From November 5 to 15, vocal music ensemble Heinavanker (artistic director Margo Kõlar) will give five concerts in U.S, featuring Medieval music, Estonian sacred folk songs and mass music. The concerts will be held on November 5 at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, 7. November at St. James Episcopal Church in Mississippi, 10. November at University of Idaho in Moscow, 12. November at Blufton University (Ohio) and 15. November at Yale Univeristy in New Heaven (Connecticut).
The vocal ensemble Heinavanker (Margo Kõlar, Kadri Hunt, Taniel Kirikal, Tõnis Kaumann, Vambola Krigul, Eve Kopli, Anto Õnnis, Ilona Ernes, Johan Randvere, Johannes Christopher Staak and Maret Alango) is a unique meeting point for musicians active in different fields. Since 1996 the group under direction of composer Margo Kõlar has delved into early sacred music, our ancestors’ traditions and contemporary imagination. Ancient Estonian runic songs and folk hymns are an important part of Heinavanker’s repertoire.
The name „Heinavanker” originates from Hieronymos Bosch’ (1453-1516) Haywain Triptych. Its allegoric scenes seem as if inspired from today’s life. On this strange painting, there’s a huge stack of hay rolling through a land laboring in acquisitiveness towards destruction. In the midst of this, music arises. Both a snide demon and a praying angel are trying to get the musicians under their domain of influence.
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