During the Christmas days, BBC Radio 3 Composer of the Week presented ‘Christmas in Latvia’, a five-part special on Latvian choral music and culture. Presenter Donald Macleod visited Latvia to explore how singing became part of Latvian national identity. Episode 4 of the series features an interview with Ēriks recorded in his office at the Latvian Academy of Music as well as his works In the Bleak Midwinter by Saint Louis Chamber Chorus and Stars, Northern Lights and Rivers of Light by the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge. Episode 5 also features Ēriks’ O Emmanuel by the Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge and A Christmas Legend by the Kamēr Youth Choir and soloists.