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Ancora Presents: From Baltic Shores
Our knowledge of Baltic culture generally includes the three states Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania, but this January, Ancora plans to take a wider view to include countries that share a common coastline with the Baltic Sea. Geographically close to one another, these countries are as different from one another as the lands that extend behind them in numerous directions.
But there are similarities, too, which one detects by traveling across the sea that they share. This identity, partly imaginary and partly real, can only be defined by the word Baltic. It is a loose alliance that comes from having the same kind of trees, the same fish, the same weather, the same white summer nights, and the same berries.
In the music of the region, we witness a similar range of similarities and common influences, partly reinforced by political and cultural events, whether Nordic, Baltic, or Scandinavian in name. But in addition to musical style, there is a choral sound which people identify with the region, and which, like much of the repertoire, has its roots in folk singing. (Paul Hillier)
Join the members of Ancora this January to explore choral music from the countries around the Baltic Sea. From Copenhagen to Saint Petersburg, from Stockholm to Riga, we will present current contributions to music written expressly for womens voices.
"De Lyse Nætter" (Bright Nights) by Jørgen Jersild (Denmark)
"Tre Heliga Danser" (Three Sacred Dances) by Fredrik Sixten (Sweden)
"Vem kan segla förutan vind?" (Who Can Sail Without the Wind?) by riks Eenvalds (Latvia)
"Kiigelaulud" (Swing Songs) by Veljo Tormis (Estonia)
"Skumjas" (Sad Songs) by Peteris Vasks (Latvia)
"Sanctus" by Krzysztof Penderecki (Poland)
"Dve Akvareli" (Two Watercolors) by Alexei Larin (Russia)
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