In the concert series ‘Audio Spa’, which started last season, we will continue to go on musical journeys in the late evenings. This season, ERSO is taking its audience to discover exciting concert venues outside the Estonia Concert Hall.
The opening concert of the series will take place this year before the official opening of the season, on 8 September, and will bring the audience to the heart of techno in Tallinn. At the concert ‘STEREO IS KING!’ in club Hall, ERSO chamber formations will perform, with the focus of the night being on the percussion formation. DJ Ivo Naries will also perform.
The second concert of ‘Audio Spa’ will take place, as usual, in the Estonia Concert Hall. However, the concert programme is anything but traditional. Taavi Kerikmäe will perform the Synthesizer Concerto by Ülo Krigul. In addition, Olari Elts and ERSO will perform the work of Norwegian composer Øyvind Torvund, who is greatly influenced by his background in the field of rock and improvisational music. The audience will also hear Harmonielehre by John Adams, which the composer himself has described as a statement of his faith in the power of tonality at a time when its future seemed uncertain.
In January, ERSO chamber formations invites the audience to the international photography museum Fotografiska. The works of Steve Reich, John Adams, and Dobrinka Tabakova will be performed in the museum filled with photographic art.
The series will end in February and this time, the audience is once again invited to the Estonia Concert Hall. Conductor Joseph Swensen and ERSO will perform Symphony No. 6 and Symphony No. 7 by Sibelius. Clarinettist Maximiliano Martin will solo in Gnarly Buttons by John Adams. The audience will also be able to enjoy the fanfare for orchestra Short Ride on a Fast Machine by Adams, which is a great example of his post-minimalist style.
I: STEREO IS KING! Club Hall
Thursday, 8 September 2022
at 9 p.m. (pre-concert at 8 p.m.)
Jacob TV
Grab it
Erkki-Sven Tüür
Motus II
Jay Schwartz
Music for Five Stringed Instruments with Guitar Distortion
Steve Reich
Drumming, Part 1
ERSO chamber formations, DJ Ivo Naries
II: BACK TO THE FUTURE
Friday, 4 November 2022
at 9 p.m. (pre-concert at 8 p.m.)
Torvund. A Walk into the Future
Krigul. Synthesizer Concerto
Adams. Harmonielehre
TAAVI KERIKMÄE synthesizer, ERSO, conductor OLARI ELTS
III: SHAKER LOOPS. Fotografiska
Friday, 27 January 2023
at 9 p.m. (pre-concert at 8 p.m.)
Reich. WTC 9/11
Adams. Shaker Loops
Tabakova. Such Different Paths
ERSO chamber formations
IV: SHORT RIDE ON A FAST MACHINE
Friday, 17 February 2023
at 9 p.m. (pre-concert at 8 p.m.)
Adams. Short Ride on a Fast Machine
Adams. Gnarly Buttons
Sibelius. Symphony No. 6
Sibelius. Symphony No. 7
MAXIMILIANO MARTIN clarinet, ERSO, conductor JOSEPH SWENSEN