OPENING CONCERT OF THE SEASON. Fantastique • "Puhas kuld" kontserdisari

Erkki-Sven Tüür
Melting Bells (premiere)

Ester Mägi
Church Bell (arranged by Rasmus Puur)

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14

BOMSORI KIM violin, ERSO, conductor OLARI ELTS

The opening concert of the 98th season of ERSO is dedicated to a recurring theme of the sound of bells in its various forms and meanings. ERSO’s chief conductor Olari Elts is directing the concert. Composer Erkki-Sven Tüür will create a new piece especially for this evening. Rasmus Puur’s arrangement of Ester Mägi’s Church Bell, a song written for a male choir, is also going to represent Estonian music. The concert is named after Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. The symphony, which was considered revolutionary in the 1830s due to its novel sound, has become a true classic for modern symphony orchestras. 

Bomsori Kim, a South Korean violinist with a high-flying career, will be the soloist of the concert. She has won numerous reputable violin competitions and is an artist of Deutsche Grammophon as well as a frequent guest performer on the most prestigious stages of the world. She will be the soloist for the Violin Concerto by musical prodigy Erich Wolfgang Korngold, which has been performed by ERSO only twice before.