Arvo Pärt at 90
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Arvo Pärt at 90
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#2Bach and Part are the two composers who make music not just of man but of the glory of God Himself. IYKYK.
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#3Bach and Part are the two composers who make music not just of man but of the glory of God Himself. IYKYK.
Not a fan of Pärt myself, but Zelenka is a good one to pair with Bach (they were contemporaries and knew each other, holding each other in high esteem).
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#4Bach and Part are the two composers who make music not just of man but of the glory of God Himself. IYKYK.
You mean "god", right?
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#6Bach and Part are the two composers who make music not just of man but of the glory of God Himself. IYKYK.
Carnatic, Qawwali and many more central Asian musics as well, i.e. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pran_Nath_(musician) to pick a particularly influential person to the Western canon
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#7Got worried for a moment: this is a profile on him, not an obituary.
Pärt leans towards a form of minimalism, which not everyone likes. Some of the works I personally lean towards are:
* "Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvfvO3dJqFY
* "De Profundis": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vOSKaKJ1QY
* "Te Deum"† (~30m): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNxbT0MESTY
* "Fratres" (for cello and piano): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4XMjsYeMig
* "Fratres" (for violin and piano): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PS5QMsGaRw
* "Fratres" (for violin, chambre orchestra, percussion): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9I-6QPT8Is
* the Tabula rasa album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YqF69HLkj8
If you're going to listen to a choral work, it's worth looking first for recordings by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, as Pärt often collaborates with them (sits in on performances, recordings; he's Estonian himself so there's a 'cultural collection').
† On a historical note, the "Te Deum" is one of the earliest Christians hymns we know about (and that is still used), apparently dating back to before 500 AD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te_Deum
Re: Arvo Pärt at 90
#8Bach and Part are the two composers who make music not just of man but of the glory of God Himself. IYKYK.
You mean "god", right?
"God" is capitalized for the same reason "Earth" or "the Universe" is capitalized. What precisely is meant may differ, but it's rich even for a materialist to argue that the name for the personification of the ground of being shouldn't be capitalized (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptions_of_God)
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#10Got worried for a moment: this is a profile on him, not an obituary. Pärt leans towards a form of minimalism, which not everyone likes. Some of the works I personally lean towards are: * "Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvfvO3dJqFY * "De Profundis": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vOSKaKJ1QY * "Te Deum"† (~30m): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNxbT0MESTY * "Fratres" (for cello…
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