Tubin-performances in March

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Ballet “Goblin”. Estonian National Opera. Tallinn, 8, 10 and 25 March

Piano Quartet in C sharp minor ETW 59 Maarja Helen Oserov (violin), Merike Heidelberg (viola), Valle-Rasmus Roots (cello) ja Auli Lonks (piano). Chamber Hall of Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, 2 March; Harmos festival, Portugal, 7-11 March

Tubin-performances in February 2017

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”Ballad on a Theme by Mart Saar”, Takahiro Akiba and Yuko Yoshioka (piano, Music Project Estonia) – short concert dedicated to Paavo Järvi. Tokyo, Hitachi Mejiro Club, 14 February.

Ballet “Kratt”, National Opera “Estonia”, 22 February

Solo Songs ”Autumn Sun” (lyrics Juhan Liiv), ”Waiting for Happiness (lyrics Ernst Enno) and ”Yearning” (lyrics Ernst Enno). Mirjam Mesak (soprano) and Kristiina Rokashevich (piano) – concert dedicated to the 99th Anniversary of the Republic of Estonia. London, in church St. Bartholomew the Great, 22 February

Symphony No.7, Dalasinfonietta, conductor Daniel Blendulf. Folkets Hus, Ludvika,  24 February; Kristinehallen, Falun, 25 February

Neeme Järvi – recipient of the 2017 State Lifetime Achievement Award

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Neeme Jarvi High Res 1 - credit Simon van Boxtel

Neeme Järvi has conducted more works by Eduard Tubin than any other conductor. He studied Tubin’s music already in the 1950s and immediately understood its greatness and wealth of meaning. In 1961, when Tubin visited Estonia, Järvi met him personally. From this time, Tubin has been one of the most performed composers in his repertoire.

Tubin highly appreciated Järvi’s interpretations and wrote his Symphony No. 8 with Järvi in mind. It’s first performance took place in Tallinn on 24 February 1967, by the Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra with Neeme Järvi conducting.

In the 1980s Järvi recorded all of Tubin’s symphonic works on the Swedish BIS label, which brought the breakthrough for Tubin’s music. From year 2000, Järvi is chairman of the honorary presidium of the Eduard Tubin International Society.

 

Neeme Järvi’s recordings as conductor of Tubin’s works:

Symphony No. 6; Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Tallinn, Melodija  (1963), LP/mono

Music  for Strings; Estonian Radio Chamber Ensemble. Riga, Melodija (1966) LP/mono

Symphony No. 4 “Sinfonia Lirica”; Musikselskabet “Harmonien” Bergen, BIS (1984), LP/stereo

Symphony No. 9, Estonian Dance Suite, Toccata; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, BIS (1984), LP/stereo

Prélude Solennel, Suite on Estonian Dances, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.1; Mark Lubotsky, violin, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, BIS (1984), LP/stereo; (1985), CD: DDD

Symphony No.2 “The Legendary”, Symphony No.6; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, BIS (1985), LP/stereo/CD

Symphony No.5, Suite from the Ballet “Kratt”, Bamberger Symphoniker, BIS (1985), CD: DDD

Requiem for Fallen Soldiers, Symphony No.10; Lund’s Choral Society, JanÅke Larsson, organ & piano, alto solo: Kerstin Lundin, baritone solo: Roland Rydell, timpani: Helmut Sitar, drum: Peter Wallin, Gothenburg S.O., BIS (1985/1986), LP/stereo/CD: DDD

Symhony No.4 “Sinfonia Lirica”, Symphony No.9, Toccata; Musikselskabet “Harmonien” Bergen, Gothenburg S.O., BIS (1986), CD: AAD

Double Bass Concerto, Valse Triste, Ballade for Violin and Orchestra, Violin Concerto No.2, Estonian Dance Suite; Håkan Ehrén, double bass, Gustavo Garcia, violin, BIS (1987) CD: AAD/DDD

Symphony No.1, Balalaika Concerto, Music for Strings, Emanuil Sheynkman, balalaika, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, BIS, (1987), CD:DDD

Symphony No.3, Symphony No.8; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, BIS (1987), CD: DDD

Sinfonietta on Estonian Motifs, Piano Concertino, Symphony No.7: Roland Pöntinen, piano, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, BIS (1988), CD: DDD

Long Anglaise, Serf’s Dance (from Estonian Folk Dances) – Encore live from Orchestra Hall, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall (1997), CD

Violin Concerto No.1, Andante sostenuto; Xiang Gao (violin), Pärnu City Orchestra – Pärnu 2001: David Oistrakh Festival: Pärnu Oistrakh Festival (2001), CD

The Symphonies; No 1, No.5, No.3, No 2, No. 6, No. 3, No.8, No. 4, No. 9, Toccata, No. 7, No.10, Suite from the Ballet “Kratt”; Swedish Radio S.O., Bamberg S.O., Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Gothenburg S.O., BIS (2002). 5 CDs: DDD, AAD (reissue)

 

Archive recordings

 

Music for Strings, Piano Concertino, Symphony No.2 “Legendary”; Estonian State S.O.; Eesti Raadio, CD (Neeme Järvi conducts, CXV)

Symphony No.5, Symphony No.10; Estonian State S.O., Eesti Raadio, CD (Neeme Järvi conducts, CXVI)

Symphony No. 8, Symphony No. 9; Estonian State S.O., Eesti Raadio, CD (Neeme Järvi conducts, CXVII)

Double Bass Concerto; Leopold Andrejev, double bass, Soviet Union Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eesti Raadio, CD (Neeme Järvi conducts, LXXXIV)

 

Further information: www.nlib.ee/ESTER

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On 18 February 2017 XXIX and XXX volumes of Tubin’s Collected Works (orchestral and piano scores of opera “Barbara von Tisenhusen”) were presented in the Chamber Hall of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. The presentation was introduced by a recital in which Sten Lassmann played piano works by Eller and Tubin.

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Sten Lassmann playing piano works by Eller and Tubin

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Kerri Kotta presenting the XXIX and XXX volumes

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Mart Humal playing Chopin preludes

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Mart Humal speaking about the editing of the XXIX and XXX volumes

Program:
Heino Eller – Thirteen piano pieces on Estonian motifs (1940-41), no. 1, 2, 3 ja 10
                   – Estonian dance (1934)
                   – Ballade in c sharp minor (1955)
Eduard Tubin – Ballade in the Form of Chaconne on a Theme by Mart Saar in C sharp minor (1945)
Sten Lassmann (piano)
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Presentation of the XXIX and XXX volumes.
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Coffee

Volumes XXIX and XXX:

Eduard Tubin. Barbara von Tisenhusen [Noot] : ooper kolmes vaatuses ja üheksas pildis = opera in three acts and nine scenes ; toimetanud = edited by Mart Humal ja Reet Marttila ; [üldtoimetaja Kerri Kotta ; kujundus: Tiina Sildre ; noodigraafika: Valdo Preema]. Tallinn : Rahvusvaheline Eduard Tubina Ühing ; Stockholm : Gehrmans Musikförlag, 2016 ([Tallinn] : Tallinna Raamatutrükikoda). Partituur = Score  (370 lk.) : portr., faks ; 36 cm.  ISMN 9790540023089 . GE12924 Gehrmans Musikförlag. Kogutud teosed. VII seeria ; 29. kd. = Complete works. Series VII ; vol. 29.

Eduard Tubin. Barbara von Tisenhusen [Noot] : ooper kolmes vaatuses ja üheksas pildis = opera in three acts and nine scenes ; toimetanud = edited by Mart Humal ja Reet Marttila ; [üldtoimetaja Kerri Kotta ; kujundus: Tiina Sildre ; noodigraafika: Valdo Preema]. Tallinn : Rahvusvaheline Eduard Tubina Ühing ; Stockholm : Gehrmans Musikförlag, 2016 ([Tallinn] : Tallinna Raamatutrükikoda). Klaviir = Piano score  (206 lk.) : portr., faks. ; 33 cm. ISMN 9790540023096. GE12925 Gehrmans Musikförlag. Kogutud teosed. VII seeria ; 30. kd. = Complete works. Series VII ; vol. 30.