Two “Firsts” as Beethoven opens the Pärnu Music Festival

Von Mark Pullinger, 16 Juli 2020

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“the teasing opening to the finale positively grinned”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Pärnu Concert Hall, Pärnu, am 16 Juli 2020

Pärt, Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten. Für eine Glocke und Streichorchester

Beethoven, Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 in C-Dur, Op.15

Mozart, March in C major, K408/1 (K383e)

Beethoven, Symphonie Nr. 1 in C-Dur, Op.21

Beethoven, Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43: Ouvertüre

Kalle Randalu, Klavier

Paavo Järvi, Musikalische Leitung

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

A meditative Estonian celebration of 90 years of Arvo Pärt

David Smythe, 5th October

The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Tõnu Kaljuste, present an Arvo Pärt portrait concert in Glasgow.

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Celebrating a musical hero: Neeme Järvi at 85

Alexander Hall, 13th July

Neeme Järvi celebrates his 80th birthday in style, together with the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and his daughter Maarika, in works by Mozart, Gluck and Dvořák.

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Into silence: Arvo Pärt's distinctive soundworld casts a spell

Matthew Rye, 3rd February

A portrait concert of music by Arvo Pärt, while single-mindedly contemplative in tone, proves surprisingly absorbing in the hands of his most authoritative interpreters.

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Atonal explorations “through the forest” in Tallinn

Timmy Fisher, 5th May

The Tallinn Chamber Orchestra deliver a bold but challenging programme of atonal works.

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Arvo Pärt ou la modestie et l'humanité consacrées

Manuel Gaulhiac, 20th October

Arvo Pärt a fait le déplacement à la Philharmonie pour cette soirée entièrement consacrée à sa musique, avec l'Orchestre de chambre de Tallinn et le Chœur philharmonique de chambre d'Estonie.

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A high-flying Creation in Estonia

Simon Rees, 7th August

A high-flying, zip-wire staging of Haydn's The Creation in Tallinn.

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.