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Mass by Bernstein: 11th Birgitta Festival

About the Event

The beautiful Pirita convent in Tallinn plays host this year to the 11th Birgitta Festival, one of Europe’s premier classical music events staged annually in the Estonian capital. Well known for it’s interesting programmes, the festival this year kicks off with one of the twentieth century’s most controversial yet acclaimed works: Leonard Bernstein’s Mass.

Performed by an eclectic array of instrumentalists including a full orchestra, rock and blues groups, choir, and percussionists, this dazzling mixture of acid rock, baroque, serialism, jazz, Broadway, and America remains as thought provoking and impressive as it was on the day of its premiere 43 years ago in Washington. Leading instrumentalists, singers, actors, and ensembles from across the Baltic region will join noted Latvian conductor Maris Sirmais in performing this breathtaking reimagining of a traditional Catholic mass.

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