I once spent an entire summer going to the lakefront in the early mornings and listening to Arvo Pärt's Passio. That was on cassette, and I think it was the only recording of Pärt's music you could get in this country at the time.
That's a little heavy-duty for this morning, but this is a piece I like, performed by the BBC Symphony (and remember when radio and television networks in this country supported orchestras?), conducted by Edward Gardner:
Pärt's usual drama is somewhat understated here, but enough is there that it still seems that the only appropriate response is silence.
That's a little heavy-duty for this morning, but this is a piece I like, performed by the BBC Symphony (and remember when radio and television networks in this country supported orchestras?), conducted by Edward Gardner:
Pärt's usual drama is somewhat understated here, but enough is there that it still seems that the only appropriate response is silence.
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