DEEP PEACE

A concert steeped in atmosphere focusing on Arvo Pärt, pillar of Estonian classical music and one of his nation’s best-known contemporary composers. Tonight’s conductor is another Estonian, Tōnu Kaljuste: Estonian music influencer, choir leader and founder of the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Already a legendary composer, Pärt is known for his meditative works and his phenomenal ability to create a sense of deep peace, drawing on what is known as a ‘tintinnabuli’ technique and elements of Renaissance polyphony. The concert begins with four Preludes and Fugues by J. S. Bach, followed by Symphony No. 2 by French-Swiss Arthur Honegger.

Conductor: Tõnu Kaljuste

J. S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 (Contrapunctus I, IV, IX & XII)

Arthur Honegger: Symphony No. 2 in D, H 153

Arvo Pärt: Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten

Arvo Pärt: Trisagion

Arvo Pärt: Collage über B-A-C-H

Arvo Pärt: Symphony No. 1