ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
and the Ballet-Symphony (1959).
The genre of concerto grosso was then quite unknown in the whole of the
Soviet music. Tamberg’s Concerto Grosso3 is an extensive composition in three
movements, with chamber-like orchestration, its solo group (concertino) consisting of
flute, clarinet, trombone, alto saxophone, bassoon and piano. The main theme of the
first movement can be described as vigorous and reminiscent of an oratorio:
1
Ivar Kosenkranius, Film ja aeg : esseid, etüüde, portreevisandeid (Film and Time. Essays, etudes and
sketches) (Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1974) 84.
2
Sirp ja Vasar (Sickle and Hammer) no 5 1955: 6.
3
First performed in Moscow by the All-Union Radio Symphony orchestra, 10 July 1957, conducted by
Nikolai Anossov.
Example 75.
The subsidiary theme with violin and violoncello is somewhat wistful but
graceful. The music is influenced by the idiom of Prokofiev. The development
expresses a joyful bustling spirit
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