Arranged by Ēriks Ešenvalds (*1977) Lyrics by Imants Ziedonis (*1933) English transl. Voces8. We have all gazed up at the night sky with wonder at its majesty, and Ešenvalds’ piece captures Teasdale’s words elegantly. He studied at the Latvian Baptist Theological Seminary (1995–1997) before obtaining his master's degree in composition (2004) from the Latvian Academy of Music under the tutelage of Selga Mence. The beauty and loneliness in Sara Teasdale’s poem "Stars" are captured perfectly by composer Ēriks Ešenvalds. New recording celebrates 25th anniversary of Latvian Radio 3. This is certainly true of Earth Teach Me Quiet, Ēriks Ešenvalds' invocation to the earth, a study in texture and color in which a murmuring marimba and tuned water glasses miraculously synthesize with our voices into a unified whole. He took master-classes with Michael Finnissy, Klaus Huber, Philippe Manoury and Jonathan Harvey, amongst others. Ēriks Ešenvalds - The First Tears | Lyrics It was Raven who created the world. Evening Lyrics: Blue dust of evening over my city / Over the ocean of roofs and the tall towers / Where the window-lights, myriads and myriads / Bloom from the walls like climbing flowers by Ieva Lešinska-Geiber and Elaine Singley Lloyd The intensely practical choral music of the young Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds is steadily gaining appreciation across the world. Ēriks Ešenvalds was born in Priekule, Latvia in 1977. I first learnt about Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. Be the first to add the lyrics and earn points Biography. The Ute prayer on which it is based is a study in our humanness, told through metaphors of the natural world. Lyrics for Stars by Ēriks Ešenvalds feat. Stars Music by Ēriks Ešenvalds Lyrics by Sara Teasdale Modern Sparkles Conductor: Meng-Hsien PENG Performance: Müller Chamber Choir Performed at National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan Ēriks Ešenvalds - The Cloud | Lyrics I am a cloud in the heaven's height The stars are lit for my delight Tireless and changeful, swift and free I cast my shadow on hill and sea-- But why do the pines on the. 1977) in May 2014, while I was in Riga in order to get some navigational certificates which, a couple of weeks later, would allow me to sail around the Arctic on board the M/V Plancius, a vessel where I spent four months working for the Dutch company Oceanwide Expeditions. … Read more For those seeking comfort and an escape from the manifold stresses and uncertainties currently facing mankind, there will be much in this new collection of choral music by Ēriks Ešenvalds that will warm the soul and give solace while also providing a salutary reminder of the essential fragility of our existence.