Arvo Pärt
“These Words ...”
Short instrumentation: perc(2), str
Duration: 15'
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percussion(2)
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
contrabass
Pärt - “These Words ...” for string orchestra and percussion
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Arvo Pärt
Pärt: These Words ...Orchestration: for string orchestra and percussion
Type: Dirigierpartitur
Arvo Pärt
Pärt: These Words ...Orchestration: for string orchestra and percussion
Type: Studienpartitur
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"Arvo Pärt is one of the most original voices on the international music scene today." This is one of the reasons given by the Sonning Music Foundation for awarding the composer the Léonie Sonning Prize – the most important distinction in the Danish music world.
As its textual basis Pärt uses the human foibles mentioned in the old Church Slavonic prayer from the Canon to the Guardian Angel, while the title derives from associations between this material and Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Eric Marinitsch