Uģis Prauliņš. Ugis Praulins, musician: decembris 2011

6.12.11

The St. Louis Chamber Chorus launched its 56th season

BY SARAH BRYAN MILLER • Post-Dispatch Classical Music Critic

The St. Louis Chamber Chorus launched its 56th season Sunday afternoon with an exhilarating performance of the Missa Rigensis by Ugis Praulins, in a venue ideally suited to hearing it. Artistic director PHILIP BARNES.

THE NIGHTINGALE Our Recordings 6.220605

Michala Petri recorders
DANISH NATIONAL VOCAL ENSEMBLE
conducted by Stephen Layton
Worldpremiere recordings

SUPER AUDIO CD

UGIS PRAULINS The Nightingale (2010)

Introduction: Emperor's Garden 03:10
Nightingale Theme 01:47
Emperor and Gentleman-in-waiting 02:13
In the Quest 01:22
"There she is..." 01:16
At the Palace 04:59
The Artificial Bird 04:11
The Emperor and The Death 06:30
Reprise 02:16

DANIEL BÖRTZ Nemesis divina (2006) 13:55

SUNLEIF RASMUSSEN "I" (2011) 09:05

PETER BRUUN 2 scenes with Skylark (2011)
The Sea and the Skylark 04:48
The Caged Skylark 03:42

Recorded August 8-12 2011 in Christianskirken, Copenhagen, Denmark
Produced by Our Recordings www.ourrecordings.com
Executive producers: Lars Hannibal and Ivar Munk
Distributed by NGL Naxos Global Logistics GmbH

Release date 31-Oct-2011

LISTEN to the samples HERE:
http://www.allmusic.com/album/ugis-praulins-the-nightingale-daniel-börtz-nemesis-divina-etc-mw0002252283

Uģis Prauliņš 'The Nightingale'
Grammy nomination for the best classical composition
https://ugispraulins.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-nightingale-grammy-2012.html
ECHO KLASSIK 2012 award

Commissioned by the Danish Radio

"The Nightingale" SCORES

Publisher: Musica Baltica MB 1433,
https://www.musicabaltica.com/en/shop/hire-material/the-nightingale/

Printed Score: 200 pages - 34.90 EUR

Customers from the Baltic states (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia) - musbalt@latnet.lv, clients from other European countries - sales@editionpeters.com, US and rest of world - sales.us@editionpeters.com

http://www.notenpunkt.de/de/produkte/praulins-ugis-nightingale

REVIEWS

The Nightingale in: www.naxos.com
The Nightingale in: www.allmusic.com
http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=1339796
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2012/Mar12/Petri_Nightingale_6220605.htm
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=652017
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8612776
http://www.wrightmusic.net/pdfs/cd-review-79-michaela-petri-recorders-praulins-bortz-rasmussen-bruun.pdf
Fanfare Magazine "Michala Petri plays very old and very new music" by Maria Nockin
http://audaud.com/2012/08/nightingale-ugis-praulins-the-nightingale-daniel-bortz-nemesis-divina-sunleif-rasmussen-i-peter-bruun-2-scenes-with-skylark-michala-petri-recorders-danish-na/

AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

An essential disc of world premieres that stuns the senses and absolutely delights the ear.

Latvian composer Ugis Praulins has created the best work on the disc, taking eight sections from Hans Christian Andersen’s The Nightingale to make a 30-minute piece of great theatricality and ecstatic utterance, notwithstanding what also amounts to a full-fledged recorder concerto as well. Praulins has a wide and eclectic background that refuses to be pigeonholed, so I won’t try here; suffice it to say that this piece grabs you immediately while also giving the choir an intense workout in choral virtuosity and range, the recorder commenting perfectly along the way.

—Steven Ritter

Published on August 25, 2012

http://audaud.com/2012/08/nightingale-ugis-praulins-the-nightingale-daniel-bortz-nemesis-divina-sunleif-rasmussen-i-peter-bruun-2-scenes-with-skylark-michala-petri-recorders-danish-na/

‘TIS THE (CHORAL) SEASONClassical Corner — 05 December 2011

By Lawrence Schenbeck

And here is another recording worth checking out: Michala Petri, recorder superstar, teamed with the Danish National Vocal Ensemble and conductor Stephen Layton (another Brit!) in four works composed especially for her. The result is The Nightingale from OUR Recordings, another multichannel must-have. Just listen to the first cut:

“My word! That’s lovely!” These books went all over the world / and so in course of time / some of them reached the Emperor / there he sat in his golden chair reading: / “But the nightingale is really the best of all.” (After Hans Christian Andersen)

The rich invention of The Nightingale (music by Ugis Praulins, b. 1957), based upon Andersen’s beloved tale of the emperor and the nightingale, is matched—at least—by the other standout work on this SACD, 2 Scenes with Skylark, on texts by Gerard Manley Hopkins.

http://www.pstracks.com/classical_corner/tis-choral-season/4392

Ugis Praulins’s The Nightingale is a recent score is an adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen’s story of the same name. It is the same tale employed by Stravinsky for his 1917 opera Le rossignol. The story tells of an emperor who rejects the song of a real nightingale for that of a bejeweled mechanical one. However, when the emperor falls deathly ill the nightingale returns and sings, and God is so moved by its song that he leaves and the emperor recovers. Praulins’s musical setting was composed in 2010 for the Danish National Vocal Ensemble and flutist Michala Petri. The Latvian composer is known for his free mixture of influences as wide ranging as heavy-metal bands, folk music, film scoring, and Renaissance counterpoint. These influences all converged in this score creating what one reviewer described as a “continuously changing tapestry of sound that nevertheless hangs together remarkably well, effortlessly expressing the fancy in the Andersen fragments.”

http://www.highscorenewmusic.com/index.php/grammy-nominees-announced-2

...absolutely essential disc for fans of Michala, choral music, Nordic composers, and contemporary music with a HEART as well as with a 'system.'

http://www.crotchet.co.uk/6220605.html?id=xE3QDYvE

"Latvian composer Ugis Praulins magical adaptation of Andersen’s beloved fairy tale"
David Hurwitz, www.ClassicsToday.com Posted 9th November 2011 by ICC-Blog.
http://international-club-copenhagen.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-great-cd-in-54-countrys-with.html

Just listening to it on BBC Radio sung by Danish ensemble. Astonishing - very exciting. Brilliant performance too.
Stuart Manger 2011.12.12.

The Nightingale (2011) by the Latvian Ugis Praulins is essentially a 30-minute concerto, consisting of a series of eight colourful tableaux based on Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of the Emperor and the Nightingale. It demands an astonish choral range of four octaves. The seventh section, ‘The Artifical Bird’, is a marvel of invention, with percussive imitations and multiphonics

http://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/praulins-the-nightingale-börtz-nemesis-divina

“The Nightingale”

AllMusic Review by James Manheim / rating: **** (4 from 5)

http://www.allmusic.com/album/ugis-praulins-the-nightingale-daniel-börtz-nemesis-divina-etc-mw0002252283

Veteran Danish recorder virtuosa Michala Petri gets top billing here, but the Danish National Vocal Ensemble, under the direction of British conductor Stephen Layton, deserves at least equal billing. The main attraction is The Nightingale by Latvian composer Ugis Praulins,

LINKS

https://www.musicabaltica.com/en/shop/hire-material/the-nightingale/

http://ugispraulins.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-nightingale-in-stuttgart-14-18-xii.html

http://ugispraulins.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-nightingale-echo-klassik-2012-award.html

http://ugispraulins.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-nightingale-grammy-2012.html

http://ugispraulins.blogspot.com/2013/08/miss-sable-from-choir-girl-blog.html

http://ugispraulins.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-nightingale-29032014-glyptoteket.html

http://www.crotchet.co.uk/composers/Ugis%20Praulins

http://www.michalapetri.com/collaborators/Ugis-Praulins

http://www.musicandmediaconsulting.com

Opera Ficta 2011 & 2012

folk - baroque masque
OPERA FICTA

WP: First performance at "Juras Varti", Ventspils 7th of August 2011
Ivars Cinkuss conductor
Collegium Vocale Ventspils

INFO: world-premiere-of-ugis-praulins-folk-baroque-opera-OPERA-FICTA

LISTEN: OPERA FICTA (WP 2011) Act 1 [edited vers.]

LISTEN: OPERA FICTA (WP 2011) Act 2 [edited vers.]

First performance in Riga: @ 'Ave Sol' 10. sept. 23:00 (festivāls “Baltā nakts”)
Ivars CINKUSS conductor

Soloists: Zigfrīds Muktupāvels, Jānis Kurševs, Ivars Cinkuss, Uģis Prauliņš, Zane Šmite, Kristīne Kārkle - Puriņa,
Collegium Vocale Ventspils & Agneses Kanniņas Consort (Agnese Kanniņa - Liepiņa, Liene Brence, Kristīne Stumbure, Ieva Birzkopa, Valdis Muktupāvels, Ilze Grunte, Arnolds Kārkls, Ivars Cinkuss, Uģis Prauliņš, Andris Grunte, Matīss Akurāters, Ivo Krūskops, Uģis Krūskops).

Musical director Ivars Cinkuss, director Iveta Ērkšķe, choreographer Agris Daņiļēvičs, set design by Inese & Ivars Mailītis, lights Mārtiņš Feldmanis, composition & libretto Uģis Prauliņš,
LiveRiga2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwEnTLQoY-o

2012 - 08 - 18 OPERA FICTA - Rīgas pilsētas svētkos
diriģents Ivars Cinkuss

SOUNDFILES here...

Darba tapšanu atbalstīja:

Andrejs Jansons NYC, 2013: "Ļoti interesants un krāsains gabals. Noklausījos CD braucot mašīnā un pēc tam noskatījos visu DVD. Mūzika svaiga, to var klausities atkal un atkal.
Pierādījums, ka mūzikai nav jābūt disonantai, lai tā būtu svaiga un laikmetīga. Uzvedums krāsains, horeografija saistoša. Man sevišķi patika izmantotā folklora Renesances ietērpā.
Bravo!
Būtu jauki, ja Nacionālā Opera to uzņemtu repertuārā..."

DOMINE DEUS Rondeau Production ROP6039

Chormusik des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts
DOMINE DEUS
Kammerkor I Vocalisti
Hans-Joachim Lustig

LISTEN... (www.simfy.de)

Uģis Prauliņš Missa Rigensis (2002) 28:27
Rudolf Mauersberger Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst (1945) 6:48
György Deák-Bárdos Eli, Eli! (1928) 4:08
Jószef Karai De profundis (1981) 5:55
Kurt Hessenberg O Herr, mache mich zum Werkzeug deines Friedens op 37 Nr. 1 (1946) 12:11
Aleksandar S. Vujić Vaterunser (1999) 4:23

Aufnahme
4. bis 6. juni 2010 und 11. bis 13. Februar 2011 in der Thomaskirche zu Elmshorn
Rondeau Production
ROP6039

LISTEN... (www.simfy.de)

Kammerchor I Vocalisti - Domine Deus (2011)
Contemporary Classical | Rondeau Production | 2011 | 61:52 | EAC (FLAC, cue, log)
Kammerkor I Vocalisti, Hans-Joachim Lustig, conductor
"Ugis Praulins (b. 1957) counts classical music, folk tunes from his native Latvia and progressive rock among his influences. All three are evident in his impressive Missa Rigensis*, composed in 2002. It combines blocks of choral sound with beautiful melodies, effects reminiscent of electronic music and whispered prayers. ... Setting the traditional text in Latin, the piece lends elements of fresh modern harmonic, rhythmic and textural thinking to a polyphonic tradition traceable through the baroque to the Renaissance. The Gloria has a lively, popular appeal, while the opening Kyrie is rich and magnificent; other sections have a simple, hymn-like quality or a pulsating urgency, not unlike minimalism, but without its repetitiveness. The composer's fondness for syncopated rhythms identifies the piece as a modern work, but one respectful of tradition."

AVAXSEARCH:
http://avaxsearch.com/?q=Ugis%20Praulins

http://www.amazon.com/review/R23UOYV7IZNGZM

Gorgeous Repertoire, Fantastic Choir, March 28, 2012

Tim Takach

This review is from: Domine Deus: Choral Music of 20th & 21st Centuries (Audio CD)

I've been listening to this album at least once a month since I got it in December, 2011 - on my iPod, car stereo, etc. It's spectacular. I had never heard Kammerchor I Vocalisti before, so this was my first time listening to the ensemble. They pay a lot of attention to proper text stress, their balance is great, dynamics have high contrast, the vowels line up, everything sounds amazing. I can't wait to go into their catalog and listen to more. The strongest part of this recording, for me, is the Missa Regensis by Latvian composer Ugis Praulins. It's a 35-minute work that shows off everything this choir does well. Do yourself a favor and add this choir and this album to your choral library.

http://www.amazon.com/review/R23UOYV7IZNGZM

http://www.rondeau.de/Komponist/L-bis-P/Ugis-Praulinš:::57_422_300.html?XTCsid=b03a55d78557682d1ffbfe744c874323

BALTIC EXCHANGE Hyperion CDA67747

BALTIC EXCHANGE
Hyperion CDA67747

Uģis Prauliņš Missa Rigensis [29'01]
Maija Einfelde Cikls ar Friča Bārdas dzeju [12'35]
Urmas Sisask Benedictio [5'51]
Vytautas Miškinis Angelis suis Deus [3'06]
Uģis Prauliņš Laudibus in sanctis [10'30]
Vytautas Miškinis Pater noster [6'36]

Recorded in the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral on 4 - 6 August 2008
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Stephen Layton
conductor

LISTEN (the extracts from the CD)

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/al.asp?al=CDA67747

INFO:

Baltic Exchange – Hyperion Records

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/al.asp?al=CDA67747

Baltic Exchange – Trinity College choir

http://www.trinitycollegechoir.com/recordings/baltic-exchange/

From www.stephenlayton.com:

http://www.stephenlayton.com/baltic-exchange

Neue geistliche Musik

02.05.2010

Von Frank Kämpfer

Chöre, biblische Verse und religiöse Sujets begegnen sich in drei aktuellen CD-Einspielungen mit neuer geistlicher Musik zeitgenössischer europäischer Komponisten, die ihrerseits in sehr verschiedene Klangwelten führen - Ugis Praulinš, Irmas Sisaks, Johanna Doderer und Calliope Tsoupaki.

Ugis Praulins, Crucifixus aus Missa Rigensis

The Choir of Trinty College, Cambridge. Ltg. Stephen Layton
CD Hyperion CDA67747, LC 7533
Das knapp zweiminütige Crucifixus hat es in sich. Vergleicht man es mit der Textur der anderen Sätze in Ugis Praulins Missa Rigensis aus dem Jahre 2002, wirkt es vergleichsweise theatral, weltlich, gar avanciert. Der lettische Komponist verbindet in dem knapp halbstündigen Konzertstück nationale Chortradition mit Neotonalität und Einfachheit in der Struktur. Avantgardevokabular wird pragmatisch benutzt: in chromatischen Seufzern, pulsierenden Clustern, in der Gleichzeitigkeit von gesprochenem, geflüstertem und gesungenem Wort. Praulins, Jahrgang 1957, spielte zur Sowjetzeit in Riga in Rockbands - heute fordert er die Vorliebe seiner Landsleute, in Chören zu singen, heraus.

Adrian Peacock | Audio Producer

Missa Rigensis contains many wonders, including a buoyant Gloria which vanishes magically into the long acoustic perspectives of the Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral, where this disc was most sensitively produced and engineered…
http://www.adrianpeacock.net/#!press

http://www.trinitycollegechoir.com/recordings/baltic-exchange/

"A fascinating collection of choral works … centering on a Mass setting by Latvian Ugis Praulins … These are works of absolutely luminous beauty."
Gramophone

"Soaring melodies, folklike tunes, drones with religious gravity, and stylized speech are all encompassed by these works, the biggest among them being Ugis Praulins' Missa Rigensis - one of the most original and personal settings of the Mass text imaginable. Best of all, this is a disc to live with: There's much to enjoy on first hearing, but all the pieces have dramatic new revelations on subsequent encounters"
Philadelphia Inquirer, USA

http://www.trinitycollegechoir.com/recordings/baltic-exchange/

2005 - 2009

Waiting For Godot / Godo gaidot

dedicated to my excellent wife Inga Prauliņa (May/June 2010)

for violin & violoncello [4 mini-movements; 5'45'']

WP: 22 Jun 2010 @ Latvian Composers' Union: Agnese Kanniņa - Liepiņa (vn) & Ainārs Paukšēns (čells).

MB 1328, (c) Musica Baltica, 2012. <musbalt@latnet.lv>

ISMN 979-0-69795-229-4

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"Pilsētas Romance" / 'The Urban Romance'

Ambientā džeza opera / 'ambient jazz opera'

Vokālā grupa PUTNI

[Music by Uģis Prauliņš, Nic Gotham, Kristaps Pētersons] (2009/2010) audio examples here...

PRAULINS - GOTHAM - PETERSONS

photo by J. Deinats

http://www.putni-ensemble.lv/lv/562
http://putni.deem.lv/en/560

Ugis!
I just came back from the Putni concert here in Liepaja, and I was SO glad I did, because it's the first time I really got the chance to hear your music, and Ugis, I truly loved it. IT was direct, emotional and powerful. Really, Ugis, Bravo!!!
~Charles
-- 
Charles B. Griffin
http://www.charlesgriffin.net

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Asato maa SAT gamaya (To the Light)

(Bŗhadāraņyaka Upanišad I.iii. Engl. text: various sources) 4'35''

Mantra/Peace prayer (Shloka) STAGES of the ENLIGHTENMENT

WP Uetersen 22. nov. 2009.
Männerstimmen der Uetersener Chorknaben, Stefan Kuchel (tenor sax).
Hans-Joachim Lustig, conductor.

UETERSEN. Abtauchen. Sich treiben lassen. Alle Sinne öffnen für Klänge und Rhythmen, Farbe und Licht. Teil eines Experiments werden und einfach genießen. Beim "Lichtkonzert" der Männerstimmen der Uetersener Chorknaben unter Leitung von Hans-Joachim Lustig, des Lübecker Saxofonisten Stefan Kuchel und der Pinneberger Lichtkünstlerin Gisela Meyer-Hahn.

Laudibus in sanctis

dedicated to Stephen Layton (July 2008) [10'30"]

Photo: by Inga Praulina

CD "Baltic Exchange" Hyperion Records Ltd CDA67747
Recorded in the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral on 4 - 8 August 2008
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge. Stephen Layton, conductor.

Exultation of a flamboyant kind is the subject of Laudibus in sanctis. Specially written for and dedicated to Stephen Layton, it is an example of Ugis Praulinš’s undoctrinaire approach to composition, where ‘everything is possible and nothing is absolute’, an open-hearted attitude Praulinš attributes to his background in rock music. Also from rock music, surely, comes the insistent rhythmic drive of much of the music, while the filigree ornamentation is decidedly Baroque. Baroque, too, is the cast of this extended setting of Psalm 150 as a multi-sectional cantata, as are the sustained antiphonal writing and the solo/tutti exchanges. Yet for all its eclecticism of reference the piece has a compelling unity of purpose which reflects the unceasing joyfulness of the words. The sturdy opening pages are an exhaustive and exhilarating exploration of A minor; throughout the piece the chords are frequently of massive density, yet are never opaque, and for the final exhortation (‘Let everything in the world that feeds upon the air of heaven’) the composer summons up music of dazzling brilliance and abandon.

Friday 25 Jul 2008, 20:00

Canada Tour

Elora Festival

Purcell: Hear my prayer

Praulins: Kyrie (Missa Rigensis)

Byrd: Laudibus in sanctis

Praulins: Gloria (Missa Rigensis)

Tallis: Loquebatur variis linguis

Praulins: Credo (Missa Rigensis)

Parry: There is an old belief

Praulins: Sanctus (Missa Rigensis)

Stanford: Beati quorum via

Praulins: Agnus Dei (Missa Rigensis)

Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb

Dove: Seek him that maketh the seven stars

Walton: The Twelve

The Gambrel Barn, Elora

Rehearsal venue in Elora 2008

http://www.trinitycollegechoir.com/concerts/year/2008/

Thursday 24 Jul 2008, 18:45
Canada Tour
Concert for Alumni

Gardiner: Te lucis ante terminum
Tallis: Loquebatur variis linguis
Purcell: Hear my prayer
Miskinis: Angelis suis Deus
Einfelde: Lugsana
Praulins: Agnus Dei (Missa Rigensis)
Parry: I was glad

Trinity College Chapel, Toronto
http://www.trinitycollegechoir.com/concerts/year/2008/

Title Tales of the Sunrise Tree. The Frog Who Didn’t Sing

Original Title Austras koka pasakas. Kāpēc varde nedziedāja. 2D/3D animation, HD, 16:9, colour, stereo, 13’ Director Nils Skapāns

Screenplay Bob Swain
Cinematographers RenārsVilkaušs, GorazdKranjc
Designers François Bruel, Gregor Bajt
Animators Līga Skirmane, Dita Māsēna, Pārsla Mauriņa, Maija Brence, Inta Silanža, Dace Lūce, Gunta Sudraba, Dina Jansone
Scene Designer François Bruel Character Designer François Bruel Artists François Bruel, Gregor Bajt
Computer Graphics Gorazd Kranjc
Artists François Bruel, Gregor Bajt
Original Music Uģis Prauliņš Sound Uģis Prauliņš Editors Nils Skapāns, Renārs Vilkaušs Producers Inga Prauliņa, Gorazd Norčič Production Company Jet Media Co-production with Qollective D.O.O (Slovenia) To be released May 2008

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Fantasia Rustica

for alto saxophone and organ (2008) [8']
WP: May 2008 @Sv. Marijas bazn. Umurga parish
Published by Musica Baltica. Sheet music (score & parts) available HERE...
https://www.musicabaltica.com/en/shop/wind-instruments/saxophone/fantasia-rustica/

MB 1327, (c) Musica Baltica, 2012. <musbalt@latnet.lv>
ISMN 979-0-69795-228-7

Supported by www.kkf.lv / Darba tapšanu atbalstīja:

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Music for piano and string orchestra

Mūzika Stīgu orķestrim un klavierēm [15']

6+5+4+3+2 & klav.

WP: Berliener Rathaus, 17 Nov 2008. Das Deutsche Kammerorchester Berlin, cond. Gints Glinka, Terēze Rozenberga (piano).
mp3 here...

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Shady Brass Q Suite

Tr-ne I, Tr-ne II, bTr-ne, Tuba (2007 - 2009) [20']

1. Overture: Allemande (& Gigue)

2. Funky (joke)

3. Air (music)

4. Latvians (ballad)

5. „Courabande”

6. Balkan ‘dance’

6a. Interlude (ad libitum)

7. Flamenco [Evensong] (Intermedia/Gigue)

8. Fanfare tutti (Intermezzo)

9. Blues (& Waltz?)

10. (Gigue &) Reggae!

Darba tapšanu atbalstīja:

LATVIAN CANTATAS:

Piesaukšana (Invocation)

21' (2008)

Mīlestības dziesmas

16' (2007/2008)

Dzīvības koks

37'17'' (2005)

Uģis Prauliņš "Interludium" (from Cantata Dzīvības koks / The Tree of Life)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhueSwLF5DU

Performed by

Saxophone: Aigars Raumanis Organ: Lāsma Neulāne

Teacher/assistant: Kristīne Adamaite St. John's Church, Riga 19.06.2016

IN'TERLUDE 2024-01-15 Trio TRESENSUS @LatvianRadio Studio1

arr. by Trio Tresensus

https://youtu.be/2-QzuXbyKnI?si=gCIk8-UXtuxR-39v

Saules gaita

(Saules gaitas / Solaris) 9'45" (2006)

Ziemsvētki Jaunajā pasaulē [Latvian Solstice in the New World]

17'39" (2005)
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/father-christmas-comes-to-yonkers-20121219

Salaks - Praulins - Skulte - Dambis - Karlsons - Dubra

Latvian Christmas Cantatas. Balsis Youth Choir, New York Latvian Concert Choir, A.Jansons conductor

Albany records Catalogue Number: TROY1040 Release Date: Nov 12, 2008

The 25 Greatest Christmas Albums of All Time
'Christmas Joy in Latvia / Latvian Christmas Cantatas'.

www.rollingstone.com

"My Lovely Flax Field," connects to a distant, more exotic past (RollingStone)

My absolute favorite movement is “Mans daiļais linu lauks” (My Lovely Flax Field) from Uģis Prauliņš “Ziemssvētki Jaunajā Pasaulē”. It has such a wonderful combination of the choral sound, but the starkness of winter with the very simple solo melodic line and then even the accompaniment is very simple and static which really paints an amazing picture of the crispness and bareness of the landscape in winter.

Heather MacLaughlin Garbes http://femmeaufoyer2011.blogspot.com/2014_12_01_archive.html

http://www.allmusic.com/performance/ziemsvetki-juanaja-pasaule-latvian-solstice-in-the-new-world-for-2-voices-chorus-orchestra-mq0001267678

Dindaru, dandaru

Jāzepa Mediņa mūzikas skolas zēnu korim (dir. Romāns Vanags) / ar VKKF atbalstu. 12'14'' (2006)

WP: EUROPA CANTAT XVI „Songbridge” festivāla gala koncertā 2. VIII 2006, Mainz.
http://www.lks.org.lv/pagesENG/about-4-sub12.html

Dubra - Sisask - Miškinis - Prauliņš
Jazeps Medins music school boys' choir © 2006 JMMS zēnu koris | Romāns Vanags conductor

Darba tapšanu atbalstīja:

Venus Et Amor

(2004 - 2005) cantata for male chorus, mezzo soprano & instrumental ensemble

PRAULIŅŠ * PŪCE * GOTHAMS
MŪZIKA VĪRU KORIM / CONTEMPORARY LATVIAN MALE CHOIR MUSIC
(CD 2007) VKG004

http://www.gaudeamus.lv/en/406

Darba tapšanu atbalstīja:

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...the University of Washington Chamber Singers under the direction of Dr. Geoffrey Boers ... in Helsinki, the choir sang the Agnus Dei from your Mass of Riga at the Lutheran Cathedral. Jason Anderson (2006 or 2005)

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CHIESA PARROCCHIALE S. AMBROGIO Gioved! 08 dicembre 2005 - ore 15.30

GRUPPO CORALE LICABELLA Voci miste

Direttore Flora Anna Spreafico

Auld lang syne elab. di Ugis Praulins (1957)

03/12/2005 Chiesa San Giorgio via Migliorini 2 Sesto San Giovanni 21:00

Gruppo Corale Licabella di Rovagnate
O Jesu dolce B. Bettinelli (1913-2004)
Ninna Nanna M. Alla
Son tre re A. Mazza
La notte di Natale N. Conci
O felice o chiara notte R. Dionisi
Auld lang syne U. Praulins
Viandanti R. Bertoldo

diretto da Flora Anna Spreafico

ATTIMI DI NOI (2005)

Associazione Corale Licabella
Direttore FLORA ANNA SPREAFICO
DDD LS203