The summer school took place in the famous music school of Sigulda, Latvia from 1 to 11 August 2013. During that period, conductor Kaspars Putniņš and coach Geert Berghs worked with the singers on a concert programme with challenging repertoire.
CONCERTS
Thursday 8 August – 19:00 hrs – Sigulda church (Ev. Lut. baznīca), Sigulda (LV)
Friday 9 August – 19:00 hrs – St John’s church (Sv. Jāņa baznīca), Rīga (LV)
Saturday 10 August – 17:30 hrs – St. Olav’s church (Oleviste kirik), Tallinn (EE)
PROGRAMME
| Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) | O sing unto the Lord a new song |
| Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn, BWV Anh. 159 |
| Max Reger (1873-1916) | from Acht geistliche Gesänge, Op.138 : |
| – ‘Der Mensch lebt und bestehet nur eine kleine Zeit’ (nr.1) | |
| – ‘Nachtlied’ (nr.3) | |
| Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) | Soupir – from Trois poèmes de Mallarmé (arr. Clytus Gottwald) |
| György Ligeti (1923-2006) | Lux aeterna |
| Arvo Pärt (1925) | Magnificat |
| Pauls Dambis (1936) | Songs of the sea |
| Jonathan Harvey (1939-2012) | Plainsongs for peace and light |
| Kristaps Pētersons (1982) | Emotions of the day – premiere |
