Season: 



 September
17 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
OPENING CONCERT OF THE SEASON
Tormis - Overture No. 2
Brahms - Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra a minor
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 15 A major
Soloists:
VIVIANE HAGNER (violin, Germany)
JAN-ERIK GUSTAFSSON (cello, Finland)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: NIKOLAY ALEXEEV

Tickets: 150.- (80.-)
Concert is produced by ERSO




 October
01 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC DAY: Peacock Tales
Hillborg - Clarinet Concerto "Peacock Tales" (Estonian premiere)
Nielsen - Symphony No. 5
Soloist: MARTIN FRÖST (clarinet, Sweden)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: TÕNU KALJUSTE

Tickets: 150.- (80.-)
Concert is produced by ERSO


08 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
THE ESTONIAN HERO WITH A DOUBLE BASS: LUDWIG JUHT 110
Grieg - Lyric Suite
Tubin - Double Bass Concerto
Rakhmaninov - Symphony No. 2 e minor
Soloist: HÅKAN EHRÉN (double bass, Sweden)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: VLADIMIR ALTSCHULER (St. Petersburg)

Tickets: 100.- (60.-)
Concert is produced by ERSO


22 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
Festival "PIANO 2004"
Ravel - "La Valse"
Kancheli - "Valse Boston"
Schumann - Piano Concerto in a minor
Ravel - "Daphnis ja Chloe". Suite No 2
Soloist: GIANLUCA CASCIOLI (piano, Italy)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: BJARTE ENGESET (Norway)

Tickets: 150.- (100.-)
Concert is produced by Eesti Kontsert
31 Pärnu Concert Hall 17:00
MUSIC FOR ALL SOULS’ DAY
Vaughan Williams - "Fantasy on a Theme by Thomas Tallis"
Vaughan Williams - "Five Mystical Songs"
Fauré - Requiem
Soloists: KAIA URB (soprano), STEPHAN LOGES (baritone)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: PAUL HILLIER

Tickets in Pärnu and Tartu: 100.- (60.-)
Tickets in Tallinn: 150.- (100.-)
Concerts are produced by ERSO and Eesti Kontsert


 November
01
02
Vanemuine Concert Hall 19:00
Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
MUSIC FOR ALL SOULS’ DAY
Vaughan Williams - "Fantasy on a Theme by Thomas Tallis"
Vaughan Williams - "Five Mystical Songs"
Fauré - Requiem
Soloists: KAIA URB (soprano), STEPHAN LOGES (baritone)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: PAUL HILLIER

Tickets in Pärnu and Tartu: 100.- (60.-)
Tickets in Tallinn: 150.- (100.-)
Concerts are produced by ERSO and Eesti Kontsert
12 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS
Schubert - Symphony No 3 in D
Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto no 2 in g minor
Rimski-Korsakov - Symphonic Suite "Sheherazade"
Soloist: TOOMAS VANA (piano)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: TOOMAS VAVILOV

Tickets: 100.- (60.-)
Concert is produced by ERSO


19
19
20
21
Estonia Concert Hall 12:00
Estonia Concert Hall 15:00
Estonia Concert Hall 12:00
Estonia Concert Hall 11:00
BURATINO, FRIENDS AND THE ORCHESTRA
ERSO is visited by the famous characters from the children’s story by Aleksey Tolstoy and the Estonian Television’s popular children’s programme that is based on the adventures of Pinocchio
Libretto by Wimberg
Music by Tauno Aints and Olav Ehala
Buratino - PRIIT VÕIGEMAST
Pierrot - ANTI REINTHAL
Artemon - KAROL KUNTSEL
Malvina - MARIA SOOMETS
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: TOOMAS VAVILOV

Tickets: 100.-
Concerts are produced by ERSO in cooperation with the Estonian Television


26
27
28
Vanemuine Concert Hall 19:00
Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
Pärnu Concert Hall 17:00
ADVENT CONCERT
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Oratorio "St. Paul"
AILE ASSZONYI (soprano), TEELE JÕKS (mezzosoprano),
MATI TURI (tenor), KRISJANIS NORVELIS (bass, Latvian National Opera)
Boys Choir of the Estonian National Opera
Boys Choir Kalev
Estonian National Male Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: PAUL MÄGI

Concerts are produced by Eesti Kontsert


 December
04 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
ESTONIAN NATIONAL MALE CHOIR 60
Sibelius - "Kullervo"
PÄIVI NISULA (soprano)
JORMA HYNNINEN (bariton)e
Estonian National Male Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: ERI KLAS

Concert is produced by Eesti Kontsert
10
11
Vanemuine Concert Hall 19:00
Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
Kõrvits - "The Songs of Survivors" (premiere)
Vivaldi - Piccolo Recorder Concerto
Tüür - Concerto for percussions and orchestra "Magma" (Symphony No. 4; Estonian premiere)
EVELYN GLENNIE (percussions)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: OLARI ELTS

Concert is produced by Eesti Kontsert
17 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
GOOD MUSIC FROM KIND HEARTS
The Charity Concert in support of the Tallinn Children's Hospital
Korngold - "Baby serenade"
Barber - "Knoxville. Summer of 1915"
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 1 "Winter daydreams"
Soloist: SINEAD MULHERN (soprano, Ireland)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: OLARI ELTS

Tickets: 500.-, 300.- 150.-
Concert is produced by ERSO


21
22
23
Pärnu Concert Hall 19:00
Vanemuine Concert Hall 19:00
Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Haydn - "Harmoniemesse"
Adams - "Harmonium" (Estonian premiere)
Mixed Choir Latvia
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: TÕNU KALJUSTE

Concert is produced by: Eesti Kontsert
30 Pärnu Concert Hal 19:00
Soloists from the OPERA EBONY (USA)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: VELLO PÄHN

Concert is produced by Eesti Kontsert


 January
01 Estonia Concert Hall 18:00
A NEW YEAR's DAY CONCERT
Soloists from the OPERA EBONY (USA)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: VELLO PÄHN

Concert is produced by Eesti Kontsert
14 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
OPERA GALA EVENING
Arias, duets and overtures from the world-famous operas.
GALINA GORCHAKOVA (soprano, Russia)
FABIO ANDREOTTI (tenor, Italy)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: DARIO LUCANTONI (Italy)

Tickets: 300.-, 200.-, 100.-
Concert is produced by ERSO


21 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
Haydn - Symphony No. 49 "La Passione"
Mahler - "Kindertotenlieder"
Beethoven - Symphony no. 3 "Eroica"
MARIANNA TARASOVA (mezzosoprano, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: NIKOLAI ALEXEEV

Tickets: 150.-, 100.- (60.-)
Concert is produced by ERSO


28 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
HERO'S LIFE
Vaughan Williams - "The Wasps Overture"
Elgar - Violin Concerto in B minor
R. Strauss - Tone poem "Ein Heldenleben" ("Hero's Life")
BORIS BROVTSYN (violin, Russia)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: ARVO VOLMER

Tickets: 150.-, 100.- (60.-)
Concert is produced by ERSO




 February
03 Vanemuine Concert Hall 19:00
Handel - Oratorio "Solomon" Anu Komsi (soprano), Dita Kalnina (soprano)
Piia Komsi (soprano), Inga Slubovska (soprano)
Oleg Bezinski (countertenor)
Niall Chorell (tenor), Andrus Mitt (bass)
Mixed Choir "Latvija"
Conductor: ANDRES MUSTONEN

Tickets: 100.-
Concert is produced by Eesti Kontsert
11 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
Mozart - Ballet Music from "Idomeneo"
Ravel - Piano Concerto G major
Liszt / Adams - "The Black Gondola" (Estonian premiere)
Schumann - Symphony No. 1 in B flat ("Spring")
FINGHIN COLLINS (piano, Ireland)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: OLARI ELTS

Tickets: 150.-, 100.- (60.-)
Concert is produced by ERSO


18 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
Mussorgski / Gortchakov - "Pictures At An Exhibition"
Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No. 1 in D
Stravinsky - "The Rite of Spring"
HELEN NORMET (violin)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Orchestra of the Estonian Academy of Music
Conductor: NIKOLAI ALEXEEV

Tickets: 150.-, 100.- (60.-)
Concert is produced by ERSO in cooperation with the EAM


26 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
YOUNG TALENT: PIANIST JAAN KAPP
Rakhmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 in c minor
R. Strauss - "The Alpine Symphony"("Eine Alpensinfonie")
JAAN KAPP (piano)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: ERI KLAS

Tickets: 150.-, 100.- (60.-)
Concert is produced by ERSO




 March
10 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
MAARIKA and KRISTJAN JÄRVI
Beethoven - "Fidelio" Overture
Eller / Coleman - "Three pieces" (premiere)
E. Kapp - Flute Concertino
Eespere - "Concerto Flauto"
Sibelius - Symphony No. 6 in d minor
Sibelius - Symphony No. 7 in C major
MAARIKA JÄRVI
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: KRISTJAN JÄRVI

Tickets: 150.-, 100.- (60.-)
Concert is produced by ERSO


15
15
16
16
17
18
19
Haljala Culture House 15:00
Haljala Culture House 17:00
Estonia Concert Hall 12:00
Estonia Concert Hall 15:00
Vanemuine Concert Hall 15:00
Estonia Concert Hall 15:00
Estonia Concert Hall 11:00
MUSICAL CIRCKUS!
Clown MELVIN TIX from Norway makes learning about the orchestra and the instruments fun


24
25
26
Pärnu Concert Hall 19:00
Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
Vanemuine Concert Hall 19:00
Rossini - "Stabat Mater " OLGA KONDINA (soprano, St. Petersburg)
GALINA SIDORENKO (mezzo-soprano, St. Petersburg)
ALGIRDAS JANUTAS (tenor)
PETER MIGUNOV (bass, Moskow)
Ellerhein Girls' Choir
Estonian National Male Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: NIKOLAI ALEXEEV

Tickets:
In Tallinn: 150.- (100.-)
In Pärnu, in Tartu: 100.- (60.-)
Concerts are produced by Eesti Kontsert


 April
01 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
KLASSIKARAADIO 10
Schumann - Manfred Overture
Tamberg - Tuba Concerto (premiere)
Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in F
JENS BJÖRN-LARSEN (tuba, Denmark)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: LEV MARKIZ (The Netherlands)

Tickets: 150.-, 100.- (60.-)
Concert is produced by ERSO


08 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
THE EVENING OF ARVO PÄRT'S MUSIC
"Pro et contra" for cello and orchestra
"Credo" for mixed choir, piano and orchestra
"Da pacem, Domine" for mixed choir and orchestra (premiere)
"Lamentate" for piano and orchestra
SILVER AINOMÄE (cello)
MARRIT GERRETZ-TRAKSMANN (piano)
Ellerhein Girls' Choir
Estonian National Male Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: ERI KLAS

Tickets: 200.-, 120.- (80.-)
Concert is produced by ERSO and Estonian Composers Union


14
15
16
Pärnu Concert Hall 19:00
Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
Vanemuine Concert Hall 19:00
Bach / Stokowski - Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor
Pyysalo - "Devotion", "The Ever Changing", "Estate"
Respighi - "Fountains of Rome", "Pines of Rome"
SEVERI PYYSALO (vibraphone, Finland)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: PAUL MÄGI

Tickets in Tallinn: 120.- (80.-)
in Tartu: 100.- (60.-)
in Pärnu: 80.- (50.-)
Concerts are produced by Eesti Kontsert
23 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
Berio - "Coro" Mixed Choir Latvia
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: TÕNU KALJUSTE

Tickets: 120.- (80.-)
Concert is produced by Eesti Kooriühing and Eesti Kontsert
29 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
HEBREW RHAPSODY
Bruch - "Kol Nidrei: Adagio on Hebrew Melodies" for cello and orchestra
Bloch - "Schelomo: Rhapsodie hebraique" for cello and orchestra
Prokofiev - Symphony No. 6 in e flat minor
RAMON JAFFÉ (cello, Germany)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: NIKOLAI ALEXEEV

Tickets: 150.-, 100.- (60.-)
Concert is produced by ERSO




 May
06 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
FESTIVAL "ORIENT"
Tōru Takemitsu - "Rain Coming"
Tan Dun - Concerto for String Orchestra and Pipa
Isang Yun - Symphony No 4
LAN WEI-WEI (pipa, China)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: SCOTT YOO (Korea / USA)

Tickets: 300.-, 200.-, 100
Concert is produced by ERSO and Festival "Orient" (ERP)


09
10
Rotermann's Salt Storage 21:00
The Black Hall of the Viljandi Academy of Culture 19:00
ERSO presents: "HEART AFFAIRS" by Lepo Sumera
"Heart Affairs" ("Südameasjad"), multi-media performance by Sumera
Janika Lentsius (flutes)
Villu Veski (saxophone)
Aare Tammesalu (cello)
Madis Metsamart (percussions)
Tammo Sumera, Sven Grünberg (electronics)
Artur Talvik (video)
Tanel Klesment (sound)

Tickets in Tallinn 200.-, in Viljandi 60.-
Concerts are produced by ERSO


13 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
END OF THE SEASON CONCERT
Sumera - "In memoriam"
Rakhmaninov - Symphony No. 3 in a minor
Beethoven - Mass in C major
KAIA URB (soprano)
IRIS OJA (mezzosoprano)
MATI TURI (tenor)
UKU JOLLER (baritone)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: NIKOLAI ALEKSEJEV

Tickets: 150.-, 100.- (60.-)
Concert is produced by ERSO


18 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
Festival "Eduard Tubin and His Time"
Tüür - "Aditus"
Tubin - Symphony No. 5
Sumera - "Musica profana"
Sibelius - Symphony No. 5 in E flat
Conductor: PAAVO JÄRVI
20
20
21
22
22
Pärnu Concert Hall 15:00
Pärnu Concert Hall 17:00
Estonia Concert Hall 17:00
Vanemuine Concert Hall 14:00
Vanemuine Concert Hall 16:00
BURATINO, FRIENDS AND THE ORCHESTRA
ERSO is visited by the famous characters
from the children’s story by Aleksey Tolstoy
and the Estonian Television’s popular children’s programme
that is based on the adventures of Pinocchio.
Buratino - Priit Võigemast
Pierrot - Anti Reinthal
Artemon - Karol Kuntsel
Malvina - Maria Soomets
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: TOOMAS VAVILOV

Tickets in Tallinn: 100.-
in Tartu: 80.-
in Pärnu: 60.-
Concerts are produced by ERSO and ETV


28 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
Festival "Tubin and His Time 2005"
E. Kapp - Suite from the ballet "Kalevipoeg"
Tubin - Symphony No. 6
Stenhammar - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
PER TENGSTRAND (piano)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: NEEME JÄRVI

Concert is produced by Eesti Kontsert


 June
02 The machinery hall of the former Plywood & Furniture Factory (Vana-Lõuna 39, Tallinn) 19:30
KING ARTHUR GALA 2005
Arias, duets and choirs from the operas by Wagner, Verdi, Mozart, Rossini, Gounod, Puccini and Bizet.
ALEKSANDRS ANTONENKO (tenor, Latvia)
LAIMONAS PAUTIENIUS (baritone, Lithuania)
KRISTJAN MÕISNIK (bass, Estonia)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Estonian National Male Choir (Chief Chorus Master Ants Soots, Chorus Master Andres Heinapuu)
Conductor: ALBERTO HOLD-GARRIDO (Spain)

Tickets: 150.-

17 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
Festival "Tubin and His Time 2005"
Tubin - Toccata
Tubin - Violin Concerto no. 1
Tubin - Symphony No. 3
XIANG GAO (violin, USA)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: NIKOLAI ALEXEEV

Concert is produced by Eesti Kontsert


 July
02 Pärnu Concert Hall 19:00
DAVID OISTRAKH FESTIVAL
Pärt - Symphony No. 1 ("Polyphonic")
Shostakovich - Violin Concerto no. 2 in c minor
Schoenberg - "A Survivor from Warsaw"
Sibelius - Symphony no. 3
Kolja Blacher (violin)
Moscow Patriarchate Choir
Conductor: SAKARI ORAMO

Concert is produced by David Oistrakh Festival


 August
10 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
Baltic Sea Festival
Martinsson - "Open Mind" (premiere)
Stenhammar - Interlude from the cantata "Sången"
Schönberg - "Friede auf Erden"
Beethoven - Symphony No 9 in D minor
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir
The Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
RUTH ZIESAK (soprano)
ANNELY PEEBO (mezzo-soprano)
SUNE HJERRILD (tenor)
GEORG ZEPPENFELD (bass)
Conductor MANFRED HONECK

Tickets: 150.-, 100.-
Concert is produced by ERSO


11 Estonia Concert Hall 19:00
Baltic Sea Festival
Sibelius - Tone poem "Oceanides"
Schumann - Piano Concerto in a minor
Sibelius - "Lemminkäinen Suite"
Helsingi Linnaorkester
HÉLÈNE GRIMAUD (piano, France)
Conductor ESA-PEKKA SALONEN

Tickets: 150.-, 100.-
Concert is produced by ERSO


17 Berwaldhallen, Stockholm 19:30
Baltic Sea Festival
E. Kapp - Suite from the ballet "Kalevipoeg"
Tubin - Symphony No. 6
Stenhammar - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
PER TENGSTRAND (piano)
Conductor ARVO VOLMER
26
Estonian Methodist Church 19:00
End of Summer Concert
Haydn - Symphony No 86 in D major
Haydn/Aints - "Abendlied zu Gott"
Haydn - Te Deum
Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Brahms - "Liebeslieder"
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Conductor OLARI ELTS

Tickets: 100 EEK (60 EEK)



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