ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
combining these different ways of thinking.”5
1
The first performance took place in Tallinn, 3 Apr. 1997. The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
was conducted by Arvo Volmer.
2
Evi Arujärv, ‘Reading of symphony: About the symphonies of Erkki-Sven Tüür’ Teater. Muusika. Kino.
7 (1989): 45.
3
‘Echo of recordings’. Teater. Muusika. Kino 11 (1997): 78-79. Trans. from Christoph Schlüren, ‘Review
of new recordings’ Fono Forum June (1996): 54.
4
Tiia Teder, ‘Helikristallide moodustamine’ (Forming Sound Crystals) Pühapäevaleht (Sunday Paper)
16 Mar. 1996.
5
E. S. Tüür. Cristallisatio. Booklet to the CD, ECM New Series, No. 1590.
This illogical and unnatural comprehension has had, in my opinion, no positive
outcome because there stand unsuitable polarised divergent means of expression and
tremendous disparities of spiritual worlds behind them.
Tüür has been called Estonia’s top composer by P. Kuusk in Eesti Päevaleht,
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