The Soundworld of the Composer
Donald Macleod traces Part's experiments with twelve-tone music and collage, as well as the development of his own tintinnabuli process.
Donald Macleod continues his exploration of the life and music of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. In this programme, tracing Pärt's experiments with 12-tone music and collage and the nine-year period in which he composed almost nothing, a silence which was broken eventually by his development of his own tintinnabuli process. Part of the BBC's Classical Voice Season, celebrating the art of singing.
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Arvo Pärt
Fratres Vers. Violin And Piano
Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Martin Roscoe. Performer: Richard Studt. Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta.- EMI: 6 29443 2.
- EMI.
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Arvo Pärt
Perpetuum Mobile For Orchestra
Orchestra: Bamberg S O.. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- BIS : CD-434.
- BIS.
- 4.
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Arvo Pärt
Quintettino For Winds
Performer: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.- BIS : BIS-CD-1434.
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Arvo Pärt
Credo For Piano, Chorus And Orchestra
Performer: Boris Berman. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- CHANDOS : CHAN-9134.
- CHANDOS.
- 11.
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Arvo Pärt
Symphony No. 3
Orchestra: Bamberg S O.. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- BIS : CD-434.
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- 10.
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Arvo Pärt
Summa Vers. For String Orchestra
Orchestra: Estonian National S O. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- EMI : 7243 5-85914 2.
- EMI.
- 14.
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- Tue 23 Jun 201512:00BBC Radio 3
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