Tallinn Chamber Orchestra in a programme of premières

By Gavin Dixon, 13 April 2015

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Reviewed at Radio House, Tallinn on 12 April 2015

Randalu, Emegrane

Hirsch, Ascending… Descending

Vesik, Force of Nature

Pehk, Eduard by the Brook

Valkonen, Fulfilment

Tulve, higher than the soul can hope and mind can hide

Pētersons, Chess

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

Triin Ruubel, Violin

Juta Õunapuu-Mocanita, Violin

Atvars Lakstīgala, Conductor

Triin Piirsalu, Violin

Triinu Veissmann, Violin

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.

****1

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.

****1

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.

****1

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Gavin Dixon

Gavin Dixon is a writer, journalist and editor specialising in classical music. He writes for publications such as Gramophone, Classical Music and BBC Music Magazine. Gavin has a PhD on the symphonies of Alfred Schnittke and is a member of the editorial team for the “Alfred Schnittke Collected Works” edition. His website is here.

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra in a programme of premières from young Estonian composers