When Arvo Part wrote his choral piece "Summa," he considered it a liturgical work. Then he stripped away the words and rewrote it for instruments, but it maintained its liturgical character. Europa ...

When Arvo Part wrote his choral piece "Summa," he considered it a liturgical work. Then he stripped away the words and rewrote it for instruments, but it maintained its liturgical character. Europa ...

One of the greatest and most enigmatic composers of the late 20th century is made considerably more accessible in "Arvo Part: 24 Preludes for a Fugue." Both an interview and a study of the creative ...

The Carducci String Quartet performs live from London's Wigmore Hall this lunchtime Live from Wigmore Hall in London, the Carducci String Quartet plays Dvořák's 'American' Quartet along with a quartet ...

While firmly established as one of the most important instrumental composers of the Twentieth Century, Estonian Arvo Part (born 1935) fully distinguished himself as a choral composer. Since 1976, Pä²' ...

The life of so-called “holy minimalist” Arvo Pärt can seem very like the Buddha’s. He struggled, he was enlightened, he found perfection. The struggle was against Soviet artistic tyranny, and Western ...