{"id":127746,"date":"2024-01-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/?p=127746"},"modified":"2024-01-05T16:49:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T14:49:39","slug":"a-harmonious-start-to-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/a-harmonious-start-to-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A Harmonious Start to the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The beautiful Niguliste Church in Tallinn\u2019s old town will play host to the 36th International Niguliste Organ Week, which will run this year from January 1 to 7. The series of concerts will also be accompanied by an audience programme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Since its inception in 1987, Niguliste Church has been at the heart of Estonian organ music, evolving into an international festival under the leadership of Professor <b>Andres Uibo<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Throughout the week, the program features international talents such as French organist <b>Edouard Oganessian<\/b>, the baroque ensemble LaBande, and Hungarian organist <b>Levente Kuzma<\/b>, offering a rich repertoire from Liszt to Beethoven and Mozart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Friday&#8217;s concert brings a unique twist with a face-off between Bach and Marchand, skillfully performed by <b>Harry Liivrand<\/b>, <b>Toomas Trass<\/b>, and <b>Edouard Oganessian<\/b>. The grand finale on Sunday, January 7, showcases a rare treat &#8211; five organ pieces by Beethoven and six church sonatas by Mozart, masterfully presented by organists <b>Levente Kuzma<\/b>, <span class=\"s1\"><b>Aivars Kal\u0113js<\/b><\/span>, <b>Kadri Toomoja<\/b>, and <b>Andres Uibo<\/b>, accompanied by a chamber orchestra.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">In addition to the concerts, between January 2 and 7, it is also possible to visit the organ balcony together with <b>Andres Uibo<\/b>, as well as listen to short half-hours of music daily at 4 pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s2\">More information about the concerts is available <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nigulistemuuseum.ekm.ee\/en\/syndmus\/niguliste-organ-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">here<\/span><\/a><span class=\"s2\">, and tickets are available at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.piletilevi.ee\/est\/piletid\/muusika\/klassika\/xxxvi-rahvusvaheline-niguliste-orelinadal-88742\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Piletilevi<\/span><\/a><span class=\"s2\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The beautiful Niguliste Church in Tallinn\u2019s old town will play host to the 36th International Niguliste Organ Week, which &hellip; <span class=\"read-more-excerpt\">Read more<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":127747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[309,13388,13728,15527,20542,20543,20544,20545],"class_list":["post-127746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-tallinn","tag-old-town","tag-niguliste-church","tag-music-festival","tag-niguliste-organ-week","tag-andres-uibo","tag-edouard-oganessian","tag-organ-music"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127746"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127753,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127746\/revisions\/127753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}