NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Veljo Tormis on 31 March 2022. Veljo Tormis has been played on NTS in shows including The Do!! You!!! Breakfast Show w/ Charlie Bones, featured first on 12 March 2021. Songs played include Laevas Lauldakse (Singing Aboard Ship), Helletused / Shepherds' Calls and Muistse Mere Laulud / Songs Of The Ancient Sea.

Veljo Tormis (7 August 1930 – 21 January 2017) was an Estonian composer, regarded as one of the greatest choral composers and one of the most important composers of the 20th century in Estonia. He is internationally famous for his extensive body of choral…