Arvo Pärt
Berliner Messe
Short instrumentation: minimum number of players: 10 8 6 6 4 or 8 8 6 6 4
Duration: 25'
Instrumentation details:
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
contrabass (The minimum number of players would be 10 8 6 6 4 or 8 8 6 6 4)
Pärt - Berliner Messe for mixed choir (SATB) and string orchestra
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Arvo Pärt
Berliner MesseOrchestration: for mixed choir or soloists (SATB) and organ
Type: Orgelpartitur
Language: Lateinisch
Arvo Pärt
Berliner MesseOrchestration: for mixed choir or soloists (SATB) and organ or mixed choir (SATB) string orchestra
Type: Chorpartitur
Language: Lateinisch
Arvo Pärt
Pärt: Berliner Messe for mixed choir (SATB) and string orchestraOrchestration: for mixed choir (SATB) and string orchestra
Type: Dirigierpartitur
Language: Lateinisch
Arvo Pärt
Pärt: Berliner Messe (Berlin Mass) for mixed choir (SATB) and string orchestra
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Orchestration: for mixed choir (SATB) and string orchestra
Type: Studienpartitur
Language: Lateinisch
Arvo Pärt
Pärt: Credo from the "Berliner Messe" (Berlin Mass) for satb choir and string orchestraOrchestration: for mixed choir (SATB) and string orchestra
Type: Chorpartitur
Language: Lateinisch
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The Berlin Mass is intended to be sung liturgically during Pentecost, and includes the Veni Sancte Spiritus specific to that service. The gently unfolding repetition deliberately avoids dramatic and pictorial elements, exuding quiet dignity and a profound sense of joy. The vocal scores have almost no interpretive markings. Dynamics and tempi are left to the performers; it is their task to experience and communicate the rich spiritual possibilities offered in the music. The work is devout and transparent. For the willing listener, it can be a clear window into the soul. (Richard Brown)