As a tribute to the magnificent organ of Riga Cathedral, the renowned Latvian organist Iveta Apkalna and the Latvian State Choir have put together a programme that fluently combines the great classical organ literature with works of contemporary compositions and thus makes the majestic sound of this remarkable instrument impressively audible.
Iveta Apkalna, organ
Latvija State Choir
Māris Sirmais, choir conductor
Programme:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia in G major, BWV 572
Benjamin Britten: Te Deum in C
Johann Sebastian Bach: ‘Come, sweet death’, BWV 478
Edward Elgar: Lux Aeterna
Sven-David Sandström, Henry Purcell: ‘Hear my prayer, o Lord’
Aivars Kalējs: Lūgšana (Prayer)
Henry Gardiner: Evening Hymn
Franz Liszt: Prelude and Fugue on the name B-A-C-H
Director: Aigta Cãne-Ķīle
Director of photography: Rihards Smelters
Audio producer: Jens Schünemann
Editor: Claudia Cellarius (NDR/Arte) Ieva Rozentāle (LTV)
A production of LTV
in co-production with 3B-Produktion and NDR
in co-operation with Arte
