Concerts
MUSIC AT OXFORD: 90 YEARS OF ARVO PÄRT
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Performers
- Benjamin Nicholas
- conductor
- Sophie Bevan
- soprano
- Izzi Blain
- alto
- Ruairi Bowen
- tenor
- Gareth Brynmor John
- bass
- Choir of Merton College
- Girl Choristers of Merton College
- Britten Sinfonia
Programme
- Arvo Pärt
- Fratres (for violin, strings and percussion)
- Tavener
- Song for Athene
- Arvo Pärt
- Berliner Messe
- Haydn
- Nelson Mass
Britten Sinfonia & Merton College Choir celebrate 90 years of Arvo Pärt
Arvo Pärt’s haunting Fratres (Brothers) opens this concert, music that somehow manages to be both still and unsettled at the same time. Similarly, his Berlin Mass takes the listener on a journey that encompasses both moments of quiet devotion and full-blooded declarations of faith. Pärt’s music is complemented by that of John Tavener, with his spine-tingling Song for Athene, a work made famous after featuring in the funeral service for Diana, Princess of Wales. Haydn’s starkly powerful Mass for Troubled Times closes the evening.
