Festival 2003
Tuesday, August 5 at 7 pm
Kuressaare Cultural Centre
Opening Concert
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| Andres Paas (piano) | Leho Ugandi (violin) | Heili Eespere (viola) | Marius Järvi (cello) | Mati Lukk (double bass) |
Schubert - Piano Quintet A major, D 667 (Trout)
Brahms - Piano Trio No 1 B major, op 8
According to tradition, the festivals Artistic Director, acknowledged pianist Andres Paas did also perform during the Opening Concert of the Kuressaare Chamber Music Days. As the main attractions of previous years have been Estonian-Hungarian joint ensemble HonEst Quintette and New Baltic Trio, unifying Baltic musicians, then that year Andres Paas played with renowned Estonian musicians. Sparkling Trout Quintet by Schubert and romantically passionate Piano Trio by Brahms were performed.
Thursday, August 7 at 7 pm
Kuressaare Cultural Centre
Trio Elegiaque
(Poland-Switzerland)
Justyna Danczowska (piano)
Lech Antonio Uszynski (violin)
Sebastian Uszynski (cello)
Beethoven - Piano Trio B flat major op 97 (Archduke)
Martin - Trio based on popular Irish melodies
Holliger - Duo for violin and cello
Witold Lutoslawski - Recitativo e arioso
Shostakovich - Piano Trio no 2 e minor, op 67
The members of piano trio Elegiaque are three young Polish musicians who share a passion for chamber music. Their two years of cooperation has yielded success on both concert tours and in contests. Swiss composer Heinz Holligers duo for violin and cello gave its Estonian premiére.
Thursday, August 7 at 10 pm
SPA Rüütli Ritter Hall
Exotic Promenades
Villu Veski (saxophone)
Tiit Kalluste (accordion)
Saxophonist Villu Veski and accordionist Tiit Kalluste are known as the creators of famous projects Sounds of the Nordic Islands" and "Tango Nuevo". In the exclusive summer concert in Kuressaare they performed with a duo-programme put together especially for the festival. Their compositions with ethno- and world music and tango flavours were spiced with a refreshing dose of improvisation and jazz music.
Friday, August 7 at 7 pm
Kuressaare Cultural Centre
Fantasies
Vestard Shimkus (klaver, Läti-USA)
J. S. Bach, Chopin, Rakhmaninoff, Vasks, Shimkus, Shostakovich
A Latvian 18-year-old pianist Vestard Shimkus has won several weighty international competitions. Estonian public saw him in February 2003 when he was on tour with Latvian National Symphony Orchestra.
Shimkus has got everything that one needs in order to give an impressive performance on the piano: effortless mastery of the instrument, energy, joy with which he plunges into performance. Nothing gives an impression of hard and tedious work, everything is natural and obvious. (Ia Remmel, Sirp, 21.02.2003).
Friday, August 8 at 7 pm
Kuressaare Castle
Castle Music: Trio Mediaeval
Anna Maria Friman (soprano)
Linn Andrea Fuglseth (soprano)
Torunn Ostrem Ossum (soprano)
The repertoire of Trio Mediaeval includes medieval English, French and Norwegian vocal music and as a counterweight, also the works of contemporary composers. The most exciting work of the concert is perhaps the premiere of so called Messe de Tournai that dates back to 13th 14th century. The Trios CD Words of the Angel, on which also the programme performed in Kuressaare was based, received maximum points in magazine Stereophile and was nominated the best album of the month in April 2002.
"These three women have astonishingly beautiful voices, with individual timbres that nonetheless mingle seamlessly... The Trio Mediaeval sings with feeling, depth, and soul" (Stereophile Recording Of The Month, April 2002; *****)
Saturday, August 9 at 7 pm
Kuressaare Cultural Centre
Finale: Lysell Quartet
(Sweden)
Bernt Lysell (violin)
Per Sandklef (violin)
Thomas Sundkvist (viola)
Mikael Sjögren (cello)
Nilsson - Attraktionen
Beethoven - String Quartet Op. 18 No. 1 F major
Stenhammar - String Quartet No. 6 d minor op. 35
Already for three years the honour of ending the festival has belonged to one of the classical chamber music line-ups string quartet. That year to the successful performers of previous years Bartók Quartet (Hungary) and Quatuor Parisii (France) was added Lysell Quartet from Sweden. The members of this quartet have played together for 17 years and they are also the leading musicians of Stockholm Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Special events
Friday, August 8 at 2 pm
SPA Rüütli Restaurant Ritter
Concert-performance for children
Villu Valdmaa baritone (Bear)
Alar Haak tenor (Tiger)
Siim Selis synthesizer (Hare)
Music for children by Estonian composers.
Saturday, August 9
SPA Rüütli
The Day of Music Therapy
In summer 2003 the festival for the first time included also lectures on music therapy and workshops, the aim of which is acknowledging the influence of music and combining the therapy in both theory and practice with listening to live music.