Ēriks eŠenvalds music

choral anthology 2

for mixed choir (SATB)

ĒRIKS EŠENVALDS

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EP 72446

MUSICABALTICA

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Veltīts Rīgas Jauniešu korim Kamēr... / Dedicated to the Riga Youth Choir Kamēr...

(1725-1807) (*1977)

© Copyright Musica Baltica, 2007

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© Copyright Musica Baltica 2011

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Ēriks Ešenvalds(*1977)

Sara Teasdale(1884–1933)

Commissioned by the University of Louisville Collegiate Chorale and Cardinal Singers. Conductor: Kent Hatteberg

© Copyright Musica Baltica, 2012

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IN MY LITTLE PICTURE FRAMEMusic by Renārs Kaupers

(*1974)Arranged by Ēriks Ešenvalds

(*1977)

Lyrics by Imants Ziedonis (*1933)English transl. by Ieva Lešinska-Geiber and Elaine Singley Lloyd


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(*1977)



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(*1977)



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(*1977)



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ĒRIKS EŠENVALDS

For me, harmony is most important – how it flows and becomes a new harmony. The melodic line is secondary. Perhaps this is because my ear is trained primarily to perceive harmonies. Nevertheless I don’t want to write simple music . . . it is important for me to create sounds that I truly feel. I conclude that I am constantly changing, searching for new paths, but absolutely not, once having found them, mass-producing them.

Ēriks Ešenvalds

Born in 1977 in Priekule, Latvia, Ēriks Ešenvalds studied composition with Selga Mence at the Latvian Academy of Music. He has continued his studies with Michael Finnissy, Trevor Wishart, Richard Ayres and Jonathan Harvey, amongst others. For 2011–2013, he holds the position of Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts at Trinity College, University of Cambridge.

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