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Arvo Part

To mark the 80th birthday of Arvo Part, Ivan Hewett is joined by composer and conductor Antony Pitts to talk about the fundamentals of Part's technique.

To mark the 80th birthday of Arvo Pärt, Ivan Hewett talks to composer and conductor Antony Pitts about the fundamentals of Pärt's technique drawing on a range of Pärt recordings, including:

Annum per annum [1980]
Lorenzo Ghielmi (organ)

The Deer's Cry [2007]
Ars Nova Copenhagen, Paul Hillier
.
Collage on the theme B-A-C-H / III: Ricercare [1964]
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow (conductor)

Solfeggio [1963]
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor)

Passio [1982] (excerpt: Dicit eis Pilatus "Regem vestrum... ...Quod scripsi, scripsi")
Tonus Peregrinus, Antony Pitts (conductor)

Orient & Occident [2000]
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor)

The Lord's Prayer [1997]
Tonus Peregrinus, Antony Pitts (conductor)

Nunc dimittis [2001]
Wiltener Sängerknaben, Johannes Stecher.

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Sat 12 Sep 2015 23:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Arvo Pärt

    Annum per annum

    Performer: Lorenzo Ghielmi.
    • Tintinnabulum.
    • Winter & Winter.
    • 5.

  • Arvo Pärt

    The Deer’s Cry

    Performer: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Performer: Paul Hillier.
    • Creator Spiritus.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Collage on the theme B-A-C-H / III: Ricecare

    Performer: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Performer: Jean-Jacques Kantorow (conductor).
    • Tabula Rasa.
    • BIS.
    • 3.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Solfeggio

    Performer: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor. Performer: Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor).
    • Choral Works.
    • Virgin.
    • 19.

  • Arvo Pärt

    In Spe

    Performer: Hortus Musicus Tallinn. Performer: Andres Mustonen (conductor).

  • Arvo Pärt

    Passio : Dicit eis Pilatus “Regem vestrum... ...Quod scripsi, scripsi”

    Performer: Tonus Peregrinus. Performer: Antony Pitts (conductor).
    • Passio.
    • Naxos.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Orient & Occident

    Performer: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor).
    • Orient & Occident.
    • ECM.
    • 2.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Nunc dimittis

    Performer: Wiltener Sängerknaben. Performer: Johannes Stecher.
    • Babel.
    • Col Legno.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Sat 12 Sep 2015 23:00
    BBC Radio 3

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