08/18/2008

Joe Duddell – Featured Composer at the Presteigne Festival 2008

The twenty-sixth Presteigne Festival begins on Thursday 21st August with Joe Duddell as composer-in-residence.  Presteigne has a long-held tradition of commissioning and performing new music and this summer there be no less than seven works by festival regular Duddell including a world premiere. ...

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01/17/2007

Peteris Vasks' Sala Premieres at Marin Symphony in California

The Latvian composer Peteris Vasks' Sala (Symphonic Elegy for Orchestra) sees its world premiere performances on January 28 and 30 in Marin with Alasdair Neale conducting the Marin Symphony.  Vasks' new orchestral work comes to Marin through the generous and innovative auspices of the Magnum ...

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10/02/2006

World Premiere Recording of Peteris Vasks' Third Symphony

The première recording of Latvian composer Peteris Vasks' Third Symphony , a one-movement piece of spiritually deep and emotionally compelling music which promises to build on the success of the Second Symphony . This release, also on Ondine - coupled with the Violin Concerto 'Distant ...

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08/23/2006

Peteris Vasks visits the UK

Latvian composer Peteris Vasks makes a rare visit to the UK in late August where he will be Composer in Residence at both the Presteigne and Vale of Glamorgan Festivals.   The Presteigne Festival kicks things off with an opening concert when Anthony Marwood performs the evocative  ...

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08/21/2006

Work of the Week - Peteris Vasks: Violin Concerto "Distant Light“

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10/03/2005

Peteris Vasks: Major presence in Northern Europe

October and November sees a warm reception for Peteris Vasks in Scandinavia and Estonia – providing an important milestone for the Latvian composer. With three premieres of Vasks’ works starting on the 19 October with the 5th String Quartet , then continuing on the 9 November with ...

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