Jaan Rääts vocal and choral music

VOCAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

WORKS FOR CHOIR, (SOLOIST OR SOLOISTS) AND ORCHESTRA

Little Oratorio, Op. 48

1. Intrada

2. Chorus

3. Baritone aria

4. Chorus

5. Chorus

6. Finale

1968/1973

22'

male choir, soloists, organ, symphony orchestra: 3333, 4331, percussion, strings

Text: Enn Vetemaa

Fp: Kaljo Räästas (baritone), Rolf Uusväli (organ), Estonian TV and Radio Symphony Orchestra, State Academic Male Choir, conductor Olev Oja, March 15, 1973, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn

Publisher: Eesti Projekt (1973)

WORKS FOR MIXED CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA

Magic Quadrat, Op. 113

cantata

1999

mixed choir, chamber orchestra: 1010, 0330, percussion, piano, strings

Text: Latin maxim (Sator arepo tenet opera rotas), Latin names of herbs

Fp: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste, September 17, 1999, Estonia Concert Hall, VoxEstFest Festival

Declamatorium "Karl Marx", Op. 18

Contains declamatory part

1964

51'

reciter, mixed choir, symphony orchestra: 2023, 4331, percussion, piano, strings

Text: Enn Vetemaa

Fp: Voldemar Panso (reciter), Estonian TV and Radio symphony orchestra and mixed choir, conductor Neeme Järvi, May 8, 1964, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn

WORKS FOR CHILDREN'S CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA

School Cantata, Op. 32

1. Ways to School

2. History Class

3. Important Day

4. Little Concert

5. Finale

1968

12'

children's choir, symphony orchestra: 2022, 4320, percussion, piano, strings

Text: Enn Vetemaa

Fp: Children's Choir of Tallinn Pioneers' Palace (former children's choir „Ellerhein”), Estonian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra, Rein Rannap (piano), conductor Heino Kaljuste

Publisher: Советский композитор (1971)

Spring Oratorio, Op. 15

1. Recitative, 2. Symphony, 3. Chorus, 4. Chorus, Interlude I, 6. Mass song, 7. Recitative, 8. Ensemble and chorus, 9. Mass song, 10. Aria, 11. Chorus, 12. Chorus, 13. Little concert, 14. Chorus, 15. Chorus, 16. Interlude II, 17. Fugue, 18. Recitative, 19. Finale

1961

children's choir, chamber orchestra: 2 pianos, kettledrum, strings