Kõrvits: Moorland Elegies

Featuring

Risto Joost
Marianne Pärna
Jaanika Kilgi
Tallinna Kammerorkester
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tõnu Kõrvits

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Performer Biography

The Tallinn Chamber Orchestra (TCO), founded in 1993, is one of Estonia's signature orchestras and played on the recording of Arvo Pärt's "Adam's Lament," which won a Grammy in 2014.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in Tallinn, Estonia, from November 9-12, 2015, with Reijo Kiilunen and Esper Linnamägi as Executive Producers.

Composition History

Tõnu Kõrvits's "Moorland Elegies" is a nine-part cycle for mixed choir and string orchestra, premiered in 2015 by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra.

Performer Biography

The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (EPCC) is one of the world's leading choral ensembles, founded in 1981, and has won two Grammy Awards for Best Choral Performance.

Performer Biography

Risto Joost, the conductor, is a prizewinner of the Malko Conducting Competition (2015) and Jorma Panula Conducting Competition (2012), and has been Chief Conductor of the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra since 2013.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The cycle is shaped by poems of English author Emily Brontë, selected and arranged by Estonian poet Doris Kareva, who described the work as "rough, wild, dark windswept blues."

Composer Biography

Tõnu Kõrvits, born in 1969, is an Estonian contemporary composer known for his highly poetic music, which he describes as 'magic impressionism,' and has composed over 210 opuses.