PROGRAM 2015
The program of the Nargenfestival will be made public and tickets are on sale from May 2016 in Piletilevi ticket outlets and one hour before the performance on site.
06.06SAAREMAA ISLAND, 6 June 7 pm, Kuressaare kuursaal (resort hall) CYRILLUS KREEK DAYS 2019: VILLAGE THROATSCYRILLUS KREEK DAYS 2019 in Haapsalu, on Hiiumaa and Saaremaa islands This is already the 13th Cyrillus Kreek's Days in Nargenfestival, heralding the beginning of summer, keeping alive the works of the prominent Estonian composer for his hometown's people and searching for a novel perspective for his rich musical heritage. This summer Kreek's music will also reach Saaremaa and Hiiumaa people. In Haapsalu and on Hiiumaa and Saaremaa islands we present six concerts with two different programmes: ensemble Heinavanker, performing Kreek's Orthodox church songs in Estonian, and folk singers Meelika Hainsoo, Celia Roose and Lauri Õunapuu singing their arrangements of folk songs from both Kreek's collection as well as from village people of his time. Loe edasi... | |
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07.06HIIUMAA ISLAND, 7 June 6 pm, Suuremõisa manor CYRILLUS KREEK DAYS 2019: VILLAGE THROATSCYRILLUS KREEK DAYS 2019 in Haapsalu, on Hiiumaa and Saaremaa islands This is already the 13th Cyrillus Kreek's Days in Nargenfestival, heralding the beginning of summer, keeping alive the works of the prominent Estonian composer for his hometown's people and searching for a novel perspective for his rich musical heritage. This summer Kreek's music will also reach Saaremaa and Hiiumaa people. In Haapsalu and on Hiiumaa and Saaremaa islands we present six concerts with two different programmes: ensemble Heinavanker, performing Kreek's Orthodox church songs in Estonian, and folk singers Meelika Hainsoo, Celia Roose and Lauri Õunapuu singing their arrangements of folk songs from both Kreek's collection as well as from village people of his time. Loe edasi... | |
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08.06HIIUMAA ISLAND, 8 June, 2 pm, Pühalepa church CYRILLUS KREEK DAYS 2019: CYRILLUS KREEK AND ORTHODOXCYRILLUS KREEK DAYS 2019 in Haapsalu, on Hiiumaa and Saaremaa islands This is already the 13th Cyrillus Kreek's Days in Nargenfestival, heralding the beginning of summer, keeping alive the works of the prominent Estonian composer for his hometown's people and searching for a novel perspective for his rich musical heritage. This summer Kreek's music will also reach Saaremaa and Hiiumaa people. In Haapsalu and on Hiiumaa and Saaremaa islands we present six concerts with two different programmes: ensemble Heinavanker, performing Kreek's Orthodox church songs in Estonian, and folk singers Meelika Hainsoo, Celia Roose and Lauri Õunapuu singing their arrangements of folk songs from both Kreek's collection as well as from village people of his time. Loe edasi... | |
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08.06HAAPSALU, 8 June, 8 pm, Haapsalu Cathedral CYRILLUS KREEK DAYS 2019: CYRILLUS KREEK AND ORTHODOXCYRILLUS KREEK DAYS 2019 in Haapsalu, on Hiiumaa and Saaremaa islands This is already the 13th Cyrillus Kreek's Days in Nargenfestival, heralding the beginning of summer, keeping alive the works of the prominent Estonian composer for his hometown's people and searching for a novel perspective for his rich musical heritage. This summer Kreek's music will also reach Saaremaa and Hiiumaa people. In Haapsalu and on Hiiumaa and Saaremaa islands we present six concerts with two different programmes: ensemble Heinavanker, performing Kreek's Orthodox church songs in Estonian, and folk singers Meelika Hainsoo, Celia Roose and Lauri Õunapuu singing their arrangements of folk songs from both Kreek's collection as well as from village people of his time. Loe edasi... | |
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09.06SAAREMAA ISLAND, 9 June, 6 pm, Kuressaare Lawrence's church CYRILLUS KREEK DAYS 2019: CYRILLUS KREEK AND ORTHODOXCYRILLUS KREEK DAYS 2019 in Haapsalu, on Hiiumaa and Saaremaa islands This is already the 13th Cyrillus Kreek's Days in Nargenfestival, heralding the beginning of summer, keeping alive the works of the prominent Estonian composer for his hometown's people and searching for a novel perspective for his rich musical heritage. This summer Kreek's music will also reach Saaremaa and Hiiumaa people. In Haapsalu and on Hiiumaa and Saaremaa islands we present six concerts with two different programmes: ensemble Heinavanker, performing Kreek's Orthodox church songs in Estonian, and folk singers Meelika Hainsoo, Celia Roose and Lauri Õunapuu singing their arrangements of folk songs from both Kreek's collection as well as from village people of his time. Loe edasi... | |
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09.06HAAPSALU, 9 June 7 pm, Haapsalu kuursaal (resort hall) CYRILLUS KREEK DAYS 2019: VILLAGE THROATSCYRILLUS KREEK DAYS 2019 in Haapsalu, on Hiiumaa and Saaremaa islands This is already the 13th Cyrillus Kreek's Days in Nargenfestival, heralding the beginning of summer, keeping alive the works of the prominent Estonian composer for his hometown's people and searching for a novel perspective for his rich musical heritage. This summer Kreek's music will also reach Saaremaa and Hiiumaa people. In Haapsalu and on Hiiumaa and Saaremaa islands we present six concerts with two different programmes: ensemble Heinavanker, performing Kreek's Orthodox church songs in Estonian, and folk singers Meelika Hainsoo, Celia Roose and Lauri Õunapuu singing their arrangements of folk songs from both Kreek's collection as well as from village people of his time. Loe edasi... | |
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10.07Naissaar island, Omar's barn, 7.30pm NAISSAAR 2019: LASER AND LENSES (premiere)Dominy Clements Concert performance 10 (premiere), 11, 12, 13, 14 July 7.30 pm, Naissaar island, Omar's barn On five July evenings the Naissaar island will host a lightshow concert performance „Laser and Lenses“, in which the author Dominy Clements continues to explore the life of Bernhard Schmidt, the world famous optician from Naissaar. The performance is a sequel to Clements's opera „An Enlightened Disciple of Darkness“ of the 2013 Nargenfestival, staged in Noblessner's foundry and showing Bernhard Schmidt's whole life. Loe edasi... | |
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11.07Naissaar island, Omar's barn, 7.30pm NAISSAAR 2019: LASER AND LENSESDominy Clements Concert performance On five July evenings the Naissaar island will host a lightshow concert performance „Laser and Lenses“, in which the author Dominy Clements continues to explore the life of Bernhard Schmidt, the world famous optician from Naissaar. The performance is a sequel to Clements's opera „An Enlightened Disciple of Darkness“ of the 2013 Nargenfestival, staged in Noblessner's foundry and showing Bernhard Schmidt's whole life. Loe edasi... | |
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12.07Naissaar island, Omar's barn, 7.30pm NAISSAAR 2019: LASER AND LENSESDominy Clements Concert performance On five July evenings the Naissaar island will host a lightshow concert performance „Laser and Lenses“, in which the author Dominy Clements continues to explore the life of Bernhard Schmidt, the world famous optician from Naissaar. The performance is a sequel to Clements's opera „An Enlightened Disciple of Darkness“ of the 2013 Nargenfestival, staged in Noblessner's foundry and showing Bernhard Schmidt's whole life. Loe edasi... | |
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13.07Naissaar island, Omar's barn, 7.30pm NAISSAAR 2019: LASER AND LENSESDominy Clements Concert performance On five July evenings the Naissaar island will host a lightshow concert performance „Laser and Lenses“, in which the author Dominy Clements continues to explore the life of Bernhard Schmidt, the world famous optician from Naissaar. The performance is a sequel to Clements's opera „An Enlightened Disciple of Darkness“ of the 2013 Nargenfestival, staged in Noblessner's foundry and showing Bernhard Schmidt's whole life. Loe edasi... | |
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14.07Naissaar island, Omar's barn, 7.30pm NAISSAAR 2019: LASER AND LENSESDominy Clements Concert performance On five July evenings the Naissaar island will host a lightshow concert performance „Laser and Lenses“, in which the author Dominy Clements continues to explore the life of Bernhard Schmidt, the world famous optician from Naissaar. The performance is a sequel to Clements's opera „An Enlightened Disciple of Darkness“ of the 2013 Nargenfestival, staged in Noblessner's foundry and showing Bernhard Schmidt's whole life. Loe edasi... | |
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31.08Noblessner's foundry, 7 pm ARVO PÄRT DAYS 2019 IN TALLINN: concert performance DEATH DANCE (prepremiere)Arvo Pärt - Stabat Mater Thomas Adès - Totentanz Director Priit Võigemast Dramatist Paavo Piik (Kinoteater) Artist Kristjan Suits (Tallinn City Theatre) Video Emer Värk Choreography Ingmar Jõela Idea Tõnu Kaljuste Performed by: Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano, Netherlands) Mark Stone (baritone, UK) DEATH: dancer Ingmar Jõela Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Estonian National Symphony Orchestra Conductor Thomas Adès (UK) The concert performance ''Death Dance'' is based on Tõnu Kaljuste's idea to have Arvo Pärt's ''Stabat Mater'' and Thomas Adès's ''Totentanz'' meet and interact. Loe edasi... | |
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01.09Noblessner's foundry, 7 pm ARVO PÄRT DAYS 2019 IN TALLINN: concert performance DEATH DANCE (premiere)Arvo Pärt - Stabat Mater Thomas Adès - Totentanz Director Priit Võigemast Dramatist Paavo Piik (Kinoteater) Artist Kristjan Suits (Tallinn City Theatre) Video Emer Värk Choreography Ingmar Jõela Idea Tõnu Kaljuste Performed by: Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano, Netherlands) Mark Stone (baritone, UK) DEATH: dancer Ingmar Jõela Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Estonian National Symphony Orchestra Conductor Thomas Adès (UK) The concert performance ''Death Dance'' is based on Tõnu Kaljuste's idea to have Arvo Pärt's ''Stabat Mater'' and Thomas Adès's ''Totentanz'' meet and interact. Loe edasi... | |
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02.09Noblessner's foundry, 7 pm ARVO PÄRT DAYS 2019 IN TALLINN: CLEMENCYArvo Pärt Sarah Was Ninety Years Old James MacMillan Clemency Andrea Lauren Brown (soprano, US/Germany) Olari Viikholm (bass baritone) David Hackston (countertenor, UK/Finland) Valter Soosalu (tenor) Benjamin Kirk (baritone, UK/Estonia) Madis Metsamart (percussion) Kadri Toomoja (organ) Tallinn Chamber Orchestra Conductor James MacMillan (Scotland) James MacMillan, a Scottish composer celebrating his 60th birthday this year, is one of the most outstanding representatives of his generation. Loe edasi... | |
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03.09Noblessner's foundry, 7 pm ARVO PÄRT DAYS 2019 IN TALLINN: concert performance DEATH DANCEArvo Pärt - Stabat Mater Thomas Adès - Totentanz Director Priit Võigemast Dramatist Paavo Piik (Kinoteater) Artist Kristjan Suits (Tallinn City Theatre) Video Emer Värk Choreography Ingmar Jõela Idea Tõnu Kaljuste Performed by: Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano, Netherlands) Mark Stone (baritone, UK) DEATH: dancer Ingmar Jõela Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Estonian National Symphony Orchestra Conductor Thomas Adès (UK) The concert performance ''Death Dance'' is based on Tõnu Kaljuste's idea to have Arvo Pärt's ''Stabat Mater'' and Thomas Adès's ''Totentanz'' meet and interact. Loe edasi... | |
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04.09Mary Magdalene's Church (Maarja-Magdaleena kirik), 6 pm ARVO PÄRT DAYS 2019 IN RAPLA: TE DEUMArvo Pärt - Magnificat - Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - Nunc dimittis - Te Deum Pärt Uusberg - A new piece (premiere) Head Ööd, Vend Chamber Choir (Goodnight, Brother) Tallinn Chamber Orchestra Conductor Pärt Uusberg A young Estonian composer and conductor, Pärt Uusberg, leads the evening filled with Arvo Pärt's music in the renowned composer's birth town Rapla and on Arvo Pärt's birthday in Tallinn. The two composers are not barely connected by the common part of their names, but also by the aspiration to the consonant and self-reflective music language as well as by their closeness to spiritual texts. Loe edasi... | |
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04.09Noblessner's foundry, 7 pm ARVO PÄRT DAYS 2019 IN TALLINN: concert performance DEATH DANCEArvo Pärt - Stabat Mater Thomas Adès - Totentanz Director Priit Võigemast Dramatist Paavo Piik (Kinoteater) Artist Kristjan Suits (Tallinn City Theatre) Video Emer Värk Choreography Ingmar Jõela Idea Tõnu Kaljuste Performed by: Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano, Netherlands) Mark Stone (baritone, UK) DEATH: dancer Ingmar Jõela Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Estonian National Symphony Orchestra Conductor Thomas Adès (UK) The concert performance ''Death Dance'' is based on Tõnu Kaljuste's idea to have Arvo Pärt's ''Stabat Mater'' and Thomas Adès's ''Totentanz'' meet and interact. Loe edasi... | |
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05.09Holy Cross Church (Püha Risti kirik), 6 pm ARVO PÄRT DAYS 2019 IN PAIDE: MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDSPerotinus - Beata viscera Gavin Bryars - Incipit vita nova Henry Purcell - Music for a while - An Evening Hymn Italian Lauda 13th century - Oi me lasso Arvo Pärt - Es sang vor langen Jahren - Pari intervallo - My Heart's in the Highlands David James (countertenor) Triin Ruubel (violin) Sandra Klimaitė (viola) Theodor Sink (cello) Ene Salumäe (organ) The UK countertenor David James has been for decades one of the most sensitive interpreters of Arvo Pärt's music. Loe edasi... | |
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06.09St Alexander's Church (Aleksandri kirik) in Narva, 6 pm ARVO PÄRT DAYS 2019 IN NARVA: KANON POKAJANENArvo Pärt - Kanon pokajanen Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Conductor Kaspars Putniņš This year's traditional Arvo Pärt Days' concert will reach not only his home town Rakvere but also Hiiumaa island and – for the first time – Narva. The composer's most large-scale choir piece Kanon pokajanen will sound in the churches performed by Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under its head conductor Kaspars Putniņš. The work created for a Church Slavic text of a repentance canon has enchanted the audiences with its eternal theme prayers from the day of its creation in 1997 and has been noted by the critics. Loe edasi... | |
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07.09Arvo Pärt Centre (Kellasalu 3), 7 pm ARVO PÄRT DAYS 2019 IN LAULASMAA: MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS sold outPerotinus - Beata viscera Gavin Bryars - Incipit vita nova Henry Purcell - Music for a while - Evening Hymn Arvo Pärt - Es sang vor langen Jahren - My Heart's in the Highlands David James (countertenor) Triin Ruubel (violin) Sandra Klimaitė (viola) Theodor Sink (cello) Ene Salumäe (organ) The UK countertenor David James has been for decades one of the most sensitive interpreters of Arvo Pärt's music. During all the time of The Hilliard Ensemble existence he has participated in many premieres, performances, first and ensuing recordings of the renowned composer's works as a member of the vocal ensemble. Loe edasi... | |
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07.09Holy Trinity Church (Kolmainu kirik), 6 pm ARVO PÄRT DAYS 2019 IN RAKVERE: KANON POKAJANENArvo Pärt - Kanon pokajanen Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Conductor Kaspars Putniņš This year's traditional Arvo Pärt Days' concert will reach not only his home town Rakvere but also Hiiumaa island and – for the first time – Narva. The composer's most large-scale choir piece Kanon pokajanen will sound in the churches performed by Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under its head conductor Kaspars Putniņš. The work created for a Church Slavic text of a repentance canon has enchanted the audiences with its eternal theme prayers from the day of its creation in 1997 and has been noted by the critics. Loe edasi... | |
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08.09Pühalepa Church, 6 pm ARVO PÄRT DAYS 2019 ON HIIUMAA ISLAND: KANON POKAJANENArvo Pärt - Kanon pokajanen Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Conductor Kaspars Putniņš This year's traditional Arvo Pärt Days' concert will reach not only his home town Rakvere but also Hiiumaa island and – for the first time – Narva. The composer's most large-scale choir piece Kanon pokajanen will sound in the churches performed by Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under its head conductor Kaspars Putniņš. The work created for a Church Slavic text of a repentance canon has enchanted the audiences with its eternal theme prayers from the day of its creation in 1997 and has been noted by the critics. Loe edasi... | |
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09.09Arvo Pärt Centre (Kellasalu 3), 7 pm ARVO PÄRT DAYS 2019 IN LAULASMAA: ELLER AND PÄRTHeino Eller - Fantasy - Violin sonata No. 2 in D minor - Allegretto in D major - A dance from "A Wedding Song and Dance" - In the Moonlight - Dance in G major (Ristpulkade tants) Arvo Pärt - Fratres - Four Easy Dances - Spiegel im Spiegel Andres Kaljuste (violin) Sophia Rahman (piano) The chamber pieces of Arvo Pärt and his teacher, Heino Eller, will sound in Laulasmaa, the place both composers have a long-time affection to. During his last twelve summers, Heino Eller brought Arvo Pärt to the place and had him enchanted by its nature. Loe edasi... | |
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09.09St Paul's Church (Pauluse kirik) in Viljandi, 6 pm ARVO PÄRT DAYS 2019 IN VILJANDI: MIRROR IN MIRRORArvo Pärt - Für Alina - Fratres - Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - Trisagion - L’Abbé Agathon - Spiegel im Spiegel - Tabula rasa - Vater unser Maria Listra (soprano) Harry Traksmann (violin) Robert Traksmann (violin) Leho Karin (cello) Marrit Gerretz-Traksmann (piano) Tallinn Chamber Orchestra Conductor Tõnu Kaljuste Arvo Pärt's most beloved works are played in Viljandi and Tartu under Tõnu Kaljuste by Tallinn Chamber Orchestra together with Maria Listra and the father and son soloists, Harry and Robert Traksmann. Loe edasi... | |
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10.09St Paul's Church in Tartu (Pauluse kirik), 6 pm ARVO PÄRT DAYS 2019 IN TARTU: MIRROR IN MIRRORArvo Pärt - Für Alina - Fratres - Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - Trisagion - L’Abbé Agathon - Spiegel im Spiegel - Tabula rasa - Vater unser Maria Listra (soprano) Harry Traksmann (violin) Robert Traksmann (violin) Leho Karin (cello) Marrit Gerretz-Traksmann (piano) Tallinn Chamber Orchestra Conductor Tõnu Kaljuste Arvo Pärt's most beloved works are played in Viljandi and Tartu under Tõnu Kaljuste by Tallinn Chamber Orchestra together with Maria Listra and the father and son soloists, Harry and Robert Traksmann. Loe edasi... | |
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11.09St John's Church in Tallinn (Jaani kirik), 7 pm ARVO PÄRT DAYS 2019 IN TALLINN: birthday concert TE DEUMArvo Pärt - Magnificat - Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - Nunc dimittis - Te Deum Pärt Uusberg - A new piece (premiere) Head Ööd, Vend Chamber Choir Tallinn Chamber Orchestra Conductor Pärt Uusberg A young Estonian composer and conductor, Pärt Uusberg, leads the evening filled with Arvo Pärt's music in the renowned composer's birth town Rapla and on Arvo Pärt's birthday in Tallinn. The two composers are not barely connected by the common part of their names, but also by the aspiration to the consonant and self-reflective music language as well as by their closeness to spiritual texts. Loe edasi... | |
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