Cyrillus Kreek: 3 David’s Psalms
J. S. Bach: Motet „Komm, Jesu, komm“ BWV 229 (9’)
Arvo Pärt: Deer’s Cry (4’)
Cyrillus Kreek: David’s Psalm
J.S. Bach: Motet „Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden“ BWV 230 (7’)
Arvo Pärt: Magnificat(7’)
Cyrillus Kreek: Sleep well, my little Matthias (3’)
J. S. Bach: Motet „Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied“ BWV 225 (17’)
Arvo Pärt: “Solfeggio” - 4’
Arvo Pärt: “Summa” - 6’
Josquin Desprez: “Ave Maria” - 5’20”
Arvo Pärt: “The Woman With The Alabaster Box” - 5’30”
Arvo Pärt: “Tribute To Caesar” - 6’
Arvo Pärt: “I Am The True Vine” - 8’
Tomas Luis de Victoria: excerpts from "Tenebrae Responsories" - 20’
Arvo Pärt: “The Deer’s Cry” - 4’
Arvo Pärt: “Nunc dimitis” - 7’
Toshio Hosokawa: Die Lotusblume
Guo Venjing: The Echoes of Heaven and Earth
Jonathan Harvey: Forms of Emptiness
Robert Schumann: Die Lotusblume
With percussion
Arvo Pärt: Solfeggio
Peter Tchaikovsky: 3 pieces from "9 Geistliche Chöre"
Arvo Pärt: Nunc dimittis
Arvo Pärt: The Woman with the Alabaster Box
Arvo Pärt: Dopo la vitoria
Veljo Tormis: Tower Bell of my Village
Jean Sibelius: Song of My Heart
Jean Sibelius: Beloved
Jean Sibelius: Fire On the Island
Veljo Tormis: Curse Upon Iron
Alfred Schnittke: Three Sacred Hymns
Peter Tchaikovsky: 3 pieces from "9 Sacred Chorus"
Sergei Rachmaninov: The Theotokos
Sergei Rachmaninov: 2 pieces from "Vespers" op. 37
Alfred Schnittke: 3 pieces from "12 Penitential Verses"
Sergei Rachmaninov: 2 pieces from "Vespers" op. 37
Georgi Sviridov: Inexpressible Miracle
Sergei Rachmaninov: We hymn thee aus 'Liturgy of St. John Chrysostum'
John Cage: "Four 2"
Anders Hillborg: Mouyayoum"
Kadri Voorand: new work
Improvisations
With Kadri Voorand, Jazz singer and Taavo Remmel, double bass
Mirjam Tally: "Land of Tree Worshipers"
Arvo Pärt: Nunc dimittis
Arvo Pärt: Dopo la vittoria
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Veljo Tormis: Kullervo's Message
Veljo Tormis: Curse Upon Iron
Ülo Krigul: „Water itself“
Arvo Pärt: Kanon Pokajanen
Arvo Pärt: Solfeggio, Magnificat, Dopo la vittoria, Nunc Dimittis
-Intermission-
Claude Debussy: Trois Chanson de Charles d'Orleans
Cyrillus Kreek: Maga, maga, Matsikene / Nõmmelill / Sirisege, sirbikesed
Veljo Tormis: Jaanilaulud (St. John's Day Songs)
Mart Saar: Noore veljo, veeritage
Mart Saar: Seits sammeldanud sängi
Cyrillus Kreek: Secular Folk Songs: Sirisege, sirbikesed, Lauliku omaksed, Talvine õhtu
Veljo Tormis: Jaanilaulud (St. John's Day Songs)
-Intermission-
Cyrillus Kreek: Taaveti laulud (Psalms of David)
Arvo Pärt: Dopo la vittoria, Two Slavonic Psalms, Magnificat
Alfred Schnittke: Psalms of Repentance
Alfred Schnittke: Three Sacred Hymns
Rachmaninow: The Theotokos, Ever-Vigilant in Prayer
Arvo Pärt: Magnificat
Arvo Pärt: Da Pacem Domine
Arvo Pärt: Nunc dimittis
Arvo Pärt: Two Slavonic Psalms
Ivan Moody: Thy Fatherly Embrace
Georgy Sviridov: Inexpressible Miracle
Rachmaninow: We hymn thee from 'Liturgy of St. John Chrysostum'
Arvo Pärt: Summa
Arvo Pärt: Magnificat
Arvo Pärt: The Woman with the Alabaster Box
Arvo Pärt: Nunc dimittis
Carlo Gesualdo: „Eram quasi agnus innocens...” No. 7 from Responsoria / Feria Quinta
Carlo Gesualdo: „In monte Oliveti..." No. 1 from Responsoria / Feria Quinta
Carlo Gesualdo: „Tristis est anima mea..." No. 2 from Responsoria / Feria Quinta
Gustav Mahler/Clytus Gottwald: „Um Mitternacht"
Gustav Mahler/Clytus Gottwald: „Urlicht"
Gustav Mahler/Clytus Gottwald: „Es sungen drei Engel"
Gustav Mahler/Clytus Gottwald: "Im Abendrot"
Brahms: A German Requiem
(choir, two pianos, solo soprano and baritone)
Carlo Gesualdo: Excerpts from ‘Tenebrae Responsories’
N.N.: New Estonian work
Salvatore Sciarrino: Responsorio delle tenebre
György Ligeti: Lux aeterna
J.S.Bach: Motet: Komm, Jesu, Komm BWV 229
Programme with chamber orchestra:
Franz Schubert: Gesang der Geister über den Wassern
N.N.: Orchestral work
Robert Schumann: Nachtlied
Robert Schumann: Requiem für Mignon
Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied
Pärt: Magnificat, Nunc dimittis
Cyrillus Kreek: Taaveti laulud (Psalms of David)
Mendelssohn: Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt
Mendelssohn: Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen
Brahms: 4 Parts of the Fünf Gesänge op. 104
-Intermission-
Cyrillus Kreek: Sacral Folk Songs, Secular Folk Songs
Veljo Tormis: Jaanilaulud (St. John's Day Songs)
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa pro defunctis
John Cage: Four 2
Anne Boyd : When I Crossed the Bridge Of Dreams
Anders Hillborg: Mouyayoum
Ravel/Clytus Gottwald: Soupir
Messiaen: Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus (fragments)
Berlioz /Clytus Gottwald: Sur les lagunes
Debussy/Clytus Gottwald: Soupir
Messiaen: Cinq rechants
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Kaija Saariaho: Tag des Jahrs
Mirjam Tally: New work
N.N.: New Estonian work
(with electronic and visual media)
Giovanni Gabrieli: Excerpts from ‘Sacrae Sinfoniae’
Claudio Monteverdi: Sacred works
Igor Stravinsky: Mass
N.N.: New Estonian work (choir and wind ensemble)
Galina Grigorjeva: Svjatki
Georgy Sviridov: Inexpressible Miracle
Nikolai Kachanov: Four Ukrainian Carols
Rachmaninov:The Theotokos, Ever-Vigilant in Prayer
Arvo Pärt: Magnificat
Arvo Pärt: Da Pacem Domine
Arvo Pärt: Nunc dimittis
Arvo Pärt: Two Slavonic psalms
Alfred Schnittke: Three Sacred Hymns
Rachmaninov: We hymn thee from 'Liturgy of St. John Chrysostum'
Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil op. 37
Vasyl Barvinskyi: Oh, What a Wonder!
Kyrylo Stetsenko: The Angels Exclaimed
Kyrylo Stetsenko: A New Joy
Kyrylo Stetsenko: Throughout the World
Yakiv Yatsynevich: Bells Rang Early in Jerusalem
Mykola Leontovich: A Song of Good Cheer
Georgy Izvekov: Christ is Born
Peter Tchaikovsky: The Legend
Galina Grigorjeva: Svjatki
Georgy Sviridov: Inexpressible Miracle
Nikolai Kachanov: Four Ucrainian Carols
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (EPCC) has developed into the best-known Estonian music group in the world. The EPCC was founded by Tõnu Kaljuste in 1981, who continued as the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the group for two decades. Paul Hillier was Chief Conductor from 2001 to 2007, Daniel Reuss from 2008 to 2013. New Artistic Director and Chief Conductor since 2014 is Latvian conductor Kaspars Putninš.
The large repertoire of the choir extends from Gregorian chant to late baroque and the music of the 20th century, opera and an ever special focus on the work of Estonian composers as Arvo Pärt, Veljo Tormis, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Galina Grigorjeva, Toivo Tulev, Tõnu Kõrvits and Helena Tulve. Each season the choir gives about 60 to 70 concerts in Estonia and abroad.
The EPCC has performed in major concert venues around the globe as Vienna Konzerthaus, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Versailles Opéra Royale, Palau Musica in Barcelona, LSO St. Luke London, Esplanade Signapore, Kennedy Centre Washington, Lincoln Centre and Carnegie Hall New York and Opera House Sydney. Furthermore the choir appeared at numerous festivals including Salzburg Festival, BBC Proms, Cervantino Festival Mexiko, Edinburgh, Aix-en-Provence, Rheingau, Schleswig-Holstein, Stuttgart, Schwetzingen, Mosel, Klangvokal Dortmund, Mozartwoche Salzburg, Osterfestival Tirol Austria, Flanders, Bergen, Oslo, Istanbul, Cheltenham, Tampere, Folle Journées Nantes and Lissabon, Vale of Glamorgan, Hong Kong, Abu Gosh World Expo Cultural Center Shanghai, Wratislavia Cantans and the Nargen Festival Estonia.
Notable cooperations include appearances with Claudio Abbado, Louis Langrée, Helmuth Rilling, Eric Ericson, Iván Fischer, Neeme Järvi, Paavo Järvi, Andrew Lawrence-King, Roland Böer, Frieder Bernius, Louis Langrée, Stephen Layton, Marc Minkowski, Christoph Poppen, Sir Colin Davis, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Paul McCreesh und dem London Symphony Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Salzburg, Les Musiciens du Louvre, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Mozart Bologna, Stuttgarter Philharmonic, hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, Norwegian, Australian, Lithuanian, Prague, Basel and Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Concerto Copenhagen, Concerto Palatino, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra.
Their considerable discography includes numerous recordings for ECM Records, Ondine Records, Virgin Classics, Carus, harmonia mundi which received highest plaudits with distinction worldwide.
BIS Records has released three albums under Kaspars Putniņš including Alfred Schnittke’s Concerto for choir, Arvo Pärt’s Seven Magnificat Antiphons, Franz Liszts Via Crucis and Arvo Pärt: Sacred choral works as well as an album with Schnittke’ Psalms of Repentance and Pärt’s Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis which was awarded the Gramophone Award and Diapason d’Or in 2018. Ondine has featured two albums by Tõnu Korvits under Risto Joost and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra: You are Light and Morning (Sei la luce e il mattino) and Moorland Elegies.
EPCC recordings have won two Grammy Awards for the Best Choral Performance: 2007 for the album Arvo Pärt Da Pacem (harmonia mundi) with the conductor Paul Hillier and 2014 for Arvo Pärt Adam’s Lament (ECM) with the conductor Tõnu Kaljuste. The choir has 14 Grammy nominations with the works by Arvo Pärt, Erkki-Sven Tüür and the music of Nordic countries. The EPCC recordings have won also the award Diapason d’Or, Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, Danish Music Award and Choc de l’Année Classica 2014.
Season 2021/22
Read moreHailed by the international press as “charismatic and energetic”, Tõnu Kaljuste is recognized both as a choir and orchestra conductor worldwide. He is a frequent guest conductor of orchestras and chamber choirs worldwide and performed in the major music centres and at renowned festivals worldwide.
Founder of the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (EPCC) and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste is a staunch ally and committed advocate for the work of Arvo Pärt, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Veljo Tormis and Heino Eller. He has collaborated closely with great composers of modernism in Northern and Eastern Europe such as Alfred Schnittke, György Kurtag, Krzysztof Penderecki and Giya Kancheli.
From the season 2021/22 Tõnu Kaljuste is again Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the EPCC. At the same time he holds the position of Artistic Director of the Tallinn Philharmonic Society and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra since 2019/20. Kaljuste has been Chief Conductor of the Netherlands Chamber Choir and is Conductor Laureate of the Swedish Radio Choir since 2019.
Numerous recordings of Kaljuste’s extensive discography for ECM Records, BIS, Caprice Records and Virgin Classics were nominated for the Grammy in various categories and have also other awards such as Cannes Classical Award, Diapason d’Or, Edison Prize and Classic Brit Award. For the Arvo Pärt album Adam’s Lament the Estonian conductor was awarded the Grammy Award 2014 in the category ‘Best Choir Performance’. In 2019 Tõnu Kaljuste won the ICMA Award for the album of Arvo Pärt’s Symphonies No. 1-4 with the Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra.
Since 2004 Tõnu Kaljuste has been Artistic Director of Nargen Opera in Estonia featuring the Nargen Festival with music and opera productions, concerts and exhibitions during the summer. The festival is preceded by the Cyrillus Kreek Days in June and followed by the Arvo Pärt Days in September. He collaborates closely with the Baltic Sea Festival Stockholm.
Tõnu Kaljuste is a member of the Royal Music Academy of Sweden, recipient of the Japanese ABC Music Award and the Robert Edler Prize.
Season 2021/22
Read moreUnder the baton of Tõnu Kaljuste, the choir will perform Arvo Pärt's sacred master piece Kanon Pokajanen at Wroclaw's University Church on September 7. Further concerts on September 6 and 8 in Lower Silesia. In 1998
ECM released a recording of the Canon of Repentance sung by the EPCC under Tõnu Kaljuste, the choir's chief conductor at that time, one of the most highly valued CD recordings of the choir.
Read moreThe Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir will sing Haydn's Nelson Mass and Arvo Pärt's Adam's Lament with the Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn in
three concerts in Heilbronn on 25 March, Dortmund on 26 March and Ulm on 27 March.
Life recording available on WDR3 media centre.
Read moreThe Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Risto Joost are performing two
concerts in Groningen on 25 January and Brussels on 27 January 2018 with an Arvo Pärt portrait featuring
Read moreTonu Kaljuste conducts this production of Arvo Pärt and Robert Wilson set by "Adam's Lament", "Miserere", "Tabula rasa" and "Sequentia" with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and four actors in Berlin on 27, 28 and 29 March.
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Kaspars Putniņš perform at Klangvokal Festival Dortmund on 20 May the programme Longing for the North presenting "Best of Arvo Pärt" pieces as well as sacred and folk songs by Cyrillus Kreek and Veljo Tormis.
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Kaspars Putnins were awarded the Gramophone Award in the category Choral for their album with music by Alfred Schnittke and Arvo Pärt at BIS Records.
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir is named as one of the ten best choirs in the world by the BBC Music Magazine.
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir launches its own web channel www.epcc.tv on 30 April, 18:00 (CET) with a contemporary Baltic programme at Estonian Concert Hall Tallinn in collaboration with the Estonian National Symphony at the Estonian | Baltic Music Days.
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir performs in Tristan und Isolde at Festival d'Aix-en-Provence under Sir Simon Rattle and London Symphony on 2, 5, 8, 11 and
15 July as well as in Kaija Saariaho: Innocence (world premiere) under Susanna Mälkki and London Symphony on 3, 6, 10 and 12 July.
Read moreThe Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Tonu Kaljuste perform in Zürich Tonhalle on 25 September works by Arvo Pärt and Maurice Duruflé: Requiem for choir and organ.
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir performs together with Tapiola Sinfonietta under Tonu Kaljuste James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross and Excerpts of Kanon Pokajanen by Arvo Pärt in Espoo on 14 April.
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, who is celebrating its 40th anniversary in June, performs on 18 June at Musikfestspiele Saar in Blieskastel a programme of Arvo Pärt and Maurice Duruflé under the direction of Tonu Kaljuste.
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir celebrates its 40th anniversary with a gala concert in Tallinn on 30 June under Tõnu Kaljuste. The programme features Zoltán Kodály: Laudes Organi for choir and organ as well as Kimmo Pohjonen: Freedom for choir and accordeon (premiere).
Franz Liszt: Via Crucis
Arvo Pärt: Sacred Choral Works
Kaspars Putnins (conductor)
ONDINE (2019)
Arvo Pärt: Magnificat
Arvo Pärt: Nunc Dimittis
Kaspars Putniņš (Dirigent)
BIS (2017)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Theatre of Voices, YXUS Quartet,
Paul Hillier (conductor)
ONDINE (2016)