An Estonian Choir Channels Emily Brontë's Windswept Blues
On a new album, the Grammy-winning Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir sings new music by native son Tõnu Kõrvits and probes the windswept melancholy of the 18th-century English author's poetry.
Most people love to sing, but in Estonia, they take their singing very seriously. At the , for example, over 30 thousand singers routinely show up to form one gigantic chorus. Among the Baltic country's smaller, professional vocal ensembles, the Grammy-winning is considered one of the world's best. When the group releases a new album, fans of choral music listen up.
