I: ERSO 100 CENTENARY CONCERT. ERSO 100 festival

PROGRAM

Benjamin Britten
Overture The Building of the House, Op. 79

Lepo Sumera
Symphony No. 5

Richard Strauss
Tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

PERFORMERS

ESTONIAN PHILHARMONIC CHAMBER CHOIR, ERSO, conductor OLARI ELTS

For this anniversary concert, ERSO performs weightly symphonic works under the baton of chief conductor Olari Elts. "Lepo Sumera's Fifth Symphony unfolds as constantly changing, dreamlike scenes melting irreversibly into one another, which may originate from the past, the future, or even from non-existence. A strange landscape emerges – a frozen massif containing eternal expectation, ready at any moment to shatter, melt, or crumble into dust due to its enormous internal tension..." This is how Erkki-Sven Tüür described the Sumera's symphony.

Richard Strauss's masterpiece, the philosophical symphonic poem Also sprach Zarathustra ("Thus Spoke Zarathustra"), was inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's novel of the same name. Rather than retelling Nietzsche’s complex concept of human evolution, Strauss’s work conveys its spiritual atmosphere. The opening of the piece – a sunrise in the mountains seen through the eyes of an ancient prophet – has been used in numerous performances, commercials, and films. The concert opens with Benjamin Britten's festive overture The Building of the House, performed together with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Composed in 1967 for the opening of the Snape Maltings concert hall in Suffolk, it serves as a reminder that the centenarian ERSO still needs a home hall of its own!

PRICES

Category I ticket: €60 / €50*

Category II ticket: €45 / €35*

Category III ticket: €38 / €28*

Category IV ticket: €25 / €15* (Some Category III tickets may be for seats with limited visibility).

Supporter ticket: €100**

*Discounted prices apply to students, university students, and pensioners upon presentation of a valid ID at the ticket check.

**The supporter ticket is located in the best seats. By purchasing this ticket, you support the activities of the ERSO.