Two “Firsts” as Beethoven opens the Pärnu Music Festival

By Mark Pullinger, 16 July 2020

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“the teasing opening to the finale positively grinned”

Reviewed at Pärnu Concert Hall, Pärnu on 16 July 2020

Pärt, Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten

Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, Op.15

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

Beethoven, Symphony no. 1 in C major, Op.21

Beethoven, The Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43: Overture

Kalle Randalu, Piano

Paavo Järvi, Conductor

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.

****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

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

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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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.