Celebrating a musical hero: Neeme Järvi at 85

Maarika Järvi and Neeme Järvi

Neeme Järvi and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

Neeme Järvi and Maarika Järvi

By Alexander Hall, 14 July 2022

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“nods and nudges, a series of gentle tweaks, experience distilled, discharged with a minimum of fuss”

Reviewed at Pärnu Concert Hall, Pärnu on 13 July 2022

Gluck, Orphée et Eurydice: Dance of the blessed spirits

Fauré, Morceau de Concours

Mozart, Serenade no. 13 in G major, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", K525

Dvořák, Serenade for Strings in E major, Op.22

Tubin, Prelude Solennel (arr. Charles Coleman)

Weiner, Divertimento no. 1 for strings, Op.20

Sibelius, Andante festivo

Neeme Järvi, Conductor

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

Maarika Järvi, Flute

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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Two “Firsts” as Beethoven opens the Pärnu Music Festival

Mark Pullinger, 16th July

While Kalle Randalu proves an amiable soloist in the First Piano Concerto, it is Beethoven the firebrand who startles in Paavo Järvi's account of the First Symphony with the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra.

***11

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.

****1

Atonal explorations “through the forest” in Tallinn

Timmy Fisher, 5th May

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

***11

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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Tallinn Chamber Orchestra in a programme of premières

Gavin Dixon, 12th April

“Two Ladies”, the title of this afternoon’s concert of the Estonian Music Days festival, referred to its two violin soloists, Triin Ruubel and Juta Õunapuu-Mocanita.

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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.