PREVIOUS CONCERTS Archives - Pärnu Music Festival

Pärnu Music Festival Final Concert II

jgrdisain — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 08:34:39 +0000

Friday, 25 July 2025 at 20:00, Pärnu Concert Hall (sold out)
Pärnu Music Festival Final Concert II

Estonian Festival Orchestra
Conductor Paavo Järvi
Soloist Vilde Frang (violin), Kalle Randalu (piano)
The Estonian National Male Choir
Ellerhein Girls’ Choir

Ellerhein Alumni Choir

19:00 Pärnu Museum

Pre-concert talk about Arvo Pärt and ,,Credo” ( in Estonian) with Kai Kutman (Arvo Pärt Centre).

Alisson Kruusmaa (1992) – Valse lente (premiere)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) – Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61 (1806)

I Allegro ma non troppo
II Larghetto
III Rondo. Allegro

– Intermission –

Arvo Pärt (1935) – Fratres (1980)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) – Symphony No. 7 in A major Op. 92 (1812)

I Poco sostenuto – Vivace
II Allegretto
III Presto
IV Allegro con brio

Arvo Pärt (1935) – Credo (1968)

The concert lasts 2 hours and 50 minutes and has one intermission.

Bus ticket Tallinn-Pärnu-Tallinn

Fri 25.07.2025 at 05:30 PM

Eesti

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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Pärnu Music Festival Final Concert I

jgrdisain — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 08:00:52 +0000

Thursday, 24 July 2025 at 20:00, Pärnu Concert Hall (sold out)
Pärnu Music Festival Final Concert I

Estonian Festival Orchestra
Conductor Paavo Järvi
Soloist Iveta Apkalna (organ)

19:00 Pärnu Museum

Pre-concert talk about Arvo Pärt, tintinnabuli and the Arvo Pärt Centre (in Estonian) with Karin Rõngelep (Arvo Pärt Centre).

Arvo Pärt (1935) – Swansong (2013)

Francis Poulenc (1899–1963) – Organ Concerto in G minor (1938)

Andante – Allegro giocoso – Subito andante moderato – Tempo Allegro. Molto agitato – Très calme. Lent – Tempo de l’allegro initial – Tempo introduction. Largo

– Intermission –

Arvo Pärt (1935) – Für Lennart in memoriam (2006)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) – Symphony No. 7 in A major Op. 92 (1812)

I Poco sostenuto – Vivace
II Allegretto
III Presto
IV Allegro con brio

The concert lasts 2 hours and has one intermission.

Bus ticket Tallinn-Pärnu-Tallinn

Thu 24.07.2025 at 05:30 PM

Eesti

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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Children´s Concert

jgrdisain — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 04:59:00 +0000

Thursday, 24 July 2025 at 14:00, Ammende Villa (sold out)
Children’s concert

The concert will feature instrumental versions of children’s songs by Arvo Pärt and Eino Tamberg, performed by young Järvi Academy musicians. The pieces will be played on a variety of orchestral instruments to introduce children to them. Afterwards, anyone interested will have the chance to try out the instruments for themselves.

The concert lasts 1 hour.

This concert cannot be redeemed with a festival PASS

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Järvi Academy Final Concert

jgrdisain — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 04:58:00 +0000

Wednesday, 23 July 2025 at 20:00, Pärnu Concert Hall
Järvi Academy Final Concert

Pärnu City Orchestra
Järvi Academy Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Järvi Academy students

Soloist Sten Heinoja (piano)

Arvo Pärt (1935) – „Da pacem Domine” (2004/2006) / Pärnu City Orchestra

Conductor Lisanna Laansalu

Arvo Pärt (1935) – Wenn Bach Bienen gezüchtet hätte … (‘If Bach Had Been a Beekeeper …’) (1984/2021) / Pärnu City Orchestra

Conductor Ulysse Derrien

Ludvig van Beethoven (1770–1827) – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37 (1800/1803) / Pärnu City Orchestra

I Allegro con brio – Conductor Lamar Elias
II Largo – Conductor David Jussel

III Rondo. Allegro – Conductor Fanye Yuan

– Intermission –

Franz Lehár (1870–1948) – Waltz Gold und Silber (‘Gold and Silver’) Op. 79 (1902) / Järvi Academy Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Sara Corriga

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) – Symphony No. 3 in F major Op. 90 (1883) / Järvi Academy Symphony Orchestra

I Allegro con brio – Conductor Meytar Tirosh
II Andante – Conductor Kasper Joel Nõgene
III Poco allegretto – Conductor Sascha Maisky
IV Allegro – Conductor Jan Sedláček

Franz Lehár (1870–1948) – Waltz Gold und Silber (‘Gold and Silver’) Op. 79 (1902) / Järvi Academy Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Claudia Jablonski

The concert lasts 2 hours and 30 minutes and has one intermission.

Bus ticket Tallinn-Pärnu-Tallinn

Wed 23.07.2025 at 05:30 PM

Eesti

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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Pärnu Music Festival Gala

jgrdisain — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 07:55:18 +0000

Tuesday, 22 July 2025 at 20:00, Pärnu Concert Hall
Pärnu Music Festival Gala

Members of the Estonian Festival Orchestra

Jörg Widmann (1973) – 180 Beats per Minute (1993)
Marta Spārniņa (violin), Triinu Piirsalu (violin), Andres Kaljuste (viola), Māra Botmane (cello), Theodor Sink (cello), Marcel Johannes Kits (cello)

Salina Fisher (1993) – Mata-Au (2021)
Benjamin Baker (violin), Benjamin Roskams (viola), Theodor Sink (cello)

Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959) – Jazz Suite La Revue de cuisine (1927)

I Prolog: Marsch. Allegretto
II Tango. Lento
III Tempo di Charleston
IV Finale: Tempo di Marcia. Allegretto

Signe Sõmer (clarinet), Amy Harman (bassoon), Vladislav Lavrik (trumpet), Artur Podlesny (violin), Thomas Ruge (cello), Kärt Ruubel (piano)

– Intermission –

Arvo Pärt (1935) – Fratres (1977/1982)
Cello ensemble of the Estonian Festival Orchestra

Nebojša Jovan Živković (1962) – Trio per uno Op. 27 (1995/1999)

II Contemplativo
I Meccanico

Heigo Rosin, Adam Jeffrey, Lauri Metsvahi, Xavi Castelló (percussion)

Nino Rota (1911–1979) – Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano (1958)

I Allegro ma non troppo
II Andante sostenuto
III Allegro vivace con spirito

Maarika Järvi (flute), Emma Yoon (violin), Mika Chang (piano)

– Intermission –

Ernst von Dohnányi (1877–1960) – Sextet in C major for Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, Clarinet and Horn Op. 37 (1935)

I Allegro appassionato
II Intermezzo
III Allegro con sentimento
IV Finale

Kärt Ruubel (piano), Emma Yoon (violin), Chris Rodgers-Beadle (viola), Benjamin Nyffenegger (cello), Matt Hunt (clarinet), Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn)

The concert lasts 2 hours and 30 minutes and has two intermissions.

Bus ticket Tallinn-Pärnu-Tallinn

Tue 22.07.2025 at 05:30 PM

Eesti

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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And I heard a voice …

Eliise Kannukene — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 04:47:00 +0000

Tuesday, 22 July at 18:00, Pärnu Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord (sold out)

And I Heard a Voice …
Vox Clamantis
Jaan-Eik Tulve

Concert with music of Arvo Pärt.

Arvo Pärt (1935) – Prayer to the Holy Trinity (1976)

Gregorian antiphon O Adonai

Arvo Pärt (1935) – Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen (‘Seven Magnificat-Antiphons’) (1988/1991)

O Weisheit (O Wisdom)
O Adonai (O Adonai)
O Sproß aus Isais Wurzel (O Root of Jesse)
O Schlüssel Davids (O the Key of David)
O Morgenstern (O Morning Star)
O König aller Völker (O King of All People)
O Immanuel (O Emmanuel)

Helena Tulve (1972) – Gloria (2023)

Gregorian antiphon Virgo prudentissima / Magnificat

Arvo Pärt (1935) – Magnificat (1989)

Riho Esko Maimets (1988) – Kõik inglid taeva valguses (‘All Angels in the Light of Heaven’) (2025, Estonian premiere)

Arvo Pärt (1935) – Silouan’s Song (1991/2024)

Arvo Pärt (1935) – And I Heard a Voice … (2017)

The concert lasts 90 minutes .

This concert cannot be redeemed with a festival PASS

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Night Concert „Öös on Eestit…” / „Estonia in the Night…“

jgrdisain — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 04:46:00 +0000

Monday, 21 July 2025 AT 22:00, Pärnu Concert Hall
Night Concert „Öös on Eestit…” / „Estonia in the Night…“

Pärnu City Orchestra
Conductor Henri Christofer Aavik

Soloist Benjamin Baker (violin)

Veljo Tormis (1930–2017) – ‘Our Childhood Village Lane’ from the cycle Nostalgia (1985/2009)

Eino Tamberg (1930–2010) – Nocturne Op. 90 (1994)

Arvo Pärt (1935) – Symphony No. 1 Polyphonic (1963, dedicated to Heino Eller)

Canons
Prelude and Fugue

Heino Eller (1887–1970) – Fantasy in G minor (1916–1917)

Lepo Sumera (1950–2000) – Symphōnē (1998)

Eduard Oja (1905–1950) – Night Poem (1933, arr. for violin and orchestra)

Eduard Tubin (1905–1982) – Elegy (1946/1990, arr. Kaljo Raid)

The concert lasts 90 minutes.

Bus ticket Tallinn-Pärnu-Tallinn

Wed 23.07.2025 at 05:30 PM

Eesti

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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Estonian Foundation of Musical Instruments Gala „Silence & fire”

jgrdisain — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 04:44:00 +0000

Monday, 21 July 2025 at 19:00, Pärnu Concert Hall
The Estonian Foundation of Musical Instruments` Gala „Silence & fire”

Musicians of the Estonian Foundation of Musical Instruments’

Arvo Pärt (1935) – Summa

Erkki-Sven Tüür (1959) – ‘Illusion’ from the cycle Action.Passion.Illusion (1993)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) – Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1741)

Aria

Philip Glass (1937) – String Quartet No. 3 Mishima (1985)

VI Mishima/Closing

Erkki-Sven Tüür – ‘Action’ from the cycle Action.Passion.Illusion (1993)

Arvo Pärt (1935) – Silouan’s Song (1991)

Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881) – Pictures at an Exhibition (1874; for strings arranged by Jacques Cohen)

Promenade
Gnomus (The Gnome)
Promenade
Il vecchio castello (The Old Castle)
Promenade
Tuileries (Children quarreling after plays)
Bydlo (The Oxcart)
Promenade
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
Promenade
Limoges (Women Arguing in the Market)
Catacombs (The Roman Sepulchre)
Promenade
The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba-Yaga)
The Great Gate of Kyiv

The concert lasts 1 hour.

Bus ticket Tallinn-Pärnu-Tallinn

Mon 21.07.2025 at 04:30 PM

Eesti

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 16:30.

Please be present for ticket inspection 10 minutes earlier.

The return journey to Tallinn starts from the Pärnu Concert Hall parking lot approximately at 21:30, after the concert.

The bus arrives in Tallinn at 23:00 and stops on Otsa Street, next to Estonia.

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Järvi Academy Students` concert

jgrdisain — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 04:41:00 +0000

Monday, 21 July 2025 at 11 AM/12 PM/13 PM, Pärnu Town Hall

The performers are the students of Järvi Academy’s wind, percussion, and string instrument masterclasses

The concert is free

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Paavo Järvi & Estonian Festival Orchestra

jgrdisain — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 04:36:00 +0000

Sunday, 20 July 2025 at 20:00, Pärnu Concert Hall (sold out)
Estonian Festival Orchestra and Paavo Järvi

Estonian Festival Orchestra
Conductor Paavo Järvi
Soloists Hans Christian Aavik (violin) and Mari Poll (violin)

19:00 Pärnu Museum

Pre-concert talk about Arvo Pärt and the Arvo Pärt Centre (in English) with Anu Kivilo (Arvo Pärt Centre).

Elis Hallik (1986) – Oriri (premiere)

Arvo Pärt (1935) – Tabula rasa (1977)

– Intermission –

Arvo Pärt (1935) – Silhouette (2009)

Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) – Suite from the ballet The Firebird (1919)

I Introduction – The Firebird and it’s Danse
II Variation of the Firebird
III The Princesses’ Round
IV Infernal Dance of King Kashchei
V Lullaby
VI Finale

The concert lasts 2 hours and has one intermission.

Bus ticket Tallinn-Pärnu-Tallinn

Sun 20.07.2025 at 05:30 PM

Eesti

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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