Tõnu Kõrvits. Moorland Elegies

The film Moorland Elegies is named after Tõnu’s nine-part choir cycle, based on Emily Brontë’s almost gothic, dark poetry, that invokes spiritual conditions delicately translated into natural imagery. Tõnu Kõrvits - one of the most performed Estonian composers – doesn’t open up easily. His person and music carry a secret that only unravels for those who can see behind the words, who forget themselves in the music and let the sounds Tõnu created take them along on a mystical, poetical journey that changes anyone who arrives at the end. Visually stunning Moorland Elegies is a film about a composer, his music and the people who are deeply touched by his music. (Estonian Film Institute)