Tuur: Mythos
Sheet Music

Item Number: 21677543
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Genres
20th Century
Formats
CD
Usages
School and Community

SKU: NX.ALPHA595

By Estonian Festival Orchestra. By Erkki Sven Tuur. Classical. CD. Alpha #ALPHA595. Published by Alpha (NX.ALPHA595).

Conducted by Paavo Jarvi.

Erkki-Sven Tuur, born in Estonia in 1959, writes music that is characterized by intense energetic transformation. The intuitive and rational approach is synthesized into a complete organic system. He is the composer of nine symphonies, ten concertos, numerous chamber works and an opera. Dedicated to his compatriot Paavo Jarvi and composed to mark the centenary of the Estonian Republic in 2018, Tuur's Ninth Symphony is entitled Mythos. According to the composer, this refers to the myths that arise about nations and how they have acquired their independence, and also deals with the long history of the Finno-Ugric peoples. Paavo Jarvi and his Estonian Festival Orchestra have made the world premiere recording of this work, along with The Incantation of Tempest (Ormiloits, 2004), dedicated to the Estonian composer Veljo Tormis, and Sow the Wind, composed in 2015, inspired by climatic 'gusts of wind' and 'whirlwinds'.