composer & musician
Ugis Praulins is a Latvian composer living in Riga and Ērmaņu muiža.
His
music is inspired by nature, rock and folk music roots.
In
2012 he received a Grammy nomination for the best contemporary
composition for his work The Nightingale.
His
best known a cappella work Missa Rigensis has
been performed across the World.
AINIŅAS / VOYAGE ÉNIGMATIQUE (2020)
Saxophone quartet and vibes + percussion
Riga Saxophone Quartet & Guntars Freibergs
L'HOMME ARMÉ (2016 & 2020)
C-T, T,T, Bar, B + 2 Sackbuts, Pipe Org., Synthesizer
Ars Antiqua Riga
Record company: Skani LMIC 142 (released 2022)
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| Sleeve design (c) Zane Hanele Putniņa |
MISSA RIGENSIS (2002)
Mixed
chorus a cappella
Publisher: Music Sales (Novello)
Scores: MusicRoom
Recordings: Riga Dom Boys Choir,
Trinity College Choir, iVocalisti, Balsis
Record company: RDKS, Hyperion, Rondeau Production,
THE NIGHTINGALE (2010)
Text:
Hans Christian Andersen (English transl. by R.P. Keigwin)
Instrumentation:
SSSSSAAAAACtTTTTTBBBBB; recorders (S-nino, S, A, T)
Publisher: Musica
Baltica
Recording: Michala Petri (recorders) &
Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Stephen Layton, conductor
Record company: Our Recordings
ODI ET AMO (1999)
Latin concept album
Text: (Roman) Latin: Catullus, Thomas Campion, The Old Testament, etc.
SATB + rock ensemble
SATB + rock ensemble
Publisher: Musica Baltica
Recording: Riga Dom Boys Choir
Recording company: UPE Records
LaMPA Award for Album of the Year 1999
PAGĀNU GADAGRĀMATA / Pagan Yearbook (1998)
Ambient folk concept album
Text: Latvian
Recording: U.P. & friends UPE CD 009
Best
folk album 1999 (LaMPA Award)
"In contrast to some contemporary composers who have chosen to pursue a difficult and narrow artistic path, struggling over arcane theories and systems, Latvian composer Ugis Praulins has embraced virtually every style of music as a potential resource for creative exploration.
While eschewing formalism, Praulins never abandons the craft of composition, seamlessly melding folk song, Renaissance polyphony, the unerring sense of timing of a good Rock song and a confident theatricality, to create music that entertains and uplifts." (ProCoro Canada, 2012)
