Heinavanker (the Haywain) is a vocal ensemble the activity of which is inspired by older sacred music. The ensemble has got its name after the famous altarpiece of Hieronymos Bosch (1453-1516). This rare piece of art represents a huge waggonload of hay rolling through the world vexed by agony and greed towards destruction. However, atop the hayload there sounds beautiful music.

Concerts and Tours
1997 - Music Festivals in Scandinavia and Germany (Europaische Kirchenmusik Schwabisch Gmund, Konzertreihe Alte Musik Sengwarden)

1998- concert tours in Scandinavia and Germany (21. Internationale Sommerkonzerte im Meldorfer Dom)

1999- Internasjonale Kirkefestspill i Kristiansand, Olavsfestdagene I Trondheim, Olsokstevnet 99 in Gildeskal, Vinterfestuka i Narvik (Norway); Hohenloher Kultursommer (Germany); concert tours in Scandinavia and Hungary

2000- Musik Sommer Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Hohenloher Kultursommer, EXPO 2000 in Hannover (Germany); Music Festivals in Scandinavia

2001 concert tour in Sweden (Musik- och konstveckan I Junsele, Stenbrohults Musikvecka,Musikveckan i Lysekils Kyrka, Denmark (Europaisk Middelalder Festival i Horsens, Vendsyssel Festival); Germany (Schonberger Musiksommer); Finland (Jyvaskylan Paasiainen,Hubertus Week)

2002- Haapavesi Folk (Finland), Falsterbonasets internationella musikfestspel, Musikveckan i Lysekils Kyrka (Sweden)

2003 Europaisk Middelalder Festival i Horsens (Denmark), Schonberger Musiksommer (Germany), Festivals in Finland (Lohtaja Church Music Festival, Jyvaskyla Easters Festival, The Turku Cathedral Festival,...), Festspillene i Nord Norge, Kulturdagar Spjelkavik kyrkje (Norway)

2004 Turun Musiikkijuhlat (Finland), Sakskobing Kirkemusikfestival (Denmark), The 11th Haapsalu Early Music Festival (Estonia)

2005 Maulbronn Klosterkonzerte, Schonberger Musiksommer, Messdorfer Musikfesttage (Germany), Musikfestspelen Korsholm, Pargas Orgeldagar (Finland), Volda Church Music Festival (Norway)

2006 Heilbronner Kirchenmusiktage, Kloster Zinna Sommermusiken, Uckermarkische Musicwochen, Bursfelder Sommerkonzerte, Doberaner Munster Sommerkonzerte (Germany), Soro Internationale Musik Festival, Vendsyssel Festival (Denmark), Festival International de Musiques Sacrees, Fribourg (Schweiz), Rencontres Internationales de Musique Medievale du Thoronet (France), concert tour in USA, concert tours in Scandinavia

2007 Nordhessen Musiksommer, MDR Musiksommer, Schonberger Musiksommer, Hohenlohe, Kultursommer (Germany), Canterbury Music Festival (England), Kirkko Soikoon in Helsinki, Rauma Festivo (Finland)

2008 Leicester Early Music Festival (England), Flanders Festival-Antwerp (Belgium), Oulunsalo Soi (Finland), Soro Internationale Musik Festival (Denmark), Musica Sacra International, Seelze Musikfestival, Messdorfer Musiktage (Germany), tours in Europe and US

2009 Festival Mitte Europa, Kultursommer Nordhessen, Thuringer Orgelsommer, Schonberger Musiksommer, Uckermarkische Musikwochen, Wurzer Sommerkonzerte (Germany), Sastamala Gregoriana (Finnland), Swidnica Bach Festival (Poland), Haapsalu Early Music Festival (Estonia)

2010 Kultursommer Rheinland-Pfalz, Musica Viva (Germany), Stary Sacz Festival of Early Music (Poland), Le Chant des Chapelles, Plougastel (France), Tour in US, Katedraali Soi, Turku (Finland)

Recordings – Radio and Television

Eesti Raadio ( Estonian Broadcasting Company);
Suomen Yleisradio ( Finnish Broadcasting Company);
Sveriges Radio ( Swedish Broadcasting Company);
Norsk Rikskringkasting ( Norwegian Broadcasting Company);
Radio Suisse Romande/ Espace 2;
Radio France;
Kulturradio des Rundfunks Berlin Brandenburg (Germany);
Czhec Radio

Repertoire

Estonian music
Prechristian runic song
Estonian folkhymns, c. 17th century
Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962)
Estonian contemporary music (Arvo Part, Margo Kolar, Toivo Tulev, Tonis Kaumann jt)

Gregorian Chant

Early Polyphony
Organum -Leonin, Perotin (12th-13th century)
The first anonymous polyphonic masses in Europe (14th century)- the Masses of Tournai, Barcelona, Toulouse, Sorbonne, Guilllaume de Machauts Mass
Johannes Ciconia
Guillaume Dufai
Early polyphony of Poland ( Mikolaj z Radomia)

Sacred music of the Netherlands school
Johannes Ockeghem, Jacob Obrecht, Heinrich Isaac, Josquin des Prez

Polyphonic church music from the times of the Renaissance
France- Pierre de la Rue

Spain - Tomas Luis de Victoria

Italy - Adrian Willert, Gioseffino Zarlino, Andrea Gabrieli, Jacob Arcadelt,
Carlo Gesualdo di Venosa

England - Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, John Taverner, Walter Frye, Leonel Power, John Dunstable, Mass Veterem hominem (anon)

Germany - Michael Preatorius, Hans Leo Hassler, Leonhard Lechner

Early Baroque
Poland - Mikolaj Zielenski (1550-1615), Marcin Mielczewski (+ 1651), Bartlomiej Pekiel (+1670)

Italy - Giovanni Gabrieli

Germany - Heinrich Schutz, Dietrich Buxtehude, Samuel Scheidt, Joh. Hermann Schein

Late Baroque

Johann Sebastian Bach