Estonian Festival Orchestra covers itself in glory in Pärnu

Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra

Stefan Dohr and Paavo Järvi

Par Alexander Hall, 17 juillet 2022

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“like finding a sparkling jewel in the most unexpected place”

Critique faite à Pärnu Concert Hall, Pärnu, le 16 juillet 2022

Lutosławski, Musique funèbre (Funeral Music)

Strauss R., Concerto pour cor no. 2 en mi bémol majeur AV132

Messiaen, Des canyons aux étoiles: Appel interstellaire

Tchaïkovski, Symphonie no. 5 en mi mineur, Op.64

Tchaïkovski, Eugène Onéguine: Polonaise

Alfvén, Bergakungen (The Mountain King): Herd-Maid's Dance, Op.37 no. 4

Stefan Dohr, Cor

Paavo Järvi, Direction

Estonian Festival Orchestra

Estonian Festival Orchestra make Carnegie Hall debut with Arvo Pärt

David Wolfson, 23rd October

Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra don’t skirt all the pitfalls of a single-composer program in an all-Pärt evening at Carnegie Hall.

***11

Geburtstagskonzert für Pärt: das Estonian Festival Orchestra in Zürich

Thomas Schacher, 19th October

Paavo Järvi wirkte als Vermittler und präsentierte einen aufschlussreichen Querschnitt durch das Werk des 90 Jahre alten Komponisten. Als Publikumsmagnet wirkte auch die Geigerin Midori.

*****

Bizet raises the roof at the Pärnu Music Festival

Peter Quantrill, 13th July

The Estonian Festival Orchestra is on scintillating form in a rare outing for Roma, Bizet's own “Italian Symphony”.

****1

Sol Gabetta shines in Dvořák with the Estonian Festival Orchestra

Chanda VanderHart, 24th January

The Estonian Festival Orchestra revels in Dvořák and Tchaikovsky on the Vienna leg of its European tour with Paavo Järvi.

****1

Blistering Buchbinder, trenchant Järvi at the Elbphilharmonie

Alexander Hall, 16th August

Sometimes artists surprise, but in a wholly positive way: nothing remotely bland about Buchbinder's approach to Beethoven's C minor concerto and a Tchaikovsky 1 streets ahead of Järvi's recent recording.

*****

Smiles of a summer night: Paavo Järvi at the Pärnu Music Festival

Richard Bratby, 15th July

New music, old friends and supercharged Strauss from the Estonian Festival Orchestra.

****1

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Alexander Hall

Alexander Hall divides his time between London and Hamburg, where he had a career in academic administration and teaching. He reviews for Bachtrack and Opera Today, and has also reviewed for Classical Source. A connoisseur of the great orchestras of the world, his musical memories stretch back to Karajan/Berlin Phil, Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil, Bernstein/Vienna Phil, and he has seen most of the great conductors from the past, including Böhm, Klemperer, Kubelik, Ormandy and Szell.

The Estonian Festival Orchestra covers itself in glory at the Pärnu Music Festival