Early music consort Hortus Musicus was founded by its artistic director and conductor Andres Mustonen in 1972. Hortus Musicus is the oldest continuously working ensemble in its field in Eastern Europe and one of the few of such longevity in the world.
Hortus Musicus
About the ensemble
Since the founding of the ensemble, Hortus Musicus has been performing constantly on world’s concert stages and at different music festivals, such as Utrecht Festival, the Malmo Baroque, the Mozart-Fest in Chemnitz, the Jaffa Festival and Abu Gosh Festival in Israel, the Lufthansa Baroque Festival in London, the Scottish Early Music Festival in Glasgow, the Lockenhaus Festival in Austria, the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Bratislava Music Festival, Klara Festival in Belgium, David Oistrakh Festival, Tallinn Internatoinal Organ Festival, Rapla Church Music Festival, Festival Trialogus, the Glasperlenspiel Festival and others. Hortus Musicus has given concerts in USA, South America, most European countries, Israel, Russia and Japan.
Hortus Musicus’ repertoire includes music from the 8th-20th century. Their programs consists of the Gregorian chant, organums, medieval liturgical dramas, hymns and motets, works of the Franco-Flemish school, the Trecento-masters of Italy, the 16th-century rigid polyphony, French chansons, Italian madrigals, frotollas and villanelles, a large amount of suites from Renaissance dances, early sonatas and secular large-scale works of baroque composers of the 17th-18th centuries and the music of 20th century composers. Many contemporary composers have written pieces for the ensemble, such as Alexander Knaifel, Arvo Pärt, Galina Grigorjeva, Lepo Sumera and others. Hortus Musicus has recorded more than 30 CD-s for Warner Classics, Melodiya, Forte, Antes and others.
Members of the ensamble:
Olev Ainomäe – shawms, oboe, recorders, crumhorns, rauschpfeiff, duduk
Tõnis Kuurme – curtal, shawm, bassoon, recorders, crumhorns, rauschpfeiff
Imre Eenma – violone, double bass, viola da gamba
Riho Ridbeck – bass, percussion instruments
Tõnis Kaumann – baritone, percussion instruments
Anto Õnnis – tenor, percussion instruments
Robert Staak – manager of the ensamble
Ensamble’s home is rather apparitional Gate Tower located in the Old Town of Tallinn.
Address: Lühike Jalg 9, Tallinn
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Upcoming events
Musical Garden of Joy. Ending the year with Hortus Musicus
Musical Garden of Joy. Ending the year with Hortus Musicus
Recordings
Half a century – 2022
Canto:) - 2018
Italian music from the XVIIth century (Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Zanetti, Banchieri, Bonelli).
Jerusalem - 2018
European medieval music, traditional Arab and Jewish melodies.
Piae Cantiones -1993
Arvidson, Lars (bass), Benktsson, Sven-Anders (bass), Thimander, Conny (boy soprano), Frodlund, Emil( boy soprano), Horm, Mats-Peeter (boy soprano), Larsson, Thomas (boy soprano), Lowgren, Lennart (counter-tenor), Bellini, Mikael (counter-tenor), Unander-Scharin, Carl (tenor), Hortus Musicus, conductor Andres Mustonen
The Royal Court of the Vasa Kings - 1993
Music Across The Baltic - 1989
1200 - 1600 Medieval Renaissance - 1989
CD1: instrumental music
CD2: vocal music
Gregorianische Choräle –Plainchants Gregooriuse laul
Johann Valentin Meder: Matthäus Passion 1700
Matteuse passioon 1700 (Hortus Musicus, vol. 1)
Vuestros Amores, He Señora
Ave...
Maypole
Peeter Vähi: 2000 years after the birth of Christ
Peeter Vähi: 2000. aastat pärast Kristuse sündi
(Kaia Urb, The “Bad” Orchestra, Hortus Musicus etc.)
Peeter Vähi: To his highness Salvador D
Peeter Vähi: Tema kõrgeausus Slavador D-le
(Ivo Sillamaa, Camerata Tallinn, Hortus Musicus)
René Eespere: Concerto Ritornello, Flute Concerto, Viola Concerto
Ülo Kaadu, Maano Männi, Neeme Punder, Jouko Mansnerus
Eesti heliloojad (III): Galina Grigorjeva, Lepo Sumera
Early Music of 3rd Millennium: Alexander Knaifel, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Peeter Vähi, Arvo Pärt, Valentin Silvestrov, Giya Kancheli
Helena Tulve: Arboles Lloran Por Lluvia
Arianna Savall, Ensemble Vox Clamantis, NYYD Quartet, Ensemble Hortus Musicus, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Jan-Eik Tulve, conductor Olari Elts