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Vasks: Violin Concerto No. 2 - Weithaas

Vasks: Violin Concerto No. 2 - Weithaas

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Pēteris Vasks: Concerto No. 2 for Violin and String Orchestra 'In Evening Light / Vakara gaismā'

Antje Weithaas (violin/leader)
Camerata Bern


Pēteris Vasks (*1946) wrote his second violin concerto Vakara gaismā (In Evening Light) – like his first violin concerto 25 years earlier – for violin and string orchestra. The Latvian composer, composition teacher and double bassist created the commissioned work in 2020.

Vasks’ unmistakable string sounds unfold a restless, varied soundscape that is characterised by both the vast landscapes of Latvia and the metaphor of evening light. The first movement is dominated by an idyllic sound painting, which is contrasted in the second movement by effectively utilised dissonances and ecstatic tone sequences.

The evening light, which gives the work its title, is at the centre of Vasks’ reflections on the evening of man’s life. A calm, melancholy atmosphere of farewell prevails in the framing movements, which leads back to the initial calm through a glimmer of hope in the last movement.

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