Pärnu Music Festival Gala

Thursday, 16 July at 8:00 PM

Pärnu Concert Hall

Musicians of the Estonian Festival Orchestra
Programme: a showcase of the musicians of the Estonian Festival Orchestra, featuring more than 25 performers in one evening.
The concert lasts 3 hours and 15 minutes and has two intermissions.

Tõnu Kõrvits (1969) – Bagatelles for Two Violins (2024)

     I In Your Footsteps
    II Sing to Me
   III It’s Getting Dark
   IV Nocturne
   V Lullaby
Florian Donderer, Ben Baker (violin)

 

Geoff Warren (1957) – Three movements from Duetting for flutes (2019)
      Whirling
      Shaping
      Jiggling
Maarika Järvi, Monika Mattiesen (flute)

 

Alexander Zemlinsky (1871–1942) – Two movements from String Quintet in D minor (1894, 1896)
      Allegro
      Prestissimo
Artur Podlesny, Peeter Margus (violin), Roman Spitzer, Sandra Klimaite (viola), Thomas Ruge (cello)

 

– INTERMISSION –

 

Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) – Introduction et allegro, M46, for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet (1905)
Anaëlle Tourret (harp), Thomas Hancox (flute), Taavi Orro (clarinet), Mari Poll, Amanda Ernesaks (violin), Tomohiro Arita (viola), Andres Metspalu (cello)

 

Aaron Copland (1900–1990) – Quiet City for English horn, Rrumpet and Strings (1940)
Martine Värnik (english horn), Vladislav Lavrik (trumpet), Alexander Won-Ho Kim (I violin), Kaija Lukas (II violin), Chris Rogers (viola), Māra Botmane (tšello), Esko Laine (double bass)

 

Eduard Tubin (1905–1982) – Suite from the ballet The Goblin (1940/1961), arr. Lauri Metsvahi
      I Introduction; Farmer’s Dance; Dance of the Goblin
     II Long Dance; A Peasant Waltz; Buck Dance
    III Interlude; Dance of the Exorcists; The Goat; The Cock; Dance of the Northern Lights
Heigo Rosin, Lauri Metsvahi, Petri Piiparinen, Karl Martin Tombak (percussion)

 

– INTERMISSION –

 

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) – Septet in E flat major, Op. 20 (1799/1800)
      I Adagio Allegro con brio
     II Adagio cantabile
    III Tempo di Menuetto Trio
    IV Andante con Variazioni
     V Scherzo – Trio
    VI Andante con moto alla Marcia Presto
Florian Donderer (violin), Sarina Zickgraf (viola), Benjamin Nyffenegger (cello), Regina Udod (double bass), Lewin Kneisel (clarinet), Clara Manaud (bassoon), Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn)

Bus ticket Tallinn-Pärnu-Tallinn

Thu Jul 16, 2026 at 05:30 PM

Lux Express ensures safe and comfortable transportation to the concert.

The bus departs from Tallinn, next to the Estonian National Opera (Rahvusooper Estonia) Otsa Street at 17:30.

Please be present for ticket inspection 10 minutes earlier.

The return journey to Tallinn starts from the Pärnu Concert Hall parking lot approximately at 23:00, after the concert.

The bus arrives in Tallinn at 00:30 and stops on Otsa Street, next to Estonia.

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