Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Australia tour peaked, on April 7th, at Sydney Opera House, with gala concert The Composers: Arvo P\u00e4rt, A Sacred Journey. The two-hour programme included Arvo P\u00e4rt\u2019s pearls Magnificat, Spiegel im Spiegel, 7 Magnificat Antiphons, Tabula Rasa, Fratres, Salve Regina, Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, and Adam\u2019s Lament.<\/p>\n
The nearly 2,700 seat concert hall practically sold out, warm reception was prophesied by people clapping before choirmaster T\u00f5nu Kaljuste ever took his stand before the singers.<\/p>\n
The Sydney Opera House organizer Yarmila Alfonzetti confessed to being a great fan of the choir. \u00abWe have so much to learn from them, especially the professional approach, the dedication,\u00bb she said. \u00abTalking about today\u2019s concert\u2026 Arvo P\u00e4rt is one crazy composer, but I love him.\u00bb<\/p>\n
At the gala concert, Mr P\u00e4rt\u2019s music was also played by Sydney symphonic orchestra\u2019s musicians. The day before featured a concert prepared over a week\u2019s time in workshops, Estonian composers\u2019 pieces performed by the Sydney youth orchestra. \u00abIt was great fun teaching these young ones, equipping them with keys to interpret Arvo P\u00e4rt\u2019s music. The roots of his music, and the way he has trained people to listen to silence, texts carrying the wisdom of the centuries \u2013 that\u2019s what has conquered the world. As a conductor, it is always good for me to know that I\u2019m spreading the art of a man I share time and space with,\u00bb said T\u00f5nu Kaljuste.<\/p>\n
As the gala concert came to Tabula Rasa, the Sydney audience failed to hold itself in check, disrupting a pause with thunderous ovations. Mr Kaljuste managed to quieten the people, and to continue. \u00abThis is just such a brilliant work,\u00bb he commented afterwards. Shouts of \u00abBravo!\u00bb, thereafter, came wave after wave after each piece of music, the final ovation resembling a rock concert with fans demanding more. According to Ms Alfonzetti, this is no ordinary thing: \u00abThose attending, at that moment, desired to be no place else. It was magical. They love and honour the music, the choir.\u00bb<\/p>\n
Estonia\u2019s consul general in Australia Triinu Rajasalu was equally emotional at the reception following the concert: \u00abIt\u2019s a rare thing that, at a concert, music transports you into a world of its own\u2026 How tremendous the feeling, an Estonian choir at the world\u2019s most famous opera house, conducted by an Estonian, performing works by an Estonian composer.\u00bb<\/p>\n
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