02.097 p.m., Noblessner foundry, Tallinn Arvo Pärt Days. ALBUMS: ALINA • TABULA RASA • ORIENT & OCCIDENTOpening concert of Arvo Pärt Days IX ALINA (1999, ECM New Series 1591) Spiegel im Spiegel I TABULA RASA (1984, ECM New Series 1275) Fratres X ORIENT & OCCIDENT (2002, ECM New Series 1795) Ein Wallfahrtslied / Pilgrims’ Song Patricia Rozario (soprano, UK) In the year of Arvo Pärt's 80th anniversary Nargenfestival's Arvo Pärt's Days programme concentrates on „ECM New Series“ discs. It is a series focusing on Western classical music, the inspiration for which the producer Manfred Eicher got from his first incidental listening to 'Tabula rasa' on the car radio which left him a deep and long lasting impression. The first Arvo Pärt's author album 'Tabula rasa' was released in 1984. The series of Manfred Eicher's company includes all first recordings of Arvo Pärt's most significant works that during more than 30 years have found acclaim as well as numerous listeners all over the world. However, 'Tabula rasa' has remained one of the most required among the other recordings. 'Tabula rasa' was voted the best Estonian classical music disc of all times by experts and amateurs in the poll organised by the Estonian classical radio station Klassikaraadio. Another of the most beloved albums of the New Series - 'Alina' - contains the two well-known and most performed chamber works from the first years of tintinnabuli style. The 10th recording of ECM Arvo Pärt's albums 'Orient & Occident' was nominated for Grammy's best classical album and best classical contemporary composition awards, placed among the best recordings of the month by the editors of a prominent music magazine Gramophone and given the best contemporary music award at the Classic Brit Award ceremony. The opening concert of Nargenfestival will be the performance of the works from these three highly acclaimed discs. |