Ülo Krigul: Liquid Turns Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra & Kaspars Putniņš

• Ülo Krigul (b. 1978): Vesi ise:
• 1 Krigul: Vesi ise 14:02
• And the Sea Arose:
• 2 Krigul: And the Sea Arose 13:42
• Aga vaata aina üles:
• 3 Krigul: Aga vaata aina üles: No. 1, Hingamisi 03:54
• 4 Krigul: Aga vaata aina üles: No. 2, Öö on pime 04:37
• 5 Krigul: Aga vaata aina üles: No. 3, Puud aina kasvavad 02:55
• 6 Krigul: Aga vaata aina üles: No. 4, Ainuski pilv ei tule tagasi 02:55
• 7 Krigul: Aga vaata aina üles: No. 5, Lahkuda onnidest 01:49
• 8 Krigul: Aga vaata aina üles: No. 6, Kui vanasti räägiti tuulest 07:24
• Liquid turns:
• 9 Krigul: Liquid turns 13:03
• Total Runtime 01:04:21

Info for Ülo Krigul: Liquid Turns

Ülo Krigul studied in Tallinn and Vienna, and has written music in a wide variety of genres. Three works on the present disc – And the Sea Arose, Aga vaata aina üles (‘But Look Always Up’) and liquid turns – were completed in 2019–20 when Krigul was composer-in-residence with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Linked by a common concept and the recycling of musical material, the three form a triptych-like set, here preceded by Vesi ise (‘Water Is’) from 2015. The latter is the first piece that Krigul wrote for the choir and its conductor Kaspars Putniņš and includes ideas that has been carried over into their later collaboration.

If Vesi ise here functions as a prelude, liquid turns is to an extent a summation of the programme: the composer has sampled text and music from the two preceding works and random phrases interact and emerge as a new whole. Krigul has chosen his texts from the New Testament, the writings of the philosopher Uku Masing and the sound poetry of Ilmar Laaban.

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Kaspars Putniņš, conductor

Kaspars Putniņš
Acclaimed Latvian conductor Kaspars Putniņš is the Swedish Radio Choir’s new Chief Conductor from the 2020–2021 season. He is also Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and has been permanent conductor of the Latvian Radio Choir since 1994.

Putniņš is an experienced interpreter of polyphonic Renaissance works as well as the swelling emotions of the Romantic era, but his foremost goal has always been to promote new and outstanding choral music. Through close relationships with a number of Nordic and Baltic composers, he has contributed to raising the bar for performances and recordings of new choral works.

As a guest conductor, he appears with ensembles such as the RIAS Kammerchor, NDR Radio Choir Hamburg, Danish National Vocal Ensemble, BBC Singers, Tokyo Cantat and the Netherlands Radio Choir. He has collaborated with composers such as Maija Einfelde, Mārtiņš Viļums, Toivo Tulev, Lasse Thoresen and Gavin Bryars as well as initiated several drama projects in collaboration with visual and theatre artists. He has made acclaimed album recordings, such as works by Schnittke and Pärt with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir on an album that was awarded both a Gramophone Award and Diapason d’Or.

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