At the Philharmonie de Paris, Les Métaboles opened the “Chœurs” series in spectacular fashion
“With Veljo Tormis’s spectacular *Raua needmine* (‘Curse of Iron,’ 1972), the stage at the Cité de la Musique resembles an arena where two soloists face off against a roaring choir. The Estonian composer drew inspiration from an episode in the Kalevala, the Finnish mythological epic. The treatment is of operatic beauty. The performers’ rendition was breathtaking, as noted by Raymond Murray Schafer.”
“With Veljo Tormis’s spectacular Raua needmine, the stage at the Cité de la Musique resembles an arena where two soloists face off against a roaring choir. The Estonian composer drew inspiration from an episode in the Kalevala, the Finnish mythological epic. The treatment is of operatic beauty. The performers’ rendition was breathtaking, as noted by Raymond Murray Schafer.”