Estonia Concert Hall - Final Concert of the Season 2011

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Program

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 3 in D minor

Hermine Haselböck (mezzo-soprano)
Tallinn Boys’ Choir
Estonian Concert Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Nikolai Alexeev

At the final concert of the season we are happy to greet Nikolai Alexeev on the podium again – he was the principal conductor of ERSO from 2001 to 2010. With Mahler’s monumental Third Symphony he continues the series of powerful large-scale compositions.

The Orchestra

The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (ERSO) has its origins as a small radio orchestra in 1926. It has become Estonia’s representative orchestra over the years and has powerfully increased its international scope especially over recent years. High quality of ERSO’s recordings that has also attracted attention during recent years has been bespotted by several recognized music magazines and the recordings have been won several awards such as Grammy Award for the recordings of Sibelius’ cantatas (Ellerhein Girls’ Choir, Estonian National Male Choir, ERSO, conductor Paavo Järvi, Virgin Classics). In 2005 The New York Times named ERSO’s CD Peer Gynt(Virgin Classics) as surprise highlight of the year and in March 2006 it also won BBC Music Magazine’s award for best orchestral album. Released in August 2007, the CD Magma of Erkki-Sven Tüür`s music, conducted by Paavo Järvi, (Virgin Classics) was chosen as the album of the month in orchestral category by BBC Music Magazine, and in the October issue of GramophoneMagma as well as ERSO’s CD of Ester Mägi’s music (Toccata Classics) appeared among the ten most outstanding new albums.

http://www.erso.ee

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