ESTERSO tour in Austria
15.12.26 at 19:30 - Austria - Musikverein Graz
16.12.26 at 19:30 - Austria - Congress Innsbruck
17.12.26 at 19:00 - Austria - Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg
18.12.26 at 15:00 - Austria - Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg
18.12.26 at 19:00 - Austria - Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg
Programme
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
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
ERSO is also delighting Austrian concert audiences during its anniversary season.
Tickets for concerts in Salzburg are available for purchase
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. The main work of the concert is Jean Sibelius’s majestic Symphony No. 2, one of the Finnish master’s most famous works. Its premiere in Helsinki in 1902, conducted by the author, was one of the greatest triumphs in Finnish musical history – so popular that it was repeated on following evenings by public demand.ERSO will be conducted by Chief Conductor Olari Elts, with the world-renowned Hungarian cellist István Várdai as the soloist for Elgar’s concerto.