RIP Veljo Tormis

[pjme]

at least 500 works for chorus, a friend of Pärt and some lovely filmmusic... More later..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veljo_Tormis

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/72de4cdd-112f-44bf-bb4f-d80297c30e79


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[North Star]

I recall liking this one

https://www.youtube.com/v/tFFNzWaXWmM

[vandermolen]

Sorry to hear this sad news.

[Brian]

I recall liking this one

https://www.youtube.com/v/tFFNzWaXWmM

A lot of his choral music is outstanding - this is the title track on a great BIS records compilation which I enjoyed;

[pjme]

Lovely music...

https://www.youtube.com/v/gLP6fAE9cqM

"Kevade" can be seen in its entirity on YT. No subtitles, I'm afraid.

FRom Wiki: Spring (1969) Estonian: Kevade directed by Arvo Kruusement [1] is a film adaptation of Oskar Luts' popular novel of the same name.[2] The movie placed first place in the Estonian feature films Top Ten Poll in 2002 held by Estonian film critics and journalists.[3] In 1970 the movie sold 558,000 tickets in Estonia (Total population 1.36 million)[4] and 8,100,000 in the Soviet Union in 1971.[5] The film was re-released in Estonia on 13 April 2006.

The film was shot in Palamuse, which was the prototype area of Oskar Luts' "Paunvere

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