PROGRAMME NOTE
The work takes its title from a very short poem by my mother, Saija Järventausta, which is set to music in the third movement and partially in the fourth. This poem, about a pearl, hidden, lost in the depths of the ocean, evokes stillness, beauty, perhaps even sadness, but also comfort. The first two movements are wordless, as if music heard from underwater – music that travels from the ocean floor to the surface. All movements are characterised by my love for rich, sonorous choral sound worlds.

PERFORMANCES
18 SEPTEMBER 2026
Estonian National Male Choir, conducted by Nils Schweckendiek
Heino Elleri Muusikakooli Tubina saal, Tartu, Estonia

17 SEPTEMBER 2026 (✦ World premiere)
Estonian National Male Choir, conducted by Nils Schweckendiek
Tallinna Filharmoonia Mustpeade Maja, Tallin, Estonia

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