Eduard Tubin (1905-1982)
-100th Birthday Celebrations
International Music
Festival "Tubin and his time"
is a collaboration project of E. Tubin
Society,
Estonian State Concert
Institute Eesti Kontsert and Estonian
Ministry of Culture
State Concert Institute
Eesti Kontsert: www.concert.ee
International Eduard
Tubin Society: www.emic.kul.ee/tubin/
Eduard
Tubin 100
On June 18th,
2005, we will celebrate the 100th birth
anniversary of Eduard Tubin (1905–1982),
Estonian most eminent composer. Above
all Tubin is a symphonist; the back-bone
of his music is the ten Symphonies that
have an important place in the 20th
century European music. His symphonies
are characterized by inner depth, virtuosity
and individual style. The same can be
said about his instrumental concerts
and operas "Barbara von Tisenhusen",
"The Parson of Reigi" and
ballet "Kratt".
Although half of his
life Tubin lived in Sweden, in his heart
he remained above all an Estonian composer
who developed in his music the best
traditions of Estonian classical music
compounding together the intonation
of Estonian folk music and modern musical
means of expression.
To celebrate Eduard
Tubin’s 100th birth
anniversary many concerts and activities
will take place. Organised jointly by
Eduard Tubin Society and Eesti Kontsert
the most comprehensive would be the
international festival where different
conductors and orchestras will perform
all his 1 0 s y m p h o n i e s.
This would be an attempt to give a complete
cyclic overview on Tubin as a symphonist.
This event would be a unique in scope
in the whole Estonian music history.
Introducing the music by Edurad Tubin
in the whole world services by maestro
Neeme Järvi have been immense.
He has recorded the greater part of
Tubin’s symphonic music (BIS) and has
deserved the highest international acknowledgement.
His participation in the Tubin Festival
with Tubin’s greatest work – Symphony
No. 6 – will hopefully be one of the
high peaks of this festival. Also Estonian
National Symphony Orchestra ERSO and
conductor Arvo Volmer have recorded
all symphonies by Tubin (Alba) and he
will also conduct the new premier of
the opera "Barbara von Tisenhusen"
at the National Opera "Estonia".
The opera has been recorded by conductor
Peeter Lilje (Ondine).
We have inherited from
Eduard Tubin an amazingly rich and versatile
music that belongs to the Estonian music
gold reserve. His music expresses in
its individual way our people’s soul
and its originality and is Estonian
national pride. Year by year the music
by Tubin has received growing understanding
and notice not only in his homeland
but also in the whole world. Hopefully
Tubin’s jubilee celebrations will forward
exploring the values in his music and
describing the place Edurad Tubin takes
both in his time and in our time.
Vardo Rumessen
Artistic Director
Festival "Tubin
and his Time"
Festival
"Eduard Tubin and His Time"
dedicated to Eduard
Tubin’s 100th anniversary
18. May – 19. June
2005
Artistic Director
Vardo Rumessen
Patron: H.E. Dag
Hartelius
Wednesday, 18 May, 7 pm, Tallinn,
Estonia Concert Hall
Opening concert
ESTONIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor PAAVO JÄRVI
Erki-Sven Tüür. Aditus
Jean Sibelius. Symphony
No. 5 in E flat Major op. 82
Lepo Sumera. Musica profana
Eduard Tubin. Symphony
No. 5 in B Minor (ETW 5)
Sunday, 22 May, 7 pm, Tallinn, Estonia
Concert Hall
PETERSBURG MARIINSKY THEATRE SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA.
Conductor VALERY GERGIEV
Dmitri Shostakovitch. Symphony
No. 8
Eduard Tubin. Symphony No. 8
(ETW 8)
Thursday, 26 May, 7 pm, Tartu, Vanemuine
Concert Hall
VANEMUINE THEATRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Girls’ Choir "ELLERHEIN"
(choir leader TIIA LOITME),
soloists HELI VESKUS (soprano), CARMEN
PUIS (mezzosoprano)
Conductor LAURI SIRP
Rudolf Tobias. Ouverture "Julius
Caesar"
Claude Debussy. "La Damoiselle
Elue" (Dante Gabriel Rosetti)
Eduard Tubin. Symphony No. 1
(ETW 1)
Saturday, 28 May, 7 pm, Tallinn,
Estonia Concert Hall
ESTONIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor NEEME JÄRVI. Soloist
Per Tengstrand (Sweden, USA)
Eugen Kapp. Suite from the ballet
"Kalevipoeg"
Wilhelm Stenhammar. Concerto
for Piano and Orchestra No. 1
Eduard Tubin. Symphony No.
6 (ETW 6)
Tuesday, 31 May, 7 pm, Tallinn,
Estonia Concert Hall
TAMPERE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conductor: ERI KLAS
Arvo Pärt. Perpetuum Mobile
Jean Sibelius. The Wooden Nymph
Reciter Lasse Pöysti
Arvo Pärt. Fratres (dedicated
to Eduard Tubin)
Eduard Tubin. Symphony No. 9
"Sinfonia semplice" (ETW 9)
Richard Strauss. Till Eulenspiegel
op. 28.
Friday, 3 June, 7 pm, Tallinn, Estonia
Concert Hall
HELSINKI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conductor LEIF SEGERSTAM
Einojuhani Rautavaara. Cantus
Arcticus
Jean Sibelius. Symphony No.
7 in C Major op. 105
Eduard Tubin. Symphony No. 2
"Legendary" in B Minor (ETW
2)
Friday, 10 June, 7 pm, Tallinn,
Estonia Concert Hall
ROYAL STOCKHOLM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conductor JUKKA PEKKA SARASTE
Eduard Tubin. Symphony No. 10
(ETW 10)
Jean Sibelius. Symphony No.
2 in D Major op. 43
Saturday, 11 June, 7 pm, Tallinn,
Estonia Concert Hall
TONKÜNSTLER ORCHESTRA OF LOWER
AUSTRIA
Conductor KRISTJAN JÄRVI, Soloist
CHRISTIANE OELZE
Richard Strauss. Four interludes
from opera "Intermezzo"
Gustav Mahler. "Rückert
songs"
Eduard Tubin. Symphony No. 4
"Sinfonia lirica" in
A Major (ETW 4)
Tuesday, 14 June,
7 pm, Tallinn, Estonia Concert
Hall
LATVIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor OLARI ELTS, Soloist INGA
KALNA (soprano)
Jean Sibelius. The Swan of Tuonela
op. 22-3
Eduard Tubin. Symphony No 7
(ETW 7)
Richard Strauss. "Four
last songs"
Richard Strauss. "Tod
und verklärung"
Friday, 17 June, 7 pm, Tallinn,
Estonia Concert Hall
ESTONIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor NIKOLAI ALEXEEV, Soloist
XIANG GAO (violin, USA)
Eduard Tubin. Toccata (ETW 14)
Eduard Tubin. Violin Concerto
No. 1 in D Major (ETW 19)
Eduard Tubin. Symphony No. 3
("Heroic", ETW 3)
Sunday, 19 June, 3 pm, Tartu, in
front of Vanemuine Concert Hall
Official opening of Eduard Tubin monument
4 pm, Tartu, Vanemuine Concert Hall
VANEMUINE THEATRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor NEEME JÄRVI
Eduard Tubin. Sinfonietta on Estonian
Motifs in C Major (ETW 11)
Eduard Tubin. Estonian Folk Dances
(ETW 12)
Eduard Tubin. Suite on Estonian Folk
Dances for Violin and Orchestra (ETW
53A)
Eduard Tubin. Suite on Estonian Dances
(ETW 15)
Music
events
dedicated to Eduard
Tubin’s 100th anniversary
2005.
Tuesday, 12 April, 17 pm, Estonian
Academy of Music
A concert by students dedicated to
Eduard Tubin’s 100th anniversary
of birth
Saturday, 16 April, 12 pm, Estonian
Academy of Music
Eduard Tubin Competition (piano, violin,
vocal)
Eduard Tubin Society, EMA
Sunday, 17 April, 4 pm, in Stockholm,
Finnish church
A concert dedicated to Eduard Tubin’s
100th anniversary of birth
Alfred Pisuke (violin), Liine Carlsson
(soprano), Katrin Meerits (mezzosoprano),
Mikko Pulkkinen (tenor), Liis Jaanivald
(flute), Klarika Kuusk (piano), Toomas
Tuulse (piano), Stockholm Estonian Mixed
Choir (cond.Toomas Tuulse, Jaan Seim),
Male choir (cond. Jaan Seim).
Thursday, 2 June, 7 pm, Helsinki,
Finlandiatalo
HELSINKI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conductor LEIF SEGERSTAM
Eduard Tubin. Symphony No. 2
"Legendary" in B Minor (ETW
2)
Thursday, 2 June
Saturday, 4 June, National Opera
„Estonia"
Eduard Tubin. Opera "Barbara
von Tisenhusen". (ETW 112). Conductors
Arvo Volmer, Aivo Välja
Friday, 3 June, Vienna, Musikverein
Sunday, 5 June, Vienna, Musikverein
Monday, 6 June, St. Pölten
TONKÜNSTLER ORCHESTRA OF LOWER
AUSTRIA
Conductor KRISTJAN JÄRVI
Eduard Tubin. Symphony No. 4
"Sinfonia Lirica" in
A Major (ETW 4)
Wednesday, 8 June. International
conference on musicology
in Stockholm
Royal Swedish Academy of Music
Wednesday, 8 June, Stockholm, Konserthuset
ROYAL STOCKHOLM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conductor: JUKKA PEKKA SARASTE
Eduard Tubin. Symphony No. 10
(ETW 10)
Thursday, 16 June, 7 pm, Tallinn,
Estonia Concert Hall
Estonian National Male
Choir (RAM), EKE Engineers Male Choir,
Academy of Science Male Choir, Technical
University Male Choir etc.
Conductors Kuno Areng,
Peeter Perens, Ants Soots, Ants Üleoja
Organ: Piret Aidulo
Program: Eduard Tubin. Songs
for male choir and Requiem for Fallen
Soldiers
16 – 17 June. International conference
on musicology in Tallinn
Eduard Tubin Society and Estonian Academy
of Music
Saturday, 18 June, Song Festival
in Alatskivi
Choir concert. Performers: Mixed Choir
of "Estonia" Society, Mixed
Choir Noorus, Tartu University Chamber
Choir, Tallinn Chamber Choir; Tartu
University Female Choir, Academy of
Science Female Choir, Technical University
Female Choir; EKE Engineers Male Choir,
Academy of Science Male Choir, Technical
University Male Choir etc.
Programme: choir songs
by E. Tubin, M. Saar, K. Türnpu,
E. Aav, V. Tormis,
G. Ernesaks, U. Naissoo
etc.
Sunday, 25 September, Estonia Concert
Hall
TUBINIANA. "Complete Piano Works"
Eduard Tubin. Piano works performed
by
Age Juurikas, Marko Martin, Ivari Ilja,
Kalle Randalu, Vardo Rumessen
Photo album "Eduard Tubin and
His Time"
Compiled by Vardo Rumessen
With CD recording of Eduard Tubin’s
works
(Theatre and Music Museum / Publishing
House SE&JS)
Eduard Tubin. "Complete Works"
Piano Works. Edited by V. Rumessen
Eduard Tubin Society/ Gehrmans Musikförlaget
AB
Tallinn / Stockholm
Eduard Tubin monument in Tartu
Authors Aili Vahtrapuu and Veronika
Valk
Eduard Tubin. Stamp & envelope
Eesti Post
TV documentary "Eduard Tubin
as symphonist"
Estonian TV. Producer Jüri Reinvere
Eduard Tubin. Letters
Compiled by Vardo Rumessen
Eduard Tubin Society
Eduard Tubin. Ballet "Kratt"
CD
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
ERSO
Conductor Arvo Volmer
Alba Records, 2005
Eduard Tubin. Symphonies No. 1–10
CD
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
ERSO
Conductor Arvo Volmer
Alba Records, 2005
Eduard Tubin. Piano Music CD
Vardo Rumessen (piano)
St. Petersburg Philharmonic String
Quartet
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
ERSO
Conductor Nikolai Alexeev
Alba Records, 2005
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
ERSO
Conductor Nikolai Alexeev
Alba Records, 2005
