Arvo Pärt 90: Tenebrae / Nigel Short

In the organizer's words:

Hinge of the centuries

The Estonian composer Arvo Pärt acts as a hinge within the history of music. On the one hand, he is one of the most successful composers of so-called New Music, even though he quickly abandoned the aesthetic experiments of the post-war avant-garde. On the other hand, medieval Gregorian chant - "music with soul, without harmony or meter", as he once said - served as his greatest source of inspiration. In this respect, it seems only logical that the celebrated British choir Tenebrae has now created a program that presents Pärt's music in the context of medieval and contemporary composers.

Cast

TenebraeChoir

George HerbertOrgan

ConductorNigel Short

Program

Sir John Tavener
Song for Athena

Orlando Gibbons
Drop, Drop Slow Tears / from: The Hymns and Songs of the Church (arrangement by Christian Forshaw)

William Byrd
Ave verum corpus

Roderick Williams
Ave verum corpus re-imagined

Arvo Pärt
Gloria / from: Missa syllabica

Sir John Tavener
Hymn to the Mother of God
Mother and Child

-Intermission -

Arvo Pärt
O Wisdom / from: Seven Magnificat Antiphons
The Beatitudes
Cantate Domino canticum novum
The Woman with the Alabaster Box

Eric Whitacre
When David Heard

Unsuk Chin
Nulla est finis / a Prelude to "Spem in alium"

Thomas Tallis
Spem in alium / motet for 40 voices in eight choirs

Venue: Elbphilharmonie / Great Hall

Organizer: HamburgMusik