11.07 at 8 PM Pärnu Concert Hall, Pärnu Music Festival, Opening Concert

Arvo Pärt (b. 1935) – Festina lente (1986/1990) Arvo Pärt – Silouan’s Song (My Soul Yearns After You…, 1991) Arvo Pärt – Trisagion (1992/1994) Participants of Järvi Academy Järvi Academy Sinfonietta Musicologists Kristina Kõrver and Kai Kutman about the music of Arvo Pärt Pricing Limited number of tickets 25€/15€/50€ are available through Fienta or at…

17.07 at 5 PM St. Elizabeth’s Church String Quartet M4GNET  Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) – String Quartet No. 6 Op. 18 in B♭ Major (1798–1800) Allegro con brio Adagio ma non troppo Scherzo: Allegro La Malinconia: Adagio – Allegretto quasi Allegro Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) – String Quartet No. 5 Op. 92 in B♭ Major (1952)…

17.07 at 7 PM Pärnu Concert Hall  Järvi Academy Final Concert Johann Strauss II (1825–1899) – Emperor Waltz op. 437 (1889) Artur Lemba (1885–1963) – Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Major (1905–1910) Allegro moderato Andante con espressione Allegro vivace   -Intermission-   Ester Mägi (1922–2021) – Vespers (1990/1998) Antonin Dvořák (1841–1904) – Symphony No. 9…

13.07 at 10 PM Pärnu Concert Hall  Lock Me in Your Light Gediminas Gelgotas (b. 1986) – Lock Me in Your Light, Saint Luke (2020)Gediminas Gelgotas – Sanctifaction (2014)Gediminas Gelgotas – Never Ignore the Cosmic Ocean (2011)Kristjan Järvi (b. 1972) – Nebula (2016)Gediminas Gelgotas – Transitory (2009/2014)Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179) / Gediminas Gelgotas – Choral…

17.07 at 2 PM Pärnu kõlakoda Most Beautiful Songs The Orchestra of the Estonian Defence Forces Teet Raik (conductor) René Soom (bariton) Program: Veebel, Saebelmann, Aare, Ehala, Raudmäe, Rannap etc.

Paavo JärviEmmanuel Pahud (flute)Estonian Festival Orchestra Ülo Krigul (b. 1978) – The Bow (2021, premiere) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) – Flute Concerto G Major KV 313 (1778)  Allegro maestoso  Adagio ma non troppo  Rondo: Tempo di Menuetto Francis Poulenc (1899–1963) – Flute Sonata (1957; orchestration Lennox Berkeley, 1976)  Allegretto malinconico  Cantilena: Assez lent  Presto giocoso -Intermission-…