Erik Kreem and his music have been featured previously in the “Memories of Home” online concert series presented by VEMU and its project Estonian Music Week. And also in the pages of Eesti Elu / Estonian Life newspaper. But never on an episode of EstoCast.
There’s a good deal to catch up on, and Erik has a bundle of stories and thought-provoking musical commentary to kick off this new season of our podcast.
In this episode of EstoCast, hear about:
🎼 the beauty and ease of the piano to channel ideas from the mind into compositions
🎼 J.S. Bach’s musical challenge from King Frederick II of Prussia
🎼 his playing on a 1,077 pipe organ for a recent folk rock song
🎼 and much more!
Things mentioned in this episode include:
-Erik’s “Memories of Home” concert video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q6rHaU2LV0
-Follow Erik Kreem on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erikkreemmusic/
-Bach's Mass in B minor (BWV 232): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FLbiDrn8IE
- “Laulja” by Veljo Tormis: https://www.google.com/search?q=laulja+veljo+tormis+2025#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:d8223314,vid:a1SfeU8y8aQ,st:0
- “Give Me Love” by Renan Deodato, which Erik played organ on: https://open.spotify.com/track/2GCe7wqZU2FpIDujKGjgVX?si=A_OK5jCrQB-vXCdhJYgPbw&nd=1&dlsi=d945453b5b644f71
-Erik demonstrates the organ of St. Peter's Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Toronto: https://eestielu.ca/watch-this-estonian-canadian-shows-us-the-physics-of-a-massive-pipe-organ/
-Bach’s “Crab Canon” on a Möbius Strip, part of “Das Musikalische Opfer” (“The Musical Offering”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUHQ2ybTejU&t=75s
-Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24113.G_del_Escher_Bach
-Images and videos of Erik Kreem’s “Päike, Kuu” being performed in 2023: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn0xNptsck2/?hl=en&img_index=1
-More about Erik Kreem’s work with the Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra: https://ksorchestra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Kreem_Waltz.pdf
-Chopin’s Ballade No. 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F5glYefwio&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD
Socials:
➡️ @estonianmusicweek
https://www.facebook.com/EstonianMusicWeek
➡️ https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca
➡️ @eestielu.ca
https://www.facebook.com/eestielu.ca/events
➡️ @vemu.emc
https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca
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