ERSO: MAESTRO III sarjapilet / HANNU LINTU JA SIBELIUS

The new season of ERSO will kick off with principal conductor Olari Elts. The orchestra will perform Symphony No. 1 by Gustav Mahler and Symphony No. 10 Aeris by Erkki-Sven Tüür for four horns and symphony orchestra (Estonian premiere). The latter is the latest opus of Tüür for the symphony orchestra, commissioned by the Bochum Symphoniker, the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, and ERSO. The joint order was supported by the Foundation Kultuuripartnerluse Sihtasutus. The author of the idea was the German Hornsound horn quartet, which will also take the stage that evening.

The Honorary Principal Conductor for Life of ERSO Neeme Järvi will perform with the orchestra again in October. They will perform a selection of overtures by German composers and Symphony No. 11 The Winter by Joachim Raff.

In December, Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu will bring works by two great masters of our northern neighbours to the stage of the Estonia Concert Hall. The audience will be able to enjoy Symphony No. 4 by Jean Sibelius and Symphony No. 7 by Einojuhani Rautavaara. Soprano Sanna Iljin will perform the motet Exsultate, jubilate by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

The ‘Maestro’ series will end with the legendary Polish conductor Antoni Wit, who will perform the Concerto for Orchestra by Witold Lutosławski, which has elements of Polish folk music, and Polonia, the overture by Richard Wagner, which is also inspired by Polish music. Marcel Johannes Kits, one of the most prominent cellists of the younger generation in Estonia, will solo in the Cello Concerto by Edward Elgar.

I: SEASON OPENER. Mahler and Tüür

Friday, 16 September 2022

at 7 p.m. (pre-concert at 6 p.m.)

Varèse. Tuning Up

Mahler. Symphony No. 1

Tüür. Symphony No. 10 Aeris

GERMAN HORNSOUND horn quartet, ERSO, conductor OLARI ELTS

II: JÄRVI AND AUTUMN CLASSICS

Friday, 7 October 2022

at 7 p.m.

Raff. Symphony No. 11 The Winter

Marschner. Overture to the opera Hans Heiling

Humperdinck. Overture to the opera Royal Children

Nicolai. Overture to the opera The Merry Wives of Windsor

Lortzing. Overture to the opera The Gunsmith

ERSO, conductor NEEME JÄRVI

III: HANNU LINTU AND SIBELIUS

Friday, 16 December 2022

at 7 p.m.

Mozart. Exsultate, jubilate

Sibelius. Symphony No. 4

Rautavaara. Symphony No. 7 Angel of Light

SANNA ILJIN soprano, ERSO, conductor HANNU LINTU

IV: ANTONI WIT AND MARCEL KITS

Friday, 3 February 2023

at 7 p.m.

Wagner. Overture Polonia

Elgar. Cello Concerto

Lutosławski. Concerto for Orchestra

MARCEL JOHANNES KITS cello, ERSO, conductor ANTONI WIT