ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
lyricism of the anguish and pain of human existence intertwine with rejoicing in
spiritual improvement, creating a broad psychological vista of the whole being.1
1
The Oratorio was issued as his own publication, 2007, Tallinn.
For many years Uno was involved with Estonian Radio as a music critic and
broadcasting on Estonian symphonism. His series of essays and lectures on several
basic problems of music: Listen, Understand, Evaluate1 and Lectures on the Avant-
garde in Music2 were published in 1969. He has also promoted the output of Estonian
symphonists abroad with lectures at the Sibelius Academy in Finland (1987) and at the
University of Stockholm (The Baltic Conference, 1991). On the proposal of Neeme
Järvi, Uno Soomere wrote the CD annotation for Music from Estonia, Volume 2 (works
by Tobias, Lemba, Eller, Tormis and Pärt) recorded by the Scottish National Orchestra
conducted by Neeme Järvi.3 His manuscript Estonian symphonist Arvo Pärt: Creative
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