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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 ...
It is entirely too easy to look at the past and wonder where the greatness is today. In 1734 George Frideric Handel was composing operas at London's Covent Garden. Domenico Scarlatti was in Madrid, ...
If there is music on earth to match the music of the spheres, Arvo Part’s choral works come closest to it in the contemporary repertoire. Indeed, there are moments in this collection (titled “Beatus”) ...
Famed Estonian composer Arvo Pärt's upcoming 90th birthday was marked at the prestigious BBC Proms festival last Thursday as conductor Tõnu Kaljuste and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (Eesti ...
As part of its final concert of the season, Louisville Chamber Choir recognizes the life’s work of Estonian composer Veljo Tormis - often recognized as one of the most important composers of the 20th ...
It’s hardly surprising that in a land which every five years holds an outdoor choral festival accommodating anything up to 40,000 singers, there should be two professional chamber choirs of ...
Talented, urbane, and well-informed colleagues like John Kelman often make for a difficult act to follow. Kelman has long been the All About Jazz resident expert on all things ECM. Occasionally, his ...
At least since his debut recording for the ECM label, Tabula Rasa (1984), Arvo Part has occupied a unique position in the world of music. He has been called the "Mystic of Minimalism," a term which ...
December 17, 2025 • Discover a broad range of this year's most compelling classical recordings, including symphonic booty-shakers, mystic violin, pipe organ prog and a guided tour of 18th century ...