On March 19 and 27, ensemble Resonabilis will give two concerts in Tartu and Pärnu where they will play works which they introduced in autumn 2010 in Tallinn and Viljandi within the series rePRESSION 2. The program consists of Helena Tulve’s North Wind, South Wind (2010), Tauno Aints’s 3film (2010), Andrus Kallastu’s Elegiac Trope (2010), Kaija Saariaho’s Mirrors for flute and cello, Anton Webern’s Variations, Op. 27 (arrangement for kannel by Kristi Mühling) and additonally the premiere performance of young American composer Eugene Birman’s defixio2.
Concerts will be held on March 19 at 6 pm at Tartu St. Luke’s Church and March 27 at 2 pm at Pärnu Town Hall within the series ABONOMENT 007.
The first concert of the series rePRESSION initated by Resonabilis took place in 2009. The titel of the concerts refers to the fact, that the ensemble with unique selection of instruments often has to repress both composers and themselves to commission, seak and find new works to perform.
 Ensemble Resonabilis |
The ensemble Resonabilis (Iris Oja – voice, Kristi Mühling – kannel, Tarmo Johannes – flute and Aare Tammesalu – cello) with unique selection of instruments was founded in 2002 by Tarmo Johannes and Kristi Mühling from Estonian renowned contemporary music performers. Composers from Estonia and abroad have written for Resonabilis to create a new repertoire: Margo Kõlar, Tatjana Kozlova, Kristjan Kõrver, Age Hirv, Märt-Matis Lill, Malle Maltis, Daan Manneke (Netherlands), Antti Auvinen (Finland), Santa Ratniece (Latvia), David Helbich (Germany). One of the important aims for the ensemble is to perform such pieces of Western contemporary classics that are not often played in Estonian concert halls. |