Tõnu Kõrvits
Hymns to the Nordic Lights
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
YEKWON SUNWOO piano
ERSO
conductor OLARI ELTS
At the beginning of its anniversary season, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (ERSO) will also delight audiences in South Korea.
The concert opens with Tõnu Kõrvits’s new symphonic poem, Hymns to the Northern Lights. Robert Schumann’s fantasy-like Piano Concerto has been described as the composer’s musical declaration of love to his wife, Clara Schumann. South Korean pianist Yekwon Sunwoo, whose global success was launched by winning the Van Cliburn Competition in 2017, will perform the first movement of the piece with ERSO. The second half of the concert features Ludwig van Beethoven’s brilliant Symphony No. 5, whose main theme, the “knocking of fate” motif, is known to every music lover. ERSO is conducted by Chief Conductor Olari Elts.
Date : 22 September 2026
Venue : Seoul Arts Center
Credit : © Mast Media
Eduard Tubin
Sinfonietta on Estonian Motifs
Eduard Tubin
Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor
Eduard Tubin
Symphony No. 5 in B minor
HANS CHRISTIAN AAVIK violin
ERSO
conductor MIHHAIL GERTS
In collaboration with Eesti Kontsert
While Eduard Tubin’s oeuvre is deeply influenced by Estonian folk music, he turned to traditional heritage in his symphonies on only one occasion. The melodies of “Meil aiaäärne tänavas” and the chorale “Öö lõpeb tääl” resonated so powerfully within him that they found expression in his first symphony written in exile – his fifth. This symphony remains one of the composer’s most intimate works; at the time of its creation, he described a sensation where everything inside him was “ablaze”. A similar intensity defines his dramatic second violin concerto, composed in 1945.
In contrast, the opening piece, Sinfonietta on Estonian Motifs, is a luminous soundscape where introspection alternates with the playful spirit of a village festival. In part, it reveals the youthful, pastoral character that is an inseparable element of Tubin’s artistic identity.
ERSO TV broadcasts are produced in cooperation with Klassikaraadio and Helipilt Grupp OÜ.
ERSO thanks Tammo Sumera, Mait Visnapuu, Priit Perend, Eva-Liisa Heinmaa.
Tõnis Kaumann / Indrek Koff
The Hidden Treasure
ERSO
KASPAR MÄND
The children’s concert The Hidden Treasure, with music by Tõnis Kaumann and libretto by Indrek Koff, is a story about music, musical instruments, and a hidden treasure. The main characters, Kunn and Vidiit, set out in search of a treasure that Kunn received from his grandfather. To find it, the children explore the entire concert hall. Along the way, they discover the different sections of a classical symphony orchestra, first through shapes, images, and playful associations, while music itself remains their most important guide. When they have searched every last room and are beginning to lose hope, the children suddenly realise that the treasure they have been looking for has been right before their eyes – and in their ears – all along. But what exactly is this treasure? Come to the concert and find out!
ERSO continues the concert series launched in the 2016/17 season for all children born in 2015, Estonia’s Year of Music. This forward-looking project aims to encourage parents to introduce their children to live music. Not every child born in the Year of Music needs to grow up to become a musician, but an understanding and love of music can certainly enrich their lives and help them grow into better people. Perhaps, years from now, some of the children born in the Year of Music will themselves perform with an orchestra or even become colleagues of today’s orchestral musicians.
Admission is free for children born in the Year of Music (2015).
(Please make sure to obtain or print out a free ticket for children born in 2015 from Piletikeskus. To receive a free ticket, enter the discount code “2015” and select the price category “Child born in 2015”. Children using a free ticket are kindly asked to bring a document confirming their year of birth to the concert.)
ERSO TV broadcasts are produced in cooperation with Klassikaraadio and Helipilt Grupp OÜ.
ERSO thanks Tammo Sumera, Mait Visnapuu, Priit Perend, Eva-Liisa Heinmaa.
Erkki-Sven Tüür
Incantation of the Tempest
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 From the New World in E minor, Op. 95
ISTVÁN VÁRDAI cello
ERSO
conductor OLARI ELTS
Before the tour in Austria, ERSO presents its program to the home audience. The concert features two masterpieces of Romantic music: Edward Elgar’s lyrical Cello Concerto and Antonín Dvořák’s powerful Symphony New World. The evening opens with an energetic spark from Erkki-Sven Tüür’s Incantation of the Tempest, a work dedicated to Veljo Tormis. “I wanted to express and amplify the primal energy that Veljo Tormis instills in us through the rhythms and accents of the “regilaul” in his creation,” the composer noted. ERSO will be conducted by Chief Conductor Olari Elts, with the world-renowned Hungarian cellist István Várdai as the soloist for Elgar’s concerto.
Benjamin Britten
Overture The Building of the House, Op. 79
Lepo Sumera
Symphony No. 5
Richard Strauss
Tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
ESTONIAN PHILHARMONIC CHAMBER CHOIR
ERSO
conductor OLARI ELTS
At the anniversary concert, ERSO performs outstanding symphonic works under the baton of Chief Conductor Olari Elts. „Lepo Sumera’s Fifth Symphony unfolds as constantly changing, dreamlike scenes melting irreversibly into one another, which may originate from the past, the future, or even from non-existence. A strange landscape emerges – a frozen massif containing eternal expectation, ready at any moment to shatter, melt, or crumble into dust due to its enormous internal tension…” This is how Erkki-Sven Tüür described the Sumera’s work.
Richard Strauss’s masterpiece, the philosophical symphonic poem Also sprach Zarathustra, was inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche’s novel of the same name. Rather than retelling Nietzsche’s complex concept of human evolution, Strauss’s work conveys its spiritual atmosphere. The opening of the piece, a sunrise in the mountains seen through the eyes of an ancient prophet, has been used in numerous performances, commercials, and films. The concert opens with Benjamin Britten’s festive overture The Building of the House, performed together with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Composed in 1967 for the opening of the Snape Maltings concert hall in Suffolk, it serves as a reminder that ERSO, now celebrating its centenary, is in need of a concert hall to call home.
ERSO TV broadcasts are produced in cooperation with Klassikaraadio and Helipilt Grupp OÜ.
ERSO thanks Tammo Sumera, Mait Visnapuu, Priit Perend, Eva-Liisa Heinmaa.
JacobTV (Jacob ter Veldhuis)
The Garden of Love
Luciano Berio
Opus Number Zoo
John Eriksson
Träd
Steve Reich
Nagoya Marimbas
Steve Reich / Vambola Krigul
Vermont Counterpoint
Mason Bates
Life of Birds
Mirjam Tally
The Birds for Company
ERSO chamber ensembles
The choice of Loodusmaja Taru as the concert venue has also inspired the programme: ERSO chamber musicians take the audience on a journey into the world of nature sounds. The evening opens with The Garden of Love, an oboe piece by Dutch composer JacobTV, based on William Blake’s dreamlike poem. In Luciano Berio’s playful and witty wind quintet Opus Number Zoo, the performers not only play music but also tell stories. John Eriksson’s marimba piece Träd, for four performers, is rooted in suggestive music built on repetition. Hypnotic sound patterns are created in Steve Reich’s minimalist marimba works Nagoya Marimbas and Vermont Counterpoint. Mason Bates’s Life of Birds, for four instruments, evokes the movements and calls of birds. In Mirjam Tally’s airy work The Birds for Company, the cello conjures a fantastical soundscape of primordial and cyber birds.
ERSO TV broadcasts are produced in cooperation with Klassikaraadio and Helipilt Grupp OÜ.
ERSO thanks Tammo Sumera, Mait Visnapuu, Priit Perend, Eva-Liisa Heinmaa.
Julius Fučík
Concert Overture Marinella, Op. 215
Friedrich Eberle
Wagneriana, Op. 38
Julius Rietz
Concert Piece for Wind Quintet and Orchestra, Op. 41
soloists Guido Gualandi (oboe), Soo-Young Lee (clarinet), Mihkel Peäske (flute), Peeter Sarapuu (bassoon), Ye Pan (horn)
Juhan Aavik
Suite on Estonian Folk Tunes, Op. 42
Eino Tamberg
Dances with the Tuba, Op. 105
Lepo Sumera
Thunder Incantation
Arvo Pärt
Concerto piccolo über B-A-C-H
soloist Indrek Vau (trumpet)
Raimund Kull
potpourri-fantasia
ERSO
conductor OLARI ELTS
The program of this studio concert is inspired by the repertoire the orchestra performed nearly a century ago, during its very first years of activity. The audience will hear lively and spirited pieces by Julius Fučík, Juhan Aavik, and Raimund Kull, Julius Rietz’s idyllic concert piece, as well as Friedrich Eberle’s potpourri Wagneriana, which served as the opening piece for the orchestra’s inaugural performance in 1926. For the second half of the evening, Olari Elts has selected works by composers who worked as sound engineers at the radio during the second half of the 20th century – Eino Tamberg, Lepo Sumera, and Arvo Pärt. Just like a hundred years ago, the studio concert will be broadcast live to radio listeners.
The concert will take place in the legendary Studio 1 of Estonian Radio, which was the home of ERSO from the 1950s until the early 1990s. It was in this very hall that a young Neeme Järvi rehearsed with ERSO. The years of Roman Matsov and Peeter Lilje serving as chief conductors were also spent right there, in the radio house.
ERSO TV broadcasts are produced in cooperation with Klassikaraadio and Helipilt Grupp OÜ.
ERSO thanks Tammo Sumera, Mait Visnapuu, Priit Perend, Eva-Liisa Heinmaa.
Giuseppe Torelli
Sonata in D major G.1
Antonín Dvořák
Piano Trio No. 4 Dumky
George Enescu
Légende for piano and trumpet
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, op.8
LAUR KELLER trumpet
TOOMAS HENDRIK ELLERVEE violin
ANDRES ALEXANDER METSPALU cello
JAAN OTS piano
The ERSO future stars perform as part of the Lossimuusika series! This exciting chamber music program features the newest and youngest members of the 100-year-old ERSO, each having just one season of experience with the orchestra.
6 p.m. – pre-concert
Artur Lemba
Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major
III Andante sostenuto
IV Finale. Allegro moderato
Nikolai Lopatnikoff
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 23
II Scherzo. Allegro molto vivace
Triin Ruubel (violin), Kärt Ruubel (piano) and Theodor Sink (cello)
7 p.m. – symphony concert
Eduard Tubin
Suite on Estonian Dance Tunes
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 100 Military in G major
Villem Kapp
Symphony No. 2 in C minor
TRIIN RUUBEL violin
ERSO
conductor NEEME JÄRVI
ERSO’s Honorary Artistic Director for Life, Neeme Järvi, has curated a delightful program of Estonian classics. Eduard Tubin’s Suite on Estonian Dances will showcase simple and joyful Estonian melodies, featuring Triin Ruubel as soloist. To mark the orchestra’s centennial, the humorous maestro has chosen Joseph Haydn’s spirited Symphony No. 100 Military, where festive trumpet signals and marching rhythms ring out alongside beautiful melodies and dances. The second half of the concert features Villem Kapp’s majestic Symphony No. 2, excerpts of which have also been performed at the Estonian Song Festivals. This concert also serves as the opening for the ERSO Anniversary Festival.
ERSO TV broadcasts are produced in cooperation with Klassikaraadio and Helipilt Grupp OÜ.
ERSO thanks Tammo Sumera, Mait Visnapuu, Priit Perend, Eva-Liisa Heinmaa.
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt, Suite No. 2, Op. 55
Erkki-Sven Tüür
Violin Concerto No. 3 Conversations with the Unknown
Witold Lutosławski
Concerto for Orchestra
VADIM GLUZMAN violin
ERSO
conductor OLARI ELTS
Conducted by Chief Conductor Olari Elts, the opening concert of ERSO’s anniversary series features Edvard Grieg’s popular Suite No. 2 Peer Gynt, including the yearning Solveig’s Song. These very pieces accompanied the birth of the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in 1926, when a trio of musicians, the predecessor of the orchestra, first performed.
One of the evening’s main attractions is Erkki-Sven Tüür’s Violin Concerto No. 3 Conversations with the Unknown. According to the composer, the title refers to “possible conversations with one’s “other self”, the inner voice or conscience, with God (in the most abstract sense), or with someone you do not know.” The world-renowned Vadim Gluzman, to whom the concerto is dedicated, will perform as the soloist. In the second half of the concert, the audience can enjoy Witold Lutosławski’s colorful Concerto for Orchestra, infused with elements of Polish folk music.
ERSO TV broadcasts are produced in cooperation with Klassikaraadio and Helipilt Grupp OÜ.
ERSO thanks Tammo Sumera, Mait Visnapuu, Priit Perend, Eva-Liisa Heinmaa.
6 p.m. – pre-concert
Mari Vihmand
Chopin’s Tears
Fryderyk Chopin
Prelude, Op. 28 No. 4
Lepo Sumera
Pardon, Fryderyk!
Sten Heinoja (piano), Jose Carlos Dominguez Almela (clarinet), Mairit Mitt-Bronikowska (viola), Mari-Liis Vind (flute)
At the pre-concert musicologist Aare Tool will discuss Neeme Järvi’s years as ERSO’s Chief Conductor, a period he also explores in the book ERSO SAJAND, which will be published in November.
7 p.m. – symphony concert
Joachim Raff
Symphony No. 10 In Autumn
Richard Strauss
Austria, Op. 78
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto in F major, KV 459
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo in D major, K. 382
KALLE RANDALU piano
ESTONIAN NATIONAL OPERA YOUNG MEN’S CHOIR
EAMT choir's male ensemble
ERSO
conductor NEEME JÄRVI
The concerts in the Maestro series are dedicated to ERSO’s chief conductors throughout the orchestra’s history in celebration of its anniversary year. Maestro Neeme Järvi, who has led ERSO during two separate periods, highlights his long-standing and fruitful collaboration with pianist Kalle Randalu. The concert celebrates Randalu’s 70th birthday and features music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose works the pianist has described as one of the great loves of his life.
The programme includes Mozart’s graceful and virtuosic Rondo in D major and the bright, joyful Piano Concerto in F major. Randalu has also recorded the concerto together with ERSO and Neeme Järvi, making it a work closely connected with their long musical partnership.
The Estonian National Opera Young Men’s Choir and EAMT choir’s male ensemble joins the orchestra for Richard Strauss’s Austria, a work for large orchestra and male choir. Its grand sonorities reveal Strauss’s gift for rich orchestral colour and powerful, expansive musical gestures.
The programme also features German composer Joachim Raff’s Symphony In Autumn. Inspired by the changing season, the symphony evokes vivid images of nature and moves through contrasting autumnal moods, from warmth and luminosity to more dramatic and contemplative shades.
6 p.m. – pre-concert
Edvard Grieg
Arabian Dance from the Peer Gynt Suite
transcr. Ernst Urbach
Heino Eller
Lyrical Piece No. 1 in E major
Kaljo Raid
Lacrimosa
Performed by Kärt Ruubel (piano), Triin Ruubel (violin) and Theodor Sink (cello)
7 p.m. – symphony concert
Heino Eller
Dawn
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
YEKWON SUNWOO piano
ERSO
conductor OLARI ELTS
The opening work of ERSO’s anniversary season gala is a masterpiece of Estonian golden classics, Heino Eller’s tone poem Dawn. Robert Schumann’s fantasy-like Piano Concerto has been described as the composer’s musical declaration of love to his wife, Clara Schumann, who was also its first performer. Performing the concerto with ERSO is South Korean pianist Yekwon Sunwoo, whose global career was launched into the stratosphere after winning the gold medal at the 2017 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. The second half of the evening features Ludwig van Beethoven’s brilliant Symphony No. 5, featuring the “knocking of fate” motif known to every music lover. ERSO is conducted by Chief Conductor Olari Elts.
ERSO TV broadcasts are produced in cooperation with Klassikaraadio and Helipilt Grupp OÜ.
ERSO thanks Tammo Sumera, Mait Visnapuu, Priit Perend, Eva-Liisa Heinmaa.
Brian Eno
Music for Airports (transcription and arrangement by Vambola Krigul)
female voices of chamber choir Collegium Musicale
Mari-Katrina Suss (violin/piano)
Triin Krigul (violin/piano)
Helena Altmanis (viola/piano)
Theodor Sink (cello)
Imre Eenma (bass guitar)
Kärt Ruubel (piano)
Sara D’Amico (harp)
Lauri Metsvahi (vibraphone)
Vambola Krigul (Rhodes piano )
Erki Möller (trumpet)
Indrek Vau (piccolo trumpet)
Kalle Koppel (French horn)
Diogo Fernandes (trombone)
Peeter Margus (trombone)
Johannes Kiik (bass trombone)
Madis Vilgats (tuba)
Concert features the cult masterpiece Music for Airports by ambient music pioneer Brian Eno*. The goal of the British composer’s legendary album Ambient 1: Music for Airports is to soothe travelers’ fear of flying with music that diffuses into the atmosphere, brightening the surrounding environment.
The idea was sparked by Eno’s own frustrating experience at Cologne Bonn Airport, where irritating background music made his pre-flight anxiety unbearable. Released in 1978, Music for Airports has since been installed in several airports worldwide. The piece was first adapted for the concert stage by the ensemble Bang on a Can All-Stars, who also performed it for Tallinn audiences in 1999.
*Music by Brian Eno will be performed at the concert. The artist himself will not be present on stage.
ERSO TV broadcasts are produced in cooperation with Klassikaraadio and Helipilt Grupp OÜ.
ERSO thanks Tammo Sumera, Mait Visnapuu, Priit Perend, Eva-Liisa Heinmaa.
Emilie Mayer
Faust Overture, Op. 46
Max Bruch
Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 88
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 Eroica
In February, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (ERSO) will welcome British conductor Jonathan Bloxham for a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, Eroica—a revolutionary work that marked a turning point in orchestral music, echoing the ideals of the French Revolution. ERSO’s principal clarinetist Soo-Young Lee will join acclaimed German violist Nils Mönkemeyer to perform Max Bruch’s Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra. The concert opens with the Faust Overture by 19th-century German composer Emilie Mayer.
SOO-YOUNG LEE clarinet
NILS MÖNKEMEYER viola
ERSO
conductor JONATHAN BLOXHAM
ERSO TV broadcasts are produced in cooperation with Klassikaraadio and Helipilt Grupp OÜ.
ERSO thanks Tammo Sumera, Mait Visnapuu, Priit Perend, Eva-Liisa Heinmaa.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 3, 4, 6, and 10
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
Zoltán Kodály
Suite from Háry János
ERSO closes its 99th season with a particularly thrilling guest: cimbalom virtuoso, who will perform a suite from Zoltán Kodály’s comic opera Háry János. The work tells of villagers gathered in a Hungarian tavern to hear the fantastical tales of the old soldier Háry János—most famously, how he single-handedly defeated Napoleon in Milan, yet refused to marry the Empress out of loyalty to his village sweetheart, Örzse. The program also includes Johannes Brahms’ spirited Hungarian Dances and his Third Symphony, conducted by Olari Elts.
IVAN CURTEAN cimbalom
ERSO
conductor OLARI ELTS
ERSO TV broadcasts are produced in cooperation with Klassikaraadio and Helipilt Grupp OÜ.
ERSO thanks Tammo Sumera, Mait Visnapuu, Priit Perend, Eva-Liisa Heinmaa.
Lepo Sumera
Musica profana
Arvo Pärt
Symphony No. 4 Los Angeles
*We will broadcast only the first half of the concert
In May, ERSO welcomes conductor Dennis Russell Davies and pianist Maki Namekawa to the stage. With a distinguished career spanning over five decades, Davies has led some of the world’s most acclaimed orchestras, festivals, and opera houses. A long-time interpreter of Arvo Pärt’s music, Davies will conduct the composer’s Symphony No. 4 Los Angeles. Maki Namekawa, known for her dedication to contemporary music, will perform Philip Glass’s Mishima Piano Concerto, inspired by the score for Paul Schrader’s film Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters.
MAKI NAMEKAWA piano
ERSO
conductor DENNIS RUSSELL DAVIES
ERSO TV broadcasts are produced in cooperation with Klassikaraadio and Helipilt Grupp OÜ.
ERSO thanks Tammo Sumera, Mait Visnapuu, Priit Perend, Eva-Liisa Heinmaa.
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 88 in G major
Joachim Raff
Symphony No. 8, Op. 205 Frühlingsklänge
III Larghetto
II Allegro
Antonín Dvořák / arr. Peeter Vähi
Slavonic Dance Party
As part of the Spring celebrations, legendary conductor Neeme Järvi, who began his musical journey as a percussionist, will make a much-anticipated return to ERSO’s stage. He will be joined by the dynamic Estonian Percussion Group, an ensemble of four virtuoso percussionists: Karl Johann Lattikas, Lauri Metsvahi, Tiit Joamets, and Tanel-Eiko Novikov. Their passion and skill bring a unique energy that resonates with audiences of all ages. Earlier in 2025, the ensemble made headlines with a remarkable concert marathon, performing ten concerts across Estonia in a single night. For this concert, they will join forces with ERSO for a performance of Antonín Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances, arranged by Peeter Vähi.
Estonian Percussion Group
ERSO
conductor NEEME JÄRVI
ERSO TV broadcasts are produced in cooperation with Klassikaraadio and Helipilt Grupp OÜ.
ERSO thanks Tammo Sumera, Mait Visnapuu, Priit Perend, Eva-Liisa Heinmaa.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia from the Cantata Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia from the Cantata Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte, BWV 174
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia from the Cantata Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht, BWV 52
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
Italian conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini will lead a programme dedicated to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. It includes the cantata Geist und Seele wird verwirret (Spirit and Soul Shall Be Confounded), composed in Leipzig, and featuring countertenor Martin Karu, whose rising career is gaining recognition both nationally and internationally. The programme also features symphonic or instrumental overtures from the cantatas Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte, Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, and Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht. Additionally, the concert will include Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3.
MARTIN KARU countertenor
ERSO
conductor RINALDO ALESSANDRINI
ERSO TV broadcasts are produced in cooperation with Klassikaraadio and Helipilt Grupp OÜ.
ERSO thanks Tammo Sumera, Mait Visnapuu, Priit Perend, Eva-Liisa Heinmaa.
Liisa Hirsch
Rising realms
Riho Esko Maimets
Ecdysis, double concerto for piccolo and harp
Erkki-Sven Tüür
Violin Concerto No. 2
Lepo Sumera
Symphony No. 2
This year’s programme of the Estonian Music Days includes a new work by Liisa Hirsch, along with the Estonian premiere of Riho Esko Maimets’ concerto for piccolo and harp. The brilliant violinist Hans Christian Aavik will perform Erkki–Sven Tüür’s Violin Concerto No. 2, titled Angel’s Share. According to the composer, the title reflects the shedding of unnecessary elements as one matures. The evening concludes with Symphony No. 2 by Lepo Sumera, one of Estonia’s most significant symphonists. The concert will be conducted by Olari Elts.
HANS CHRISTIAN AAVIK violin
HEILI ROSIN-LEIVATEGIJA flute
SARA D’AMICO harp
ERSO
conductor OLARI ELTS
ERSO TV broadcasts are produced in cooperation with Klassikaraadio and Helipilt Grupp OÜ.
ERSO thanks Tammo Sumera, Mait Visnapuu, Priit Perend, Eva-Liisa Heinmaa.
6 PM – pre-concert
Unsuk Chin
Advice from a Caterpillar
José Carlos Domínguez Almela (bass clarinet)
Soo-Young Lee (interpretation)
Maria Kõrvits
Sulam 2
Tõnis Traksmann (English horn), Kreete Jacob (French horn), Kadri-Ann Sumera (piano)
7 PM – symphony concert
Maria Kõrvits
New work
Unsuk Chin
Violin Concerto No. 1
Franz Schubert
Overture in the Italian Style in C major, D. 591
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 Italian
At the end of March, violinist Viviane Hagner returns to perform with ERSO. The centerpiece of the evening is the Violin Concerto No. 1 by Unsuk Chin—one of the most performed living composers today. Though classical in structure, the concerto is known for its exceptionally demanding solo part, offering both technical and interpretive challenges. The concert opens with a new work by Estonian composer Maria Kõrvits, commissioned especially by ERSO. The second half of the evening takes listeners on a journey through Italy. Under the baton of Olari Elts, the orchestra will perform Franz Schubert’s Overture in the Italian Style, inspired by Italian opera, followed by Felix Mendelssohn’s vibrant Symphony No. 4 Italian, a musical reflection of the composer’s travels through Italy.
VIVIANE HAGNER violin
ERSO
conductor OLARI ELTS
ERSO TV broadcasts are produced in cooperation with Klassikaraadio and Helipilt Grupp OÜ.
ERSO thanks Tammo Sumera, Mait Visnapuu, Priit Perend, Eva-Liisa Heinmaa.
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