ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
Palace Cinema.
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First performance in the Gloria Palace Cinema, 27 Mar. 1948.
Summing up, this is a thrilling and fascinating work, having all the pre-requistites for winning a
secure place not only in Estonian theatre repertoire but in all the best opera theatres in the
Soviet Union.1
The ballet Kalevipoeg, the second Estonian ballet, is based on several episodes
from the national epic. The composer mentioned that a more suitable title would have
been “choreographic pictures” since the work is a series of several complete individual
scenes. Estonian folk music tunes form the firm foundation for the creative thinking of
Eugen Kapp:
Eugen Kapp has been able to offer an artistic representation where the difference between folk
tune and the author’s thought has been eliminated, where everything has been transformed into
national music.2
Here the protagonist is the Estonian nation, with all their joy, grief and struggle.
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