On November 7, Erkki-Sven Tüür’s The Path and the Traces (2005) for string orchestra will be performed in Koerner Hall of Toronto Royal Conservatory. Work written on the impact of listening the traditional singing of the ancient Greek church is dedicated to Arvo Pärt. Concert is entitled The Mystical Worlds of Pärt & Schafer and presents a world premiere of Canadian composer Raymond Murray Shafer and Pärt’s Magnificat, Berlin Mass and Da pacem Domine. Under the direction of Tõnu Kaljuste, choirs of Canadian top universities and string orchestra will appear on the stage. Concert is organised by Soundstreams – international centre for new directions in music.
 Arvo Pärt Photo: Peeter Langovits |
 Tõnu Kaljuste Photo: Peeter Langovits |
 Erkki-Sven Tüür Photo: Taavi Kull |
Next week, on November 13, Tõnu Kaljuste will give a concert with Pärt’s music in New York, where Adam’s Lament and Stabat mater for mixed choir and string orchestra will be performed by State Choir Latvija and St. Luke’s Orchestra in Lincoln Centre Alice Tully Hall. Latvija with Tõnu Kaljuste performs at a late night concert already in November 12 in other venue of Lincoln Center – Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse. Program consists of Frank Martin’s Mass, Pärt’s Dopo la vittoria and Veljo Tormis’s Curse upon Iron. These two concerts are part of White Light Festival that is focused on music’s transcendent capacity to illuminate our larger interior universe.
Mariliis Valkonen