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

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)…

Arvo Pärt (b. 1935) – Festina lente (1986/1990) Arvo Pärt – Silouan’s Song (My Soul Yearns After You…, 1991) Arvo Pärt – Trisagion (1992/1994) Jacques Ibert (1890–1962) – Divertissement (1929) Introduction Cortège Nocturne Valse Parade Finale   -Intermission-   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) – Symphony No 33 in B♭ Major KV 319 (1779) Allegro assai…

12.07 at 6 PM St. Elizabeth’s ChurchJärvi Academy Teachers’ ConcertEster Mägi (1922–2021) – String Quartet No. 2 (Elegies, 1965) Lento. Allegretto graziosoModerato con marcato. Allegro con brioAllegretto con delicatezzaPoco adagio. Allegro agitato Nicolas Dautricourt, Eva-Christina Schönweiß (violin), Julia Dinerstein (viola), Marko Ylönen (cello) Tõnu Kõrvits (b. 1969) – Singing over the Seas (2006) Joonatan Rautiola…

14.07 at 8 PM Pärnu Concert Hall  Lars Vogt and Estonian Festival Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) – Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor KV 491 (1786) Allegro Larghetto Allegretto   -Intermission- Eduard Tubin – Music for Strings (1963) Eduard Tubin (1905–1982) – Suite from the ballet The Goblin (Kratt, 1961) I Introduction; Farmer’s…

15.07 at 3 PM Pärnu Elizabeth ChurchTo the SkiesNew Ideas Chamber Orchestra NICO Gediminas Gelgotas (conductor)Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) – Chaconne (1718–1720)Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911) – Rising Dawn (Beauštanti aušrelė, 1908)Max Richter (b. 1966) – On the Nature of Daylight (2004)Gediminas Gelgotas (b. 1986) – Transitory (2015–2018)Gediminas Gelgotas – Lock Me in Your Light, Saint Luke (2020)Gediminas Gelgotas – To the Skies (2008/2019)

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-…