Musica Baltica

Teachers keep coming back to Eriks Ešenvalds, whose Stars, Only in Sleep, and Northern Lights account for a significant share of adoptions in this collection. Laura Jekabsone's Father Thunder: Choral Works (which includes oratorios) is the single most popular title across all categories. Selga Mence's Blacksmith Forges in the Sky rounds out the core repertoire many directors return to.

Recent additions include Eriks Ešenvalds's Legend of the Walled-in Woman and Leaves for SSAATTBB choirs, Rihards Dubra's Hail, Queen of Heaven, and Daugela Kazys's Latvian Folksong Suite for wind band. Laura Jekabsone also contributed Zvidzi, zvidzi, sermais zirdzen (Whinny, Grey Pony) for upper voices.

Eriks Ešenvalds dominates this collection with 124 titles spanning sacred and secular works. His Stars and Only in Sleep are the workhorses of Baltica choral programming, and his recent releases show he continues to write in a lyrical, accessible style that choirs adopt widely.

Laura Jekabsone brings a more expansive approach to choral composition, working across oratorios and larger forms. Father Thunder: Choral Works is her flagship piece and the top seller in the entire collection, signaling the depth her catalog offers beyond smaller octavos.

Rihards Dubra has built a catalog of 30 titles with careful attention to sacred texts. His work appears less frequently in high volume than Ešenvalds or Jekabsone, but teachers who know his music value its liturgical precision and harmonic language.