Collegium Vocale Ventspils
founded 2002
artistic director Ivars Cinkuss
The group is funded by the City of Ventspils
Mission. To shape and sustain the professional music scene in the City of Ventspils.
Since its inception the choir has performed 35 programs –
5 a cappella, 3 with the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, 1 with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, 2 with the Ventspils Music College Symphony Orchestra, and 24 with the baroque orchestra Collegium Musicum Riga.
Amongst them 4 opera productions -
- Henry Purcell – Dido and Aeneas (2005)
for this production conductor I. Cinkuss received the Ministry of Culture award;
- Christoph Willibald Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice (2007);
- Giacomo Carissimi – Jonas and Jephte (2010)
- Uģis Prauliņš – Opera Ficta (2011, world premier);
Most noteworthy performances -
Johann Sebastian Bach – Mass in B minor
Johann Sebastian Bach – Magnificat in D
Johann Sebastian Bach – Johannes Passion
Georg Friedrich Händel – Messiah
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Mass in C minor (KV 427)
Arvo Pärt – Passio
Carlo Gesualdo – Sabbatto Sancto
Igor Stravinsky – Symphony of Psalms
Pēteris Butāns – symphonic painting Ventspils. Autumn… (world premiere)
Imants Kalniņš – oratorio Poet and mermaid
The group has released the CD Vienu pašu…. (You alone…, 2007)