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New work by Kristjan Kõrver at the concert of Ensemble U:

On December 29 at 7 pm, Ensemble U:’s New-Year’s Eve concert of new music will take place in Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Chamber Hall with the premiere of Kristjan Kõrver’s new work CRISIS. It’s the first collaboration between one of the leading new music ensemble and composer who has been prominent with instrumental chamber music. In addition to the premiere, also “early music” will be played – Georg Friedrich Haas’s development of Josquin Desprez’s Agnus Dei - tria ex uno - sextett nach Josquin Desprez and three arrangements of Henry Purcell’s music by Oliver Knussen, George Benjamin and Colin Mathews, preceded by Iannis Xenakis’s Plektó.

The year 2011 may be called busy for Ensemble U: - they released their second CD Protuberances, performed concerts in USA (including two premieres), in UK, at festivals NYYD 2011 and PUNKT 2011. Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Microphonie was performed in Tallinn Kanuti Guild Hall. Musicians of Ensemble U: are Tarmo Johannes (flute), Helena Tuuling (clarinet), Merje Roomere (violin), Levi-Danel Mägila (cello), Vambola Krigul (percussion) and Taavi Kerikmäe (piano).

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