Arvo Pärt. 24 Preludes for a Fugue (2002)

Arvo Pärt. 24 Preludes for a Fugue

TOUCH

Orient & Occident, Commissioned by Berliner Festwochen

SUNDAY

Arvo Pärt was born on a Wednesday, 11 September 1935 in Paide, Estonia

SOLITUDE

On 13 November 1979, Arvo Pärt was expelled from the Composers’ Union of Soviet Estonia

EXPECTATION

Sarah Was Ninety Years Old (1976/1990) rehearsal of ensemble “Hortus Musicus” in St. Nicholas Church in Tallinn, Estonia, November 1997

GUITAR

In years 1938-1954 Arvo Pärt lived in Rakvere, Estonia

AUFTAKT

seminar for music students in Estonian Music and Theatre Museum 1 April 1999

TOMATO WITH SUGAR

In 1993, after a 13-year exile, Arvo Pärt visits Estonia

CECILIA

Cecilia, vergine romana Premiere in Rome on 19 November 2000 Santa Cecilia Academy choir and orchestra conductor Myung-Whun Chung

JANITOR

Friedrich Schorlemmer Culture Forum Wittenberg, Germany, 7 June 2000

SMELL OF HOME

Arvo Pärt left the Soviet Union on 18 January 1980

LA

Orient & Occident, Main rehearsal in Berlin, on 30 September 2000 Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra Conductor Saulius Sondeckis

FIRST CONCERT

Arvo Pärt studied in Rakvere Children’s Music School between 1945-1953

FRATRES

Fratres (1977/1980) rehearsal with youth orchestra Saluzzo, Italy, November 2000

PERFECT SILENCE

Arvo Pärt studied at Tallinn Conservatory in Heino Eller’s composition class in 1957-1963

PIANO

The old concert piano “St. Petersbourg” became useless and was burnt a few years after Pärt left Rakvere

32 STEPS

Annum per annum (1980) organist is Christopher Bowers-Broadbent

TOBACCO CABINET

The cabinet contains over 300 sketch-books from years 1975-1985

STONE

Since August 1981, Arvo Pärt lives in Berlin

SAD DAY

Arvo Pärt wrote his first compositions at the children’s music school

SEVEN MINUTES

St. Cecilia, patron saint of music, commemoration day on 22 November

ATTACCA

Tabula rasa (1977) Rehearsal in Berlin, on 30 September 2000 Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra Conductor Saulius Sondeckis,

Soloists Rachel Schettmann and Elisabeth Glass

CADENCE

Pro et contra (1966) Composer Ülo Vinter 3.01.1924 - 2.07.2000 Estonia, Käsmu cemetery

BIRTHDAY

Collaboration between Arvo Pärt and The Hilliard Ensemble started in 1982

TO ALINA

To Alina (1976) The first work in tintinnabuli-style

TEACHER

Ille Martin (1903- 1985) and Heino Eller (1887-1970)

DREAM

Como cierva sedienta (1999) Rehearsal and concert in Tallinn 29 March 1999 Tallinn Chamber Orchestra conductor Tõnu Kaljuste, soloist Patricia Rozario

MEETING

1968-1975 Seeking to find a way out of creative deadlock led to the discovery of the tintinnabuli-style

… THERE IS YOUR HEART     

My Heart’s in the Highlands (2000). Rehearsal in Bose monastery, Italy, November 2000 oganist Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, cuntertenor David James