Par PART ARVO. / Répertoire / 3 Voix (STT), Percussions et Orgue

für Streicher, Oboe, Cembalo und Klavier. Par PART ARVO. For strings, oboe, cembalo and piano For strings, oboe, cembalo and piano/ Répertoire / Clavecin, Piano, Instruments à Cordes et Hautbois

Par PART ARVO. 'I have developed a highly formalised compositional system, which I have been using to write my music for twenty years. Summa is the most strict and enigmatic work in this series', said Arvo Pärt in 1994. The neutral title itself embodies the essence of the content as the work is based on the text of the Latin Credo. The great simplicity of the piece masks its complexity. The underl…

Par PART ARVO. Following an initiative by Princess Caroline of Monaco/Hannover to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the reign of his Highness, Prince Rainier III of Monaco, composer Arvo Pärt was commissioned to compose a work for choir and orchestra. The finished work, Cantique des degrés, received its premiere on 19 November 1999 during a special service in the Cathedral of Monte-Carlo in the …

Trio Piccolo. Par PART ARVO. / Répertoire / Violon, Violoncelle et Piano

Par PART ARVO. / Répertoire / 4, 8 ou 12 Violoncelles

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/ Choeur SATB

Par PART ARVO. It takes 75 minutes to relate the story of the Passion according to the Latin of St John's Gospel; Pärt uses solo singers for the roles of Pilate and Christ, and a group of four soloists (soprano, counter tenor, tenor and bass) for the Evangelist, together with a small chorus. Understatement is all: the instrumental accompaniment is confined to a quartet of woodwind and strings that…

Par PART ARVO. Arvo Pärt came across a legend concerning the patriarch Agathon, from the 4th century, in a book containing stories of The Desert Fathers. They take us back to the cradle of Christian monasticism, in the Egyptian desert, the narrative telling of the meeting between the hermit Agathon and the leper. Agathon is tested several times by the leper. Not until after he has passed these tes…

Par PART ARVO. Arvo Pärt has been fascinated by the life and work of St Silouan of Athos (1866-1938) for many years. As early as 1991, the writings of Silouan inspired Pärt to his composition Silouan's Song, 'My soul yearns after the Lord ...' for string orchestra. Pärt's new work Adam's Lament is once again based on a text by Silouan, in which the monk laments Adam's pain over the loss of paradis…

/ Voix (SAT) Violon, Alto Et Violoncelle

Par PART ARVO. Pour ceux qui sont familiers qu'avec la musique de Pärt des 30 dernières années, le caractère résolument radical de ce score viendra sans doute comme une surprise. ' Obituary ' est le premier morceau de musique dodécaphonique estonienne et aussi de premier travail de la jeune Pärt pour grand orchestre. La performance de la pièce a attiré des critiques acerbes de la presse soviétique…

Par PART ARVO. On 4 July 2011 Arvo Pärt performed his “Vater unser” (“Our Father”) for Pope Benedict XVI at a ceremony in the Vatican celebrating the 60th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. Pärt also presented the Pope with a copy of the manuscript, which is dedicated to him. To honour the anniversary, over 60 artists from around the world have been invited to contribute to a new exh…

/ Choeur SATB