"Sirds tik grūta" (The Heart is so Heavy)
Created Year:
1915
Genre:
Choral music
Ilgums:
00:02:27
Instrumentation:
mixed choir
Lyrics by J. Rainis.
First publication 1915; first publication of the poem by Rainis 1902.
In this choral elegy the composer's innovative harmonies, a synthesis of chromatic and medieval diatonic, are fully expressed for the first time.