WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA

WORKS FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Op 16. Concerto for Chamber Orchestra (1961) 15’

1. Allegro 
2. Andante 
3. Allegro
4. Grave 
5. Allegro

Premiere: Tallinn Chamber Orchestra. Conductor Neeme Järvi. 17.12.1961 Tartu University Hall, 21.12.1961 Estonian Concert Hall. Publisher Muzyka (1964)
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Op.78 Concerto for chamber orchestra no.2 (1987) 12'.

Three untitled movements
Premiere: Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Eri Klas
15.06.1987, Town Hall
Publisher: Estonian Section of the Music Fund of the USSR (1988)
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Op.102 "Intrata for Chamber Orchestra" (1997) 13'

Premiere: Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste
September 20, 1997, Estonia Concert Hall, festival "VoxEstFest"
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WORKS FOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Op.3  Symphony no.1  (1957)  17’

Premiere: Estonian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Roman Matsov.
Jaan Rääts Diploma work in Tallinn State Conservatory (1957)
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Op.8/ 79 Symphony no.2 (1958/1987) 17’

Premiere: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Paul Mägi
Estonian Concert Hall
22.november, 1987
Op.10 Symphony no.3 (1959) 16’

1. Allegro.Alla breve
2. Andante
3. Allegro
4. Andante
5. Allegro.Alla breve

Premiere: Estonian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Roman Matsov
​24.april, 1959
Op.13 Symphony no.4 „Cosmic“ (1959) 25’

1. Allegro
2. Andante.Allegro
3. Vivo
4. Largo
5. Finale

Premiere: Estonian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roman Matsov. 25.12.1959
Op.14 „An Ode to the First Cosmonaut“ Symphonic Poem (1961)

1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Allegro molto

Premiere: Estonian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Neeme Järvi.
24.11.1961. Estonian Concert Hall
Op. 28 Symphony no.5 (1966) 25’
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1.Allegro
2.Andantino
3.Allegro
4.Andantino
5.Allegro
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Premiere: Estonian Radio and Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Neeme Järvi.
18.09.1966.Estonian Concert Hall. Publisher Muzõrka (1968)
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Op.31 Symphony No. 6 (1967) 14'

1. Allegro
1. Andantino
3. Allegro

Premiere: Estonian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Neeme Järvi
3.11.1967, Estonia Concert Hall
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Op.40 "Solemn Poem" for symphony orchestra (1970) 8'

​Premiere: Estonian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Eri Klas
1971, Kishinev, Moldova
Op.47 Symphony No.7 (1972) 21'

1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Allegro

Premiere: Estonian Television and Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Roman Matsov
30.11.1972, Estonia Concert Hall
Publisher: Muzyka (1976)
Op.74 Symphony No.8 (1985) 17'

1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Allegro

Premiere: State Symphony Orchestra of the Estonian SSR
Conductor Peeter Lilje

​ERSO stuudiotund: 26 | Jaan Rääts Sümfoonia nr. 8 op. 74 | Videoarhiiv | ERR
Op.86 Symphony for small orchestra (1991) 21'

Three untitled movements
Premiere: Youth Philharmonic
Conductor Toomas Kapten
5.20.1991, Estonia Concert Hall, festival "Estonian Music Days".
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Op.90 Little Symphony (1993) 8'

Premiere. Youth Philharmonic
Conductor Toomas Kapten

22 March 1993, Estonia Concert Hall, festival "Estonian Music Days". ​
Op.100 "Five Sketches for Requiem" for Symphony Orchestra (1997) 22'
Dedicated to the victims of property reform in Estonia

1.Kyrie
2.Dies irae
3.Lacrimosa
4.Sanctus. Agnus Dei

Premiere: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
​Conductor: Andres Mustonen

April 13, 1997, Estonia Concert Hall, festival "Estonian Music Days"
Op.115 "Virumaa süit" for symphony orchestra (2000) 14'

Dedicated to Virumaa Youth Orchestra

Premiere: Virumaa Youth Orchestra
​Conductor: Hando Põldmäe
​4, August 2000, Viru-Nigula Church, festival "Estonian Music Days".
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