This particularly artistic choral arrangement by Franz M. Herzog based on a Latvian folksong movingly portrays the hauntingly agitated text characterized by extreme pain and bitter hopelessness – the urgent plea that his lover may yet awaken. Elegiac homophonic passages over sustained pedal notes are interwoven with rhythmically shifted polyphonic sections fraught with tension and the dynamics sway wavelike from one extreme to the other. This piece is a rewarding challenge with great impact for all dedicated choirs. With Latvian and English lyrics (Wake up, My Darling).