Inspired by Herman Hesse’s novel of the same name, the festival Glasperlenspiel („The Glass Bead Game“), taking place in Estonian main university town Tartu, brings together excellent ensembles and talented musicians from home and abroad, offering a very diverse programme that is open to different art forms and discovers enriching connections between music and other fields.

Thu 7th July at 7 pm St John Church, Tartu
CHANT OF SHEPHERD’S HORN
Vytautas Kiminius (birbyne, Lithuania)
Glasperlenspiel Sinfonietta
Conductor Andres Mustonen
In programme: Paisible, Purcell, Mendelssohn, Bruch, Vähi

Fri 8th July at 7 pm St John Church, Tartu
LA NOZZE DI FIGARO
Wiener Kammersymphonie (Austria)
In programme: Mozart, Wagner, Reger, Korngold

Fri 8th July at 10 pm St John Church, Tartu
GLORIA
Barrocade (Israeli Baroque Orchestra), Voces Tallinn
In programme: Vivaldi

Sat 9th July at 7 pm St John Church, Tartu
THE WORLD OF THE CASTRATI
Concilium musicum Wien (Austria)
In programme: Fux, Gluck, Haydn, Vivaldi, Hasse

Sat 9th July at 10 pm St John Church, Tartu
THE FLUTISH KINGDOM
Post Tenebras Flutes (Switzerland), artistic director Maarika Järvi
In programme: Pärt, Schnyder, Vivaldi, Sibelius, Fauré, Mettraux (premiere)

Sun 10th July at 7 pm St John Church, Tartu
RUSSISM: MASKS AND FACES
Tähe-Lee Liiv (piano), Kremerata Baltica (artistic director Gidon Kremer)
In programme: Mozart, Say, Silvestrov, Mussorgski

Sun 10th July at 10 pm St John Church, Tartu
AUDIENCE ORCHESTRA
Ensemble U:

Mon 11th July at 7 pm St John Church, Tartu
GOLDEN ROOTS
AUREUM Saxophon Quartett (Austria)
In programme: Mozart, Beethoven, Mussorgsky, Piazzolla, Corea, trad.

Mon 11th July at 10 pm St John Church, Tartu
NOAH’S BLADE
Trio ’95
In programme: Henze, Brahms, Randalu (premiere)

Tue 12th July at 7 pm St John Church, Tartu
TENEBRAE
Estonian National Male Choir, conductor Mikk Üleoja
In programme: Gesualdo, Uusberg

Tue 12 July at 10 p.m Tartu St John’s Church (in cooperation with Orient Festival)
Thu 14 July at 7 p.m Jämaja Church, Saaremaa (in cooperation with Orient Festival)
SUPRA
Vocal ensemble IBERI (Georgia)