Episode 19: 20019 Veljo Tormis

The elemental power of ancient folk music was the life force that drove the compositions of Veljo Tormis (1930-2017). As the great Estonian composer famously said, “I do not use folk song. It is folk song that uses me.” This sentiment is echoed in definitive performances by the Estonian Philharmonic Choir and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Tõnu Kaljuste, for decades one of Tormis’s closest musical associates. Four orchestral cycles celebrate the changing seasons: Autumn Landscapes, Winter Patterns, Spring Sketches, Summer Motifs. And three pieces – Worry Breaks The Spirit, Hamlet’s Songs and Herding Calls - feature new arrangements by Tõnu Kaljuste, continuing and commemorating Tormis’s work.Track Listing:1 The Tower Bell in My Village2 Worry Breaks the Spirit3 Melancholy Songs - I. The Singer's Childhood4 II. Maidens' Sorrow5 III. Orphan's Lament6 Reminiscentia - Autumn Landscapes - I. It is Late Summer7 II. Clouds Racing Across the Sky8 III. Pale Light9 IV. Painfully Red Leaves10 V. Wind Along the Heath11 VI. Cold Autumn Night12 VII. Sad Purple Heather13 Reminiscentia - Winter Patterns - I. Winter Morning14 II. Cold15 III. Blizzard16 IV. Northern Lights17 Reminiscentia - Spring Sketches - I. Spring Wind18 II. Buds Leafing Out19 III. Evening Sky20 IV. Under the Bird Cherry Tree21 V. Yellow Flame22 VI. In Late Spring23 Reminiscentia - Summer Motifs - I. Dry Weather24 II. Thunderstorm25 III. Summer Night26 Reminiscentia - Three I Had These Words of Beauty27 Hamlet's Songs I28 Herding Calls - Childhood MemoriesHelp support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber and Apple Classical. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) [email protected] This album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).