Pēteris Vasks: Cello Concerto No. 2 "Klātbūtne" & Viola Concerto
4/15/2022, 7 Tracks, 1:16:11
Featuring
Juha Kangas
Marko Ylönen
Eva-Maria Sumera
Lilli Maijala
Tallinna Kammerorkester
Pēteris Vasks
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Performer Biography
Juha Kangas, the conductor, began his career as a folk musician and has an unusual path to conducting, with less formal study and more broad musical experience.
Instruments
Lilli Maijala, the violist, plays a Jean Baptiste Vuillaume viola from 1870, on loan from the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
Composer Biography
Pēteris Vasks, the composer, was not admitted to the Conservatory of Music due to his father's profession as a Baptist pastor and being deemed politically suspect.
Historical Context
Pēteris Vasks found a sense of brotherhood with other young composers from Soviet republics at congresses, despite living in what he described as a "prison" (the Soviet Union).
Instruments
Marko Ylönen, the cellist, plays a Cappa School cello from the 1720s.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Pēteris Vasks's most powerful musical impulses came from composers like Arvo Pärt, Witold Lutosławski, Henryk Górecki, and early Krzysztof Penderecki, rather than his formal academy studies.
