ESTERSO in Ljubljana
Programme
Arvo Pärt
Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
Additional information and tickets: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra | Cankarjev dom
Before the Christmas holidays, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra will be on a concert tour in Southern Europe, celebrating the orchestra’s 99th anniversary. The tour program opens with Arvo Pärt’s evergreen Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, which has become an inseparable companion to ERSO’s concert tours. The evenings continue with the works of Finland’s national treasure, Jean Sibelius. Performed by Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma, the program includes one of the greatest challenges in the violin repertoire: Sibelius’s Violin Concerto. In the second half of the evening, the composer’s Second Symphony will be performed. Written in Rapallo, a mountainous town on the Gulf of Venice, the work is infused with the light of Southern Europe.