At the opening concerts of the NYYD Ensemble new season soon taking place in Tartu and Tallinn, new work by Estonian composer Toivo Tulev will be presented. As a commission of the NYYD Ensemble Tulev’s first cello concerto titled as „Before” (2006), will premiered. An 8th century text, known as Bede’s Death Song, played a significant part in creation of this work.
In Tartu concert NYYD Ensemble plays also Tulev’s “Be lost in the Call” (2003) written as a commission of the Berlin festival MaerzMuzik and premiered by NYYD Ensemble and Olari Elts in Berlin Philharmonic in March 2003.
“Infinite Canon” (2006) for string quartet by Galina Grigorjeva, recently premiered in frame of the David Oistrakh Festival in Estonian Art Museum KUMU by RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet (Ireland) also will be performed at the opening concerts. Galina Grigorjeva is the composer in residence by the NYYD Ensemble in the season of 2006/2007.
Music for Chamber Ensemble (2006) by Jay Schwartz, a nominated composer of new music born in San Diego and today residing in Cologne, Germany, is another weighty premiere of the opening concert. The work was also written on NYYD Ensemble’s commission. In memory of György Ligeti (1923–2006) his organ work „Volumina” (1961) is included in the concert program. In Tallinn concert, also “Pièce en forme libre" for organ and string quartet by the French composer and organist Jean Langlais (1907–1991) will be performed.
Opening concerts of the NYYD Ensemble will take place on September 7 in Tartu University Hall and on September 10 in Tallinn St. Nicholas’ Church. Aside from the NYYD Ensemble, organist Aare-Paul Lattik and cellist Teet Järvi will participate.