02.09

ARVO PÄRT DAYS 2017 OPENING CONCERT: COLLAGE

Arvo Pärt – Collage über B-A-C-H
Johann Sebastian Bach – Opening choir from cantate BWV 39 “Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot” (“Break your bread for the hungry”)
Arvo Pärt – Wenn Bach Bienen gezüchtet hätte …
Pärt Uusberg – Song of Songs (premiere)
Arvo Pärt – Adam's Lament

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Tõnu Kaljuste

The program of Arvo Pärt Days opening concert, performed by Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and conducted by Tõnu Kaljuste, includes Arvo Pärt's works of both earlier and later period and creates a thematic bridge between the great Baroque master J. S. Bach and the latest work of a young Estonian composer Pärt Uusberg.