On September 28 at 6 pm, church service and concert in memory of the passengers who perished in the cruise-ferry Estonia catastrophe will take place at Mustjala Anna Church in Saaremaa. Music will be performed by Kai Kallastu (soprano) and composer Andrus Kallastu (organ, electronics), also pastor Rene Reinsoo will speak. The program consists of Andrus Kallastu’s Ich hab’genug (2000), Bent Lorentzen’s Luna, Mart Siimer’s Ojman livtib (2009) and György Ligeti’s Volumina.
Traditional fire to commemorate the catastrophe will be set on fire at 7.30 pm at Ninase Limestone Cliff where one of the memorial stones to the Estonia catastrophe has been placed.
The catastrophe occurred on September 28 in1994, as the ship was crossing the Baltic Sea, en route from Tallinn (Estonia), to Stockholm (Sweden). It claimed 852 lives out of 989 passengers on board and was one of the deadliest maritime disasters of the late 20th century. Every year, on the anniversary date, a fire is made here to commemorate all perished in this catastrophe.
Agnes Toomla