosa devo fare?
Pater noster
Zīles ziņa