Well this concert was a strange affair. It began with a six-minute overture by Grażyna Bacewicz, the long-forgotten Polish ...
The reclusive Arvo Part is now the second-most-performed classical composer in the world - Michael Putland/Getty Images This week, the world’s best-known living religious composer, the reclusive ...
A Cappella is the original format for choral singing. The five selections addressed here make 2016 one of the better years for this music. Kings College Cambridge -The King's Men Twelve Days of ...
The low-pitched drones, pinging bells and blossoming voices that populate the sacred choral and instrumental works on Tractus tend to lower my blood pressure. The music allows room to breathe deeply.
Generations have grown up with Estonian composer Arvo Pärt's "Songs from Childhood." On October 7, Vanemuine Theater is ...
Internationally acclaimed Estonian composer Arvo Pärt turned 90 Thursday, greeted with a surprise performance of his most famous children's song. On Thursday morning, Pärt was greeted at the Arvo Pärt ...
Arvo Part says he found his musical voice by letting everything unimportant fall away. His heartfelt directness has made him one of today's best-loved composers. We'll hear a concert performance of ...
Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has long been the recording darling of Manfred Eicher and ECM Records. The label has released no fewer than eleven volumes of his music, including the record under current ...
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