Arvo Pärt

Written for the 900th anniversary of the foundation of Norwich Cathedral in 1996, this setting from Chapter 15 of St John's Gospel shows Pärt at his most controlled. lnspired by the strength and simpl...

Pärt's Solfeggio for mixed a cappella-choir - sung on the solmization syllables Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Si - was composed in 1963 and premiered in Tallinn (Estonia) by the Estonian Radio Choir (director: E...

Chorpartitur - St Luke 7, 36-50

This is Pärt's musical interpretation of the psalms 117 and 131 in slavic language. 117 (116) O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us...

The Woman With the Alabaster Box and Tribute to Caesar were both commissioned for the 350th anniversary of the Karlstad Diocese in Sweden in 1997. Both are settings of texts from the Gospel according...

Tribute to Caesar and The Woman With the Alabaster Box were both commissioned for the 350th anniversary of the Karlstad Diocese in Sweden in 1997. Both are settings of texts from the Gospel according...

Chorpartitur - in memoriam Vladimir Zalipski

Nunc dimittis, also known as Simeon's canticle, is taken from the New Testament (Luke II, 29-32); it is a short paean which Simeon took up when, as promised by the Holy Spirit, he was allowed to see t...

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 199...

Psalm 133, a pilgrim song of David with three verses, is one of the short psalms. It describes the blessing of brotherly unity: Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to live in unity! Arvo...

When Agustin Gutierrez Canet, the Mexican ambassador to Estonia, invited me to Mexico, my interest and notions of the country were strongly affected be the famous legend of Juan Diego and his reports...

Arvo Pärt's Little Litany (2015) for mixed choir a cappella was written for the reopening of the medieval Virgil Chapel in Vienna. The meditative composition invites inner contemplation and prayer and...

And I heard a voice' is commissioned by the Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical CNDM (Madrid) on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the founding of the University of Salamanca in 2018. The work...

Following earlier versions for string orchestra (1991) and eight cellos (2012), Silouan’s Song now appears for mixed choir (SATB) for the first time. Pärt draws on the words of St Silouan of Mount Ath...

Da pacem Domine ("Give peace, Lord") was composed in 2004 for Jordi Savall in response to the Madrid train attacks. This moving prayer for peace unites Pärt’s tintinnabuli style with the simplicity of...