Which Tubin was performed on that occasion? I’ve found him to be a very worthwhile composer to make the acquaintance of, and he was certainly fine enough in his own right to rubbish any half-baked notions those not in the know might have that Estonian music “began with Pärt”.
Chris, it was Tubin’s Symphony No. 7 that completed the programme. Quite a powerful piece i have to say (heavily influenced by the composer’s anguish at his exile from Estonia in Sweden); i’m not familiar with much of Tubin’s work, but it left me wanting to go away and hear a lot more, particularly the symphonies.
i was going to say that only the most naive listeners would believe that Estonian music “began with Pärt” – but then, i think that where Estonian music is concerned, most listeners probably are quite naive (and that’s not necessarily their fault – at least, not entirely).
I like to think of Tubin as being to Estonian music what Sibelius and Nielsen were to the music of their respective Nordic countries, despite hailing from the generation after theirs. See, I’m not immune from naive generalisation about such matters myself, and am more than happy to be put right!
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Which Tubin was performed on that occasion? I’ve found him to be a very worthwhile composer to make the acquaintance of, and he was certainly fine enough in his own right to rubbish any half-baked notions those not in the know might have that Estonian music “began with Pärt”.
Chris, it was Tubin’s Symphony No. 7 that completed the programme. Quite a powerful piece i have to say (heavily influenced by the composer’s anguish at his exile from Estonia in Sweden); i’m not familiar with much of Tubin’s work, but it left me wanting to go away and hear a lot more, particularly the symphonies.
i was going to say that only the most naive listeners would believe that Estonian music “began with Pärt” – but then, i think that where Estonian music is concerned, most listeners probably are quite naive (and that’s not necessarily their fault – at least, not entirely).
I like to think of Tubin as being to Estonian music what Sibelius and Nielsen were to the music of their respective Nordic countries, despite hailing from the generation after theirs. See, I’m not immune from naive generalisation about such matters myself, and am more than happy to be put right!