Incantatio maris aestuosi ("Incantation for a Stormy Sea") is an
a cappella choral composition by the
Estonian composer
Veljo Tormis completed in 1996. The piece was commissioned by the
Swedish
Orphei Drängar and
Finnish
YL Male Voice Choir male choirs in remembrance of the victims of the
MS Estonia ferry that sank on September 29, 1994.
[1] The piece is about six minutes in length.
The text of the piece is from the 18th and 42nd songs of the Finnish national epic Kalevala. The Latin translation of Kalevala from 1986 by Tuomo Pekkanen is used. Latin was chosen as the commissioning choirs conditioned that the choirs' native languages Finnish and Swedish should not be used. [1]
Incantatio maris aestuosi ("Incantation for a Stormy Sea") is an
a cappella choral composition by the
Estonian composer
Veljo Tormis completed in 1996. The piece was commissioned by the
Swedish
Orphei Drängar and
Finnish
YL Male Voice Choir male choirs in remembrance of the victims of the
MS Estonia ferry that sank on September 29, 1994.
[1] The piece is about six minutes in length.
The text of the piece is from the 18th and 42nd songs of the Finnish national epic Kalevala. The Latin translation of Kalevala from 1986 by Tuomo Pekkanen is used. Latin was chosen as the commissioning choirs conditioned that the choirs' native languages Finnish and Swedish should not be used. [1]