Estonian Sinfoniettas’ Christmas Time concertt
STORIES OF LIGHT
On December 14th at 6 PM, Estonian Sinfonietta's Christmas concert at the Niguliste Museum will once again bring listeners wonderful music to mark the beginning of the Christmas time. This year's concert will be a little more special than usual, as Kristi Mühling on the Estonian traditional instrument kannel and Barbro Wendt on the Åland traditional instrument nyckelharpa will join the Estonian Sinfonietta Soloists, treating the audience to Estonian-Swedish, Swedish, and Åland tunes in addition to works based on folk tunes by Estonian composers.
The concert will feature the Estonian premiere of Malle Maltis's work "Stories of Peace and Light", which will have its World premiere a week earlier, on December 7th at St. Göran's Church in Mariehamn. The composer writes about her work: “Stories of Peace and Light” is a collection of songs inspired by Finnish-Swedish and Åland folk tunes, dances, and ballads. The music has a unique sound thanks to the ensemble, which includes the Estonian chromatic kannel, nyckelharpa, string quintet, and percussion instruments. “Stories of Peace and Light” will be premiered during the dark days before Christmas, when there is a lack of light here in the Nordic countries, just as there is a lack of peace in the world today.”
The concert is organized in cooperation with the Åland Cultural Association Katrina.
Tickets are available at Piletilevi and at the concert venue an hour before.
Tickets are sold in cash at the concert venue.
THE END-OF YEAR CONCERT
FIREWORKS IN THE GREEN PARK
The program for the Estonian Sinfonietta's The End-of-Year concert, which will take place at 6 PM on December 27 in the White Hall of the Tallinn Philharmonic Blackheads House, features two legendary works from the world's musical heritage: Antonio Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons", soloist Anna-Liisa Bezrodny and Georg Friderich Händel's "Music for the Royal Fireworks.".
The lively atmosphere of the end of the year will be enhanced by Jacques Danican Philidor's "March for Timpani," performed by Karl Johann Lattikas, and "Fanfares" from Jean-Joseph Mouret's "Premiere Suite de Symphonies".
The only piece in the concert with a connection to Estonia, Johann Valentin Meder's beautiful "Chaconne," offers a moment of reflection and an opportunity to look back on the past year.
Why the concert is titled "Fireworks in the Green Park" will tell conductor Maria Seletskaja at the concert.
Two days later, on December 29th, Estonian Sinfonietta will perform the same program in the Great Hall of the Cologne Philharmonie.
Tickets are available at Piletilevi and at the concert venue an hour before.
The New Year’s concert
THE SEASONS
January 3rd at 6 PM. The Estonian Sinfonietta New Year's concert at the Narva-Jõesuu Noorus Spa Hall will feature two legendary works – Antonio Vivaldi's violin concertos „The Four Seasons”, with Anna-Liisa Bezrodny as soloist, and selected pieces from Pyotr Tchaikovsky's piano cycle „The Seasons”, with Tiiu Sisask as soloist.
The Estonian Sinfonietta will be conducted by Maria Seletskaja, Artistic Director of the Narva-Jõesuu Feestival, who will introduce the evening's concert, and reveal a little about the summer festival events.
The meeting with Maria Seletskaja will start at 5 p.m at concert venue, Noorus Spa hall.
The seasons meet at the first concert of the Narva-Jõesuu Feestival "Lighthouse" 2026!
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Tickets are on sale at Fienta and at the concert venue before the concert.
Tickets are sold in cash at the concert venue.