{"id":13401,"date":"2018-01-11T09:27:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T07:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.epcc.ee\/2018\/01\/songs-of-freedom-an-irishmans-diary-about-the-remarkable-singing-tradition-behind-estonias-centenary-of-independence\/"},"modified":"2018-03-23T09:30:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T07:30:31","slug":"songs-of-freedom-an-irishmans-diary-about-the-remarkable-singing-tradition-behind-estonias-centenary-of-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epcc.ee\/en\/2018\/01\/songs-of-freedom-an-irishmans-diary-about-the-remarkable-singing-tradition-behind-estonias-centenary-of-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs of Freedom \u2013 An Irishman\u2019s Diary about the remarkable singing tradition behind Estonia\u2019s centenary of independence"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"header\">\n<hgroup><\/hgroup>\n<div class=\"article-top-area\">\n<div class=\"time-metadata \">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-img\" title=\"The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir: hoping for a warm reception in Dublin \" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/polopoly_fs\/1.3351146.1515606201!\/image\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/box_620_330\/image.jpg\" alt=\"The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir: hoping for a warm reception in Dublin \" width=\"620\" height=\"330\" data-tablet=\"box_620_330\" data-desktop=\"box_620_330\" data-mobile=\"box_300_160\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article_image image-carousel\">\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir: hoping for a warm reception in Dublin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article_body\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"share_gutter\" class=\"shareTools is_stuck\">\n<div class=\"addthis_sharing_toolbox\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/opinion\/songs-of-freedom-an-irishman-s-diary-about-the-remarkable-singing-tradition-behind-estonia-s-centenary-of-independence-1.3351148\" data-title=\"Songs of Freedom \u2013 An Irishman\u2019s Diary about the remarkable singing tradition behind Estonia\u2019s centenary of independence\">\n<div class=\"more-button--wrapper\"><a class=\"more-button social-icons-More\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article_bodycopy\">\n<p class=\"no_name selectionShareable\">As the whole world must have heard by now, we Irish are officially the most oppressed people ever, a fact recognised by even northern unionists, via the sarcastic acronym Mope.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no_name selectionShareable\">Our record is usually rounded off at 800 years, although not everyone agrees that the oppression has stopped yet. A few dedicated enthusiasts still reserve the right to feel downtrodden whenever, for example, a certain actress named Saoirse (meaning poignantly \u201cFreedom\u201d) is described anywhere as \u201cBritish\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no_name selectionShareable\">But as this coming year will remind us,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/news\">Ireland<\/a>\u00a0does not have a monopoly on long centuries of subjugation by powerful neighbours. The Baltic republics can give us a run for our money, at least. In fact it\u2019s likely that when\u00a0<a class=\"search\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/topics\/topics-7.1213540?article=true&amp;tag_location=Estonia\">Estonia<\/a>celebrates the centenary of its first declaration of independence next month, the phrase \u201c700 years of oppression\u201d will feature in the coverage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no_name selectionShareable\">That is the term used there \u2013 sometimes ironically, as in our case \u2013 for the period of foreign domination that stretched from the 1220s, when Danes overran the territory, to 1918, when Estonians took advantage of the Russian Revolution to declare independence from their latest overlords.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no_name selectionShareable\">Consciously or not, the declaration of February 24th, 1918, even had certain resonances with a document read out on the steps of Dublin\u2019s GPO two years earlier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no_name selectionShareable\">\u201cIn the course of centuries never have the Estonian people lost their desire for independence,\u201d it began: \u201cFrom generation to generation have they kept alive the hidden hope that in spite of enslavement and oppression by hostile invaders the time will come to Estonia when [a quotation from the national epic poem followed here]. Now that time has arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"no_name selectionShareable\">It didn\u2019t prove quite so simple in practice. A German occupation followed, then a war of independence that coincided with the Irish one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no_name selectionShareable\">And even when freedom was won, it lasted barely 20 years before the second World War swept it away again. Thus the 700 years of oppression was well on the way to being 800, before another revolution was required to escape the collapsing\u00a0<a class=\"search\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/topics\/topics-7.1213540?article=true&amp;tag_organisation=Soviet+Union\">Soviet Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no_name selectionShareable\">This is where any parallels between Ireland and Estonia end, although events of the 1980s in the latter country also remind me of GK Chesterton\u2019s verse about an earlier period of Irish history, viz: \u201cThe great Gaels of Ireland\/Are the men that God made mad\/For all their wars are merry\/And all their songs are sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"no_name selectionShareable\">Well, I\u2019m not sure about the prevailing mood of latter-day Estonian songs. But happy or sad, at least some were also political. And they became more so when sung by massed crowds in the 1980s, not just in Estonia but in neighbouring\u00a0<a class=\"search\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/topics\/topics-7.1213540?article=true&amp;tag_location=Latvia\">Latvia<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"search\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/topics\/topics-7.1213540?article=true&amp;tag_location=Lithuania\">Lithuania<\/a>\u00a0too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no_name selectionShareable\">Hence the remarkable events known as the Singing Revolution, by which all three republics regained independence without resort to violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no_name selectionShareable\">In Estonia, the phenomenon had roots going back to the mid-19th century. Established in 1869 by a patriotic poet, the Estonian Song Festival has since become one of the world\u2019s largest amateur choral gatherings. Now reprised every five years, the festival features between 20,000 and 30,000 singers, performing in front of 100,000 people, meaning that almost 10 per cent of the country\u2019s population takes part.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no_name selectionShareable\">Where the 1869 edition marked an upsurge of patriotism \u2013 the \u201cEstonian National Awakening\u201d \u2013 the related events of 1988 were a reawakening. Old protest songs were sung again, with new ones added, and there were local variations in Latvia and Lithuania. Among other remarkable things, the movement inspired the \u201cBaltic Way\u201d of August 23rd, 1989, when two million people formed a human chain across the three republics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no_name selectionShareable\">The Soviet Union resisted and there was a Bloody Sunday in Lithuania, with 14 protesters killed. But the USSR could not stop the music. By 1991, communist rule of the Baltic states had been sung into history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no_name selectionShareable\">When Estonians celebrate the milestone of that first declaration of independence, therefore, they will have more than the usual excuse for having some of the commemorations in concert halls. So it is that, this coming January 31st, the\u00a0<a class=\"search\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/topics\/topics-7.1213540?article=true&amp;tag_organisation=National+Concert+Hall\">National Concert Hall<\/a>\u00a0in Dublin will host those latter-day inheritors of their country\u2019s extraordinary singing tradition: the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no_name selectionShareable\">Praised as \u201cpure, powerful, and unabashedly spiritual\u201d by the\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>, the group will not be presenting an overtly political programme (full details at NCH.ie). Their specialities are Gregorian chant, baroque, and the music of their country\u2019s greatest living composer, Arvo P\u00e4rt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no_name selectionShareable\">Even so, it promises to be an emotional night, and not just for Estonians, but for people from any other small, long-oppressed European nations who might be in the audience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/opinion\/songs-of-freedom-an-irishman-s-diary-about-the-remarkable-singing-tradition-behind-estonia-s-centenary-of-independence-1.3351148<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir: hoping for a warm reception in Dublin \u00a0 As the whole world must have heard by now, we Irish are officially the most oppressed people ever, a fact recognised by even northern unionists, via the sarcastic acronym Mope. 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