TARTU TOP TEN

14/07/2019 12:00

Kaarsild bridge, Tartu

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TartuTownHallCarillonThe festival Glasperlenspiel offers again one concert with free entrance for the audience. Beautiful music will be performed on Kaarsild bridge and at the Town Hall Square. Organisers of the festival have chosen the best works from the Kaarsilla musical works competition. The program includes pieces by Robert Jürjendal, Marianna Liik, Kristjan Kannukene, Judith Parts, Roman-Sten Tõnissoo and Peeter Vähi.

The second part of the concert is dedicated to a carillon – a musical instrument that consists at least 23 bells and is usually housed in the bell tower of a church or a municipal building. The carillon of Tartu Town Hall with 34 bells is recognized as the biggest in Estonia. Compositions for this unique instrument are selected, arranged and programmed by Merle Kollom, the first lady of Estonian carillon music. Delibes, Rimski-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Albéniz, Liszt, Rodrigo, Saint-Saëns…