{"id":14341,"date":"2018-11-08T09:53:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T07:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.epcc.ee\/?p=14341"},"modified":"2018-11-09T09:59:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T07:59:16","slug":"crystalline-voices-from-the-land-of-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epcc.ee\/en\/2018\/11\/crystalline-voices-from-the-land-of-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystalline voices from the land of song"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir performs Sunday at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall<\/p>\n

Singing means something special to the people of Estonia and no one does it better than the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. They\u2019ll be coming Sunday to sing along with the Tallin Chamber Orchestra as part of the Troy Chromatic Concert Series.<\/p>\n

\u201cSinging is part of our national identity,\u201d said Esper Linnamagi, the choir\u2019s manager.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been having big song festivals since 1869. Next year, we\u2019re celebrating our 150th year at the Song Festival Grounds near the sea where there\u2019s a big stage. Thousands of singers can come together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Between 1987 and 1991 singing took on a more patriotic, nationalist tone. Thousands gathered spontaneously to give protest speeches and to sing patriotic songs to proclaim the people\u2019s desire for independence from the Soviets, which had incorporated the country into the Soviet Union at the close of World War II.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019d have song fests where censors wouldn\u2019t allow us to sing nationalist songs,\u201d Linnamagi said. \u201cWe had a Red repertoire.\u201d<\/p>\n

The country gained its independence in August, 1991. A film about those gatherings that attracted upwards of 300,000 people, which is estimated at a third of the country\u2019s population, was made in 2007 called \u2018The Singing Revolution.\u201d \u00a0As one narrator said of these mass gatherings, the film was about how culture saved a nation.<\/p>\n

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Tonu Kaljuste, who will conduct Sunday\u2019s concert, founded the choir in 1981. The 26 singers have an extensive repertoire from Gregorian chant to new music with a special emphasis on Estonian composers like Arvo Part, whose pieces will be performed. The choir, which is known for its crystalline, shimmering sound, won Grammy Awards in 2007 and 2014, both for Part\u2019s works.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Except for one singer from Belarus, all the singers are Estonian.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have choirs all over the country not just in churches,\u201d Linnamagi said. \u201cEvery school has choirs and the students get music lessons every year. It\u2019s seen as a social activity. And now that it\u2019s getting cold and dark, it\u2019s nice to get together and sing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The singers are also well trained and have studied at the Estonian Music Academy. Every two years, the choir has auditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery singer changes the structure of the group even as our voices are affected by the climate we live in,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it takes time to meld in the group. In the last five years, fifty percent of the singers have changed. \u00a0We have three generations of singers. There are only two men who\u2019ve been here since the beginning. Singing in the choir is very personal and so intimate. We try for a mellow, balanced, controlled sound.\u201d<\/p>\n

The chamber orchestra, which on this one-week U.S. tour will have 22 players, was also founded by Kaljuste in 1993. It also shared the 2014 Grammy with the choir.<\/p>\n

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Both groups are making their debut at the hall.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The program for this concert is a request from the series\u2019 promoters. It includes two works by Johann Sebastian Bach: \u201cThe Art of the Fugue\u201d and a cantata \u201cBrich dem Hungrigen deim Brot.\u201d There are three Part works: \u201cCantus in Memorium Benjamin Britten\u201d; \u201cSalve Regina\u201d; and \u201cAdam\u2019s Lament.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Tallin Chamber Orchestra<\/h3>\n

WHEN: \u00a03 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11
\nWHERE: Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
\nHOW MUCH: $55, $45
\nMORE INFO: 518 273-0038; www.troymusichall.org<\/p>\n

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