Riga 2022 - Program Book
2nd RIGA SINGS - International Choir Competition & Imants Kokars Choral Award August 17-21, 2022 Riga, Latvia RIGA SINGS AGAIN! Latvia – the Singing Nation – is a fantastic host for international choral events! Its capital Riga is the only place so far, where already all kinds of INTERKULTUR choir competitions have taken place. Following the fantastic successes of the World Choir Games 2014 and the Grand Prix of Nations Riga 2017 & 3rd European Choir Games a regular international choir competition has established here: "RIGA SINGS – International Choir Competition & Imants Kokars Choral Award" was first held in 2019 and will welcome choirs from all over the world to the Latvian capital in 2022 again. The world-famous Latvian conductor and educator Imants Kokars was one of the most outstanding characters in the Latvian and international music community and a founder of the modern Latvian choral conducting school, rector of the Latvian Academy of Music Jāzeps Vītols. For the second edition of RIGA SINGS, additional categories such as "Pop & Jazz" will bring new excitement to the competition. The highlight the event and thus a tuneful monument to Imants Kokars will be the competition of the Category Winners for the "Imants Kokars Choir Prize".
2nd RIGA SINGS - International Choir Competition & Imants Kokars Choral Award
August 17-21, 2022 Riga, Latvia
RIGA SINGS AGAIN!
Latvia – the Singing Nation – is a fantastic host for international choral events! Its capital Riga is the only place so far, where already all kinds of INTERKULTUR choir competitions have taken place.
Following the fantastic successes of the World Choir Games 2014 and the Grand Prix of Nations Riga 2017 & 3rd European Choir Games a regular international choir competition has established here: "RIGA SINGS – International Choir Competition & Imants Kokars Choral Award" was first held in 2019 and will welcome choirs from all over the world to the Latvian capital in 2022 again.
The world-famous Latvian conductor and educator Imants Kokars was one of the most outstanding characters in the Latvian and international music community and a founder of the modern Latvian choral conducting school, rector of the Latvian Academy of Music Jāzeps Vītols.
For the second edition of RIGA SINGS, additional categories such as "Pop & Jazz" will bring new excitement to the competition. The highlight the event and thus a tuneful monument to Imants Kokars will be the competition of the Category Winners for the "Imants Kokars Choir Prize".
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2 CONTINUUM YOUTH CHOIR<br />
Dublin, Ireland<br />
Diriģente / Conductor: Blanaid Murphy<br />
• Charles Villiers Stanford: Beati quorum via<br />
• Ēriks Ešenvalds: Lux aeterna<br />
• Jake Runestad: I Will Lift Mine Eyes<br />
• William Byrd: Sing Joyfully<br />
3 MIXED CHOIR "MUKLĀJS"<br />
<strong>Riga</strong>, Latvia<br />
Diriģente / Conductor: Jānis Kokins<br />
• Charles Villiers Stanford: Beati quorum via<br />
• Karl Jenkins: Exultate jubilate<br />
• Agneta Krilova: Deo meo<br />
• Urmas Sisask: Benedictio<br />
4 PETERBOROUGH VOICES<br />
Peterborough, Great Britain<br />
Diriģente / Conductor: William Prideaux<br />
• Jacob Clemens non Papa: Ego flos campi<br />
• Giuseppe Verdi: Laudi alla vergine Maria<br />
• Rihards Dubra: Laudate Dominum<br />
• Nancy Telfer: Missa Brevis - Kyrie<br />
5 OHANA<br />
Sofia, Bulgaria<br />
Diriģente / Conductor: Dimitar Kostantzaliev<br />
• Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, op. 11<br />
• Javier Busto: Ave Maria<br />
• Jēkabs Jančevskis: Mater amabilis<br />
• Pavel Chesnokov: Evening sacrifice<br />
CETURTDIENA, 18. AUGUSTS <strong>2022</strong> / THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, <strong>2022</strong>
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