Silja Aalto – soprano
Rihards Millers – baritone
State Choir LATVIJA
Conductor Tarmo Peltokoski
Programme:
Pēteris VASKS Musica serena
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A Sea Symphony
Composer Pēteris Vasks describes his Musica serena as “a nostalgic autumn landscape, a meaningful, peaceful contemplation”. The opus encodes peace that can only be experienced through fully merging oneself with nature. Vaughan Williams, on the other hand, took six years to compose his first Sea Symphony, which was never numbered, and although it was followed by eight other vivid and varied examples of the genre, the opus dedicated to the power and might of the sea is in many ways also the most monumental one. The Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Principal Conductor Tarmo Peltokoski, will be joined on stage by Finnish soprano Silja Aalto, baritone Rihards Millers, and singers from the State Choir LATVIJA.