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INSTRUMENTAL CONCERTS


CONCERTS FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA
Op.21 Concerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra no.1 (1963/1969) 10’

1.Allegro 
2.Andantino 
3.Allegro 
4.Allegro

Premiere: Lemmo Erendi, Estonian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Neeme Järvi. 11.12.1963. Estonian Concert Hall. Publisher Muzyka (1969)

Op.51 Concerto for violin and symphony orchestra (1974).

Moderato
Premiere: Vladimir Alumäe, Estonian SSR National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Peeter Lilje
12.07.1977, Pärnu Drama Theatre named after Lydia Koidula, Pärnu, Estonia.

Op.63 Concerto for violin and chamber orchestra no.2 (1979) 18'

1.Allegro 
2. Andante 
3. Allegro

Premiere: Mari Tampere, RAT Estonia Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Eri Klas
13.02.1979, Estonia Concert Hall, Festival of Soviet Estonian Music.
Published by the Estonian Section of the Music Fund of the USSR (1979) and Sovetski Kompozitor (1989).
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Op.96 Concerto for violin and chamber orchestra no.3 (1995) 20'

Florian Maierott (violin), Germany.
Premiere in Estonia. Florian Maierott, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Olari Elts.
20 April 1996, Estonia Concert Hall, festival "Estonian Music Days".

Premiere by Florian Meierott, Kalle Randalu.
28.April 1996, Würzburg Music School Chamber Hall, Germany ​

CONCERTS FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA
Op.34 Piano concerto no.1 (1968) 15'

1. Allegro 
2. Andantino

Premiere: Arbo Valdma, Staatliche Sinfonieorchester Schwerin
Conductor Neeme Järvi, German Democratic Republic, Schwerin, Cultural Days of the Estonian SSR in Germany.
Estonian performance: Arbo Valdma, Estonian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Neeme Järvi, 16.01.1969, Estonia Concert Hall.

Op.41 Concerto for piano and chamber orchestra (1971) 13'.

1. Allegro 
2. Madrigal. Andante 
3.Capriccio. Allegro

Premiere: Arbo Valdma, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, 
Conductor Neeme Järvi.
4.05.1971, Estonia Concert Hall.
Published by Sovetski Kompozitor (1973).
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Op.70 Piano concerto no.2 (1983) 20'

Three untitled movements

Premiere: Kalle Randalu, RAT Estonia Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Eri Klas
3.10.1983, Estonia Concert Hall. ​

Op.77 Concerto for two pianos and symphony orchestra (1986) 25'

Three untitled movements
Premiere: Kalle Randalu, Rein Rannap, Estonian SSR National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Peeter Lilje
13.03.1986, Estonia Concert Hall

Op.89 Piano Concerto for Four Hands and String Orchestra (1992) 15'
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Op.105 "Digitalia" for piano and chamber orchestra (1998) 16'

Premiere: Rein Rannap (piano), Hortus Musicus Academic Orchestra
conductor Andres Mustonen
April 15, 1998, Tallinn House of blackheads,
festival "Estonian Music Days"

CONCERTS FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA
Op.42 Allegro for piano, cello and symphony orchestra (1971)

Dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich

Premiere: Estonian SSR National Symphony Orchestra
Estonian State Orchestra
24.12.1977, Estonian Radio White Hall, "ERSO" studio lesson".

Op.27 Concerto for Cello and Chamber Orchestra (1966)
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1. Allegro 
2. Andantino 
3. Allegro 
4. Allegro

Premiere: Jaak Ruben. Estonian Radio Chamber Orchestra. Conductor Neeme Järvi
16.03.1966. Estonian Concert Hall

Op.43 Concerto for Cello and Symphony Orchestra (1971)
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Op.59 Concerto for Cello and Symphony Orchestra (1977)
​(new version of Cello Concerto Op.43)

Written and dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovitš

Op.99 Concerto for cello and chamber orchestra (1997) 10'

Premiere: Matthias Bantay July, 1997, Germany, Schneeberg Festival
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CONCERTS FOR OTHER SOLO INSTRUMENTS AND ORCHESTRA
Op.88 Concerto for guitar and chamber orchestra (1992) 25'
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Op.92 Concerto for trumpet, piano and string orchestra (1993) 16'

Premiere: Reinhold Friedrich, Kalle Randalu, Estonian Chamber Orchestra, conductor Thomas Indermühle, 15 December 1993, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Estonian premiere: Jüri Leiten, Kalle Randalu, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, 23 May 1994, Rakvere Teater.
​

Op.117 Concerto for flute, guitar and symphony orchestra (2001) 18'
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Op.120 "Concerto for Five", for three trumpets, guitar, percussion and string orchestra (2002) 10'
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Op.89 Piano Concerto for Four Hands and String Orchestra (1992) 15'
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Op.106 Concerto for violin, guitar and symphony orchestra (1998) 15'
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Op.111 Concerto for two guitars and symphony orchestra (1999) 15'
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Op.127 Concerto for piano trio and symphony orchestra (2006)

Premiere: Haydn Trio Eisenstadt
Harald Kosik (piano), Verena Stourzh (violin), Hannes Gradwohl (cello), 
- Chesapeake Orchestra, conductor Jeffrey Silberschlag
July 21, 2006, St Mary's College, Maryland, U.S.
music festival River Concert Series

​CONCERTINOS
Op.2  Concertino for Violin and Orchestra no.1 (1957)
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Op.2 Concertino for Violin and Orchestra nr. 2 (1957) 7’

1.Allegro 
2.Adagio  
3.Allegro
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Op.9 Concertino for Piano and Chamber Orchestra (1958) 10’

1.Allegro 
2.Adagio 
3. Allegro

Premiere: Matti Reimann, Estonian Radio Chamber Orchestra. Conductor Neeme Järvi. 5.05.1965, Estonian Concert Hall.
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