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    Mixtape #59 : Best Albums of 2020

    by 5:4 January 1, 2021 • 07:45
    January 1, 2021 • 07:45

    A very Happy New Year to you all! As always, i want to begin 2021 by thanking all of you around the world who have followed and supported 5:4 during the last year, most especially and above all to my growing number of esteemed and beloved Patrons. i don’t think…

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    Best Albums of 2020 (Part 2)

    by 5:4 December 31, 2020 • 00:00
    December 31, 2020 • 00:00

    It’s something of a relief knowing that this year, finally, is poised to become a memory, consigned to history. But before it does, here’s the second part of my 40 Best Albums of 2020, each of which has wonderfully demonstrated that this year has had a lot more going for…

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    Cyrillus Kreek – The Suspended Harp of Babel

    by 5:4 May 29, 2020 • 11:14
    May 29, 2020 • 11:14

    i’ve been waiting for this for three years. At the 2017 Estonian Music Days, i experienced a double onslaught to the head and heart courtesy of choir Vox Clamantis performing the music of Cyrillus Kreek. For this reason more than any other, i’ve clung to the memories of that first…

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    Estonian Music Days 2018 (Part 3)

    by 5:4 April 30, 2018 • 09:50
    April 30, 2018 • 09:50

    Over the last few years, i’ve been repeatedly impressed – no, flabbergasted – at the ingenuity, imagination and beauty that seem to typify Estonian choral music as well as distinguish it from pretty much everywhere else. It’s by no means the most experimental music to come out of the country,…

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    Mixtape #40 : Miniatures

    by 5:4 October 1, 2017 • 11:13
    October 1, 2017 • 11:13

    Even more than is usually the case, the new 5:4 Mixtape is a pure stream of consciousness. i’ve returned to a theme i explored in one of the earliest mixtapes, miniatures, once again setting myself a limit of music lasting under two minutes. With a shortlist of 100+ tracks (each…

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    Cheltenham Music Festival 2017: E STuudio Youth Choir

    by 5:4 July 8, 2017 • 15:54
    July 8, 2017 • 15:54

    In the wake of my experiences at this year’s Estonian Music Days, extended in my recent weekend of articles focusing on the country’s choral music, yesterday’s late evening concert at St Matthew’s Church in Cheltenham was a real treat. It featured a choir new to me, the E STuudio Youth Choir,…

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    Estonia in Focus weekend: Cyrillus Kreek – Psalms 121, 137, 141

    by 5:4 June 24, 2017 • 05:00
    June 24, 2017 • 05:00

    Estonia’s highly imaginative approach to choral music is not in any way a recent development. The country’s most dominant figure of the earlier twentieth century is Cyrillus Kreek (1889–1962), who in addition to being a composer was also a choral conductor and a collector of both Estonian and Swedish folk music.…

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    Estonian Music Days 2017 (Part 1)

    by 5:4 April 11, 2017 • 22:42
    April 11, 2017 • 22:42

    i’ve recently got back from a few days in Tallinn, attending Eesti Muusika Päevad, the Estonian Music Days, the country’s annual celebration of contemporary music. Coming away from my first encounter with the EMD last year, and reflecting on the experience after, left me with mixed feelings. Estonian contemporary music…

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