Baltic Centennial: 100 Years of Statehood
$25 / $20 / $5 (children age 6-10 free)
Veljo Tormis — Two Songs After Ernst Enno
Ester Mägi — Pieta
Ester Mägi — Laulikutele
Ēriks Ešenvalds — Northern Lights
Ēriks Ešenvalds — O salutaris hostia
Ēriks Ešenvalds — Only In Sleep
Pēteris Vasks — The Fruit of Silence
Pēteris Vasks — Mūsu dziesma
Rihards Dubra — Te Deum
Vytautas Miškinis — Dum medium silentium
Vytautas Miškinis — Angelis suis deus
Vytautas Miškinis — Judica me - Deus
Kristina Vasiliauskaitė — Varpas
Baltic Centennial will commemorate one hundred years since the Declaration of Independence of the three Baltic states – home of the “Singing Revolution.” Hear the finest contemporary choral music today from Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania.
On March 24, 2018, the Seattle Choral Company in collaboration with the Magi Baltic Ensemble and the U of W Baltic Studies Program will salute this centennial with a concert demonstrating the sheer beauty and excellence of choral music from the Baltic countries. In the Baltics, singing is cultural and historical. Choral music was vital in developing and maintaining a sense of national identity during many years of occupation, as well as providing a means of creative resistance; and so it retained its central role within the culture.
A pre-concert talk will be given one hour before the performance at 7:00 p.m. by Prof. Guntis Šmidchens, Chair of Baltic Studies at the University of Washington.
The concert will begin with the singing of the three national anthems during the presentation of flags representing the three Baltic nations. Choral works then to be performed will be:
FROM ESTONIA
Cyrillus Kreek – "Two Psalms of David"
Veljo Tormis – “Two Songs After Ernst Enno”
Ester Mägi – “Pieta”
Ester Mägi – “Laulikutele”
FROM LATVIA
Ēriks Ešenvalds – “Northern Lights”
Ēriks Ešenvalds – “O salutaris hostia”
Ēriks Ešenvalds – “Only In Sleep”
Pēteris Vasks – “The Fruit of Silence”
Pēteris Vasks – “Mūsu dziesma”
Rihards Dubra – “Te Deum”
FROM LITHUANIA
Vytautas Miškinis – “Dum medium silentium"
Vytautas Miškinis – “Angelis suis Deus”
Vytautas Miškinis – “Judica me, Deus”
Kristina Vasiliauskaitė – “Varpas”
Participating with the Seattle Choral Company will be six area choral ensembles:
Mägi Baltic Ensemble (Directed by Heather MacLaughlin Garbes)
Redmond Chorale (Directed by Laurie Betts Hughes)
Seattle Girl’s Choir/Cantamus & Allegra divisions (Directed by Alex Gagiu and Sarra Sharif)
Columbia Choirs/Bel Canto division (Directed by Steve Stevens)
Illumni Men’s Chorale (Directed by Christopher McCafferty)
Ancora (Directed by Freddie Coleman)