Song of the Level Land for voice, kannel and strings
Seven Dreams of Seven Birds,  7-part cycle for cello and choir
The Last Ship for male choir, bass drum and strings
Labyrinths for string orchestra
Reflections of the Level Land for cello and mixed choir

 

Anja Lechner (cello)
Kadri Voorand (voice)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Tõnu Kaljuste

 

Concert is produced by: Tallinn Philharmonic Society

 

The program includes a premiere of Reflections of the Level Land for cello and mixed choir (2013). The title piece of this concert, Seven Dreams of Seven Birds is a 7-part cycle for cello and choir written on texts by Maarja Kangro and Tõnu Kõrvits in 2009, and will now be performed with the string orchestra. Audience can listen also Labyrinths for string orchestra and arrangements of Veljo Tormis’s works Song of the Level Land for voice, kannel and strings and The Last Ship for male choir, bass drum and strings. During the next days, the same program will be recorded for the CD that will be released by ECM.

 

At the recital, composer himself appears on the stage playing kannel in Song of the Level Land.
Concert will be broadcast live on Klassikaraadio.