Tõnis Leemets

WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA

Works for symphony orchestra

• Over & Out

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  • Video

  Over & Out
  
  During the last weeks of her life,
  my mother started frequenting... the mountains.
  She went there with a helicopter, and she managed to do it so quickly and quietly that, somehow,
  the nurses and other patients at the nursing hospital never even noticed her absence!
  
  Supposedly I also went there with her couple of times.
  
  And while I can't claim to remember that, this image –
  escaping to the mountains with a helicopter,
  straight from the hospital bed –
  has been haunting me consistently ever since.
  I definitely hope to see those mountains one day.
  
  Tõnis Leemets

  2021
  8'
  symphony orchestra: 2222, 2221, 1+1, strings
  Fp: Symphony Orchestra of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, conductor Toomas Vavilov; May 15, 2021, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Concert Hall
  Distributor: EMIC TL 001
  

Works for chamber orchestra

• Tiramisù

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  2019
  sinfonietta: 1111, 1110, 1, piano, strings
  Fp: Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Sinfonietta, conductor Toomas Vavilov; 2020, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
  Distributor: EMIC TL 002
  

Works for wind orchestra

• Noodilood

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  • Estonian Police and Border Guard Orchestra, conductor Hando Põldmäe

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  You can take Tõnis out of the 90's club scene, but you can't take the 90's club scene out of Tõnis... So this is where all the house chords, d'n'b bass lines, disco groove and free impro come from: youth lived in the 90's. The title refers to folk texts sometimes written to an old Estonian dance labajalavalss. Very often, these texts started with 'nüüd algavad noodilood' which continued in quite a dirty language... If this all (using also the quotes by the Grande, from Ravel to Eller) also forms a whole in other minds than the composer's, that must be found out at the concert.
  
  Tõnis Leemets

  2020
  6'
  wind orchestra
  Fp: Estonian Police and Border Guard Orchestra, conductor Hando Põldmäe; October 15, 2020, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Concert Hall
  

WORKS FOR ENSEMBLE

Duos

• Serenade [Serenaad]

  Listen: Facebook

  piece for young musicians
  2021
  3'
  cello, guitar (drop D tuning)
  Fp: Ruslan Petrov (cello), Agni Hallik (guitar); November 25, 2021, Kose Culture Centre
  

Trios

• Dance Suite [Tantsusüit]

  Dedicated to ensemble Una Corda
  2017
  harpsichord, harp, kannel
  Fp: Ensemble Una Corda; 2017, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
  
• Bird Market [Linnulaat]

  • Video

  2005
  4'
  3 guitars, electronics
  CD „Coca Inca“, Weekend Guitar Trio (2009); Weekend Guitar Trio
  
• Coca Inca

  • Video

  2005
  4'
  3 guitars, electronics
  CD „Coca Inca“, Weekend Guitar Trio (2009); Weekend Guitar Trio
  
• Kaamos

  • Video

  2005
  8'
  3 guitars, electronics
  CD „Coca Inca“, Weekend Guitar Trio (2009); Weekend Guitar Trio
  
• Ethn-O-Matic [Etnoautomaat]

  Dedicated to Weekend Guitar Trio
  1999
  three electric guitars
  Fp: Weekend Guitar Trio; November 25, 1999, Estonia Concert Hall, festival NYYD
  

Quintets

• Stump Grinder

  2022
  2'
  2 trumpets, French horn, trombone, tuba
  
• Bum bum bum

  Listen the work: https://vimeo.com/551934053

  Dedicated to Ensemble Fraclates
  2021
  3'
  flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano
  Fp: Ensemble Fractales; 18.05.2021, veebikontsert
  

WORKS FOR SOLO INSTRUMENT

Works for other instrument

• Let's Take the Rhythms of Tartu [Võtkem Tartu rütmid]

  2017
  For the carillon of Tartu Town Hall
  Fp: June 29, 2017, Tartu Town Hall Square
  

VOCAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

Works for voice(s) and other instrument(s)

• perseveringly losing memory [sihikindel mälukaotamine]

  Listen: Soundcloud

  Dedicated to Iris Oja
  2019
  8'
  mezzo-soprano, bass clarinet, electric guitar, piano, pre-recorded sounds
  Text: Tõnis Leemets
  Fp: Iris Oja (mezzo-soprano), Meelis Vind (bass clarinet), Tõnis Leemets (electric guitar), Raun Juurikas (piano); May 15, 2019, Tallinn Methodist Church
  

ELECTRONIC, ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC AND MULTIMEDIA WORKS

• AntiMūsa

  AntiMūsa is a psychedelic journey on a prehistoric sea not yet too brightly illuminated by the rays of rational thinking, where everything seemingly familiar (nature sounds, quotes from classic texts) can turn into something else and nothing (e.g., the origin and presumable musical context of the sounds) can be taken for granted. It is a double dedication to the sirens, who 1) supposedly lived on the island of Anthemusa; 2) though (bird-)women with fatally attractive voices, still lost a singing contest… to the muses. In Odyssey they can be outsmarted quite easily; personally, I prefer the earlier story of Jason and the argonauts, who passed the sirens as the lyre of Orpheus silenced their singing. This gives us hope that even today, with the help of muses, we can safely pass the myriad of voices whispering or yelling in our ears. I would like to thank Claude Debussy and all the sirens.
  
  Tõnis Leemets
  
  Listen: Soundcloud

  2020
  8'
  fixed media
  Fp: September 18, 2020, 1st Studio of Estonian Public Broadcasting, Estonian Music Festival
  
• Yo Hannes

  Listen: Soundcloud

  2018
  5'
  fixed media
  Fp: October 21, 2018, Helios Hall, Autumn Festival of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
  
• Bird Market [Linnulaat]

  • Video

  2005
  4'
  3 guitars, electronics
  CD „Coca Inca“, Weekend Guitar Trio (2009); Weekend Guitar Trio
  
• Coca Inca

  • Video

  2005
  4'
  3 guitars, electronics
  CD „Coca Inca“, Weekend Guitar Trio (2009); Weekend Guitar Trio
  
• Kaamos

  • Video

  2005
  8'
  3 guitars, electronics
  CD „Coca Inca“, Weekend Guitar Trio (2009); Weekend Guitar Trio
  
• Full Scale Band

  2001
  electric guitar, fixed media
  Fp: Tõnis Leemets (electric guitar); October 10, 2001, Vanalinnastuudio, Tallinn, festival NYYD
  

INCIDENTAL MUSIC

Film music

• Music for feature film „All Musicians Are Bastards“ [Muusika mängufilmile „Kõik muusikud on kaabakad“]

  Director: Heleri Saarik. Production firm: Allfilm.
  2012
  Fp: October 7, 2012, Busan International Film Festival, South Korea; October 26, 2012, Cinema Sõprus, Tallinn
  
• Music for feature film „Kinnunen“

  Director: Andri Luup. Production firm: Ruut.
  2007
  Fp: December 13, 2007, Cinema Sõprus, Tallinn
  
• Music for educational film „Help circulate the package“ [Muusika õppefilmile „Aita pakend ringlema“]

  Director: Andri Luup. Production firm: The Ministry of the Environment, Allfilm.
  2006
  
• Music for short film „Õppija õigus“

  Director: Andres Maimik, Jaak Kilmi. Production firm: Eesti Audiovisuaalkultuuri Keskus.
  1998
  
• Music for short film „Come to Visit“ [Muusika lühimängufilmile „Külla tuli“]

  Director: Jaak Kilmi. Production firm: Eesti Telefilm, Heategevusfond Diplomifilm
  1997
  Fp: January 6, 1998, Estonian Television; June 5, 1998, Cinema Sõprus, Tallinn
  

Music to plays

• Music for Eugène Ionesco's play „Exit the King“ [Muusika Eugène Ionesco näidendile „Kuningas sureb“]

  2021
  Fp: October 13, 2021, Theatrum, stage director Maria Peterson
  
• Music for Andri Luup's play „Felicitas“

  2020
  Fp: February 13, 2020, Theatrum, stage director Andri Luup
  
• Music for Joël Pommerat's play „This Child“ [Muusika Joël Pommerat' näidendile „See laps“]

  2019
  Fp: October 20, 2019, Theatrum, stage director Maria Peterson
  
• Music for Andri Luup's play „Egg“ [Muusika Andri Luubi näidendile „Muna“]

  2018
  Fp: August 11, 2018, Theatrum, stage director Andri Luup
  
• Music for Andri Luup's play „Pulli kirves“

  2018
  Fp: March 24, 2018, Theatre Endla, stage director Andri Luup
  
• Music for William Shakespeare's tragedy „King Lear“ [Muusika William Shakespeare’i näidendile „Kuningas Lear“]

  2018
  Fp: November 19, 2018, Theatrum, stage director Vladimir Baicher
  
• Music for ANdri Luup's play „The Rake“ [Muusika Andri Luubi näidendile „Reha“]

  2015
  Fp: October 14, 2015, Theatrum, stage director Andri Luup
  
• Music for Mart Aas's play „Mürisev vaikus“

  2015
  Fp: February 21, 2015, Kinomaja (Cinema House), Tallinn, stage director Mart Aas
  
• Music for play „Making of „Kapsapea““

  Author: Ott Aardam after Oskar Luts
  2015
  Fp: September 19, 2015, Theatre Ugala, stage director Ott Aardam
  
• Music for Andri Luup's play „Dove“ [Muusika Andri Luubi näidendile „Tuvi“]

  2013
  Fp: November 29, 2013, Kinomaja (Cinema House), Tallinn, stage director Maria Peterson
  
• Music for Kristel Leesmend's play „An hour to be touched“ [Muusika Kristel Leemendi näidendile „Tund aega, et hinge minna“]

  2013
  Fp: February 16, 2013, Estonian Drama Theatre, stage director Kristel Leesmend
  
• Music for Yelena Skulskaya's poetry theatre „Pardakaart“

  2013
  Fp: August 24, 2013, Dovlatov Days, Tallinn Witers' House, stage director Yelena Skulskaya
  
• Music for Mart Aas's play „Success“ [Muusika Mart Aasa näidendile „Edu“]

  2011
  Fp: February 17, 2011, Tartu Uus Teater, stage director Mart Aas
  
• Music for play „Loeme Dovlatovit“

  Author: Yelena Skulskaya on the basis of Sergei Dovlatov's prose, letters and poems
  2011
  Fp: August 26, 2011, Dovlatov Days, Estonian Drama Theatre, Tallinn, stage director Tatiana Kosmynina
  
• Music for Mart Aas's play „IDentiteet“

  2009
  Fp: October 25, 2009, Tartu Uus Teater, stage director H. H. Sankovsky
  
• Music for Yevgeni Grishkovetz's play „Notes of a Russian Traveler“ [Muusika Jevgeni Griškovetsi näidendile „Vene rännumehe ülestähendused“]

  2008
  Fp: August 9, 2008, Tartu Uus Teater, stage directors Ott Aardam, Mart Aas
  
• Music for play „Elu sees“

  Author: Mart Aas after Aleksander Allen
  2006
  Fp: March 19, 2006, Theatrum
  

Music to radio drama

• Music for radio drama „Forss Minoor“

  Author: Ernst Miil. Director: Andri Luup.
  2011
  Fp: February 25, 2012, Estonian Public Broadcasting's channel Vikerraadio
  
• Music for radio drama „Elu sees“

  Based on Theatrum production, set for radio by Mart Aas, Marius Peterson, Tõnis Leemets, Külli Tüli and Toomas Lõhmuste
  2007
  Fp: February 17, 2007, Estonian Public Broadcasting's channel Vikerraadio
  

POPULAR MUSIC

Popular songs

• Täis kuu

  • Video

  2016
  3'
  Text: Tõnis Leemets
  CD „Hype“, Bombillaz (2016); Bombillaz
  
• Tule valgus

  • Video

  2014
  3'
  Text: Tõnis Leemets, Kill Kaare
  CD „Hype“, Bombillaz (2016); Bombillaz
  CD „Värvid. kogumik #1“, Full House Agency (2014); Bombillaz