Songs About Latvian Rivers - Dziesmas par Latvijas upēm Inese Zandere, Raimonds Pauls and Youth Choir BALSIS

• Raimonds Pauls (b. 1936): Salaca. Atbalss:
• 1 Pauls: Salaca. Atbalss 02:31
• Gauja. Pavasaris:
• 2 Pauls: Gauja. Pavasaris 03:10
• Lielupe. Sudraba māsas:
• 3 Pauls: Lielupe. Sudraba māsas 03:11
• Ogres siciliāna:
• 4 Pauls: Ogres siciliāna 03:06
• Irbe. Vārdnīca:
• 5 Pauls: Irbe. Vārdnīca 02:24
• Venta:
• 6 Pauls: Venta 03:56
• Daugava:
• 7 Pauls: Daugava 03:38
• Aiviekste. Jāņu rīts:
• 8 Pauls: Aiviekste. Jāņu rīts 03:57
• Upju lirika:
• 9 Pauls: Upju lirika 05:58
• Total Runtime 31:51

Info for Songs About Latvian Rivers - Dziesmas par Latvijas upēm

The synergy on this album between three personalities - poet Inese Zandere, composer Raimonds Pauls and conductor Ints Teterovskis - has become one of the ports of call in the BALSIS Youth Choir's "river story", a special journey that it embarked on already a decade ago. Songs About Latvian Rivers features a lesser-known cycle of eight acappella choral songs composed by Pauls with poetry by Zandere. Also special is the participation of both artists - with Pauls at the piano and Zandere reading - on "River Poetry", the last track on the album.

Teterovskis is convinced that as long as Zandere continues writing about rivers and as long as young people respond to Latvian choral music, BALSIS (which means 'voices' in Latvian) will continue to flow along smaller and larger rivers to wider waters.

Youth Choir Balsis
Inese Zandere, reader
Raimonds Pauls, piano
Ints Teterovskis, direction

Youth Choir BALSIS
Under the guidance of conductor Ints Teterovskis BALSIS is one of the most prominent choirs in Latvia. It consists of approximately 40 young adults from Riga and other cities of Latvia and masters the works of both local and foreign composers. The repertoire covers music material from renaissance to modern times, from a cappella songs to large scale works with symphonic orchestra. As an important part of the repertoire the choir considers Latvian and foreign folk songs as well as the classics from the Latvian Song and Dance Festival.

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