Edvard Grieg – Ave Maris Stella
Galina Grigorjeva – In Paradisum
Knut Nystedt – Stabat Mater
Arvo Pärt – Bogoroditse Devo
Jan Sandström – Det är en ros utsprungen (Vaata, roos on puhkenud)
Sven-David Sandström – Four Songs of Love (Neli armastuslaulu)
Urmas Sisask – Benedictio
Veljo Tormis – Autumn Landscapes (Sügismaastikud)
Anne Cawrse – The Greatest of These (Suurim neist)
Joe Twist – Lament

Sacred works from Estonia, Norway and Sweden, including by Arvo Pärt and Edvard Grieg, evoke an intimate spirituality, while Veljo Tomis vivdly captures the feeling of the Estonian autumn. At the heart of the program are two deeply moving works for choir and cello — Norwegian Knut Nystedt’s meditative Stabat Mater and Australian Joe Twist’s poignant Lament — featuring cellist Julian Smiles. Reflections on love from Australian and Swedish perspectives emerge in works by Anne Cawrse and Sven-David Sandström.

This concert celebrates the meeting of northern serenity and southern warmth — choral music at its most radiant and humane.