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Peteris Vasks’ Sala at the Santa Rosa Symphony

May. 04, 2007

Peteris Vasks’ symphonic elegy for orchestra Sala, coming off its premiere at the Marin Symphony in January, will have its second round of performances, this time at the Santa Rosa Symphony under the baton of music director Bruno Ferrandis.  Maestro Ferrandis comments on the work:

“Vasks is a composer whose music expresses the spirit, the soul. In Sala, a symphonic elegy for orchestra, I hear the sounds of nature, with very fluid, long lines and modal melodies, somewhat like a Baltic folk tune. The 3+2 asymmetric rhythmic structure also gives it a peasant, or country-like, character. I detect some influences of Latvia’s geographic neighbors, like Sibelius to the north in Finland, and from Russia, Shostakovich. But the emotional immediacy and spiritual identification gives Vasks’ Sala a language all its own.”

Commissioned through Kathryn Gould’s Magnum Opus initiative, a program designed to foster nine new works over five years, the Santa Rosa Symphony performs Sala on May 12, 13 and 14.  The work is scheduled for a third round of performances with the Oakland East Bay Symphony in November.

Peteris Vasks
Sala (2007)
3(pic) · 2(ca) · 3(bcl) · 3 - 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 - 3perc - hp - str
22'

For information on Peteris Vasks and his work, please visit www.schott-music.com

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