This Friday, September 13, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra will open its season. The season-opening concert under the baton of Neeme Järvi will present the premiere of Johannes Hiob’s symphonic fantasy „Isade maa“ („The Fathers’ Land“, 1940). The programme also includes Jean Sibelius’s Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 with Ye-Eun Choi as a violin soloist, Anton Bruckner’s „Volksfest“ and cantata „Helgoland“ as well as Villem Kapp’s choral poem „Põhjarannik“ („Northern Coast“) together with the Estonian National Male Choir.

From September 18 to 27, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra will be touring Austria, the Czech Republic and Germany. The orchestra will play at prestigious concert halls including the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, the Brucknerhaus in Linz, Rudolfinum’s Dvořák Hall in Prague, and the Festhalle Viersen among others. The programmes conducted by Neeme Järvi and Mihhail Gerts will feature the symphonic poem „Dawn“ by Heino Eller, Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 by Jean Sibelius with Nicola Benedetti and Ye-Eun Choi as soloists, and Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major and the patriotic cantata „Helgoland“ together with the Estonian National Male Choir. The tour is organised by leading artist management agency IMG Artists.