I: NEEME JÄRVI AND FRIENDS
Heino Eller
Domestic Song
Peeter Vähi
Blue Collage (premiere)
Artur Lemba
Piano Concerto No. 2 in E minor
Sergei Bortkiewicz
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 16
TRIIN RUUBEL violin, INDREK LEIVATEGIJA cello, ANNA SHELEST piano, ERSO, conductor NEEME JÄRVI
The first concert in the ‘Romance’ series brings conductor Neeme Järvi together with his long-time musical partners on the stage of the Estonia Concert Hall: Triin Ruubel on violin, Indrek Leivategija on cello, and Anna Shelest on piano. Ruubel and Leivategija will perform the solos of Peeter Vähi’s Blue Collage. The concert programme includes Piano Concerto No. 2 by Artur Lemba, one of the brightest pianists in Estonian music history. Lemba’s works are characterised by a combination of classical and romantic styles and a lyrical sound.
The programme also includes Piano Concerto No. 1 by Sergei Bortkiewicz, a Romantic composer of Ukrainian descent. His compositions are heavily influenced by the music of Liszt, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and other nineteenth-century greats. Anna Shelest, the soloist for the piano concerti, is an artist with numerous international accolades, who has enchanted audiences across the world. The New York Times has described her as a pianist of ‘a fiery sensibility and warm touch.