ESTERSO DAY AT VIIMSI ARTIUM
Programme
12 p.m. Great hall
ERSO CHILDREN’S CONCERT
Sergei Prokofiev
The musical fairy tale Peter and the Wolf
Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf tells young listeners a symphonic fairy tale that opens the door to the world of the orchestra. Each character is represented by an instrument of the symphony orchestra:
Peter – violins
Bird – flute
Duck – oboe
Cat – clarinet
Grandfather – bassoon
Wolf – French horns
Hunters – timpani
ERSO, MART MÜÜRISEPP narrator, conductor TOOMAS VAVILOV
5 p.m. Tünnigalerii
AUDIOSPA
Tõnu Kõrvits
„Wanderer’s Song“
Theodor Sink (cello)
John Eriksson
„Träd“
Maarja Nuut, Adam Jeffrey, Lauri Metsvahi, Vambola Krigul (marimba)
Jonny Greenwood
„Prospectors Quartet“
Mari Poll (violin), Egert Leinsaar (violin), Sandra Klimaite (viola), Theodor Sink (cello)
JacobTV (Jacob ter Veldhuis)
„The Garden of Love“
Guido Gualandi (oboe)
Steve Reich
„Triple Quartet“
Mari Poll (violin), Egert Leinsaar (violin), Sandra Klimaite (viola), Theodor Sink (cello)
7 p.m. Great hall
SYMPHONY CONCERT
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 E flat major, Op. 73
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 From the New World in E minor, Op. 95
MAKSIM ŠTŠURA piano, ERSO, dirigent OLARI ELTS
ERSO is celebrating the end of summer for the fifth time with a special concert day at Viimsi Artium. The program features a children’s concert, a chamber concert from the popular “Audiospaa” series, and a grand evening symphony concert.
At 12:00, young listeners are invited to the Main Hall of Viimsi Artium to enjoy one of the world’s most famous musical works for children – Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. This symphonic fairy tale, designed to introduce various musical instruments, has been guiding children into the world of music for 90 years. Every character has their own instrument, melody, and personality.
A concert in the meditative and atmospheric Audiospaa series will take place in the Tünnigalerii at Artium, featuring five minimalist works. The programme opens with Tõnu Kõrvits’s The Wanderer’s Song, which creates a poetic and contemplative sound world interweaving motifs of journeying and longing. It is followed by Swedish composer John Eriksson’s Träd for four marimba players, built on suggestive musical repetition. Jonny Greenwood’s Prospectors Quartet, from Paul Thomas Anderson’s film There Will Be Blood, brings a tense and cinematic sound world to the programme. Dutch composer JacobTV’s The Garden of Love for oboe and tape is based on William Blake’s dreamlike poem. The concert concludes with Steve Reich’s Triple Quartet, in which a string quartet performs together with pre-recorded material.
Conducted by Chief Conductor Olari Elts, the ERSO Viimsi Day Symphony Concert takes the audience on a journey into the grandiose world of romantic music. Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 is the most powerful and majestic of his concertos, earning the nickname Emperor for its heroic and grand soundscape. The soloist for the evening is Maksim Štšura, a versatile musician and laureate of numerous competitions. Antonín Dvořák’s immensely popular Symphony No. 9 is filled with the composer’s fascination with the rich traditions of Native Americans, while also reflecting a deep nostalgia for his homeland of Bohemia during his time in New York.