Kõrvits, Tõnu | Estonian Music Information Centre

WORKS FOR THE STAGE

Operas

Butterfly [Liblikas]
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opera in two acts
2013
100'
4 soloists, mixed choir, symphony orchestra
Libretto: Maria Lee Liivak and Lauri Kaldoja after Andrus Kivirähk's novel
Choreography: Kati Kivitar
Fp: Oliver Kuusik (tenor), Rauno Elp (baritone), Kadri Kipper (soprano), Helen Lokuta (mezzo-soprano), Estonian National Opera Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vello Pähn, director Peeter Jalakas; September 13, 2013, Estonian National Opera
Commissioned by: Estonian National Opera
Firegarden [Tuleaed]
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Firegarden / Kädy Plaas (soprano), Helen Lokuta (mezzo-soprano), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste

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chamber opera
2006
33'
soprano, mezzo-soprano, flugelhorn, string orchestra
Libretto: Maarja Kangro
Fp: Kädy Plaas (soprano), Helen Lokuta (mezzo-soprano), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste, director Peeter Jalakas; April 20, 2006, Von Krahl Theatre, Tallinn
Commissioned by: Nargen Opera
Publisher: T. Kõrvits: Nargen Opera
Manuscript
My Swans, My Thoughts [Mu luiged, mu mõtted]
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My Swans, My Thoughts / Kädy Plaas (soprano), Helen Lokuta (mezzo-soprano), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste

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chamber opera
2005
25'
soprano, mezzo-soprano, percussion, string orchestra
Libretto: Maarja Kangro after Marie Heiberg
Fp: Kädy Plaas (soprano), Helen Lokuta (mezzo-soprano), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste, director Peeter Jalakas; April 20, 2006, Von Krahl Theatre, Tallinn
Commissioned by: Nargen Opera
Publisher: T. Kõrvits: Nargen Opera
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Musical and/or drama and/or dance works for stage

Hylas and the Nymphs

ballet music
2004
23'
flute, cello, percussion, electronics
Choreography: Teet Kask
Commissioned by: Teet Kask

WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA

Works for symphony orchestra

To the Moonlight [Kuuvalgusele]
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To the Moonlight / Estonian Festival Orchestra, conductor Paavo Järvi

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The moon a phantom rose
Through the mountains and the pine
And then the darkness fell
The moon´s a harsh mistress
It´s hard to love her well

Jimmy Webb

Three Blues for Symhony Orchestra
3 movements
2020
17'
symphony orchestra: 2233, 2200, 2, harp, strings
Fp: Estonian Festival Orchestra, conductor Paavo Järvi; July 19, 2020, Pärnu Concert Hall, Pärnu Music Festival
CD „Estonian Premieres“, Alpha Classics (2022); Estonian Festival Orchestra, conductor Paavo Järvi
Distributor: EMIC TK 132
The History of Abandoned Lighthouses [Hüljatud tuletornide ajalugu]
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The History of Abandoned Lighthouses: Light I / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Olari Elts

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Light I
Light II
Light III
Light IV
Light V-VI
Aloha
2019
23'
symphony orchestra: 2223, 4200, 1+1, strings
Fp: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Olari Elts; February 22, 2019, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn
Distributor: EMIC TK 114
Melancholy of Flowers [Lillede melanhoolia]
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Melancholy of Flowers / Vanemuine Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paul Mägi

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1. Flowers
2. My Secret Garden
3. Melancholy
2018
17'
symphony orchestra: 2232, 4230, harp, 1+2, strings
Fp: Vanemuine Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paul Mägi; May 18, 2018, Vanemuine Concert Hall, Tartu
Commissioned by: Paul Mägi
Distributor: EMIC TK 143
To the Sun [Päikesele]
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To the Sun / Symphony Orchestras, conductor Hando Põldmäe

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2018
4'
symphony orchestra
Fp: Symphony orchestras of the XXVII General Song Celebration, conductor Hando Põldmäe; July 7, 2019, Tallinn Song Festival Grounds, XXVII General Song Celebration
Commissioned by: Song and Dance Celebration Foundation
To The Sun [Päikesele]
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Version for smaller orchestra
2018
symphony orchestra: 2222, 2200, 1, strings
Distributor: EMIC TK 127
Ballad (from Dolores's Songbook) [Ballaad (Dolorese lauluvihikust)]
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Ballad / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Arvo Volmer

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2013
9'
symphony orchestra: 2223, 4330, 1, harp, strings
Fp: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, conductor Arvo Volmer; April 5, 2013, Estonia Concert Hall, Estonian Music Days Festival
Distributor: EMIC TK 076
Hymns to the Nordic Lights [Hümnid virmalistele]
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Hymns to the Nordic Lights / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost

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“The simple idea of the work is to depict a man watching the Northern Lights under the Nordic sky. I have seen Northern Lights from the Estonian countryside. Their pulsation is unique.“

Tõnu Kõrvits

in 5 movements
2011
13'
symphony orchestra: 2122, 2200, 1, strings
Fp: Britten Sinfonia, conductor James MacMillan; October 20, 2011, Estonia Concert Hall, festival "Nyyd"
Commissioned by: festival "Nyyd"
CD "Tõnu Kõrvits. Hymns to the Nordic Lights", Ondine (2020); Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost
CD „New Estonian Orchestral Music“, Estonian Music Information Centre (2017); Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost
Distributor: EMIC TK 073
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Tears-Fantasy [Pisarate-fantaasia]
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Tears-Fantasy / Tallinn Sinfonietta, conductor Risto Joost

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2011
7'
symphony orchestra: 2222, 2200, 1, strings
Fp: Tallinn Sinfonietta, conductor Risto Joost; July 21, 2011, Tartu St. John's Church, festival "Glasperlenspiel"
Commissioned by: festival "Glasperlenspiel"
CD "Tõnu Kõrvits. Hymns to the Nordic Lights", Ondine (2020). Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost
Distributor: EMIC TK 074
Passacaglia
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Passacaglia / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Anu Tali

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2009
14'
symphony orchestra: 2222, 4230, 2, strings
Fp: Symphony Orchestra of Malmö Music Academy, conductor Neil Thomson; March 7, 2009, Malmö Concert Hall
FpEst: Symphony Orchestra of Malmö Music Academy, conductor Neil Thomson; March 12, 2009, Vanemuine Concert Hall, Tartu
Commissioned by: Malmö Music Academy
Distributor: EMIC TK 036
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Sung into the Wind [Tuulde lauldud]
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Sung into the Wind / Nordic Symphony Orchestra, conductor Anu Tali

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My country home is in the northern part of Kõrvemaa. There I have come to understand how musical the wind is. Naturally, it is spontaneous, but often it is capable of surprising with its precisely measured “compositions”. It’s a powerful natural organ that makes the northern lights commence to glow and sings the Song of Songs to the Boreal Spirit. The most beautiful words about the wind come from old Estonian folk songs.

When Anu asked me to write a piece for the concert bearing the subtitle Enigma, then I knew what I would do. The wind can spin and hide, scatter and pick up musical patterns, harmonies and melodies. Turning everything into one song.

Tõnu Kõrvits

1. Wind Harp
2. Wind Breath
3. Wind Fairy
4. Wind Harp II
5. Sung into the Wind
6. Winds Have Arrived
2006
12'
symphony orchestra: 2222, 4330, 1+2, harp, strings
Fp: Nordic Symphony Orchestra, conductor Anu Tali; January 24, 2007, Vanemuine Concert Hall, Tartu, Estonia
Commissioned by: Nordic Symphony Orchestra
Distributor: EMIC TK 037
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The Songs of Survivors [Ellujäänute laulud]
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2004
16'
symphony orchestra: 2222, 4331, percussion (1+3), strings
Fp: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Olari Elts; December 10, 2004, Tartu, Vanemuine Concert Hall
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Eldorado
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symphonic poem
2002
10'
symphony orchestra: 2322, 4331, percussion (1+2), celesta, harp, strings
Fp: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Olari Elts; Tallinn, Estonia Concert Hall, April 5, 2003, Estonian Music Days Festival
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The Sign of Love [Armastuse märk]
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A passage from Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist: “Love is a hawk flying above your sands. For the hawk you are its green meadow that it never leaves without a prey. The hawk knows your cliffs, sand-drifts and mountains, and you are generous to the hawk.”

Tõnu Kõrvits

2002
13'
symphony orchestra: 3232, soprano saxophone in B, 4331, percussion (1+2), harp, strings
Fp: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Olari Elts; April 5, 2002, Tallinn, Estonia Concert Hall, Estonian Music Days Festival
Commissioned by: Estonian Composers' Union
Distributor: EMIC Manuscript
The Myth [Müüt]
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The Myth / Vanemuine Symphony Orchestra, conductor Lauri Sirp

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2001
13'
symphony orchestra: 3232, 4231, percussion (3 players), harp, celesta, strings
Fp: Symphony Orchestra of the Vanemuine Theatre, conductor Lauri Sirp; February 23, 2001, Tartu, Vanemuine Concert Hall
Commissioned by: Vanemuine Theatre
The Blue Gate [Sinine värav]
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The Blue Gate / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vello Pähn

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This is a piece about yearning, seeking and finding – one particular instance. Blue is the colour of the sky and sea and blue gate can be a symbol of expectation and peace; a place where the sky and sea become one.

Tõnu Kõrvits

1995
11'
symphony orchestra: 4333, 4331, percussion (3 players), 2 harps, strings
Fp: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vello Pähn, November 9, 1995, Tallinn, Estonia Concert Hall
Commissioned by: State Concert Institute Eesti Kontsert
Symphony [Sümfoonia]
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Symphony / Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Toomas Kapten

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in 3 movements
1994
17'
symphony orchestra: 2121, 1210, percussion (2 players), piano, guitar, strings
Fp: Youth Philharmonic Orchestra of Tallinn, conductor Toomas Kapten; March 19, 1994, Tallinn, Estonian Music Days Festival
Commissioned by: Estonian Composers' Union
Publisher: Edition 49

Works for chamber orchestra

Passacaglia
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Homage á Pēteris Vasks
2021
5'
organ, string orchestra
Fp: Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Kadri Toomoja (organ), conductor Tõnu Kaljuste; May 15, 2021, House of Blackheads, Tallinn (virtual concert)
Distributor: EMIC TK 141
Nocturanus
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Nocturanus / Madis Metsamart and Vambola Krigul (gongs), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tammo Sumera (electronics), conductor Risto Joost

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1. Lunar
2. On This Night
3. Pulsar
4. Sea of Clouds (Mare nubium)
5. Stay
6. By the Canal
7. Departure
2019
47'
chamber orchestra: gongs (2 players), strings, electronics
Fp: Madis Metsamart and Vambola Krigul (gongs), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tammo Sumera (electronics), conductor Risto Joost; November 22, 2019, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn
Distributor: EMIC TK 122
Music for silent film "Vampyr"
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Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer (1932)
2015
75'
chamber orchestra: 1111, 1000, percussion, strings
Fp: Orchestre Régional de Normandie, conductor Jean Deroyer; November 20, 2015, Amphithéâtre Pierre Daure of the University of Caen, France
FpEst: Pärnu City Orchestra, conductor Kaspar Mänd; October 31, 2021 Estonian National Museum (Tartu), November 1, 2021 Pärnu Concert Hall, November 13, 2021 Kumu Auditorium (Tallinn)
Distributor: EMIC TK 131
River of Gratitude [Tänumeele jõgi]
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River of Gratitude / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Anu Tali

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variations on a song
2010
11'
chamber orchestra: 2 percussion, harp, celesta, strings
Fp: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Anu Tali; March 26, 2010, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, Estonian Music Days Festival 2010
Distributor: EMIC TK 077
Manuscript
Music for silent feature film "La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc"
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Director Carl Theodor Dreyer (premiere 1928)
2009
77'
chamber orchestra: 1111, 1000, percussion (1), piano, strings
Fp: Ensemble de Basse-Normandie, conductor Dominique Debart; November 21, 2009, Théâtre du Préau, Vire, France
FpEst: Tallinna Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost; November 19, 2014, Tallinn House of Blackheads
Commissioned by: Ensemble de Basse-Normandie
Distributor: EMIK TK 041
To a Man, in Whose Eyes the Brightness of Polaris Sparkled [Inimesele, kelle silmis helkis Põhjanaela sära]
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To a Man, in Whose Eyes the Brightness of Polaris Sparkled / Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Toomas Kapten

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1993
8'
chamber orchestra: 2 pianos, percussion (1 player), strings
Fp: Youth Philharmonic Orchestra of Tallinn, conductor Toomas Kapten; March 22, 1993, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, Estonian Music Days Festival
Commissioned by: Estonian Composers' Union

Works for string orchestra

Good Night [Head ööd]
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Good Night / Madis Metsamart, Vambola Krigul (gongs), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost

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2019
4'
string orchestra, tuned gongs (optional, 2 players)
Fp: Madis Metsamart, Vambola Krigul (gongs), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost; November 22, 2019, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn
Distributor: EMIC TK 120
Suite from the film "The Little Comrade" [Süit filmist "Seltsimees laps"]
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Suite from the film The Little Comrade: III Riding a Motorcycle / Nordic Symphony Orchestra, conductor Anu Tali

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1. Puud (Trees)
2. Lahkumine emast (Leaving Mother)
3. Sõit mootorrattaga (Riding a Motorcycle)
4. Öö / Feliks ei suuda tõtt rääkida (Night / Feliks Can't Tell the Truth)
5. Rõõm imelisest päevast (Joy of a Miraculous Day)
6. Jooksmata jäänud jooksud (Runs Not Having Been Run)
7. Feliks ja Leelo (Feliks and Leelo)
2019
10'30''
string orchestra
Fp: Nordic Symphony Orchestra, conductor Anu Tali; December 17, 2019 Vanemuine Concert Hall, Tartu, December 18, 2019 Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, December 19, 2019 Pärnu Concert Hall
Distributor: EMIC TK 121
Leaving Capri [Lahkumine Caprilt]
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Leaving Capri / Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost

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Homage to Konrad Mägi
2018
4'
string orchestra
Fp: Estonian Academy of Music nd Theatre Chamber Orchestra, conductor Andres Kaljuste; November 1, 2018, Assembly Hall of the University of Tartu, gala concert of the conference commemorating the 140th anniversary of the birth of the painter Konrad Mägi
Commissioned by: Konrad Mägi Foundation
CD "Tõnu Kõrvits. Hymns to the Nordic Lights", Ondine (2020). Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost
Distributor: EMIC TK 108
Azure [Asuur]
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Azure / Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost

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Version of the male choir song from "Songs from Dolores's Songbook" (2016)
2017
2'
string orchestra
CD "Tõnu Kõrvits. Hymns to the Nordic Lights", Ondine (2020). Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost
Distributor: EMIC TK 095
Flow, my tears
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Arrangemnet of John Dowland's song
2017
string orchestra
Fp: Risto Joost (counter tenor), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; January 26, 2017, Tallinn House of Blackheads
Distributor: EMIC TK 086
Song to Friends [Laul sõpradele]
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Song to Friends / Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost

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Dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
2013
5'
string orchestra
Fp: Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost; October 5, 2013, Tallinn House of Brotherhood of Black Heads
Canon [Kaanon]
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Canon / Youth Symphony Orchestra of the XI Youth Song Celebration, conductor Lilyan Kaiv

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2010
4'
string orchestra
Fp: Symphony orchestras of XI Youth Song Celebration, conductor Lilyan Kaiv; July 3, 2011, Tallinn Song Festival Grounds
Commissioned by: Estonian Song and Dance Celebration Foundation
Distributor: EMIC TK 042
Labyrinths [Labürindid]
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Labyrinths / Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste

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Dedicated to Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and Tõnu Kaljuste
in 7 movements
2010
21'
string orchestra
Fp: Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste; December 4, 2010, Tallinn Methodist Church
CD „Tõnu Kõrvits. Mirror“, ECM (2016); Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor)
Distributor: EMIC TK 001
Manuscript
Elegies of Thule [Thule eleegiad]
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Elegie of Thule: Night is Darkening / Nordic Symphony Orchestra, conductor Anu Tali

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Tõnu Kõrvits:

I have written quite a few pieces about Thule – the mystic and mysterious Northern land. Recently “Pictures of Thule”, and now “Elegies of Thule”. One may say that Estonian nature and people is the common line in these pieces. There I have also turned to the most primordial source – folksong.

1. Night is Darkening
2. Bells
3. I Look up to the Hill
2007
15'
string orchestra
Fp: Vanemuine Symphony Orchestra, conductor Toomas Vavilov; February 23, 2007, concert dedicated to the 89th Anniversary of the Republic of Estonia, Vanemuine Concert Hall, Tartu
Commissioned by: State Concert Institute Eesti Kontsert
CD "Tõnu Kõrvits. Hymns to the Nordic Lights", Ondine (2020). Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost
Distributor: EMIC TK 002

Works for wind orchestra

Signals from Thule
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Signals from Thule / Orchestra of the Estonian Defence Forces, conductor Peeter Saan

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2001
3'
wind orchestra
Fp: Orchestra of the Estonian Defence Forces, conductor Peeter Saan; June 1, 2001, Tartu, festival "Est-Tattoo"

Works for other orchestras

The Days of Glory [Ülluse aeg]
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The Days of Glory / Tallinn Brass, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tarmo Leinatamm

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1999
5'
string orchestra, percussion (2 players), brass orchestra
Fp: Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tallinn Brass, cond. Tarmo Leinatamm; January 1, 2000, Millennium Project of the European Broadcasting Union
Commissioned by: Estonian Radio
The Unforgettable I, The Unforgettable II

1998
10'
mandolin orchestra
CD “Clicking Ecstasy”, Antes (1998), Detlef Tewes, The Mühlheim Orchestra of Plucked Instruments
Publisher: Edition 49

WORKS FOR SOLO INSTRUMENT(S) AND ORCHESTRA

Works for flute and orchestra

Milky Way [Tsirgutii] [Tsirgutii]
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Milky Way / Monika Mattiesen (flute), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost

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In the Southern Estonian dialects, tsirgutii is Milky Way. Milky Way, the Bird Way or Birds’ Way in Estonian – is a widespread belief, and in Estonian archive materials, the Birds’ Way is mainly denoted as the path used by migratory birds.

Tõnu Kõrvits

2005
12'
solo flute, string orchestra
Fp: Monika Mattiesen (flute), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost; February 16, 2006, Tallinn Methodist Church
CD "Estonian composers (VI). Risto Joost", Estonian Public Broadcasting (2010); Monika Mattiesen (flute), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost
Distributor: EMIC TK 007
Longer Than a Thousand Summers [Kauem kui tuhat suve]
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Longer Than a Thousand Summers / Monika Mattiesen (flute), 21st Century Orchestra, conductor Erki Pehk

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“Longer Than a Thousand Summers” is like a look from times long past… So it could be a process, or a going. In the beginning, something is “born”, something “lives and burns”, and then… I wrote this piece in the countryside, in June. Late spring and early summer is my favourite time of the year – it is an unsettlingly beautiful time, a time of amazing smells and freshness outside. A powerful wave that has been long in hiding, now grows… Tõnu Kõrvits

2000
10'
solo flute, chamber orchestra: celesta, percussion (1 player), strings
Fp: Monika Mattiesen (flute), 21st Century Orchestra, conductor Erki Pehk; July 14, 2000, Pärnu St. Elizabeth Church, David Oistrakh Festival
Commissioned by: David Oistrakh Festival
Manuscript

Works for oboe and orchestra

La Folia
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La Folia / Kalev Kuljus, ENSO, conductor Anu Tali

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2009
10'
oboe, string orchestra
Fp: Kalev Kuljus (oboe), Nargen Festival Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste; July 31, 2009, Omari barn, the island Naissaar, Nargen Festival
Commissioned by: Nargen Opera
Distributor: EMIC TK 004

Works for clarinet and orchestra

Song of the Lakes [Järvede laul]
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2019/2021
4'
clarinet, string orchestra
Distributor: EMIC TK 147
Silent Songs [Vaiksed laulud]
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Silent Songs: II Sacred River / Meelis Vind (bass clarinet), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Taavi Kull

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Silent songs in based on three melodies found from „The Song Book of Dolores“. The first one caught my attention with its extensive range and flow, resembling a blooming flower. The second part seemed to reflect on a folk tune from West Estonia. The melody of the third part ispired me with its usage of shifting scales and overtones.

Tõnu Kõrvits

1. Flower
2. Sacred river
3. Farewell farewell
2015
18'
bass clarinet, symphony orchestra: 2000, 4230, celesta, harp, strings
Fp: Meelis Vind (bass clarinet), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Taavi Kull; April 10, 2015, Estonia Concert Hall, Estonian Music Days Festival
Commissioned by: Estonian Music Days Festival
CD "Tõnu Kõrvits. Hymns to the Nordic Lights", Ondine (2020). Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Meelis Vind (bass clarinet), conductor Risto Joost
Distributor: EMIC TK 075

Works for bassoon and orchestra

Bassoon Concerto "Rain's Songs to the Rainbow" [Fagotikontsert "Vihma laulud vikerkaarele"]
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Rain's Songs to the Rainbow: III / Martin Kuuskmann (bassoon), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost

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4 movements
2016
18'
bassoon, string orchestra
Fp: Martin Kuuskmann (bassoon), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost; May 7, 2016, Tallinn, House of Blackheads
Commissioned by: Tallinn Philharmonic Society
Distributor: EMIC TK 081
Beyond the Solar Fields [Teispool päikesevälju]
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Beyong the Solar Fields / Martin Kuuskmann (bassoon), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paul Mägi

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The work was written specially for my childhood friend Martin Kuuskmann. The basis of the work is several Estonian herder tunes and it has several meanings. Herder melodies are like the “Estonian blues”, which were sung to keep sadness and loneliness at bay. In these songs, frequently consisting of phrases with just a few notes, you can feel great power. The symbolic meaning cannot be overlooked, either. For me, it signifies something distant, golden and innocent. Tõnu Kõrvits

2004
13'
solo bassoon, symphony orchestra: 2020, 2200, percussion (2 players), harp, strings
Fp: Martin Kuuskmann (bassoon), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paul Mägi; April 16, 2004, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, Estonian Music Days Festival
Commissioned by: Estonian Composers' Union
Distributor: EMIC TK 062

Works for saxophone and orchestra

Song of the Lakes [Järvede laul]
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Song of the Lakes / Virgo Veldi (saxophone), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost

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Arrangement of the piece with the same name
2019
4'
soprano saxophone, string orchestra
Fp: Virgo Veldi (saxophone), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost; November 22, 2019, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn
Distributor: EMIC TK 119
...in these gardens [...neis aedades]
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...in these gardens / Virgo Veldi (saxophone), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Lauri Sirp

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I hoped I would get around to setting one of Astride Ivask’s poems to music (now I have done, but in a slightly different manner). I was inspired by a Oriolus singing, which has been characterized as a “somewhat melancholy multisyllabic purely flute-like whistle”, and the end of the phrase of which is adorned by a descending three-note motif that is characterized by nearly unchanging intervals: G-E-A. In addition, I also made use of a fairy tale-like folk song from Urvaste. This work is written for Virgo Veldi.

Tõnu Kõrvits

2004
11'
alto saxophone, string orchestra
Fp: Virgo Veldi (saxophone), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Lauri Sirp; April 14, 2005, Tallinn Methodist Church, Estonian Music Days Festival
Commissioned by: Estonian Composers' Union
Distributor: EMIC TK 008

Works for trumpet and orchestra

Trumpet Concerto [Trompetikontsert]
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Trumpet Concerto: 1st mvt / Indrek Vau (trumpet), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Olari Elts

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III
2021
14'
trumpet, symphony orchestra: 2222, 2000, 0+1, harp, strings
Fp: Indrek Vau (trumpet), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Olari Elts; October 22, 2021, Estonia Concert Hall
Distributor: EMIC TK 149
Hymn to an Endless River [Hümn lõputule jõele]
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2016
7'
trumpet, string orchestra
Distributor: EMIC TK 146

Works for viola and orchestra

Song [Laul]

Arrangement of the second movement "Song" from the piece "Signal and Song" for French horn and piano (2011)
2020
viola, string orchestra

Works for cello and orchestra

Song [Laul]
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Song / Anja Lechner (cello), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor)

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Based on the second movement "Song" of the work "Signal and Song" for French horn and piano (2011)
2013
4'
cello, string orchestra
Fp: Anja Lechner (cello), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste; February 6, 2013, Tallinn Methodist Church
CD „Tõnu Kõrvits. Mirror“, ECM (2016); Anja Lechner (violoncello), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor)
Distributor: EMIC TK 064

Works for piano and orchestra

Safra
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Safra / Niklas Pokki (piano), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost

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What is the most sublime feeling there is? For me it has always been burning. Safra means fire. This piece is connected with fire. The motto is from an Estonian folk tune.

Tõnu Kõrvits

2005
15'
solo piano, string orchestra
Fp: Niklas Pokki (piano), St. Michel Strings, conductor Esä Heikkila; July 3, 2005, Mänttä Music Festival, Finland
FpEst: Niklas Pokki (piano), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost; February 16, 2006, Tallinn Methodist Church
Commissioned by: Mänttä Music Festival, Niklas Pokki
CD „Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre 90“, ERR, EMTA (2009); Niklas Pokki (piano), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost
Distributor: EMIC TK 006
Manuscript

Works for guitar and orchestra

Prelude [Prelüüd]
- Pdf
Arrangement of the Prelude I from the "Two Preludes"
1995/2020
guitar, string orchestra
Distributor: EMIC TK 128
Leaving Elba [Lahkumine Elbalt]
- Pdf
2015
8'
electric guitar, string orchestra
Distributor: EMIC TK 091
The Songs on the Bridge of Encounters [Laulud Kohtumiste sillal]

2006
15'
solo guitar, string orchestra
Fp: Reinbert Evers (guitar), St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, conductor Donatas Katkus; May 18, 2006, International Guitar Festival Münster 2006, Germany
Commissioned by: Reinbert Evers
CD "Mirage", Ambitus Musikproduktion (2007); Reinbert Evers (guitar), St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra Vilnius, conductor Donatas Katkus
The Day Is Now Gone [Nüüd on see päev ju lõppenud]

version of the 1st movement of the work "Four Estonian sacred folk tunes for string quartet"
2002/2005
6'
electric guitar, string orchestra
Fp: Ain Agan (electric guitar), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost; February 16, 2006, Tallinn Methodist Church
Concerto semplice [Concerto semplice]
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1992
16'
guitar, string orchestra
Fp: Tiit Peterson (guitar), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jüri Alperten; January 11, 1996, Tallinn, Guitar Music Days
CD “White Concerto”, Tiit Peterson 1998; Tiit Peterson (guitar), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vello Pähn
Publisher: Edition 49
Manuscript

Works for two or more soloists and orchestra

Helios Helios
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Helios Helios / Pei-Jee Ng (cello), Pei-Sian Ng (cello), ENSO, conductor Anu Tali

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Helios Helios is based on the Estonian pastorals and "sunspells" on one side. Especially the last ones with their often mnenodic short tunes, that yet sound magical and enchanting. They were sung to chase away the rain and to bring out the Sun again. I have not used direct quotes from them, rather than reflections and intonations of these songs. I have often entwined them to some other type of musical pattern. On the other hand I have been inspired by a book by the Estonian ex-president and a writer, Lennart Meri, "Silverwhite" which talks about the Kaali meteor and it's impact on the Estonian folklore. Kaali is a small group of 9 meteorite craters on Saaremaa, Estonia. It has been speculated that the crater lake of Kaali played a part in the mythology of the region. It was known as a "sacred lake", and there is archaeological evidence that it was a place of ritual sacrifices for many centuries. According to a theory first proposed by Lennart Meri, it is possible that Saaremaa was the legendary Thule island, first mentioned by ancient Greek geographer Pytheas, whereas the name "Thule" could have been connected to the Finnic word tule ("(of) fire") and the folklore of Estonia, which depicts the birth of the crater lake in Kaali. Kaali was considered the place where "the Sun went to rest". The explosion has been described as if two suns had been shining in the sky at the same time. Tõnu Kõrvits

1. Day, Come On Out
2. Song of The Sun
3. Hoots
4. Cease, Dear Rain
5. Rainbow
6. The Beauty of The Evening
2008
16'
2 cellos, symphony orchestra: 2221, 4220, percussion (2 players), harp, celesta, strings
Fp: Pei-Jee Ng (cello), Pei-Sian Ng (cello), Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, conductor Arvo Volmer; April 11, 2008, Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide International Cello Festival, Australia
FpEst: Pei-Jee Ng (cello), Pei-Sian Ng (cello), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Anu Tali; March 26, 2010, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, Estonian Music Days Festival
Commissioned by: Adelaide Symphony Orhestra
The Detached Bridge [Irdunud sild]
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The Detached Bridge / Tallinn Saxophone Quartet, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tarmo Leinatamm

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1998
9'
saxophone quartet, chamber orchestra: percussion (1 player), piano, strings
Fp: Tallinn Saxophone Quartet, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tarmo Leinatamm; January 28, 1998, Tallinn, Saxomania Festival
Commissioned by: State Concert Institute Eesti Kontsert
CD “Tallinn Saxophone Quartet. Estonian Contemporary Music”, Edition 49 (2003); Tallinn Saxophone Quartet, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tarmo Leinatamm

Works for other instrument and orchestra

Hymn to the Endless River [Hümn lõputule jõele]
- Audio
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Hymn to the Endless River / Indrek Vau (flugelhorn), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Olari Elts

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2016/2021
7'
flugelhorn, string orchestra
Fp: Indrek Vau (flugelhorn), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Olari Elts; October 22, 2021, Estonia Concert Hall
Distributor: EMIC TK 145

WORKS FOR ENSEMBLE

Bells [Kellad]

1. Morning Bells
2. Midday Bells
3. Evening Bells
Written for the 15th anniversary of the Arsis Handbell Ensemble
2008
English handbell ensemble
Fp: Arsis Handbell Ensemble; October 31, 2008, Keila Church
Manuscript
Afterglow [Järelkuma]
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Afterglow / Olga Kulikova (piano), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost

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Afterglow is about the time when darkness has not yet arrived to stay. As if from some powerful inertia, the sun’s halo still glows long on the horizon. Often the day and night have no boundaries. During the short nights, that wondrous light greets the rising sun.

Tõnu Kõrvits

2000
10'
string quintet (string orchestra), harpsichord (piano)
Fp: Kremerata Baltica Quintet; April 8, 2000, Tallinn Town Hall
Commissioned by: Tallinn Philharmonic Society

Duos

Sonata for Viola and Piano "Sketches of Solitude"
- Pdf
1. Cadenza I
2. Dream I
3. Cadenza II
4. Dream II
5. Cadenza III
6. Dream III
(All movements to be played attacca)
2023
viola, piano
Fp: Andres Kaljuste (viola), Sophia Rahman (piano); February 17, 2024, Arvo Pärt Centre
Distributor: EMIC TK 175
Wings
- Pdf
Arrangement of the piece from 2011
2022
7'
viola, piano
Fp: Yuval Gotlibovich (viola); September 29, 2023, Knudsens, Holstebro, Denmark, Klassiske dage
Distributor: EMIC TK 158
Dreamers [Unistajad]
- Pdf
Version of the piece for oboe and violin written in 2007
2020
clarinet, cello
Distributor: EMIC TK 129
Song [Laul]
- Pdf
Arrangement of the second movement "Song" from the piece "Signal and Song" for French horn and piano (2011)
2020
5'
viola, piano
Distributor: EMIC TK 138
Song [Laul]
- Pdf
Arrangement of the second movement "Song" from the piece "Signal and Song" for French horn and piano (2011)
2019
5'
clarinet, piano
Distributor: EMIC TK 113
Song for Cello and Harpsichord [Laul tšellole ja klavessiinile]
- Pdf
2nd part of the "Three Songs for Cello, Kannel, Harp and Harpsichord"
2019
cello, harpsichord
Fp: Theodor Sink (cello), ensemble Una Corda; February 1, 2020, Rehbinder House, Rakvere, February 6, 2020, Hall of Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn
Distributor: EMIC TK 126
Song [Laul]
- Pdf
Arrangement of the second movement "Song" from the piece "Signal and Song" for French horn and piano (2011)
2018
5'
alto saxophone, piano
Distributor: EMIC TK 098
Song [Laul]
- Audio
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Song / Marcel Johannes Kits (cello), Rasmus Andreas Raide (piano)

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Arrangement of the second movement "Song" from the piece "Signal and Song" for French horn and piano (2011)
2018
5'
cello, piano
Distributor: EMIC TK 099
Igatsus
- Pdf
Igatsus [Yearning]

From "Driftwood Songs", arrangement for bassoon and piano
2017
bassoon, piano
Distributor: EMIC TK 106
Stalker-Suite
- Audio
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Stalker Suite: 1. Into the zone / Robert Traksmann (violin), Rasmus Andreas Raide (piano)

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1. Into the zone
2. The Room
3. Monologue (for solo violin)
4. Waterfall
2017
12'
violin, piano
Fp: Natascia Gazzana (violin), Raffaella Gazzana (piano); June 14, 2017, Alighieri Theatre, Ravenna Festival, Italy
FpEst: Robert Traksmann (violin), Rasmus Andreas Raide (piano); December 18, 2020 Vanemuine Concert Hall, December 19, 2020 Arvo Pärt Centre, Laulasmaa
CD "Duo Gazzana", ECM (2022); Natascia Gazzana (violin), Raffaella Gazzana (piano)
Distributor: EMIC TK 107
Eternal Melody [Igavene laul]
- Pdf
For Mizuki Shindo
2016
5'
flute, piano
Fp: Mizuki Shindo (flute), Kaeko Suzuki (piano); June 26, 2016, Munetsugu Hall, Nagoya, Japan
FpEst: Mizuki Shindo (flute), Anneli Tohver (piano); September 6, 2016, Museum of University of Tartu
Distributor: EMIC TK 083
Three Pieces for Violin and Piano [Kolm pala viiulile ja klaverile]
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- Pdf
- Video
Three Pieces for Violin and Piano: Canon / Linda-Anette Suss (violin), Sten Heinoja (piano)

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1. Canon
2. Siciliana
3. Night Birds
2015
violin, piano
Fp: Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin), Irina Zahharenkova (piano); May 5, 2015, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn
Distributor: EMIC TK 063
Notturni
- Audio
- Pdf
Notturni: Part I / Robert Traksmann (violin), Rasmus Andreas Raide (piano)

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4 parts
2014
13'
violin, piano
Fp: Natascia Gazzana (violin), Raffaella Gazzana (piano); July 10, 2015, Eremo di Santa Caterina, Elba, Italy, festival "Intonazione"
CD "Duo Gazzana", ECM (2022); Natascia Gazzana (violin), Raffaella Gazzana (piano)
Distributor: EMIC TK 070
Signal and Song [Signaal ja laul]
- Pdf
Obligatory piece at the Republican Wind and Percussion Players’ Competition 2012
2011
French horn, piano
Fp: March 21, 2012, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, the Republican Wind and Percussion Players’ Competition 2012
Publisher: Estonian Music Foundation
Distributor: EMIC EMF 007
Wings
- Pdf
- Video
dedicated to Linden-Kelder duo
2011
7'
saxophone, piano
Fp:
Johan van der Linden (saxophone), Henry Kelder (piano); March 7, 2012, chamber hall of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
Distributor: EMIC TK 078
Chorales of Thule [Thule koraalid]
- Audio
- Pdf
Chorales of Thule: Cry Human / Virgo Veldi (saxophone), Ines Maidre (organ)

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three sacred folk tunes from Kärla on Saaremaa island, Estonia
1. Cry Human
2. Glory to the Lord. Amen
3. Wordless
2008
15'
soprano saxophone, organ
Fp: Ulla Krigul (organ), Virgo Veldi (soprano saxophone); June 27, 2008, Tallinn St. Nicholas's Church
Commissioned by: State Concert Institute Eesti Kontsert
Distributor: EMIC TK 009
Manuscript
Dreamers [Unistajad]
- Audio
- Pdf
- Video
Dreamers / Ingely Laiv (oboe), Robert Traksmann (violin)

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2007
6'
oboe, violin
Fp: Annemari Ainomäe (violin), Olev Ainomäe (oboe); August 10, 2007, Tallinn, Kadriorg Palace
Distributor: EMIC TK 011
Azure
- Pdf
- Video
2004
10'
guitar, percussion
Fp: Reinbert Evers (guitar), Mircea Ardeleanu (percussion); April 18, 2004, Alter Hof Herding, Lette, Münsterland, Germany
Commissioned by: Reinbert Evers
Distributor: EMIC TK 012
The Chamber of Wind [Tuule tuba]
- Audio
The Chamber of Wind / Monika Mattiesen (bass flute), Jaak Sooäär (electric guitar)

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2004
10'
bass flute, electric guitar
Fp: Monika Mattiesen (bass flute), Jaak Sooäär (eletric guitar); September 25, 2004, Pärnu St. Elizabeth Church
The Songs from Thule II: Northern Light [Thulemaa laulud II: Põhjavalgus]
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The Songs from Thule II: Northern Light / Indrek Vau (trumpet), Mati Mikalai (piano)

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2004
11'
trumpet, piano
Fp: Indrek Vau (trumpet), Mati Mikalai (piano); 03.12.2004, Tallinn, Kadriorg Palace
Commissioned by: Association of Estonian Professional Musicians
The Songs from Thule [Thulemaa laulud]
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The Songs from Thule

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2002
14'
flute, piano
Fp: Monika Mattiesen (flute), Martti Raide (piano); May 26, 2003, Kadriorg Palace, Tallinn
Commissioned by: Association of Estonian Professional Musicians
CD „Monika Mattiesen. Manuscript”, Estonian Radio (2006); Monika Mattiesen (flute), Martti Raide (piano)
Distributor: EMIC TK 038
Manuscript
Wildflower [Metsalill]
- Audio
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Wildflower / Kalev Kuljus (oboe), Mati Mikalai (piano)

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2001
8'
oboe, piano
Fp: Kalev Kuljus (oboe), Mati Mikalai (piano); April 4, 2002, Estonian Academy of Music, Estonian Music Days Festival
Commissioned by: Estonian Composers' Union
Distributor: EMIC TK 100
Manuscript
The Source [Allikas]
- Audio
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The Source / Virgo Veldi (saxophone), Madis Metsamart (percussion)

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2000
7'
vibraphone, alto saxophone
Fp: Madis Metsamart (vibraphone), Virgo Veldi (alto saxophone); May 10, 2000, Tallinn, Percussion Festival Pauken
Commissioned by: State Concert Institute Eesti Kontsert
CD “Estonian Composers II”, Estonian Radio (2002); Madis Metsamart (vibraphone), Virgo Veldi (alto saxophone)
Distributor: EMIC TK 015
Manuscript
To My Spiritual Brother

1996
11'
alto flute, guitar
Fp: Tauno Saviauk (alto flute), Tiit Peterson (guitar); July 1996, House of the Brotherhood of Black Heads, Tallinn
Commissioned by: State Concert Institute Eesti Kontsert
CD “Vaistism. Neue Musik aus Estland”, NCA (2002); Elizabeth Riessbeck (flute), Klaus Jäckle (guitar)
Publisher: Eres Edition
Long-lasting Farewell [Pikk hüvastijätt]

1993
7'
guitar, piano
Fp: Boris Björn Bagger (guitar), Kalle Randalu (piano); June 1994, Germany
Commissioned by: Boris Björn Bagger
Publisher: Edition 49
I.L.Y.B
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I.L.Y.B / Tiit Peterson, Mait Martin

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1991
4'
2 guitars
Fp: Tiit Peterson, Mait Martin; June 1992, Tallinn
CD "Kiss on the Water", K. Käo, J. Puusaag (2007); Kristo Käo (guitar), Jorma Puusaag (guitar)
Publisher: Edition 49
Kiss on the Water [Suudlus vees]

1991
3'
2 guitars
CD "Kiss on the Water", K. Käo, J. Puusaag (2007); Kristo Käo (guitar), Jorma Puusaag (guitar)
Publisher: Edition 49
Suite for Two Guitars [Süit kahele kitarrile]
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- Video
Suite / Tiit Peterson (guitar), Mait Martin (guitar)

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1. Prelude
2. Aria
3. Gigue
1991
6'
2 guitars
Fp: Mait Martin, Tiit Peterson; June 1992, Tallinn
Publisher: Edition 49

Trios

Islands [Saared]
- Pdf
I
II
III (Chaconne)
IV (Hymn)
2023
16'
violin, cello piano
Fp: Mari Poll (violin), Henry-David Varema (cello), Mihkel Poll (piano); November 29, 2023, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Concert Hall
Commissioned by: Trio Poll-Varema-Poll
Distributor: EMIC TK 170
Lamentations on the Theme B-A-C-H [Lamentations on the Theme B-A-C-H]

2013
bassoon, baritone saxophone, marimba
Fp: Ties Mellema (saxophone), Bram van Sambeek (bassoon), Koen Plaetinck (marimba); April 14, 2013, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
The Dream Servants [Unesulased]
- Audio
The dream Servants / New Tallinn Trio

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2006
7'
violin, cello, piano
Fp: New Tallinn Trio; May 6, 2006, Tallinn Town Hall
Commissioned by: State Concert Institute Eesti Kontsert
Wild Birds [Metsalinnud]
- Audio
Wild Birds / Heli Ernits (oboe), Leho Karin (tšello), Diana Liiv (klaver

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Tõnu Kõrvits: In this work I used Estonian traditional song “A Bird Came to Comfort Me” from Kanepi. And this song is “surrounded” by songs of various Estonian birds.

2004
6'
oboe, cello, piano
Fp: Kalev Kuljus (oboe), Allar Kaasik (cello), Marko Martin (piano); July 29, 2004, Gdansk Town Hall (Poland), Musica Nos Unit Festival
Solano
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Solano / Reval Ensemble

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Tõnu Kõrvits:

Solano – that is the hot East wind of Mediterranean Spanish coast, a soft wind that always brings warm weather.

2003
9'
alto flute, cello, piano
Fp: Reval Ensemble; May 6, 2003, Tallinn
Commissioned by: State Concert Institute Eesti Kontsert
Distributor: EMIC TK 013
Manuscript
Halo
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Halo / Weekend Guitar Trio

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Halo – this word has many meanings – aura, aureole, reflection in ice crystals. It is connected to something bright or vivid, icy, maybe even painful. Halo is a piece about light and refraction of light.

Tõnu Kõrvits

1999
10'
three electric guitars
Fp: Weekend Guitar Trio; November 25, 1999, Tallinn, NYYD Festival
Commissioned by: NYYD Festival
Good Night [Head ööd]
- Audio
- Pdf
Good Night / Maano Männi (violin), Leho Karin (cello), Tanel Joamets (piano)

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1998
7'
violin, cello, piano
Fp: Maano Männi (violin), Leho Karin (violoncello), Tanel Joamets (piano); May 26, 1998, House of the Brotherhood of Black Heads, Tallinn
Commissioned by: State Concert Institute Eesti Kontsert
Distributor: EMIC TK 016
Manuscript

Quartets

Three Songs for Cello, Kannel, Harp and Harpsichord [Kolm laulu tšellole, kandlele, harfile ja klavessiinile]
- Pdf
2019
cello, kannel, harp, harpsichord
Fp: Theodor Sink (cello), ensemble Una Corda; February 1, 2020, Rehbinder House, Rakvere, February 6, 2020, Hall of Academy of Sciences, Tallinn
Distributor: EMIC TK 125
I Boast About These Bloody Wounds [Ma kiitlen ükspäinis neist verisist haavust]
- Audio
I Boast About These Bloody Wounds / Tallinn Guitar Quartet

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from the cycle "Four Estonian Sacred Folk Tunes", setting for guitar quartet
2002
2'
guitar quartet
CD "30 years of Estonian guitar music", Eesti Kitarriselts (2008). Estonian Guitar Quartet
I Give Myself to Thee [Su hooleks ennast annan ma]
- Audio
I Give Myself to Thee / Tallinn Guitar Quartet

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setting for guitar quartet from the cycle "Four Estonian Sacred Folk Tunes"
2002
2'
guitar quartet
CD "30 years of Estonian guitar music", Eesti Kitarriselts (2008). Estonian Guitar Quartet
Twilight Songs [Videviku laulud]

2001
4 tubas
Fp: Sleeping Tuba Quartet: Toomas Uustalu, Hando Põldmäe, Madis Sander, Ott Mägar
For You, the Messenger of Night [Sinule, öö sõnumitooja]
- Audio
For You, the Messenger of Night / Andrei Valigura (violin), Elo Ivask (violin), Indrek Sarrap (double bass), Reinut Tepp (harpsichord)

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1999
9'
2 violins, double bass, harpsichord
Fp: Kremerata Baltica Quartet (Messenger Quartet); July, 1999, Lockenhaus Festival
Commissioned by: Lockenhausi Festival
Manuscript
The Assignation [Kohtumine]
- Audio
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The Assignation / Tallinn Saxophone Quartet

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1999
7'
saxophone quartet
Fp: Tallinn Saxophone Quartet; March 26, 1999, Tallinn, Estonian Music Days Festival
Commissioned by: Estonian Composers' Union
CD “Baltica”, Amstel Records (2005); Amstel Saxophone Quartet
Distributor: EMIC TK 040
Manuscript
Dome Music [Taevakaare muusika]
- Audio
Dome Music / Maano Männi (violin), Janika Lentsius (flute), Pärt Tarvas (cello), Heili Vaus (piano)

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1997
7'
flute, violin, cello, piano
Fp: Janika Lentsius (flute), Maano Männi (violin), Pärt Tarvas (cello), Heili Vaus (piano); April 11, 1997, Tallinn, Estonian Music Days Festival
Commissioned by: Estonian Composers' Union
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman
Manuscript

String quartets

Point Nemo
- Pdf
5 movements
2022
22'
string quartet
Fp: String Quartet FourEst; May 12, 2022 Tartu St. John's Church, May 14, 2022 Kärdla Church, May 15, 2022 Nõmme Church of the Redeemer
Commissioned by: String Quartet FourEst
Distributor: EMIC TK 155
Touch [Puudutus]
- Audio
- Pdf
Touch / String Quartet M4GNET

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Arranged by Rasmus Puur
2012
5'
string quartet
Distributor: EMIC TK 164
Thule Patterns [Thule mustrid]
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Thule Patterns: Horn Piece / Tobias String Quartet

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Tõnu Kõrvits:

I have written quite a few pieces about Thule – the mystic and mysterious Northern land. Recently “Elegies of Thule” and now “Thule Patterns”. One may say that Estonian nature and people is the common line in these pieces. There I have also turned to the most primordial source – folksong. There are three movements (or patterns) in “Thule Patterns”. I tried to catch the kind of “motion” that can be met in old knittings and belt-ornaments.

2007
8'
string quartet
Fp: Tobias String Quartet; April 25, 2007, New Riga Theatre, Latvia
FpEst: Tobias String Quartet; April 26, 2007, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn
Distributor: EMIC TK 010
Four Estonian Sacred Folk Tunes [Neli eesti vaimulikku rahvaviisi]
- Audio
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Four Estonian Sacred Folk Tunes: The Day is Now Gone

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1. The Day is Now Gone (folk tune from Rapla)
2. I Boast About These Bloody Wounds (Pärnu-Jaagupi)
3. I Give Myself to Thee (Mustjala)
4. Fly Away From Sorrow (Otepää)
2002
16'
string quartet
Fp: Tobias String Quartet; December 17, 2002, Tallinn
Commissioned by: State Concert Institute Eesti Kontsert
Distributor: EMIC TK 014
Manuscript

Quintets

Lunar X
- Pdf
I pimedusest välja (out of darkness)
II vaikusest välja (out of silence)
III valguse hümn (the chant of light)
2022
15'
piano, string quartet
Fp: Ivari Ilja (piano), string quartet FourEst: Linda-Anette Verte (violin), Egert Leinsaar (violin), Sandra Klimaitė (viola), Theodor Sink (cello); November 25, 2022, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Concert Hall, Festival Eesti Muusika Nädal
Commissioned by: Association of Estonian Professional Musicians
Distributor: EMIC TK 165
Song of a Dream [Laul unistusest]
- Pdf
2011/2020
3'
flute, string quartet
Distributor: EMIC TK 133
Song of the Lakes [Järvede laul]
- Pdf
2019
soprano saxophone, string quartet
Fp: Egert Leinsaar (violin), Linda-Anette Verte (violin), Sandra Klimaitė (viola), Theodor Sink (cello), Virgo Veldi (saxophone); August 2, 2019, Leigo Lake Music Festival
Distributor: EMIC TK 117
Leaving Elba [Lahkumine Elbalt]
- Audio
- Pdf
Leaving Elba / Riho Sibul (guitar), string quartet Prezioso

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2015
8'
electric guitar, string quartet
Fp: Riho Sibul (guitar), String Quartet Prezioso; October 17, 2015, Estonian Tradition Music Center, Viljandi Guitar Festival
CD "Kaheksa", Viljandi Kitarrifestival MTÜ (2017); Riho Sibul (guitar), String Quartet Prezioso
Distributor: EMIC TK 090
Sketches of Thule [Thule visandid]
- Pdf
2008
saxophone quartet, organ
Fp: Amstel Quartet, Pieter van Dijk (organ); February 28, 2008, Orgelpark, Amsterdam
FpEst: Saxophone Quartet SaxEst (Ivo Lille - soprano saxophone, Virgo Veldi - alto saxophone, Lauri Sepp - tenore saxophone, Sulev Sommer - baritone saxophone), Ulla Krigul (organ); March 4, 2009, Tallinn St. John's Church
Commissioned by: Amstel Quartet
Distributor: EMIC TK 069

Wind quintets

Evening Song [Õhtulaul]
- Audio
Evening Song / Neeme Punder (flute), Aleksander Hännikäinen (oboe), Toomas Vavilov (clarinet), Tarmo Velmet (bassoon), Kalmer Kiik (French horn)

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2000
5'
wind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn)
Fp: Neeme Punder (flute), Aleksander Hännikäinen (oboe), Toomas Vavilov (clarinet), Tarmo Velmet (bassoon), Kalmer Kiik (horn); April 28, 2000, Tallinn Estonian Music Days Festival
Commissioned by: Estonian Composers' Union
Manuscript

Sextets

Driftwood Songs
- Pdf
I Ballad / Ballaad
II Shadows and Lines / Varjud ja jooned
III Canons / Kaanonid
IV Solo (for oboe) / Soolo (oboele)
V Igatsus (for bassoon and archlute / fagotile ja lautole)
VI Bluebirds / Sinilinnud
VII Night Patterns / Öö mustrid
2017
30'
oboe, oboe s'amore, English horn, bassoon, contrabassoon, lute
Fp: Astria Oboe Trio (Eric Speller (oboe), Dimitri Mestdag (English horn), Yf Bourry (oboe d´amore)), ensemble HaftCraft (Bert Helsen (bassoon), Filip Neyens (contrabassoon)), Wim Maeseele (lute); October 4, 2017, De Bijloke Muziekcentrum, Ghent, Belgium
FpEst: Astria Oboe Trio (Eric Speller (oboe), Dimitri Mestdag (English horn), Yf Bourry (oboe d´amore)), ensemble HaftCraft (Bert Helsen (bassoon), Filip Neyens (contrabassoon)), Wim Maeseele (lute); April 7, 2018, Tallinn St. Nicholas's Church, Tallinn Music Week
Distributor: EMIC TK 104
When Music Ends the Party Is Over [Pill ütleb: pidu lõpeb]

2004
5'
accordion, saxophone, double bass, violin, cello, piano
Fp: Ensemble Poing (Norway) and New Tallinn Trio; August 13, 2004, Pärnu Concert Hall, Estonia, Upbeat ´04 Concert Series
Commissioned by: State Concert Institute Eesti Kontsert

Septets

Rainbird´s Home [Vihmalinnu kodu]

1996
9'
flute, clarinet, horn, percussion, piano, violin, cello
Fp: NYYD Ensemble, conductor Olari Elts; April 1996, ArtGenda Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
Commissioned by: NYYD Ensemble
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman

Works for large ensemble (8+)

To the Winds [Tuultele]
- Audio
- Pdf
To the Winds: I / Musicians of Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Olari Elts

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I awake, o north wind
II and come, thou south
2023
8'
brass orchestra and percussion (16 players: 4 French horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists)
Fp: Musicians of Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Olari Elts; September 15, 2023, Estonia Concert Hall
Commissioned by: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Distributor: EMIC TK 168
Landscapes from a Night Train [Maastikud öisest rongist]
- Audio
- Pdf
Landscapes from a night train, Part I(European Saxophone Ensemble, conductor Cezariusz Gadzina

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1. Motions
2. Reflections
3. Morning Bells
2011
13'
saxophone ensemble: sopranino saxophone, 2 soprano saxophones, 3 alto saxophones, 3 tenor saxophones, 2 baritone saxophone, bass saxophone
Fp: European Saxophone Ensemble, conductor Cezariusz Gadzina; October 15, 2011, Poitiers
FpEst: Eve Neumann, Joonas Neumann, Hanna Taube, Jandra Puusepp, Krista Joonas, Karl Tipp, Valdur neumann, Lauri Sepp, Roland Mällo, Tanel Koho, Liis Mäevälja, Sulev Sommer; October 31, 2021, Estonian academy of Music and Theatre Concert Hall
Distributor: EMIC TK 039
Manuscript

WORKS FOR SOLO INSTRUMENT

Works for flute

Singing Over the Sea [Laulan üle merede]
- Pdf
Version of saxophone piece
2006/2021
flute
Distributor: EMIC TK 150

Works for oboe

Solo
- Pdf
From "Driftwood songs"
2017
oboe
Distributor: EMIC TK 105
Singing Over the Sea [Laulan üle merede]
- Audio
Singing Over the Sea / Riivo Kallasmaa (oboe)

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Version of saxophone piece
2006
4'
oboe

Works for clarinet

Singing Over the Sea [Laulan üle merede]
- Audio
- Pdf
Singing Over the Sea / Christoffer Sundqvist (clarinet)

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Version of saxophone piece
2006
4'
clarinet
Distributor: EMIC TK 116

Works for bassoon

Touch [Puudutus]
- Audio
- Pdf
Touch / Martin Kuuskmann (bassoon)

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Arrangement of the choral piece with the same name
2012/2017
3'
bassoon
Distributor: EMIC TK 092
Solitudes [Üksindused]
- Pdf
1. Malincalico
2. Cantabile
3. Ciaconna
2013
bassoon
Fp: Bram Van Sambeek (bassoon); April 19, 2014, Royal Conservatory of Ghent, Ghent Bassoon Festival
Distributor: EMIC TK 056
Song for a Distant Friend [Laul kaugele sõbrale]
- Audio
- Pdf
- Video
Song for a Distant Friend / Martin Kuuskmann (bassoon)

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2005
5'
bassoon
Fp: Martin Kuuskmann (bassoon); February 12, 2008, Vancouver Academy of Music, Canada, concert series "Music in the morning"
Commissioned by: Martin Kuuskmann
CD "Nonstop. Martin Kuuskmann", ERP (2010); Martin Kuusmann (bassoon)
Distributor: EMIC TK 022
Manuscript

Works for saxophone

Singing Over the Sea [Laulan üle merede]
- Audio
- Pdf
Singing Over the Sea / Virgo Veldi (saxophone)

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2006
4'
saxophone
Fp: Virgo Veldi (saxophone); October 7, 2006, Tallinn Town Hall
CD "Mono’dia", Sospiro Noir (2015); Simon Haram (saxophone)
Distributor: EMIC TK 020

Works for trumpet

In the Shadows
- Audio
- Pdf
In the Shadows / Indrek Vau (trumpet)

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2018
4'
trumpet (in C)
Fp: Obligatory piece at the Estonian National Competition for Wind Instruments, December 11, 2018, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Organ Hall
Distributor: EMIC TK 111

Works for violin

Elegy to Solitude [Eleegia üksindusele]
- Pdf
2015
5'
violin
Fp: October 11, 2015, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Competition for Estonian String Players
Distributor: EMIC TK 087
River Song [Jõelaul]
- Audio
- Pdf
River Song / Marike Kruup (violin)

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2011
violin
Fp: Manfred Gräsbeck (violin); February 10, 2011, Turku Cathedral, Finland
CD „Klassikaraadio Comes to Visit!“, ERR (2015); Marike Kruup (violin)
Distributor: EMIC TK 043

Works for viola

on the line...
- Pdf
From "The sound of wings"
2022
viola
Distributor: EMIC TK 156
Monologue
- Pdf
Arrangement of "Monologue" from Stalker-Suite
2020
viola
Distributor: EMIC TK 139
Wanderer's Song [Rändaja laul]
- Audio
- Pdf
Wanderer's Song / Laur Eensalu (viola)

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version also for cello
2009
6'
viola
Fp: Rebecca Osborne (viola); USA
FpEst: Laur Eensalu (viola)
Distributor: EMIC TK 026
Chaconne [Chaconne]
- Audio
- Pdf
- Video
Chaconne / Arvo Haasma (viola)

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2008
9'
viola
Fp: Arvo Haasma; 5.12.2008, Tallinn Meder Hall
Distributor: EMIC TK 018

Works for cello

Suite for Cello
- Pdf
1. Tranquility
2. Orion
3. Garden
4. Delta
5. Pulse
6. Departure
7. Anthem
2016
cello
Fp: Anja Lechner (cello); April 5, 2017, Schwere Reiter, Munich, Germany
FpEst: Silvia Ilves (cello); November 13, 2019 University of Tartu Assembly Hall, November 15, 2019 Kadriorg Palace, Tallinn
Distributor: EMIC TK 096
Wanderer's Song [Rändaja laul]
- Audio
- Pdf
Wanderer's Song / Aare Tammesalu (cello)

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version also for viola
2003
6'
cello
Fp: Mart Laas (cello); January 25, 2004, Kadriorg Palace, Tallinn
Commissioned by: Joosep Kõrvits
Distributor: EMIC TK 025

Works for harp

Azure [Asuur]
- Pdf
- Video
Arrangement of piano version (2017) by Liis Jürgens
2021
harp
Distributor: EMIC TK 142

Works for piano

The Riddle [Mõistatus]
- Pdf
2018
piano
Fp: Ivari Ilja (piano); December 17, 2018, Tallinn House of Blackheads, Christmas concert of the pedagogues of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
CD "To the North...", Klangex, Estonian Record Productions (2022); Ivari Ilja (piano)
Distributor: EMIC TK 110
Azure [Asuur]
- Audio
- Pdf
Azure / Johan Randvere (piano)

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Version of the male choir song from "Songs from Dolores's Songbook" (2016)
2017
3'
piano
Distributor: EMIC TK 094
Five Forgotten Patterns of the Sky [Viis unustatud taevamustrit]
- Pdf
- Video
Dedicated to Takahiro Akiba
2017
15'
piano
Fp: Takahiro Akiba (piano); July 13, 2018, Lutheran Ichigaya Center Music Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Commissioned by: Estonian Music Project
Distributor: EMIC TK 118
My Secret Garden
- Pdf
Dedicated to Nicolas Horvath
2017
piano
Fp: Nicolas Horvath (piano); January 30, 2017, Carnegie Hall, New York, USA
Distributor: EMIC TK 088
To the North...
- Audio
- Pdf
- Video
To the North / Ivari Ilja (piano)

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Dedicated to Ivari Ilja
2017
7'
piano
Fp: Ivari Ilja (piano); March 16, 2018, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, festival "Virmalised"
CD "To the North...", Klangex, Estonian Record Productions (2022); Ivari Ilja (piano)
CD „Northern Lights. Treasury of Estonian piano music“, Estonian Association of Professional Musicians, Estonian Pianists’ Union (2019); Ivari Ilja (piano)
Distributor: EMIC TK 101
Ending in C
- Audio
- Pdf
Ending in C / Nicolas Horvath (piano)

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“Ending in C” is a tribute to Jaan Rääts.

(Tõnu Kõrvits)

2016
2'
piano
Fp: Nicolas Horvath (piano); October 9, Ebersberg, Altes Kino, Germany
FpEst: Nicolas Horvath (piano); April 9, 2017, Radio Studio One (Estonian National Broadcasting), Estonian Music Days
Distributor: EMIC TK 137
Etude in Blue [Etüüd sinises]
- Pdf
2016
3'
piano
Fp: Nicolas Horvath (piano); August 4, 2016, Kadriorg Palace, Tallinn, Alion Festival
Distributor: EMIC TK 072
The Boat and the Moon
- Pdf
- Video
2016
4'
piano
Distributor: EMIC TK 071
Three Pieces [Kolm pala]
- Audio
- Pdf
- Video
Three Pieces: Mechanics / Peep Lassmann (piano)

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1. Harmonies
2. Mechanics
3. Lovesong
2014
7'
piano
Fp: November 21-23, 2014, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Chamber Hall, 8th Estonian Piano Competition
CD "To the North...", Klangex, Estonian Record Productions (2022); Ivari Ilja (piano)
CD „New Estonian Chamber Music“, Estonian Music Information Centre (2017); Auli Lonks (piano)
Distributor: EMIC TK 061
Hymn to Invisible Wind Harp [Hümn nähtamatule tuulekandlele]
- Audio
- Pdf
- Video
Hymn to Invisible Wind Harp / Mihkel Poll

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2013
7'
piano
Fp: Mihkel Poll (piano); October 16, 2013, University of Tartu Aseembly Hall
CD "Mihkel Poll. Enescu. Bartók. Tüür. Kõrvits", Dux (2015); Mihkel Poll (piano)
Distributor: EMIC TK 054
Pavane [Pavaan]
- Video
2010
3'
piano
Fp: November 27, 2010; Tallinn Music High School, Robert Schumann Competition for Young Pianists
Variations on a theme "I Thank Thee" [Variatsioonid teemale “Ma tänan Sind”]
- Audio
- Pdf
- Video
Variations on a theme I Thank Thee / Peep Lassmann (piano)

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2008
10'
piano
Fp: Peep Lassmann (piano); March 18, 2008, Tartu University Assembly Hall, March 19, 2008, Estonia Concert Hall
Commissioned by: State Concert Institute Eesti Kontsert
CD „Northern Lights. Treasury of Estonian piano music“, Estonian Association of Professional Musicians, Estonian Pianists’ Union (2019); Kai Ratassepp (piano)
Distributor: EMIC TK 017
Pictures of Thule [Thule pildid]
- Audio
- Pdf
Pictures of Thule: Singing over the Sea / Marko Martin (piano)

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1. Singing over the Sea
2. Hey, Rain's Rainbows
3. Bed of Gold... Bed of Silver
4. To Home, Sonny
2006
10'
piano
Fp: Marko Martin (piano); October 26, 2006; Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, international pianists' festival "Klaver"
Distributor: EMIC TK 021
The Path of Winter [Talve tee]
- Audio
- Pdf
The Path of Winter / Tanel Joamets (piano)

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I spent all the summers of my childhood in the countryside. There, in the middle of the forest, was an overgrown path, of which it was said: that’s winter’s path. I believed that was the path that winter used.

Tõnu Kõrvits

2004
8'
piano
Fp: Tanel Joamets (piano); October 24, 2004, Tallinn, International Pianists' Festival
Commissioned by: State Concert Institute Eesti Kontsert
Distributor: EMIC TK 023
Anthem [Hümn]
- Audio
- Pdf
Anthem / Age Juurikas (piano)

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2003
7'
piano
Fp: Age Juurikas (piano); April 7, 2003, Tallinn, Estonian Music Days Festival
Commissioned by: Estonian Composers' Union
Distributor: EMIC TK 024

Works for guitar

Touch [Puudutus]
- Pdf
Arranged by Andre Maaker
2012/2020
guitar
Distributor: EMIC TK 130
Farewell to Normandy
- Pdf
To Zsófia Boros
2017
guitar
Distributor: EMIC TK 115
Serenade [Serenaad]

2014
10-string guitar
Fp: Mari Mäntylä (guitar); August 6, 2014, Teatermuseet i Hofteatret, Copenhagen Guitar Festival
Estonian Lullaby [Eesti hällilaul]
- Pdf
2007
6'
guitar
Fp: Tiit Peterson (guitar); June 14, 2007, History Museum, Tallinn, II Tallinn Guitar Festival
Commissioned by: II Tallinn Guitar Festival
Distributor: EMIC TK 019
Manuscript
Blues for…

2006
steel guitar
Fp: Jaan Arder (steel guitar); March 27, 2006, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Tallinn, Estonian Music Days Festival
Commissioned by: Estonian Music Days Festival
Two Preludes [Kaks prelüüdi]
- Audio
Two Preludes: Prelude I / Tiit Peterson (guitar)

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In Two Preludes for guitar the composer’s idea is to avoid complicate rhythmic schemes in spite of multitude of triplets and quintuplets and thus the musicians should perform the preludes in relatively free movement and with free romantic breathing. In his guitar music, a number of hidden elements and intonations of pop music can be discovered. Text by Igor Garshnek on the CD “Estonian Portraits”

1995
5'
guitar
Fp: Tiit Peterson (guitar); January, 1996, Tallinn, Guitar Music Days
CD “Portraits of Estonia”, Antes (2001); Tiit Peterson
Publisher: Eres Edition

Works for organ

Hymn to the Blue Sky [Hümn sinisele taevale]
- Audio
- Pdf
Hymn to Blue Sky / Ulla Krigul (organ)

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2014
7'
organ
Fp: Ulla Krigul (organ); August 4, 2014, Tallinn St. Nicholas's Church, Tallinn International Organ Festival
Distributor: EMIC TK 084
Arabesques [Arabeskid]

2001
organ
Fp: Kristel Aer (organ); August 6, 2001, Tallinn St. Nicholas's Church and August 11, 2001, Räpina St. Michael's Church, Tallinn XV Organ Festival

Works for other instrument

Music for a Rainy Day
- Audio
Music for a Rainy Day: I Prelude / Anna-Liisa Eller

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2022
7'
kannel
Fp: Anna-Liisa Eller (kannel); October 22, 2022, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Concert Hall
Poems at Moonrise [Kuutõusu laulud]
- Audio
- Pdf
Poems at Moonrise: I / Irina Zahharenkova (harpsichord)

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Poems at Moonrise

…and we are sure
That beauty is a thing beyond the grave,
That perfect, bright experience never falls
To nothingness…

(Moonrise by David Herbert Lawrence)

I
II
III
2022
11'
harspichord
Fp: Irina Zahharenkova (harpsichord); April 19, 2022, Arvo Pärt Centre, Estonian Music Days
Commissioned by: Estonian Music Days
Distributor: EMIC TK 153
Theme Melody of Bell Ringing of Viljandi St. John's Church [Viljandi Jaani kiriku kellamängu tunnusmeloodia]

2015
bell ringing
Fp: June 4, 2015, Viljandi St. John's Church, International Hanseatic Days in Viljandi
Three Songs from Dolores's Songbook
- Audio
- Pdf
- Video
Three Songs from Dolores's Songbook: II / Heli Ernits (English horn)

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2015
7'
English horn
Fp: Heli Ernits (English horn); March 3, 2016, Kadriorg Art Museum, Tallinn
Distributor: EMIC TK 085
Wake Up, My Heart

2010
mandolin
Fp: Alison Stephens (mandoline); February 12, 2010, King Edward Hall, Lindfield, United Kingdom
La Folia
- Audio
- Pdf
- Video
La Folia / Iren Lill (harpsichord)

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La folia is one of the oldest European musical themes. Folia has been influenced by Scandinavian folk music but a melody with the same name can also be found in the Canary islands and also in Brazil, where it was brought by African slaves. Throughout music history, both „older“ and „newer“ folia are known and used. The newer folia is rather a basis for the improvisation and this brings it very close to contemporary jazz. For me, La folia is very old form of blues.

Tõnu Kõrvits
(text from booklet of Estonian Music Days 2016)

2009
6'
harpsichord
Fp: Iren Lill; April 23, 2009, Sausti manor, Harju County
Distributor: EMIC TK 003
Manuscript

VOCAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

Works for mixed choir and orchestra

The Sound of Wings [Tiibade hääl]
- Audio
- Pdf
The Sound of Wings: IX The Sound of Song of Wings / Marianne Pärna (mezzo-soprano), Laur Eensalu (viola), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost

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Ülemereühenduses... / On the Line... (solo viola and strings)
I Taevas ja tundmatus / The Sky and Beyond (choir)
II Puutuda su kätt / The Touch of Your Hand (choir and strings)
III Vapruse vääringus / In the Currency of Courage (choir and strings)
IV Üks armastus / One Love (mezzo-soprano solo, choir and strings)
V Nõnda kõneleb süda / Thus Speaks the Heart (female choir and strings)
VI Tuletorn / Lighthouse (choir and strings)
VII Tähistulv / The Star Stream (soloists' ensemble, choir and strings)
VIII Üle peegelvee / Over Looking Glass Water (choir and strings)
Põhilõuna põhjatusse sööst / Running North and South ... (solo viola and strings)
IX Tiibade hääl ja hüüd / The Sound of Song of Wings (solo viola, soprano solo, choir and strings)
2022
53'
mezzo-soprano, viola, mixed choir, string orchestra
Text: Doris Kareva (in Estonian)

Texts

Fp: Marianne Pärna (mezzo-soprano), Laur Eensalu (viola), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost; May 26, 2022 Haapsalu Dome Church, May 27, 2022 Tartu St. Paul's Church, May 28, 2022 Tallinn St. John's Church
Commissioned by: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
CD "Tõnu Kõrvits. The Sound of Wings", Ondine (2023). Estonian Philahrmonic Chamebr Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost
Distributor: EMIC TK 157
Tota pulchra es, amica mea
- Audio
- Pdf
Tota pulchra es, amica mea / Vanemuine Opera Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost

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2020
8'
mixed choir, symphony orchestra: 2222, 4230, 1, strings
Text: Song of Songs (4: 7, 8) (in Latin)

Tota pulchra es, amica mea,
et macula non est in te.
Veni de Libano, sponsa mea,
veni, coronaberis de capite Amana,
de vertice Sanir et Hermon
de cubilibus leonum,
de montibus pardorum.

Fp: MDR-Rundfunkchor, MDR-Sinfonieorch, conductor Anja Bihlmaier; October 1, 2022 Suhl Congress Centrum, October 2, 2022 Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany
FpEst: Vanemuine Opera Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost; September 8, 2023, Vanemuine Concert Hall, Tartu
Commissioned by: Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
Distributor: EMIC TK 160
Sei la luce e il mattino
- Audio
- Pdf
Sei la luce e il mattino: Tu sei come una terra / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost

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Fade in (strings)
I Tu sei come una terra (choir and strings)
II To C. From C (choir and strings)
III Paesaggio VIII (choir and strings)
IV La casa (female choir and strings)
V Anche tu sei l'amore (choir, solo cello and strings)
VI Verrà la morte e avrà i tuoi occhi (choir and strings)
Fade out (solo viola and strings)
VII Last Blues, To Be Read Some Day (mezzo-soprano solo and strings)
Postludium. Landscapes (choir and strings)
VIII In the Morning You Always Come Back (choir and strings)
2019
60'
mixed choir, string orchestra
Text: Cesare Pavese (selected, arranged and translated by Doris Kareva)
Fp: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost; June 16, 2019, Tallinn House of Blackheads
CD "Tõnu Kõrvits. You are Light and Morning. Sei la luce e il mattino", Ondine (2020); Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost
Distributor: EMIC TK 135
Ta kõneleb vaikselt
- Audio
Ta kõneleb vaikselt / Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre symphony orchestra and choir, conductor Arvo Volmer

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2019
5'
mixed choir, symphony orchestra
Text: Doris Kareva
Fp: Symphony Orchestra and Choir of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, conductor Arvo Volmer; September 28, 2019, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Great Hall
Moorland Elegies
- Audio
- Pdf
Moorland Elegies: Come, walk with me / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste

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1. Come, walk with me
2. Silent is the House
3. The night is darkening round me
4. Fall, Leaves, Fall
5. She Dried Her Tears
6. Moonlight, summer moonlight
7. The Sun Has Set
8. The Starry Night Shall Tidings Bring
9. Month After Month
2015
55'
mixed choir, string orchestra
Text: Emily Brontë
Fp: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost; October 31, 2015, Tallinn St. John's Church
CD "Tõnu Kõrvits. Moorland Elegies", Ondine (2017); Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost
Distributor: EMIC TK 067
By the Rivers of Babylon [Paabeli jõgede kaldail]
- Audio
- Pdf
By the Rivers of Babylon / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste

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2014
10'
mixed choir, string orchestra
Text: Psalm No. 137 (in Estonian, translated by Vello Salo and Indrek Hirv)
Fp: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste; June 14, 2014, Haapsalu Dome Church, Nargen Festival
Commissioned by: Nargen Festival
Distributor: EMIC TK 055
Seven Dreams of Seven Birds [Seitsme linnu seitse und]
- Pdf
7 parts
2009/2012
25'
cello, mixed choir, string orchestra
Text: Maarja Kangro, Tõnu Kõrvits (in Estonian and English)

1.
hiingämma hiingämma
hiingämma hiingämma
uinu
uinu

2.
there it is now
there! there!
there it is
there! there!
now!
I told you there it is
rustling
swishing
swooshing
there
it is there

3.
(cello cadenza)

4.
lazy darkness
so lazy and blue
luu luu luu ääh
lazy darkness
so lazy and blue
tsuu tsuu tsuu ääh
so blue

5.
dam dam dam dam
dam dam dam
dam dam
dam

6.
listen to the big hot moon
big big red hot moon
big big white hot moon
listen to the big blue moon
my howling moon
my moon
kuula kuud
kuulata
kuu

7.
babel
ba
bel
ba
bel
babel

Fp: Anja Lechner (cello), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste; February 6, 2013, Tallinn Methodist Church
CD „Tõnu Kõrvits. Mirror“, ECM (2016); Anja Lechner (violoncello), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor)
Distributor: EMIC TK 065
Kreek’s Notebook [Kreegi vihik]
- Audio
- Pdf
- Video
Kreek’s Notebook: May Jesus, Thee Be Praised / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste

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Estonian sacred folk tunes used and collected by Cyrillus Kreek.

Estonia’s sacred folk tunes have for years been one of my favourite topics. That is why in Kreek’s Notebook, I used music that had been written earlier, and arranged and adapted it as necessary.Part IV and VII are new compositions. Part III, V and VI were originally written for string quartet. However, part II for example is already the third adaptation – the original was for string quartet, later I arranged it for electric guitar and strings, and now this version for male voices and strings. The final part VII is the finale from another one of my cycles, “Elegies of Thule”, to which I now added choir. So this is not a premiere performance in the strict sense of the word. But it is the first time these adaptations of sacred folk tunes are being performed here, in Kreek’s Notebook. I have thought about leaving the work “open” so new parts can later be added.

Tõnu Kõrvits

I May Jesus, Thee Be Praised
II Now the Day Has Passed
III I Rejoice in Thy Bleeding Wounds
IV Dear Jesus, Do Rejoice
V I Shall Be Your Care
VI Fly from Your Sorrows
VII My Soul, Rejoice
VIII I Gaze at the Mountain
2007
30'
mixed choir, string orchestra, triangle
Text: Estonian sacred folk songs (in Estonian)
Fp: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste; June 3, 2007, Haapsalu Castle, Cyrillus Kreek Music Days
CD "Tõnu Kõrvits. Canticle of the Sun", The University of Southern Mississippi (2018); Hattiesburg Choral Union, Southern Miss Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gregory Fuller
CD "Tõnu Kõrvits. Kreek's Notebook", Hyperion Records (2013); Royal Holloway Choir, Britten Sinfonia, conductor Rupert Gough
CD "Review of the Estonian Choral Music", Estonian Choral Association, Estonian Public Broadcasting (2011); Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste (only May Jesus, Thee Be Praised)
CD „Requiem c-moll tenorile, segakoorile ja orkestrile / Cyrillus Kreek. Kreegi vihik / Tõnu Kõrvits”, Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor (2008); Tiit Kogerman (tenor), Kaia Urb (soprano), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste
Distributor: EMIC TK 027
Manuscript

Works for female choir and orchestra

Sunday Wish [Pühapäevasoov]
- Video
2020/2022
4'
soprano, female choir, string choir
Text: Doris Kareva
CD "Tõnu Kõrvits. The Sound of Wings", Ondine (2023); Mariliis Tiiter (soprano), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost

Works for male choir and orchestra

By the Rivers of Babylon [Paabeli jõgede kaldail]
- Pdf
Arrangement of the piece with the same title
2014/2023
10'
male choir, string orchestra
Text: Psalm No. 137 (in Estonian, translated by Vello Salo and Indrek Hirv))
Fp: Estonian National Male Choir, VHK String Orchestra, conductor Rasmus Puur; February 22, 2024, Estonia Concert Hall
Distributor: EMIC TK 171

Works for mixed choir and instrument(s)

Reflections from a Plain [Peegeldused tasasest maast]
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Reflections from a Plain Land / Anja Lechner (cello), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor)

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Fantasy of song by Veljo Tormis and Paul-Eerik Rummo
2013
5'
mixed choir, cello
Text: vocalise
Fp: Anja Lechner (cello), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste; February 6, 2013, Tallinn Methodist Church
CD „Tõnu Kõrvits. Mirror“, ECM (2016); Anja Lechner (violoncello), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor)
Distributor: EMIC TK 053
Reflections from a Plain
- Pdf
Arrangement of the work with the same name for cello and mixed choir. Fantasy of song by Veljo Tormis and Paul-Eerik Rummo.
2013
5'
mixed choir, violin
Text: vocalise
Distributor: EMIC TK 089
Reflections from a Plain [Peegeldused tasasest maast]
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Reflections from a Plain / The Southern Chorale, Jason Bergmann (flugelhorn), Claire Sanguinetti (kannel), conductor Gregory Fuller

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Arrangement of the work with the same name for cello and mixed choir. Fantasy of song by Veljo Tormis and Paul-Eerik Rummo.
2013
5'
mixed choir, flugelhorn
Text: vocalise
CD "Tõnu Kõrvits. Canticle of the Sun", The University of Southern Mississippi (2018). The Southern Chorale, Jason Bergmann (flugelhorn), Claire Sanguinetti (kannel), conductor Gregory Fuller
Distributor: EMIC TK 093
Baltic Elegies [Balti eleegiad]
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Baltic Elegies / Martin Kuuskmann (bassoon), Bellingham Chamber Choir, conductor Tim Fitzpatrick

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in 3 movements
2010
22'
mixed choir, bassoon
Text: Ivar Ivask (in English)
Fp: Martin Kuuskmann (bassoon), Bellingham Chamber Chorale, conductor Tim Fitzpatrick; June 6, 2010, Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, Bellingham, WA, U.S
Commissioned by: Bellingham Chamber Chorale
Distributor: EMIC TK 028

Hymns from the Western Coast [Hümnid Läänerannikult]

Audio
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1. Himmelen (In These Heights)
2. Ack mitt skiep will siunka... (Oh, My Ship Wants To Sink...)
3. För skeppare och båtsmän (To The Skippers And The Sailors)
4. Nu hafwer denna dag (Now Is The Day Ended)
5. Pris vare Gud som låter oss glada vakna (Praise The Lord Who Lets Us Awake Happily)
6. Den blomstertid nu kommer (Now The Time Of Blossoming Has Come)
2009
25'
mixed choir, saxophone quartet
Text: Estonian-Swedish folk chorales, from the book ”Estlandsvenska folkliga koraler” (compiled by Sofia Joons, in Swedish)

1. I Himmelen I himmelen, i himmelen Där Herren Gud själv bor. Hur härlig bliver sällheten Hur outsägligt stor Där ansikte mot ansikte Jag evigt, evigt Gud får se Se Herren Sebaot. I himmelen, i himmelen Vad klarhet, hög och ren Ej själva solen liknar den Uti sitt middagssken Den sol, som aldrig nedergår Och evigt, evigt oförmörkad står Är Herren Sebaot. I himmelen, i himmelen Vad sälla utan tal! Äv änglarna och helgonen Vad glans i ärans sal! Min själ skall bliva dessa lik Hos Herren Sebaot I himmelen, i himmelen man inga tårar ser Ej döden ej förgängelsen Där skola härja mer Av Herren Sebaot I himmelen, i himmelen En sällhet du berett Ett trefalt helig sjunges där Som intet öra hörde än.	1. In Heaven In heaven, in heaven Where God himself lives, How lovely is the bliss, How indescribably great, Where face to face I forever will see God, See the Lord of hosts. In heaven, in heaven What clarity high and pure. Not even the sun itself is like it In its midday shine. The sun that never sets And eternally stands undarkened Is the Lord of hosts. In heaven, in heaven How blessed and speechless Are the angels and the saints. What splendor in the hall of glory! My soul will become like theirs With the Lord of hosts. In heaven, in heaven You see no tears. No death, no corruption Will ravage any more With the Lord of hosts. In heaven, in heaven You have a bliss prepared. A threefold holy is sung there Which no ear heard before.
2. Ack mitt skiep will siunka... Jesus sofwer, jag måst waka... Ack, mitt skiep will siunka neder Mast och roder gå itu Böljan mig min graf bereder Ingen, ingen hielper nu Hafwet stromar up i sky Wädret månde fasligt gny Hwar skal jag förlåtne blifwa? Stormen wil mig sönderrifwa. Jesus sofwer, jag måst waka... Och mitt skiep är högst i nöd.	2. Alas, my ship is sinking Jesus sleeps, I must wake. Alas, my ship will sink down, Mast and rudder break apart, Waves prepare my grave, No one is helping now. The sea storms into the sky, The weather roars frightfully. Where shall I be forgiven? The storm wants to tear me apart. Jesus sleeps, I must wake... And my ship is in utmost peril.
3. För skeppare och båtsmän. För skeppare och båtsmän är bästa råd Förtro sig uti Guds heliga nåd Den vi åkalle i samma stund Enär vårt ankar det vindas av grund Och segel upphissas i Jesu namn Så segle vi då vår kosa fram Och tage så hamn i samma namn, Allsmäktig Gud i himmelrik! O Kriste dinom fader lik! Och helge And, sann trösterman! En Herre är Du över vatten och land Du hör vår bön, Du ser vår nöd Och vandrar med oss i liv och död Därom vi bede, som Du böd. Heja! Hoja!	3. For skippers and boatsmen For skippers and boatsmen, the best advise is To rely on God’s holy grace, Which we call upon in the same moment, Because our anchor is aweigh And the sails are hoisted in the name of Jesus. So we set our course onward And take harbor in the same name Almighty God in heaven, Oh Christ, like your father, And Holy Ghost, true comforter, You are the Lord of water and land. You hear our prayer, you see our plight, And you walk with us in life and death This we ask, as you asked. Hey! Ho!
4. Nu hafwer denna dag. Nu hafwer denna dag Alltefter Guds behag Sin ände äfwen nått Och natten, sömnens vän Har nu för oss igen I ljusets rum uppstått. O store Herre Gud Vars röst och stränga bud Allt lyda måste här! Du skapte dag och natt När dagen gör mig matt Mig nattens ro beskär. O Gud, mig ej försmå...	4. Now has this day Now has this day, According to God’s will, Reached its end, And night, the friend of sleep, Has now, for us, once more Appeared in the place of light. Oh, great Lord God, Whose voice and severe laws All must obey here, You created day and night. When the day makes me tired The peace of night soothes me. Oh God, do not forget me…
5. Pris vare Gud som låter oss glada vakna. Pris vare Gud, som låter oss glada vakna opp Och över jorden åter en dag av nåd gå opp En dag, som skall försvinna lik den i går förgick; O, må vi då besinna dess dyra ögonblick	5. Praise be to God, who lets us wake up happy Praise be to God, who lets us wake up happy, And over the earth another day of grace arises, A day that will vanish as it did yesterday. Oh, that we may ponder its precious moment.
6. Den blomstertid nu kommer Den blomstertid nu kommer Med lust och fägring stor Du nalkas, ljufwa sommar Då gräs och gröda gror Med blid och ljuflig wärma Till allt, som warit dödt Sig solens strålar närma Och allt blir återfödt Man hörer fåglar sjunga Med mångahanda ljud Skall icke då war tunga Lofsäga Herren Gud Min själ upphöj Guds ära Stäm upp din glädjesång Att den som will oss nära Och fröjda på en gång	6. The time of blossoming now comes The time of blossoming now comes With joy and great beauty. You are approaching, sweet summer, When grass and seeds do grow. With mild and lovely warmth The sun’s rays shine closer, For all that had seemed dead Is now reborn One hears the birds sing With many sounds. Shall then not every tongue Sing praise to the Lord God? My soul will hail God’s glory. Sing now your joyful song To him who wants us close And joyful all at once.

Fp: Swedish Radio Choir, Stockholm Saxophone Qartet, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste; April 1, 2009, Berwaldhallen Concert Hall, Sweden
FpEst: Saxophone Quartet SaxEst, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste; May 30, 2010, Haapsalu Dome Church, Nargen Festival
Commissioned by: Swedish Radio
CD „Vastsündinud“, Estonia Seltsi Segakoor (2019); Mixed Choir of Estonia Society, Saxophone Quartet SaxEst, conductor Heli Jürgenson
Distributor: EMIC TK 029

Seven Dreams of Seven Birds [Seitsme linnu seitse und]
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Seven Dreams of Seven Birds / Allar Kaasik (cello), State Choir Latvija, conductor Māris Sirmais

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Dedicated to Allar Kaasik
in 7 movements
2009
25'
cello, mixed choir
Text: Maarja Kangro, Tõnu Kõrvits (in Estonian and English)

1.
hiingämma hiingämma
hiingämma hiingämma
uinu
uinu

2.
there it is now
there! there!
there it is
there! there!
now!
I told you there it is
rustling
swishing
swooshing
there
it is there

3.
(cello cadenza)

4.
lazy darkness
so lazy and blue
luu luu luu ääh
lazy darkness
so lazy and blue
tsuu tsuu tsuu ääh
so blue

5.
dam dam dam dam
dam dam dam
dam dam
dam

6.
listen to the big hot moon
big big red hot moon
big big white hot moon
listen to the big blue moon
my howling moon
my moon
kuula kuud
kuulata
kuu

7.
babel
ba
bel
ba
bel
babel

Fp: Allar Kaasik (cello), State Choir Latvija, conductor Māris Sirmais; July 25, 2009, Pärnu Concert Hall, David Oistrakh Festival
Commissioned by: David Oistrakh Festival and Allar Kaasik
CD „Timeless Light“, BIS (2017); Allar Kaasik (cello), State Choir Latvija, conductor Māris Sirmais (only I, III, V and VII part)
Manuscript

Works for female choir and instrument(s)

May Jesus, Thee Be Praised [Nüüd ole, Jeesus, kiidetud]
- Pdf
1st part of "Kreek's Notebook", arranged for female choir and organ
2007/2022
female choir, organ
Text: Estonian sacred folk song (Kihnu)
Distributor: EMIC TK 163
May Jesus, Thee Be Praised [Nüüd ole, Jeesus, kiidetud]
- Pdf
1st part of "Kreek's Notebook", arranged for female choir and harp
2007/2019
female choir, harp
Text: Estonian sacred folk song (Kihnu)
Distributor: EMIC TK 123
May Jesus, Thee Be Praised [Nüüd ole, Jeesus, kiidetud]
- Audio
May Jesus, Thee Be Praised / Kristjan Mäeots (Glockenspiel), Ellerhein, conductor Ingrid Kõrvits

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1st part of "Kreek's Notebook", arranged for female choir and Glockenspiel
2011
4'
female or girls' choir, Glockenspiel
Text: Estonian sacred folk song
Fp: Kristjan Mäeots (Glockenspiel), Ellerhein, conductor Ingrid Kõrvits; 27.11.2011, Nõmme Church of the Redeemer, Tõnu Kõrvits' portrait concert

Works for male choir and instrument(s)

Songs About Rain and Wind [Laulud vihmast ja tuulest]
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Songs About Rain and Wind / Estonian National Male Choir, conductor Ants Soots

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2005
12'
male choir, percussion (rain stick, maracas, tambourine, bamboo wind chimes)
Text: folklore

...Puhu, puhu tuulekene
Tule, tuulehingekene,
Lehi Looja leilikene...
...Mis sa puhud põhjatuuli,
Lõetsud lõunaneitsikene,
Puhud sa puna minusta
...puhu ilma puhtaaksi...
oh Jumal Jumalukene,
selita, selita ilma...

Fp: Estonian National Male Choir, Margus Vaht and Andres Heinapuu (percussion), conductor Ants Soots; November 16, 2005, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn
Distributor: EMIC TK 112
Three Prayers to Light Up a Face [Kolm palvet, et särama panna oma nägu]

2001
6'
baritone, flute, harp, percussion, male choir
Text: Uku Masing
Fp: Villu Valdmaa (baritone), Monika Mattiesen (flute), Tatjana Lepnurm (harp), Vambola Krigul (percussion), Academic Male Chorus of Tallinn University of Technology, conductor Siim Selis; December 22, 2001, St. Charles’s Church, Tallinn

Works for children’s choir and instrument(s)

Shepherd's Song [Karjase laul]
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Shepherd's Song / Children's choirs of X Youth Song Celebration, ensemble Virre, conductor Ingrid Kõrvits

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2005
4'
children's choir, instrumental ensemble
Text: folklore
CD "Heliseb väljadel", Tallinna Muusikakeskkool (2009); Tallinn Music High School Youth Choir, conductor Ingrid Kõrvits

Works for girls' choir and instrument(s)

May Jesus, Thee Be Praised [Nüüd ole, Jeesus, kiidetud]
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May Jesus, Thee Be Praised / Kristjan Mäeots (Glockenspiel), Ellerhein, conductor Ingrid Kõrvits

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1st part of "Kreek's Notebook", arranged for female choir and Glockenspiel
2011
4'
female or girls' choir, Glockenspiel
Text: Estonian sacred folk song
Fp: Kristjan Mäeots (Glockenspiel), Ellerhein, conductor Ingrid Kõrvits; 27.11.2011, Nõmme Church of the Redeemer, Tõnu Kõrvits' portrait concert

Works for voice(s) and orchestra

Don't Forget Me [Ära unusta mind]
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Don't Forget Me / Marianne Leibur (voice), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste

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2022
3'
voice, string orchestra
Text: Doris Kareva
Distributor: EMIC TK 166
Bells [Kellamäng]

three movements
2016
15'
trumpet, vocal trio, string orchestra
Text: Doris Kareva (in Estonian)
Fp: Arve Henriksen (trumpet), Trio Mediæval, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, conductor Terje Tønnesen; December 6, 2016, Trefoldighetskirken, Oslo
Hellerella
- Video
2013
3'
voice, string orchestra, tambourine, live electronics
Text: vocalise, word "Hellerella"
Fp: Kadri Voorand (vocal), Tõnu Kõrvits (tambourine), Tallinna Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste; July 6, 2013, Naissaar Island, Omar's Barn Yard, Nargenfestival
Sånger för Lena (Songs for Lena)
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cycle of arranged spiritual folk tunes of Estonian Swedes
1. Den blomstertid nu kommer
2. Som fågelen
3. Nu är en dag framliden
4. O kärleksrika Gud
2013
20'
voice, chamber orchestra: 1010, flugelhorn, percussion (2 players), harp, strings
Text: folklore (in Swedish)
Distributor: EMIC TK 080
Time [Aeg]
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Time / Ain Anger (bass), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste

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2012
8'
bass, string orchestra
Text: from Ecclesiastes, translated by Vello Salo (in Estonian)
Fp: Ain Anger (bass), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Risto Joost; July 20, 2012, Kuressaare St. Lawrence's Church, Saaremaa Opera Days
A Ghealach Ur
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A Ghealach Ur [New Moon]

I Smaladh An Teine (Smooring the Fire)
II A Gheakach Ur (The New Moon)
III Sulus-Iulna Siorruidheadchd (The Guiding Light of Eternity)
2011
18'
mezzo-soprano, saxophone quartet, symphony orchestra: 2222, 2230, percussion (2 players), harp, strings
Text: Carmina Gadelica (in Celtic)
Fp: Orna Arania (mezzo-soprano), SaxEst, Ohio Northern University Symphony Orchestra, conductor Lloyd Butler; January 30, 2011, Ohio, Ada Freed Center
Commissioned by: Ohio Northern University Symphony Orchestra
Distributor: EMIC TK 034
Nocturnes [Nokturnid]
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Nocturnes: I mov. / Risto Joost (counter tenor, conductor), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

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3 movements
2011
11'
voice, string orchestra
Text: from Song of Solomon (in Estonian, translated by Vello Salo)
Fp: Risto Joost (voice), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; December 20, 2011, Tallinn House of Brotherhood of Black Heads

Works for voice(s) and instrument(s)

Moonlight, Summer Moonlight
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Moonlight, Summer Moonlight / Karis Trass (voice), Robert Traksmann (violin), Marcel Johannes Kits (cello), Rasmus Andreas Raide (piano)

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2014
4'
voice, violin, piano, cello
Text: Emily Jane Brontë
Fp: Iris Oja (voice), Harry Traksmann (violin), Marrit Gerretz-Traksmann (piano), Anja Lechner (cello); June 19, 2014, Gut Holzhausen, Nieheim, Germany, festival „Wege durch das Land“
FpEst: Karis Trass (voice), Robert Traksmann (violin), Marcel Johannes Kits (cello), Rasmus Andreas Raide (piano); December 18, 2020 Vanemuine Concert Hall, December 19, 2020 Arvo Pärt Centre, Laulasmaa
Distributor: EMIC TK 140

Works for voice(s) and piano

Touch [Puudutus]
- Pdf
Arrangement of the choral piece with the same name
2012/2021
soprano, piano
Text: Kristiina Ehin
Distributor: EMIC TK 148
The Breaker of Dreams

2018
5'
soprano, piano
Text: Doris Kareva
Fp: Arete Teemets (soprano), Mihkel Poll (piano); October 14, 2018, Kadriorg Palace, series "Palace Music"
The Shadow of Fugacity [Kaduvuse vari]
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2018
5'
soprano, piano
Text: Aino Kallas
Fp: Angelika Mikk (soprano), Riina Pikani (piano); August 2, 2018, Hiiumaa, Kassari
Distributor: EMIC TK 102
The Shadow of Fugacity [Kaduvuse vari]
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2018
5'
mezzo-soprano, piano
Text: Aino Kallas
Distributor: EMIC TK 103
Three Songs to Poems by Ernst Enno [Kolm laulu Ernst Enno sõnadele]
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Three Songs to Poems by Ernst Enno: Little Willow / Mati Turi (tenor), Martti Raide (piano)

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Dedicated to Mati Turi and Martti Raide
1. Little Willow
2. Through the Woods
3. Love Everything!
2014
9'
tenor, piano
Text: Ernst Enno
Fp: Mati Turi (tenor) and Martti Raide (piano); March 10, 2014, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn
Distributor: EMIK TK 159
In Evening Light [Õhtu valguses]
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In Evening Light / Villu Valdmaa (baritone), Martti Raide (piano)

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2001
4'
baritone, piano
Text: Henrik Visnapuu
Fp: Villu Valdmaa (baritone), Martti Raide (piano); April 7, 2001, Tallinn Town Hall, Estonian Music Days Festival
Commissioned by: Estonian Composers' Union
Rakovina (The Shell)
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Rakovina / Villu Valdmaa (baritone), Martti Raide (piano)

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1998
3'
baritone, piano
Text: Osip Mandelstam (in Russian)

Раковина
Осип Мандельштам

Быть может, я тебе не нужен,
Ночь; из пучины мировой,
Как раковина без жемчужин,
Я выброшен на берег твой.

Ты равнодушно волны пенишь
И несговорчиво поешь,
Но ты полюбишь, ты оценишь
Ненужной раковины ложь.

Ты на песок с ней рядом ляжешь,
Оденешь ризою своей,
Ты неразрывно с нею свяжешь
Огромный колокол зыбей,

И хрупкой раковины стены,
Как нежилого сердца дом,
Наполнишь шепотами пены,
Туманом, ветром и дождем...

1911

Fp: Villu Valdmaa (baritone), Martti Raide (piano); April 19, 1998, Tallinn, Estonian Music Days Festival
Commissioned by: Estonian Composers' Union
Three Shakespeare’s Sonnets [Kolm Shakespeare'i sonetti]
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Three Shakespeare’s Sonnets: Sonnet 27 / Villu Valdmaa (baritone), Martti Raide (piano)

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2. Sonnet 27
2. Sonnet 98
3. Sonnet 115
1998
12'
baritone, piano
Text: William Shakespeare (in English)

Sonnet 27

Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed,
The dear repose for limbs with travel tired;
But then begins a journey in my head,
To work my mind, when body's work's expired:
For then my thoughts, from far where I abide,
Intend a zealous pilgrimage to thee,
And keep my drooping eyelids open wide,
Looking on darkness which the blind do see
Save that my soul's imaginary sight
Presents thy shadow to my sightless view,
Which, like a jewel hung in ghastly night,
Makes black night beauteous and her old face new.
Lo! thus, by day my limbs, by night my mind,
For thee and for myself no quiet find.

Sonnet 98

From you have I been absent in the spring,
When proud-pied April dress'd in all his trim
Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing,
That heavy Saturn laugh'd and leap'd with him.
Yet nor the lays of birds nor the sweet smell
Of different flowers in odour and in hue
Could make me any summer's story tell,
Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew;
Nor did I wonder at the lily's white,
Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose;
They were but sweet, but figures of delight,
Drawn after you, you pattern of all those.
Yet seem'd it winter still, and, you away,
As with your shadow I with these did play.

Sonnet 115

Those lines that I before have writ do lie,
Even those that said I could not love you dearer:
Yet then my judgment knew no reason why
My most full flame should afterwards burn clearer.
But reckoning time, whose million'd accidents
Creep in 'twixt vows and change decrees of kings,
Tan sacred beauty, blunt the sharp'st intents,
Divert strong minds to the course of altering things;
Alas, why, fearing of time's tyranny,
Might I not then say 'Now I love you best,'
When I was certain o'er incertainty,
Crowning the present, doubting of the rest?
Love is a babe; then might I not say so,
To give full growth to that which still doth grow?

Fp: Villu Valdmaa (baritone), Martti Raide (piano); September, 1998, Kuressaare Town Hall (Estonia)
Commissioned by: State Concert Institute Eesti Kontsert
CD “Estonian vocal music from the 20th century” ARM Music 2002; Villu Valdmaa (baritone), Martti Raide (piano)
Distributor: EMIC TK 031
Manuscript
Three Psalms [Kolm psalmi]
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Three Psalms: Psalm 119:67, 71 / Villu Valdmaa (baritone), Martti Raide (piano)

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1996
6'
baritone, piano
Text: Psalm 119:67, 71; Psalm 56:3, 4; Henry Williams Baker (in English)

I
Psalm 119:67
Before I was afflicted I went astray:
but now have I kept thy word.

Psalm 119:71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted;
that I might learn thy statutes.

II
Psalm 56:3
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

Psalm 56:4
In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust;
I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

III
Henry Williams Baker (1821–1877)
And so through all the length of days
Thy goodness faileth never;
Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise
Within thy house forever.

Fp: Villu Valdmaa (baritone), Martti Raide (piano); April 18, 1996, Tallinn, Blackhead Brotherhood´s House, Estonian Music Days Festival

Works for voice(s) and other instrument(s)

Songs from the Spring of Pain [Laulud valu allikalt]
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9 movements
2023
45'
mezzo-soprano, mandolin, string quartet
Text: Doris Kareva

Doris Kareva
LAULUD VALU ALLIKALT

1
Nähes sind lähedalt, Päike,
jäin tummaks.
Jäin pimedaks.
Korraga olin ma väike.

Valu allikale mind armastus
kättpidi talutas.
Valu allikal silmi pesin.

Aegamisi sain aimu,
mis üldse on nägemine,
mis üldse on hingamine.

Valu allikal mõistsin valgust.
See valutas, valutas.

2
Kõik elu lööb lahti kui lehvik
kallima pärast.
Kõik kõneleb, lõhnab ja liigub
kallima pärast.
Kõigel on mõte, kõik muutub
kallima pärast.
Kõik püsib hetke noateral
kallima pärast.

3
Kuu, kas mu kallimat tunned?

Temale tantsin ja öös
tema ees vallandub juus.
Tema hõõgub mu kehas,
laulab mu lihas ja luus,
elustub igas mu ihas.

Kuu, kas mu kallimat tunned?

Tema, valus ja puhas,
põleb mu südamepõhjas –
vapustav, vaieldamatu,
kirgas ja kirjeldamatu
kire kõrvetav bluus.

Kuu, kas mu kallimat tunned?

Just nagu sina, ka tema
muutub ööst öösse, ta keha
lähedal on, siis kaugel,
igituttav, siis võõras,
noor, vana, alati uus.

Kuu, kas mu kallimat tunned?
Tal on veripunane pluus.

4
Igas koidikus veritseb
loojangu lein,
igas loojangus hõõgub
koidiku lubadus.

Näha ja hingata,
näha ja hingata,
näha ja hingata veel.

Kas ma homme kohtan sind,
Päike?

5
Tähtede all
merekaldal,
tähtede all
merekaldal
kivid ja lained ja liiv.

Keegi ei ole siin üksi.
Ja siia iial ei tulda.

Tähtede all
merekaldal,
tähtede all
merekaldal
täielik, tahtetu triiv.

Keegi ei ole siin üksi.
Ja siia iial ei tulda.

Tähtede all
merekaldal,
tähtede all
merekaldal
igavik, võbelev viiv.

6
Süda tasa
muudkui lõi ja lõi ja lõi.

Mismoodi armastada
maailmas, mis pitsitab
ja hõõrub
talumatult, kuigi
on nii lai, nii lai, nii lai.

7
Maailm põleb.
Mu silmad on janus.

Kui kallim on kaugel
nii kaua,
kui kunagi kokku ei saa,
milleks üldse veel nägemine?
Milleks üldse veel hingamine?

Iga mõte teeb haiget,
on jalus.
Tule, pimedus, mata maa.

8
Nägin kallimat unes.
Kättpidi
ta mööda okkalist teed
mind, pimedat, talutas.

Valu allikal silmi pesin.
Ja nutsin,
sest nägin valgust.

Ilmhelde Päike, mu arm,
kiirgas, peegeldus minus –
ta otsekui elu ise
laulis ja valutas.

Näha ja hingata,
näha ja hingata,
näha ja hingata veel.

9
Allikas, allikas,
kus on su algus?

Su isa on vesi.
Su ema on maa.
Selline selgus.

Elu ja valu
vuliseb sinus,
ilu ja valgus
lõpmata.

Allikas, allikas
pesen ma silmad,
selgeks ja heldeks saab meel.

Ma nutan.
Ma tänan.
Ma palun.
Ma laulan.

Ma laulan.

Fp: Maria Valdmaa (mezzo-soprano), Jacob van Reuven (mandolin), String Quartet M4GNET; November 23, 2023, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn
Commissioned by: Eesti Kontsert
Distributor: EMIC TK 169
The Mystic Trumpeter
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Three Songs on the Poems of Walt Whitman
I
II
III
2022
13'
bass, bassoon, piano
Text: Walt Whitman

I
HARK, some wild trumpeter, some strange musician,
Hovering unseen in air, vibrates capricious tunes to-night.

I hear thee trumpeter, listening alert I catch thy notes,
Now pouring, whirling like a tempest round me,
Now low, subdued, now in the distance lost.

II
Blow trumpeter free and clear, I follow thee,
While at thy liquid prelude, glad, serene,
The fretting world, the streets, the noisy hours of day withdraw,
A holy calm descends like dew upon me,
I walk in cool refreshing night the walks of Paradise,
I scent the grass, the moist air and the roses;
Thy song expands my numb'd imbonded spirit, thou freest,
launchest me,
Floating and basking upon heaven's lake.

III
Blow again trumpeter! and for thy theme,
Take now the enclosing theme of all, the solvent and the setting,
Love, that is pulse of all, the sustenance and the pang,
The heart of man and woman all for love,
No other theme but love—knitting, enclosing, all-diffusing love.

Fp: Ain Anger (bass), Martin Kuuskmann (bassoon), Kristjan Randalu (piano); April 1, 2022, New York, Estonian House
Distributor: EMIC TK 154
Two Songs on the Poems of William Blake

Listen: Vimeo

1. To See a World in a Grain of Sand
2. Every Night and Every Morn
2021
6'
tenor, oboe
Text: William Blake (in English)
Fp: Galit Kaunitz (oboe), Jonathan Yarrington (tenor); 2nd Virtual Symposium of the International Double Reed Society, July 28, 2021, online concert
Commissioned by: Galit Kaunitz, Jonathan Yarrington
Hope
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Hope / Karis Trass (voice), Robert Traksmann (violin), Marcel Johannes Kits (cello), Rasmus Andreas Raide (piano)

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2020
5'
voice, violin, cello, piano
Text: Emily Dickinson (in English)
Fp: Karis Trass (voice), Robert Traksmann (violin), Marcel Johannes Kits (cello), Rasmus Andreas Raide (piano); December 18, 2020 Vanemuine Concert Hall, December 19, 2020 Arvo Pärt Centre, Laulasmaa
Distributor: EMIC TK 136
Five Haikus on Maria Lee's Words [Viis haikut Maria Lee sõnadele]

2013
voice, kannel, flute, cello
Text: Maria Lee
Fp: Ensemble Resonabilis; October 7, 2013, Frihavnskirken, Copenhagen and October 8, 2013, Seebad Bansin, Usedom Music Festival
FpEst: Ensemble Resonabilis; December 10, 2014, Tallinn House of Blackheads
Sånger för Lena (Songs for Lena)
- Audio
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Songs for Lena: Den blomstertid nu kommer / Lena Willemark (vocal), Mari-Liis Vihermäe (flute), Istvan Barath (trumpet), Liis Viira (harp), Vambola Krigul, Madis Metsamart (percussion), Marten Altrov (clarinet), string quartet: Kristjan Hallik, Marge Uus,

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cycle of arranged spiritual folk tunes of Estonian Swedes
1. Den blomstertid nu kommer
2. Som fågelen
3. Nu är en dag framliden
4. O kärleksrika Gud
2013
20'
voice, instrumental ensemble: flute, bass clarinet, flugelhorn, percussion (2 players), harp, 2 violins, viola, cello
Text: folklore (in Swedish)

Den blomstertid nu kommer

Den blomstertid nu kommer
Med lust och fägring stor
Du nalkas, ljufwa sommar
Då gräs och gröda gror
Med blid och ljuflig wärma
Till allt, som warit dödt
Sig solens strålar närma
Och allt blir återfödt.

De fagra blomsterängar
Och åkerns ädla säd
De rika örtesängar
Och lundens gröna träd
De skola oss påminna
Guds godhets rikedom
Att wi den nåd besinna
Som råder året om.

Som fågelen

Som fågelen vid ljusan dag
Sig gläder
Så glad jag i ljusets rike
inträder
Ty jag betänker
att dödens länker
Har anden brutit
och mig livet skänker

När jag insomnar
Han mig omfamnar
Och på hans armar
Jag i himlen hamnar.

Nu är en dag framliden

Nu är en dag framliden
och natt tillstundar visst
Från oss är solen skriden,
bli när oss, Jesus Krist
Ge oss en stadig tro och alltid oss bevara,
Så att vi utan fara kan gå till nattens ro.

O kärleksrika Gud

O kärleksrika Gud!
Din godhet är en borgen
Att du ej danat oss
för mödan blott och sorgen
All glädje är av dig
Allt gott din gåva är
Säll den, som njuter det
med godhetens begär

Guds barn var glädjens vän
Han själv med människohjärta
Tog del i människors fröjd
Så väl som deras smärta
Och Andan trösterik
Går ut av himlens höjd
Att mildra jordens kval
Och vårda livets fröjd

Fp: Lena Willemark, Nargenfestival Ensemble: Mari-Liis Vihermäe (flute), Istvan Barath (trumpet), Liis Viira (harp), Vambola Krigul, Madis Metsamart (percussion), Marten Altrov (clarinet), string quartet: Kristjan Hallik, Marge Uus, Rain Vilu, Kaido Kelder, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste; June 8, 2013, Haapsalu Dome Church, Nargenfestival
Commissioned by: Nargenfestival
Distributor: EMIC TK 079
An Tionnsgann
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An Tionnsgann / Ulla Krigul (organ), Iris Oja (mezzo soprano)

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An Tionnsgann [The Dedication]

2010
7'
voice (mezzo-soprano), organ
Text: Carmina Gadelica (in Celtic)
Fp: Iris Oja (mezzo-soprano), Ulla Krigul (organ); May 22, 2010, Dubulti Church, Latvia
FpEst: Iris Oja (mezzo-soprano), Ulla Krigul (organ); March 24, 2011, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn
Commissioned by: Latvian State Concert Institute
Distributor: EMIC TK 030
The Bird Almighty

2007
mezzo-soprano, baroque flute, cello, harpsichord
Text: Maarja Kangro
Fp: Annaliisa Pillak (mezzo-soprano), Reet Sukk (baroque flute), Tõnu Jõesaar (cello), Iren Lill (harpsichord); June 6, 2007, Türi Church, Türi Spring Festival
Commissioned by: Türi Spring Festival
Manuscript
The Gate of Dreams [Unede värav]
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2007
soprano, saxophone quartet
Text: Bernard Kangro
Fp: Kädy Plaas (soprano), Tallinn Saxophone Quartet; March 31, 2007, Kadriorg Palace, concert series „Academic Chamber Music”
Distributor: EMIC TK 152
Manuscript
Das Rätsel Minne [Armastuse saladus]
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Das Rätsel Minne / Risto Joost (voice), Reval Ensemble: Neeme Punder (flute), Alina Sakalouskaja (mandolin), Eda Peäske (harp), Aare Tammesalu (cello)

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2005
8'
voice, flute, mandolin, harp, cello
Text: Walther von der Vogelweide (in German)

Das Rätsel Minne

Saget mir ieman, waz ist minne?
weiz ich des ein teil, so´ wist ichs gerne me´.
der sich baz denn ich versinne,
der berihte mich durch waz si tuot so´ we.
minne ist minne, tuot si wol:
tuot si we´, so enheizet si niht rehte minne.
sus enweiz ich, wie si danne heizen sol.

Obe ich rehte ra´ten künne
waz diu minne si´, so´ sprechet denne ja´.
minne ist zweier herzen wünne:
teilent sie geli´che, sost diu minne da´:
sol abe ungeteilet si´n
so´ enkans ein herze alleine niht enthalen.
owe´ woldest du´ mir helfen, frowe mi´n!

Frowe, ich trage ein teil ze swaere:
wellest du´ mir helfen, so´ hilf an der zi´t.
si´ abe ich dir gar unmaere,
daz sprich endeli´che: so la´z ich den stri´t,
unde wirde ein ledic man.
du´ solt aber einez rehte wizzen, frouwe,
daz dich lützel ieman baz geloben kan.

Fp: Risto Joost (vocal), Reval Ensemble: Neeme Punder (flute), Alina Sakalouskaya (mandolin), Eda Peäske (harp), Aare Tammesalu (cello); October 22, 2005, Tallinn Town Hall, NYYD Festival
Two Songs on the words of Leonard Nolens [Kaks laulu Leonard Nolensi sõnadele]
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Two Songs on the words of Leonard Nolens: Verklärte Nacht / Rauno Elp, Reval Ensemble

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1. Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
2. De naamloze tuin (Nameless Garden)
2003
13'
baritone, instrumental ensemble
Text: Leonard Nolens (in Flemish)
Fp: Rauno Elp (baritone), Reval Ensemble; October 19, 2003, Tallinn, NYYD Festival
Moon and Sea [Kuu ja meri]
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Moon And Sea / Villu Valdmaa (baritone), Heiki Mätlik (guitar)

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1998
3'
baritone, guitar
Text: Ella Wheeler Wilcox (in English)

Moon And Sea
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

You are the moon, dear love, and I the sea:
The tide of hope swells high within my breast,
And hides the rough dark rockes of life's unrest
When your fond eyes smile near in perigee.
But when that loving face is turned from me,
Low falls the tide, and the grim rocks appear,
And earth´s dim coast-line seems a thing to fear.
You are the moon, dear one, and I the sea.

Fp: Villu Valdmaa (baritone), Heiki Mätlik (guitar); March 3, 1998, Saku Manor (Estonia)
Commissioned by: Heiki Mätlik
CD “Sea and Moon”, V. Valdmaa, H. Mätlik 1998; Villu Valdmaa (baritone), Heiki Mätlik (guitar)
Manuscript

Works for mixed choir a cappella

Annabel Lee
- Pdf
2022
7'
mixed choir
Text: Edgar Allan Poe
Fp: LSU Chorale, LSU Tiger Glee Club, conductor Trey Davis; October 25, 2022, University United Methodist Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Commissioned by: Louisiana State University Chorale and Tiger Glee Club, Trey Davis
Distributor: EMIC TK 162
St. Michael Songs
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St Michael Songs: part VI / Southern Chorale, conductor Gregory Fuller

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I On this Wondrous Sea
II If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking
III An Hour Is a Sea
IV My River Runs to Thee
V Adrift! A Little Boat Adrift!
VI Our Journey Had Advanced
2021
25'
mixed choir
Text: Emily Dickinson (in English)

I
On this wondrous sea,
Sailing silently,
Ho! Pilot, ho!
Knowest thou the shore
Where no breakers roar,
Where the storm is o'er?

In the silent west
Many sails at rest,
Their anchors fast;
Thither I pilot thee, –
Land, ho! Eternity!
Ashore at last!

II
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

III
An Hour is a Sea
Between a few, and me—
With them would Harbor be—

IV
My River runs to thee:
Blue Sea! Wilt welcome me?
My River waits reply.
Oh Sea, look graciously!
I'll fetch thee Brooks
From spotted nooks,—
Say, Sea,
Take Me!

V
Adrift! A little boat adrift!
And night is coming down!
Will no one guide a little boat
Unto the nearest town?

So Sailors say—on yesterday—
Just as the dusk was brown
One little boat gave up its strife
And gurgled down and down.

So angels say—on yesterday—
Just as the dawn was red
One little boat—o'erspent with gales—
Retrimmed its masts—redecked its sails—
And shot—exultant on!

VI
Our journey had advanced;
Our feet were almost come
To that odd fork in Being's road,
Eternity by term.

Our pace took sudden awe,
Our feet reluctant led.
Before were cities, but between,
The forest of the dead.

Retreat was out of hope,--
Behind, a sealed route,
Eternity's white flag before,
And God at every gate.

Emily Dickinson

Fp: The Southern Chorale, conductor Gregory Fuller; January 16, 2022, St. Michael Catholic Church, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
FpEst: The Southern Chorale, dirigent Gregory Fuller; January 9, 2023 Viljandi Baptist Church, January 10, 2023 Tartu St. Paul's Church, January 11, 2023 Tallinn St. John's Church
Commissioned by: The Southern Chorale, Gregory Fuller
Distributor: EMIC TK 161
A Song about the Mother Tongue [Emakeelelaul]
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A Song about the Mother Tongue / Mixed Choirs, conductor Heli Jürgenson

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2017
3'30''
mixed choir
Text: Doris Kareva
Fp: Mixed choirs of the XXVII General Song Celebration, conductor Heli Jürgenson; July 7, 2019, Tallinn Song Festival Grounds, XXVII General Song Celebration
Commissioned by: Song and Dance Celebration Foundation
Linnuteelaev (The Boat of Milky Way)
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Linnuteelaev / Collegium Musicale, conductor Endrik Üksvärav

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2016
6'
mixed choir
Text: Doris Kareva
Fp: Chamber Choir Collegium Musicale, conductor Endrik Üksvärav; October 30, 2016, Tallinn Niguliste Church
Distributor: EMIC TK 124
Brother Fire
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Brother Fire / University of Tartu Chamber Choir, conductor Triin Koch

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7th movement of the "Canticle of the Sun"
2014
2'
mixed choir
Text: Saint Francis of Assisi
Distributor: EMIC TK 082
Canticle of the Sun
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The Canticle of the Sun: Most High / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conductor Kaspars Putninš

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1. Most High
2. Brother Sun
3. Sister Moon
4. Brothers Wind and Air
5. Most High
6. Sister Water
7. Brother Fire
8. Mother Earth
9. Most High
10. For Love of You
11. Sister Death
12. Praise and Bless
2014
30'
mixed choir
Text: Saint Francis of Assisi
Fp: University of Southern Mississippi Southern Chorale, conductor Gregory A. Fuller; October 25, 2015, Richtoni United Methodist, Mississippi, USA
FpEst: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conductor Kaspars Putninš; December 11, 2015, Tallinn House of Blackheads
CD „Tone of the World“, Tartu Ülikooli Kammerkoor (2021); University of Tartu Chamber Choir, conductor Triin Koch
CD "Tõnu Kõrvits. Canticle of the Sun", The University of Southern Mississippi (2018). The Southern Chorale, conductor Gregory Fuller
Distributor: EMIC TK 068
In Paradisum
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2014
mixed choir
Fp: April 25, 2015, Estonia Concert Hall, April 25, 2015, Estonia Concert Hall, International Choral Festival "Tallinn 2015"
Distributor: EMIC TK 058
Sister Death
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Sister Death / Collegium Musicale, conductor Endrik Üksvärav

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11th movement of the "Canticle of the Sun"
2014
3'
mixed choir
Text: Saint Francis of Assisi
Distributor: EMIC TK 174
Stabat Mater
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Stabat Mater / The Sixteen, conductor Harry Christophers

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2014
11'
mixed choir
Fp: The Sixteen, conductor Harry Christophers; June 4., 2014, LSO St. Luke's, London
FpEst: Chamber Choir Collegium Musicale, conductor Endrik Üksvärav; October 30, 2016, Tallinn Niguliste Church
Commissioned by: Genesis Foundation
CD "Spirit, Strength & Sorrow", Coro (2014); The Sixteen, conductor Harry Christophers
Distributor: EMIC TK 066
Fire Spell [Tulesõnad]

2012
2'
mixed choir
Text: folklore
Fp: Mixed choir Art, conductor Kadri Sakala; June 8, 2012, Noblessner Foundry, Tallinn
CD "Estonian Charms", Nahama (2012); Mixed choir ART, conductor Kadri Sakala
Ääni joka katosi (Voice That Disappeared)
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Voice That Disappeared / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conductor Daniel Reuss

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Written for Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
2009
mixed choir
Text: Mirkka Rekola (in Finnish)
Fp: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conductor Daniel Reuss; November 15, 2009, Siunto Church, Finland, festival "Lux musicae"
FpEst: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conductor Daniel Reuss; November 16, 2009, Tallinn St. Nicholas's Church
Commissioned by: festival "Lux musicae"
Three Songs from Iceland [Kolm Islandi laulu]

1. Verndi þig englar (Angels Guide You, My Dearest)
2. Krummi svaf í klettagjá (Raven Slept in a Rocky Crack in the Earth]
3. Ísland, farsælda frón (Iceland, Fortunate Isle!)
2008
12'
mixed choir
Text: Icelandic folklore (in Icelandic)
Fp: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conductor Daniel Reuss; February 16, 2008, Salurinn Concert Hall, Kópavogur, Iceland
Commissioned by: Estonian Republic
Manuscript
The Night Is Darkening Round Me
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The Night Is Darkening Round Me / Chamber Choir Voces Musicales

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2005
6'
mixed choir
Text: Emily Brontë (in English)
CD "Lend", Tartu Noortekoor (2018); Tartu Youth Choir, conductor Markus Leppoja
CD "Tõnu Kõrvits. Kreek's Notebook", Hyperion Records (2013); Royal Holloway Choir, Kate Telfer (soprano), conductor Rupert Gough
Distributor: EMIC TK 044
Manuscript
Now Through the Nights [Nüüd läbi ööde]

1999
2'
mixed choir
Text: Ernst Enno
CD “Areng”, Forte (2002); Tallinn Chamber Choir, conductor Margit Võsa
Sing, Sing, a Little Shepherd [Laula, laula, väike karjus]

1938
mixed choir
Text: Kersti Merilaas

Works for female choir a cappella

Armas, kallis (Lovely, Dear)

Dedicated to Vaike Uibopuu
2020
4'
female choir
Text: Doris Kareva
Fp: Academic Women's Choir od the University of Tartu, female chamber choir Liivika, conductor Baike Uibopuu; October 31, 2020, University of Tartu Assembly Hall
Sunday Wish [Pühapäevasoov]
- Pdf
2020
5'
girls' choir or female choir
Text: Doris Kareva
Fp: Girls' choirs of the 13th Youth Song Celebration, conductor Aarne Saluveer July 2, 2023, Tallinn Song Festival Grounds, The 13th Youth Song and Dance Celebration "Holy is the Land"
Commissioned by: Estonian Song and Dance Celebration Foundation
Distributor: EMIC TK 167
In Paradisum
- Pdf
2014
female choir
Fp: April 25, 2015, Estonia Concert Hall, International Choral Festival "Tallinn 2015"
Distributor: EMIC TK 057
One Tiny Bird [Üks pisuke lind]
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One Tiny Bird / Female Choir of Estonian Choral Conductors, conductor Õnne-Ann Roosvee

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2014
3'
female choir
Text: folklore
Fp: Female Choir of Estonian Choral Conductors, conductor Õnne-Ann Roosvee; April 23, 2014, Tallinn Methodist Church
Commissioned by: Estonian Choral Association, Estonian Composers' Union
CD „New Estonian Choral Music 2012–2014“, Estonian Choral Association (2014); Female Choir of Estonian Choral Conductors, conductor Õnne-Ann Roosvee

Awake, North Wind [Ärka, põhjatuul...]

Audio
Pdf

II part of "Songs of Song of Songs"
2010
female choir
Text: from Song of Solomon (in Estonian, translated by Vello Salo)

Fp: Academic Female Choir of Tartu University, conductor Triin Koch; May 15, 2011, Assembly Hall of Tartu University
Distributor: EMIC TK 048

Canon [Kaanon]
- Pdf
2010
6'
female choir or children's choir
Text: vocalise
Fp: Tallinn Music High School Youth Choir, conductor Ingrid Kõrvits; January 16, 2011, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn
CD "Leelo 20", Leelo (2016); Girls' Choir Leelo, conductor Külli Kiivet
Distributor: EMIC TK 032

For Love Is as Strong as Death [Arm ja surm]

Audio
Pdf

IV part of "Songs of Song of Songs"
2010
female choir
Text: from Song of Solomon (in Estonian, translated by Vello Salo)

Fp: Academic Female Choir of Tartu University, conductor Triin Koch; May 15, 2011, Assembly Hall of Tartu University
Distributor: EMIC TK 050

Let Us See if the Vine Flourish [Vaatame, kas viinapuu ajab võrseid...]

Audio
Pdf

III part of "Songs of Song of Songs"
2010
female choir
Text: from Song of Solomon (in Estonian, translated by Vello Salo)

3. Vaatame, kas viinapuu ajab võrseid (7:13)
Let us see if the vine flourish

Peiu: Kui ilus sa oled, kui võluv,
lemberõõmude tütreke!
Sihvakas oled sa nagu palmipuu,
su rinnad on datlikobarad!
Ma mõtlen: ronin nüüd palmilatva,
hoian kinni ta pööristest!
Siis on su rinnad marjakobarad,
su hingeõhk kui õunte magus vein,
su suudlus kui magus vein,
mis voolab otse kallima suhu,
nõrgub üle uinuja huulte.

Neiu: Mina olen oma kallima päralt
ja tema igatseb minu järele.
Läki, mu kallim, lähme väljadele,
jääme ööseks küladesse,
varahommikul viinameäe!

Vaatame, kas viinapuu ajab võrseid,
kas ta õied on lahti löönud,
kas õunapuud õitsevad –
seal annan ma sulle oma armastuse.

Tuudaimimarjad annavad lõhna,
kõiksugu kallist vilja on ukse ees,
sinu jaoks hoitud, mu kallim!

Lover: How fair and how pleasant art thou,
O love, for delights!
This thy stature is like to a palm tree,
and the breast to clusters of grapes.
I said, I will go up to the palm tree,
I will take hold of the boughs thereof:
now also the breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the
smell of thy nose like apples;
And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved,
that goeth down sweetly,
causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

Beloved: I am my beloved’s,
and his desire is toward me.
Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field;
let us lodge in the villages.
Let us get up early to the vineyards.

let us see if the vine flourish,
whether the tender grape appear,
and the pomegranates bud forth:
there will give thee my loves.

The mandrakes give a smell,
and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and
old, wich I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

Fp: Academic Female Choir of Tartu University, conductor Triin Koch; May 15, 2011, Assembly Hall of Tartu University
Distributor: EMIC TK 049

Songs of Song of Songs [Laulud laulude laulust]

1. Tell Me...
2. Awake, North Wind
3. Let Us See if the Vine Flourish
4. For Love Is as Strong as Death
2010
15'
female choir
Text: from Song of Solomon (in Estonian, translated by Vello Salo)

1. Ütle sina (1:7)
Tell Me

Neiu: Mina olen tõmmu, ometi nägus,
Jeruusalemma tütred –
otsekui Keedari telgid
otsekui Saalomoni vaibad.
Ärge põlake mind,
Et ma olen nii tõmmu –
Päike on mind põletanud.
Mu ema pojad olid mulle kurjad,
Panid mu viinamägede vahiks –
Aga omaenese viinamäge
Ei saanud ma valvata.

Ütle sina, keda mu hing armastab:
Kus hoiad sa oma karja,
Kus lased sa tal lõuna ajal lebada?
Sest miks peaksin sind otsima
Su sõprade karjamaadelt?

Peiu: Kui sa seda ei tea, sa ilusaim naistest,
Siis mine lammaste jälgi mööda
Ja karjata oma kitsekesi
Karjaste telkide juures!

Beloved: I am black, but comely
O ye daughters of Jerusalem,
as the tents of Kedar,
as the curtains of Solomon.
Look not upon me,
Because I am black,
Because the sun hath looked upon me:
My mother’s children were angry with me;
They made me the keeper of the vineyards;
But mine own vineyard
Have I not kept.

Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth,
Where thou feedest,
Where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon:
For why should Ine as one that turneth aside
By the flocks of thy companions?

Lover: If thou know not, O thou fairest among women,
Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock,
And feed thy kids
Beside the shepherd’s tents.

2. Ärka põhjatuul (4:16)
Awake, O North Wind

Peiu: Müüritud rohuaed oled sina,
mu õeke, mu mõrsja,
müüritud aed,
suletud allikas,
alles pitseri all,
kastad granaatõunte aeda,
hõrgu viljaga,
hennapõõsaste ja nardiga,
nardi ja safraniga,
kalmuse ja kaneeliga,
viirukipuudega,
aaloe ja mürriga,
kõige kallimate palsamitega.

Elava vee kaev
on rohuaia allikas,
vesi Liibanoni lumest.

Neiu: Ärka, põhjatuul,
tule, lõunatuul:
puhu läbi mu rohuaia,
laota tema palsamilõhna!
Mu kallim tuleb oma rohuaeda
Kõige hõrgumat vilja maitsma.

Peiu: Ma tulin oma rohuaeda,
mu õeke, mu mõrsja,
noppima oma mürri ja palsamit,
maitsma oma kärjemett,
jooma oma veini ja piima.
Sööge, sõbrad, ja jooge,
Jooge end armastusest purju!

Lover: A garden inclosed is my sister,
my spouse;
a spring shut up,
a fountain sealed.
Thy plants are
an orchard of pomegranates,
with pleasant fruits;
camphire, with spikenard,
Spikenard and saffron;
calamus and cinnamon,
with all trees of frankincense;
myrrh and aloes,
with all the chief spices:

A fountain of gardens,
a well of living waters,
and streams from Lebanon.

Beloved: Awake, O north wind;
and come, thou south;
blow upon my garden,
that the spices thereof may flow out.
Let my beloved come into his garden,
and eat his pleasant fruits.

Lover: I am come into my garden,
my sister, my spouse:
I have gathered mu myrrh with my spice;
I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;
I have drunk my wine with my milk:
eat, O friends; drink, yea,
drink abundantly, O beloved.

3. Vaatame,kas viinapuu ajab võrseid (7:13)
Let Us See if the Vine Flourish

Peiu: Kui ilus sa oled, kui võluv,
lemberõõmude tütreke!
Sihvakas oled sa nagu palmipuu,
su rinnad on datlikobarad!
Ma mõtlen: ronin nüüd palmilatva,
hoian kinni ta pööristest!
Siis on su rinnad marjakobarad,
su hingeõhk kui õunte magus vein,
su suudlus kui magus vein,
mis voolab otse kallima suhu,
nõrgub üle uinuja huulte.

Neiu: Mina olen oma kallima päralt
ja tema igatseb minu järele.
Läki, mu kallim, lähme väljadele,
jääme ööseks küladesse,
varahommikul viinameäe!

Vaatame, kas viinapuu ajab võrseid,
kas ta õied on lahti löönud,
kas õunapuud õitsevad –
seal annan ma sulle oma armastuse.

Tuudaimimarjad annavad lõhna,
kõiksugu kallist vilja on ukse ees,
sinu jaoks hoitud, mu kallim!

Lover: How fair and how pleasant art thou,
O love, for delights!
This thy stature is like to a palm tree,
and the breast to clusters of grapes.
I said, I will go up to the palm tree,
I will take hold of the boughs thereof:
now also the breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the
smell of thy nose like apples;
And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved,
that goeth down sweetly,
causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

Beloved: I am my beloved’s,
and his desire is toward me.
Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field;
let us lodge in the villages.
Let us get up early to the vineyards.

let us see if the vine flourish,
whether the tender grape appear,
and the pomegranates bud forth:
there will give thee my loves.

The mandrakes give a smell,
and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and
old, wich I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

4. Arm ja surm (8:6–7)
Love And Death

Neiu: Pane mind pitseriks südamele,
pitseriks oma käe peale,
sest arm on vägev kui surm,
kirg on karge kui kalm.

Tema nooled on tulenooled,
Jehoova välgu lõõm:
ei mata teda Allmaameri,
ei kata kinni Eedeni jõed.

Kui keegi annaks kõik, mis tal on
armastuse eest – kes võiks teda laita?

Beloved: Set me as a seal upon thine heart,
as a seal upon thine arm:
for love is strong as death;
jealousy is cruel as the grave:

the coals thereof are coals of fire,
which hath a most vehement flame.
Many waters cannot quench love,
neither can the floods drown it:

if a man would give all the substance of his house
for love, it would utterly be contemned.

Fp: Academic Female Choir of Tartu University, conductor Triin Koch; May 15, 2011, Assembly Hall of Tartu University
CD „New Estonian Choral Music“, Estonian Music Information Centre (2017); Academic Women's Choir of the University of Tartu, conductor Triin Koch
CD "Leelo 20", Leelo (2016); Girls' Choir Leelo, conductor Külli Kiivet (only "Tell me...")
CD "Seedlings", Academic Women's Choir of the University of Tartu (2015); Academic Women's Choir of the University of Tartu, conductor Triin Koch
Distributor: EMIC TK 045

Tell Me... [Ütle sina...]

Audio
Pdf

I part of "Songs of Song of Songs"
2010
female choir
Text: from Song of Solomon (in Estonian, translated by Vello Salo)

Fp: Academic Female Choir of Tartu University, conductor Triin Koch; May 15, 2011, Assembly Hall of Tartu University
CD "Leelo 20", Leelo (2016); Girls' Choir Leelo, conductor Külli Kiivet
Distributor: EMIC TK 047

Listen! [Kuula!]
- Audio
- Pdf
- Video
Listen! / Vox Clamantis, conductor Jaan-Eik Tulve

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Tõnu Kõrvits

2006
6'
female choir
Text: Marie Heiberg

Kuula:

On miski kui kaugusest kõne,

mis mullegi mõistmata.

Nii veedan tunni ma mõne

kesköösel üksinda.

Ma hellitan puhkevat igatsust põues

ja sonides sumedal suveööl käin

ja imestan välku, häält vägevat kõues

ees tundmata kaugusi kuulama jäin.

Öö selgib…

Pilved löövad ikka rohkem ja rohkem lahku.

Fp: Nargen Opera Choir, choir master Veronika Portsmuth; April 20, 2006, Von Krahl Theatre, Tallinn
Commissioned by: Nargen Opera
Distributor: EMIC TK 051

Works for male choir a cappella

Triptych of the Moon [Kuu triptühhon]
- Audio
- Pdf
Triptych of the Moon / Estonian National Male Choir, conductor Mikk Üleoja

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For the Estonian National Male Choir's 75th birthday
3 movements
2020
12'
male choir
Text: Doris Kareva
Fp: Estonian National Male Choir, conductor Mikk Üleoja; October 13, 2020 Vanemuise Concert Hall, October 14, 2020 Estonia Concert Hall, October 15, 2020 Pärnu Concert Hall, October 16, 2020 Jõhvi Concert Hall
Distributor: EMIC TK 134
Songs from Dolores's Songbook [Laulud Dolorese lauluvihikust]
- Audio
- Pdf
Songs from Dolores's Songbook: I Night / Estonian National Male Choir, conductor Mikk Üleoja

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7 parts
2016
21'
male choir
Text: Old texts found from Dolores's songbook
Fp: Estonian National Male Choir, conductor Mikk Üleoja; December 18, 2016, Tallinn Methodist Church, EBU Christmas Concert
Distributor: EMIC TK 109
In Paradisum
- Pdf
2014
male choir
Distributor: EMIC TK 059
Who Is Coming from the Sea... [Kes tuleb, kes tuleb säält mere pealt...]
- Audio
Who Is Coming from the Sea... / Estonian National Male Choir, conductor Kaspars Putninsh

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2007
4'
male choir
Text: Bernard Kangro

Kes tuleb, kes tuleb säält mere päält,
nii avar ja valgust täis? –
Ta juba mõõtmatus kauguses
nii voogav ja selge näis.

Kas viib mu kaasa, kas minusse
jääb tema põletav jälg?
Mis sest, et ta kõrvetav janu on
ja ainult kisendav nälg!

Ons lähedal juba või eemal ju
või tormitseb minu sees? –
Ükskõik, ah ükskõik, kui ta leegitseks
olgu taga siis või ees!

Fp: Estonian National Male Choir, conductor Kaspars Putninsh; April 15, 2007, Tallinn St. Catherine Church, Estonian Music Days Festival
Commissioned by: Estonian Music Days Festival
The Night Is Darkening Round Me
- Audio
- Pdf
The Night Is Darkening Round Me / Estonian National Male Choir, conductor Mikk Üleoja

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2005
6'
male choir
Text: Emily Brontë (in English)
Fp: Estonian National Male Choir, conductor Mikhail Gerts; February 18, 2005, House of Brotherhood of Black Heads, Tallinn
Commissioned by: Estonian National Male Choir
Distributor: EMIC TK 033
The Sun Rises [Ja päike tõuseb]
- Audio
The Sum Rises / Estonian National Male Choir, conductor Ants Soots

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2001
5'
male choir
Text: Ecclesiastes 1: 5–7 (in Estonian)

Ja päike tõuseb ja päike loojub
ning läheb tagasi oma paika,
kust ta jälle tõuseb.

Tuul puhub lõuna poole
ja keerutab põhja poole;
keereldes, keerutades puhub tuul
ja alustab taas oma ringkäiku.

Kõik jõed voolavad merre,
aga meri ei saa täis;
paika, kuhu jõed on voolanud,
sinna voolavad need üha.

Koguja 1: 5–7 * The sun rises and the sun goes down; then it presses on to the place where it rises.

Blowing now toward the south, then toward the north, the wind turns again and again, resuming its rounds.

All rivers go to the sea, yet never does the sea become full. To the place where they go, the rivers keep on going.

Ecclesiastes 1: 5–7

Fp: Estonian National Male Choir, conductor Ants Soots; April 8, 2001, Estonia Concert Hall, Estonian Music Days Festival
Commissioned by: Estonian Composers' Union

Works for children’s choir a cappella

Canon [Kaanon]
- Pdf
2010
6'
female choir or children's choir
Text: vocalise
Fp: Tallinn Music High School Youth Choir, conductor Ingrid Kõrvits; January 16, 2011, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn
CD "Leelo 20", Leelo (2016); Girls' Choir Leelo, conductor Külli Kiivet
Distributor: EMIC TK 032
A Song for the Sun [Laul päikesele]

2002
5'
childrens' choir
Text: Ernst Enno
Fp: Children´s Choir “Ellerhein”, conductor Ingrid Kõrvits; May 26, 2002, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn

Works for girls’ choir a cappella

Sunday Wish [Pühapäevasoov]
- Pdf
2020
5'
girls' choir or female choir
Text: Doris Kareva
Fp: Girls' choirs of the 13th Youth Song Celebration, conductor Aarne Saluveer July 2, 2023, Tallinn Song Festival Grounds, The 13th Youth Song and Dance Celebration "Holy is the Land"
Commissioned by: Estonian Song and Dance Celebration Foundation
Distributor: EMIC TK 167
Windy Nights
- Audio
Windy Nights / Academic Women's Choir of the University of Tartu, conductor Triin Koch

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2018
5'
girls' choir
Text: Robert Louis Stevenson
Fp: Choir of the atelier "Nordic (High)Lights" at the festival Europa Cantat, conductor Vivianne Sydnes; August 3, 2018, Tallinn House of Blackheads, festival "Europa Cantat"
Commissioned by: festival "Europa Cantat"
For Music [Muusikale]
- Audio
- Pdf
For Music / Estonian Television Girls’ Choir, conductor Aarne Saluveer

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2011
7’
girls' choir
Text: Georg Gordon Byron (in English)

For Music

G.G. Byron

THERE be none of Beauty's daughters
With a magic like thee;
And like music on the waters
Is thy sweet voice to me:
When, as if its sound were causing
The charmèd ocean's pausing,
The waves lie still and gleaming,
And the lull'd winds seem dreaming:

And the midnight moon is weaving
Her bright chain o'er the deep;
Whose breast is gently heaving,
As an infant's asleep:
So the spirit bows before thee,
To listen and adore thee;
With a full but soft emotion,
Like the swell of Summer's ocean.

Fp: Estonian Television Girls’ Choir, conductor Aarne Saluveer; 07.08.2011, 9th World Symposium on Choral Music 2011, Cine Teatro Auditorium Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina
Commissioned by: Estonian Television Girls’ Choir, Aarne Saluveer
Distributor: EMIC TK 046
Haikus of Nõmme [Nõmme haikud]
- Audio
- Pdf
Haikus of Nõmme / Ellerhein, conductor Ingrid Kõrvits

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1. Wind Windwardly Wind
2. Invisible Wolf
3. Lone Majestic tree
4. A Green-tinted Rain
5. Deep in My Forests
2011
8'
girls' choir
Text: Kirke and Maarja Kangro
Fp: Girls' Choir Ellerhein, conductor Ingrid Kõrvits; November 27, 2011, Nõmme Reedemer Church
CD "Songs of Light", Tallinna Huvikeskus Kullo (2017); Girls' Choir Ellerhein, conductor Ingrid Kõrvits
Distributor: EMIC TK 052

Works for joint choint choir or multiple choirs a cappella

Skysongs
- Audio
- Pdf
Skysongs: I A Slash of Blue / Girls choir Ellerhein, vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis, conductor Ingrid Kõrvits

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1. A Slash of Blue
2. The Sky is Low
3. There is Another Sky
2021
12'
high voices, mixed choir
Text: Emily Dickinson (in English)
Fp: Girls' choir Ellerhein, vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis, conductor Ingrid Kõrvits; November 30, 2021 Pärnu Concert Hall, December 5, 2021 Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn
Distributor: EMIC TK 151
Touch [Puudutus]
- Pdf
- Video
2012
4'
joint choir
Text: Kristiina Ehin
Fp: Joint choirs of XXVI General Song Celebration, conductor Hirvo Surva; July 6, 2014, Tallinn Song Festival Grounds
Commissioned by: Estonian Song and Dance Celebration Foundation
Distributor: EMIC TK 060

Works for vocal ensemble

Street Etudes [Tänavaetüüdid]
- Pdf
4 movements
2023
10'
vocal ensemble: soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass
Text: Doris Kareva
Fp: Estonian Voices; July 9, 2023, "Autovabaduse" ("Car-free") Avenue, Tartu, Glasperlenspiel Festival
Commissioned by: Glasperlenspiel Festival
Distributor: EMIC TK 173

Works for solo voice

Wind, Heavenly Wind... [Tuul, taevaste tuul...]
- Pdf
2013
soprano
Text: Viivi Luik
Fp: Jaanika Kuusik (soprano); April 6, 2013, Tallinn Swedish St. Michael's Church, Estonian Music Days Festival
Distributor: EMIC TK 097

ELECTRONIC, ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC AND MULTIMEDIA WORKS

Nocturanus
- Audio
- Pdf
Nocturanus / Madis Metsamart and Vambola Krigul (gongs), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tammo Sumera (electronics), conductor Risto Joost

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1. Lunar
2. On This Night
3. Pulsar
4. Sea of Clouds (Mare nubium)
5. Stay
6. By the Canal
7. Departure
2019
47'
chamber orchestra: gongs (2 players), strings, electronics
Fp: Madis Metsamart and Vambola Krigul (gongs), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tammo Sumera (electronics), conductor Risto Joost; November 22, 2019, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn
Distributor: EMIC TK 122

MUSIC FOR CHILDREN

Instrumental works for children

Song of a Dream [Laul unistusest]
- Video
2011
3'
flute, piano
Fp: Tuule-Helin Krigul (flute), Jana Peäske (piano)
Song of Clouds [Pilvede laul]

2007
piano
Fp: May 30, 2008, Käina, Rudolf Tobias Music Days
Commissioned by: NPO Tobias Society
Manuscript
Old Rock [Vana rokk]
- Audio
Old Rock / Marge Uus (violin), Villu Vihermäe (cello), Mihhail Gerts (piano)

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2004
2'
violin, cello, piano
Fp: Mari Poll (violin), Johannes Teppo (violoncello), Mihkel Poll (piano); March 3, 2004, Tamsalu High School, EMIC Concert Series Homeland Tune
Commissioned by: Estonian Music Information Centre
Manuscript
Prelude [Prelüüd]
- Pdf
from the cycle "Two Sad Pieces"
2003
piano
CD "Saue Muusikakool 20", Saue Muusikakool (2017); Sigrit Pikkar (piano)
Distributor: EMIC – See Two Sad Pieces EMIC TK 035
Two Sad Pieces [Kaks kurba pala]
- Audio
- Pdf
Two Sad Pieces: Prelude / Anni Poska (piano)

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music for children
1. Prelude
2. Waltz
2003
4'
piano
Fp: Martti Raide (piano); October 25, 2003, Nõmme Music School, Estonia
Commissioned by: Estonian Music Information Centre
CD "For My Little Sister", Tallinn Music High School, EMIC, ERR (2008); Anni Poska (piano)
Distributor: EMIC TK 035
Waltz [Valss]
- Pdf
from the cycle "Two Sad Pieces"
2003
piano
Distributor: EMIC – See Two Sad Pieces EMIC TK 035
Journey in the Night [Rännak öös]
- Audio
Journey in the Night / Ann Õun, Enely Hiiemaa, Linda Vood

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2001
2'
3 flutes
CD "Tulevik täis muusikat" (“Future filled with music”), Tallinn Music High School (2001); Inga Maasing, Anna Kelder, Aleksandra Vaher

INCIDENTAL MUSIC

Film music

Music for featire film "Driving Mom" ("Á Ferð með Mömmu")

Directed by Hilmar Oddsson. Production: Ursus Parvus, Alexandra Film
2022
Fp: November 19, 2022, Apollo Cinema Coca-Cola Plaza, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF)
Music for feature film "Seltsimees laps" (The Little Comrade)

Directed by Moonika Siimets
2017
Fp: March 20, 2018, Pärnu Apollo Cinema. Music was recorded by Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and conductor Tõnu Kaljuste.
Music for documentary "Towards the Beehive" ["Mesipuu poole"]

Directed by Vahur Laiapea
2015
Fp: February 25, 2015, Tallinn
Music for silent film "Vampyr"

Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer (1932)
2015
Fp: Orchestre Régional de Normandie, conductor Jean Deroyer; November 20, 2015, Amphithéâtre Pierre Daure of the University of Caen, France
FpEst: Pärnu City Orchestra, conductor Kaspar Mänd; October 31, 2021 Estonian National Museum (Tartu), November 1, 2021 Pärnu Concert Hall, November 13, 2021 Kumu Auditorium (Tallinn)
Music for documentary "Ester Mägi. Cadenza and Theme" ["Ester Mägi. Kadents ja teema"]

Directed by Vahur Laiapea, Ikoon
2014
Fp: May 19, 2014, Cinema Artis
Music for documentary "Sinine kõrb"

Directed by Ruti Murusalu. Umberto Productions in cooperation with Estonian Public Broadcasting
2012
Fp: March 14, 2012, Cinema Artis, Tallinn
Music for puppet film "Taevalaul" [Sky Song]

Directed by Mati Kütt
2010
Music to documentary "Sündinud tantsule" [Born to Dance]

Directed by Ruti Murusalu
2010
Music for silent feature film "La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc"

Director Carl Theodor Dreyer (1928)
2009
Fp: Ensemble de Basse-Normandie, conductor Dominique Debart; November 21, 2009, Théâtre du Préau, Vire, France
Music to a documentary "Ilusad inimesed" [Beautiful People]

Director Vahur Laiapea, Ikoon
2008
Music to a documentary "Laulutaadi hümnid" [Hymns of Father of Songs]

Lara Productions, director Ülle Õun
2008
Music to a documentary "Spe Fretus – Lootusele tuginedes" [Spe Fretus – Relying on Hope]

Director Kaido Leesme
2008
Music to a documentary "Teaduspõhine toode" [Science-Based Product]

Ad Oculos Film, director Peeter Brambat
2008
Music to a documentary "Uus päev luuakse idakaares" [New Day Will Rise from the East] [Muusika dokumentaalfilmile "Uus päev luuakse idakaares"]

Ad Oculos Film, director Peeter Brambat
2008
Music to a puppet film "Aja meistrid" [Kings of the Time]

Nukufilm, Exitfilm, director Mait Laas
2008
Music to a documentary "Armastasin ilma peata lõvi" [I Loved a Lion Who Had No Head]

director Peeter Brambat
2007
Music to a documentary "Film minu emast" [Film About My Mother]

director Vahur Laiapea
2007
Music to a puppet film "Miriami piknik" [The Scarecrow]

Nukufilm (music in collaboration with Tiit Kikas), director Andres Tenusaar
2007
Music to an animated film "Substantia stellaris" from the film project "Must Lagi" [Black Ceiling]

2007
Music to an instructional film "Liigume mõnuga" [Let's Move With Relish]

director Peeter Brambat
2007
Music to a documentary "Müütide mäss" [Rebellion of Myths]

Ad Oculos Film, director Peeter Brambat
2002
Music to a puppet film "Eilne vedur" [Yesterday's Engine]

Nukufilm, directors Mikk Rand and Kalju Kivi
2000
Music to a puppet film "Kaerajaan" [Oat John]

director Mikk Rand
1997/1999
Music to an animated film for adults "Viola"

Eesti Joonisfilm, script and design by Priit Tender
1999
Music to a puppet film "Vares ja hiired" [Crow and Mice]

Nukufilm, directors Mikk Rand and Priit Tender
1998
Music to an animated film for adults"Gravitatsioon" [Gravitation]

Eesti Joonisfilm, script and design by Priit Tender
1996
Music to a puppet film "xxxx or ASA"

Nukufilm, director Mikk Rand
1995
Music to a puppet film "Meistritükk" [Masterpiece]

Tallinnfilm, director Mikk Rand
1993

Music to plays

Music for Molière's play "The Misanthrop"

2016
Fp: February 22, 2016, Estonian Drama Theatre, director Anu Lamp (examination work of the third year course of the 27th class of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre School of Theatre Arts)

POPULAR MUSIC

Popular songs

Spirit Level [Vaaderpass]
- Video
2022
2'
country band
Text: Doris Kareva
Fp: Ensemble Kukerpillid; April 1, 2022, Alexela Concert Hall, Tallinn
Commissioned by: Kukerpillid
CD „Akadeemia“, Kukerpillid (2022); Ensemble Kukerpillid

JAZZ MUSIC

Works for big band

Signals for Giovanni

2017
bigband
Fp: Orchestra Operaia, conductor Massimo Nunzi; November 10, 2017, Teatro Cinema Principe di Palestrina, Palestrina, Italy

ORCHESTRATIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS

Legendary [Legendaarne]
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Legendary / Joint choir and symphony orchestra of the 13th Youth Song Celebration, conductor Hirvo Surva

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Arrangement of Peeter Konovalov's song
2020
4'
joint choir, piano or symphony orchestra
Text: Heiti Talvik
Fp: Joint choir and symphony orchestra of the 13th Youth Song Celebration, conductor Hirvo Surva; July 2, 2023, Tallinn Song Festival Grounds, The 13th Youth Song and Dance Celebration "Holy is the Land"
Commissioned by: Estonian Song and Dance Celebration Foundation
Flow, my tears
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Flow, my tears / Risto Joost (counter tenor), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

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Arrangement of John Dowland's song
2017
counter tenor, string orchestra
Fp: Risto Joost (counter tenor), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; January 26, 2017, Tallinn House of Blackheads
When I Begin to Sing [Kui mina hakkan laulemaie]
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When I Begin to Sing / Lauri Õunapuu (voice), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Estonian National Male Choir, Collegium Musicale, Ellerhein, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste

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Arrangement of the song with the same title by Veljo Tormis
2017
voice, 1-voice choir, string orchestra
Text: traditional
Fp: Lauri Õunapuu (voice), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Estonian National Male Choir, Collegium Musicale, Ellerhein, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste; March 12, 2017, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, Concert in memory of Veljo Tormis
Mercè grido piangendo
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Mercè grido piangendo / Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste

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Arrangement of Carlo Gesualdo's madrigal with the same name (1611)
2014
3'
chamber orchestra
Fp: Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste; February 15, 2014, Tallinn Methodist Church
Moro, lasso, al mio duolo [Moro, lasso, al mio duolo]
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Moro, lasso, al mio duolo / Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste

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Arrangement of Carlo Gesualdo's madrigal with the same name (1611)
2014
4'
chamber orchestra
Fp: Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste; February 15, 2014, Tallinn Methodist Church
Tu m'uccidi, o crudele
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Tu m'uccidi, o crudele / Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste

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Arrangement of Carlo Gesualdo's madrigal with the same name (1611)
2014
3'30''
chamber orchestra
Fp: Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste; February 15, 2014, Tallinn Methodist Church
Song of a Plainland [Tasase maa laul]
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Song of a Plainland / Kadri Voorand (voice), Tõnu Kõrvits (kannel), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor)

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Arrangement of Veljo Tormis's song with the same name
2008
4'
voice, kannel, string orchestra
CD „Tõnu Kõrvits. Mirror“, ECM (2016); Kadri Voorand (voice), Tõnu Kõrvits (kannel), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor)
The Last Ship [Viimane laev]
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The Last Ship / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor)

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Arrangement of Veljo Tormis's song with the same name
2008
6'
male choir, bass drum, string orchestra
Text: Juhan Smuul
CD „Tõnu Kõrvits. Mirror“, ECM (2016); Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor)
Distributor: EMIC TK 172
Nachtlied

an arrangement of Robert Schumann's piece
2005
12'
mixed choir, flute, bass clarinet, tuba, percussion (2 players), celesta, harp, string quartet
Text: Friedrich Hebbel
Fp: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, NYYD Ensemble, conductor Olari Elts; March 5, 2005, Assembly Hall of the University of Tartu, Estonia
Sixteen Estonian Folksongs [Kuusteist eesti rahvalaulu]
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Awake, My Heart / Arsis Handbell Ensemble

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1. Awake, My Heart (from Pühalepa); 2. A Maiden’s Voice (from Räpina); 3. The Wife of A Snake (from Meremäe); 4. Come Little Coddy (from Muhu island); 5. Grow Into Shepherd (from Hargla); 6. A Baby Rocking Song (from Loksa); 7. The Chamber Of The Wind (from Koeru); 8. Whoops And Calls (from Avinurme, Jõelähtme, Ambla, Tarvastu); 9. Sleep, Sleep, Little Mats (from Karuse); 10. Songs Sung By The Burbot (from Kodavere); 11. Lullabies (from Rõngu, Misso, Luhamaa); 12. Roll Sun (from Kodavere); 13. Treetops To The Birds (from Võnnu); 14. Sleep My Dove (from Hageri); 15. Calling The Cattle Home (from Rõuge); 16. To Its End The Day Has Come (from Rapla)
2002
40'
handbells
Fp: Arsis Handbell Ensemble, cond. Aivar Mäe; June 6, 2003, Tartu, Glasperlenspiel Festival
Commissioned by: Estonian Record Production
CD "The Best of Arsis Bells", Estonian Record Productions (2013); Arsis Ensemble of English Handbells, artistic director Aivar Mäe (only parts 1, 11 and 15)
CD “Awake, my heart!”, CCn'C Records (2003); Arsis Ensemble of English Handbells, artistic director Aivar Mäe
Peace [Rahu]
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Peace / Young male choirs and symphony orchestra of the 13th Youth Song Celebration, conductor Kuno Kerge (Arranged by Tõnu Kõrvits)

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Arrangement of Rein Rannap's song
3'
male choir, symphony orchestra
Text: Urmas Alender
Peace [Rahu]
- Video
Arrangement of Rein Rannap's song
3'
male choir, piano
Text: Urmas Alender
Song of a Plainland [Tasase maa laul]
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Song of the Level Land / Girls choir Ellerhein, conductor Ingrid Kõrvits

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Arrangement of Veljo Tormis's song with the same name
3'
voice, female choir
Text: Paul-Eerik Rummo
CD "Songs of Light", Tallinna Huvikeskus Kullo (2017); Girls' Choir Ellerhein, soloist Linda Teder, Robert Jürjendal (guitar), conductor Ingrid Kõrvits
CD "Terra incognita", Kammernaiskoor Sireen (2016); Female Chamber Choir Sireen, Tõnu Kõrvits (kannel), conductors Tiiu Sinipalu and Ülle Tuisk
The Last Ship [Viimane laev]
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The Last Ship / Ain Anger (bass), Mihkel Poll (piano)

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Arrangement of Veljo Tormis's song with the same name
4'
bass, piano
Text: Juhan Smuul

Tõnu Kõrvits