Peteris Vasks' strong attachment to his Latvian home country shows particularly in his choral music. Nature, customs and traditions as well as the idea of freedom are the central themes of the texts he sets to music, while carefully using modern techniques of choral singing as well. Alternating with traditional, even archaic singing, the music creates a multi-faceted, immediately effective sound image in the listener's mind. These three songs for female choir centre on the themes of man, nature ...

I Vasara (Summer) (1978) - II Mazi, silti svētki (Small, Warm Holiday) (1988) - III Skumjā māte (Sad Mother) (1980/1991)