Latvian Radio Chamber Singers

Added to this are very different personal musical languages. The music of Latvian composer Maija Einfeldes is an intimate and haunting address. Arvo Pärt's setting of a passage from the Gospel of Luke, on the other hand, seems straightforward and steady, with small dramatic tonal frictions. The young Andris Dzenitis was inspired by Cummings' poems to explore new sounds through proportions and visual syllable emphasis. In Rythis Mazulis' Cum essem parvulus, the choir voices become entangled in proportional canons similar to those of the Renaissance. Peteris Vasks composes a flowing transition between polyphonic chaos and homophonic harmony. Finally, Lithuanian composer Nomeda Valanèiûtë uses medieval techniques to shape elusive artistic impulses into music.

Maija Einfelde once said about the Latvian perception of the world:
"Grey, green and brown and the colour of the sun dominate our colour palette. There are no sharp or contrasting contours in our nature, just as there are no high mountains or rushing rivers in Latvia. Our nature has also shaped people and their perception of the world. Latvians are calm, introverted, poetic and pantheistic. Traditionally, we have never lived in villages, but on farms, in close unity with nature. In everyday life, we don't like to talk about emotions."