Estonia’s Singing Lands

“I’ve long nurtured a dream to get out and finally explore what
it was about the forests and seas of Laulasmaa, ‘the land of
song’, in Estonia that inspired Arvo Pärt and so many musicians.”


Join Dash’s Artistic Director, Josephine Burton
as she travels to the Arvo Pärt Centre in
Laulasmaa, Estonia to investigate the mystical musical
relationship between nature and the people of Estonia


From the Arvo Pärt Centre Josephine wanders the forest, swims in
the sea and explores Helikula, ‘the village of sound’, where
musicians from the Union of Composers were given summer houses
during Soviet Times.


We started collaborating in October 2020 during the pandemic with
a widely celebrated online event with the Arvo Pärt Centre
combining a pre-recorded concert and a conversation with
musicians Andres Kaljuste, Sophia Rahman and Arvo’s son Michael
Pärt. You can hear this previous episode here.


For more on the trip you can read Josephine’s blog and see more
photographs of the incredible Estonian landscape on the Dash Arts
website.


In the podcast, we hear from:


Josephine Burton - Artistic Director, Dash Arts 


Michael Pärt - Music Editor and Chairman of the Arvo Pärt Centre


Sophia Rahman - Pianist


Andres Kaljuste - Violinist


Rein Lang - Former Minister of Culture of Estonia


Liisa Hirsch - Composer 


Kristina Norman - Artist


Title music by Fakiiritanssi by Marouf Majidi


Compositions by Arvo Pärt played by Sophia Rahman and Andres
Kaljuste:


Fratres 


Für Alina


Spiegel im Spiegel


With thanks to the Estonian Ministry of Culture and Estonian
Cultural Counsellor in London for enabling Josephine’s
trip. 


Artwork: A PHOTO JOSEPHINE’S TRIP


Reference to the previous episode (Jan 2021) -
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7pN6oLyNmgxVEqjNjZW8Dg?si=34666bcd1c984ba6 


Blog link -
https://www.dasharts.org.uk/blog/arvo-prts-inspiration-discovering-the-magic-of-estonias-forests-and-sounds


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