Apologies to Van Morrison for stealing the title (almost) of perhaps his greatest song. But these were the words that came to mind after listening to Meelis Vind’s Liivamandala (Sand Mandala) CD. The slender one has long been a fan of the clarinetist and it was a great delight to hear him live at the exquisite opening concert of the recent Estonian Music Week, playing as a member of the music collective Avarus. Avarus could be translated as spaciousness or amplitude, the second being, of course, the more musical term.
