Arvo Pärt

Beatus Petronius and Statuit ei Dominus were commissioned in 1990 to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Basilica San Petronio, the principal church of Bologna. San Petronio is one of the few chu...

Beatus Petronius and Statuit ei Dominus were commissioned in 1990 to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Basilica San Petronio, the principal church of Bologna. San Petronio is one of the few chu...

'Spiegel im Spiegel' is a well-known example of Arvo Pärts Tintinnabuli style and has been used in many films. Arvo Pärts Spiegel im Spiegel illustrates his creative principles: above a permanent flow...

Commissioned by Durham University on the occasion of its 175th anniversary in 2007. The world premiere took place on December 10th, 2007 at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London by Durham University Choir,...

Ausgabe mit Melodie ohne Akkordsymbole

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This musical, with a book by John Weidman, explores the history of presidential assassination in America, from John Wilkes Booth to John Hinckley, Jr. Assassins climaxes in a surreal sequence where th...

Learn how the professionals create monster solos with this easy-to-use book/Online Audio pack! The accompanying Online Audio includes 68 tracks of exercises, licks, solo examples, and play-alongs. Inc...

The first definitive collection of Sondheim's songs, with selections from Anyone Can Whistle, Assassins, Company, Dick Tracy, Evening Primrose, Follies, The Frogs, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to...

Fratres (original setting for violin and piano) was commissioned by the Salzburg Festival and premiered on August 17th, 1980 at that very place (violin: Gidon Kremer, piano: Elena Kremer). Composed in...

This piece is Pärt's tribute to Benjamin Britten who died in 1976. Arvo Pärt: In the past years we have had many losses in the world of music to mourn. Why did the date of Benjamin Britten's death - 4...

Obwohl Arvo Pärts Musik nunmehr seit Jahrzehnten weltweite Verbreitung gefunden haben, ist er der bekannteste Unbekannte unter den zeitgenössischen Komponisten geblieben. So schnell erreichbar seine M...

This new anthology of Pärt's choral works replaces the earlier one published in 1999. It is even more representative of Pärt's work, not only because of the recent additions, but because of the very w...

Like the Littlemore Tractus, Pärt's setting of the Salve Regina has an extended hymn-like feel to it. Typically, it builds very gradually to a late, majestic climax - unison vocal lines at the outset,...

Am 4. Juli 2011 hat im Rahmen der Feiern zum 60. Jubiläum der Priesterweihe von Papst Benedikt XVI Arvo Pärt seine Vertonung des "Vater Unser" selbst am Klavier begleitet. Bei dieser Gelegenheit überr...

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 p...

Arvo Pärt wrote the prayer of peace Da pacem Domine to fulfil a commission from Jordi Savall. He began to set this ninth-century Gregorian antiphon two days after the Madrid bombings on 11 March 2004...

The liturgical text of the Te Deum consists of immutable truths. I am reminded of the sense of immeasurable serenity imparted by a mountain panorama. Swiss artist Martin Ruf once told me that he can d...

The Berlin Mass is intended to be sung liturgically during Pentecost, and includes the Veni Sancte Spiritus specific to that service. The gently unfolding repetition deliberately avoids dramatic and p...