Mūsu Tēvs Debesīs (L. Garūta, A. Eglītis)

[@karinb576]

I was there. I sang in 1990. I will never forget. It was moving and enriching beyond words.

[@zebras54]

you were part of a key historical event

[@andre26071955]

Me as a dutch singer in a Latvian-Dutch choir sang the same song this year under the same conductor (Edgars Racevskis), this will stay with me as long as i will live...

[@Yolanttta]

My absolute favorite song, and presented with such beautiful reverence!! I first saw it in 1990 and was blown away!! Finally now I get to see it again!

[@mattjirgens3374]

Yolanta Lacplesis awesome last name. You must be a proud Latvian

[@aivarskrauze]

.. . Manai Tautai-Mīliet un Esat Mīlēti. Kungs Svētī šo Tautu. Ar Vislielāko Cieņu.

[@VonRix]

Historical performance of this WW2 "Prayer" It's year 1990. People in other Eastern European countries are free again, but Baltic countries are still part of Soviet Union. From here things can either improve or go terribly wrong. No one knows for sure. So as alway in such crucial moments people come together and sing. What else.

[@irinadz]

Why english?

[@kendallsvengalis5390]

I first heard this piece played on "Spotlight on Latvia," a Boston-based program of Latvian music hosted by the late Silvestrs Lambergs. Lambergs titled it "God, Thy Earth Is Aflame." It had a profound impact on me. The recording, made at its premiere on March 15, 1944 at the Riga Dom Church, picked up the sounds of battle taking place outside of Riga's Old Town. It's a shame that Garuta did not live to see her country freed from the Soviet yoke. But this performance testifies to the profound impact the song has had on the Latvian people, and all those who love freedom. I had an opportunity to hear an organ and viola concert at the Dom Church last summer during my first trip to Riga.

[@andre26071955]

The whole cantata by Lucija Garuta/ Andrejs Eglitis is on KZbin in several performances...

[@aivarskrauze]

.. .šogad: Lūcijai Garūtai 114