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FULL Joonase lähetamine or Jonah’s Mission Oratorio (Rudolf Tobias) Tallinn 1989
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Joonase lähetamine or Jonah's Mission
- Composer: Tobias Rudolf
- Libretto: text from the Bible
- Venue & Opera Company: Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
- Recorded: May 25, 1989
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Raili Viljakainen, Urve Tauts, Janis Sprogis, Aleksander Poljakov, Mati Palm
- Conductor: Peeter Lilje
- Orchestra: ERSO
- Chorus: ETV and ER mixed choir, "Estonia" choir, Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Children's choir "Ellerhein"
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Eesti TV
- Date Published: 1989
- Format: Broadcast
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Des Jona Sendung (Estonian: Joonase lähetamine; ‘Jonah’s Mission’) is an oratorium composed in 1907–1909 by Estonian composer Rudolf Tobias. The oratorium’s text is taken from the Bible.
The premiere of a version using reduced orchestral forces took place on 26 November 1909, in Leipzig’s St. Andreas Church, conducted by Rudolf Tobias himself. The premiere of the full, restored version took place in Estonia and was conducted by Peeter Lilje on 25 May 1989 in the Estonia Concert Hall.
The premiere recording was released in 1995 as a two CD set on the BIS Records label, featuring Neeme Järvi conducting the Estonian State Symphony Orchestra.