Antje Weithaas, Camerata Bern - Vasks: Concerto No. 2 for Violin and String Orchestra "In Evening Light" (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Concerto No. 2 for Violin and String Orchestra "In Evening Light": I. Andante con passione
02. Concerto No. 2 for Violin and String Orchestra "In Evening Light": Cadenza I
03. Concerto No. 2 for Violin and String Orchestra "In Evening Light": II. Andante cantabile
04. Concerto No. 2 for Violin and String Orchestra "In Evening Light": Cadenza II
05. Concerto No. 2 for Violin and String Orchestra "In Evening Light": III. Andante con amore

Recording on our partner label CAvi Music, Violinist Antje Weithaas and the Camerata Bern release their new album featuring a studio recording of Latvian composer, composition teacher, and double bassist Pēteris Vasks’s second violin concerto Vakara gaismā (“In Evening Light”). Vasks wrote this concerto in 2020 as a commissioned work for violin and string orchestra, the same line-up as his first violin concerto written almost 25 years earlier.

The underlying sense of tranquility in this concerto has its origins in a reflection on nature. Particularly birdsong inspired Vasks to write this concerto, combined with an aspect of religious faith, as he grew up a pastor’s son. The work further reflects the composer’s real-life experiences of chaos, since his upbringing in a small Latvian town was characterized by fear, censorship, and a sense of hopelessness.

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