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Vox Lusciniae
Artistic Director: Brian M. Stevens

www.voxlusciniae.org

"Echoes of Her Soul: Choral Works by Laura Jēkabsone "
October 4, 2025
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Buffalo, NY

Title: Father Thunder (Pērkontēvs)
Composer: Laura Jēkabsone
Text: Latvian Folk Song

Father Thunder (Pērkontēvs)

Father Thunder has nine sons:
Three strike, three rumble, three flash lightning.
Thunder had nine lightning bolts,
With them bolts he struck the oak.
Three bolt axes chopped the stump,
Six lightning flashes split the top.

Zibināja
Trīs gadiņi saule raud,
zelta zarus lasīdam’.
Pērkona tēvam deviņi deli.

English Translation:
Flashes
The sun has been crying for three years
Gathering golden branches.
Father Thunder has nine sons.

— English Translation by Jānis Strazdiņš & Laura Jēkabsone

Composer Website:
https://www.laurajekabsone.com

Sheet Music: https://www.musicabaltica.com/father-...