{"product_id":"961084","title":"Elora Fsedison - Parttriodionode Vii Memento [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArvo Pärt (b. 1935)  Triodion • Tribute to Caesar • Nunc dimittis • Ode VII from Kanon Pokajanen  I Am the True Vine • The Woman With the Alabaster Box • Dopo la vittoria  Bogoróditse Djévo Arvo Pärt was born at Paide in Estonia on 11 September 1935. He  studied with Harri Otsa and Veijo Tormis, then at the Tallinn Conservatory with  Heino Eller, graduating in 1963. His first works adopt an undemanding  neo-classical style, but a clandestine study of serial technique became  apparent in Nekrolog (1960), heralding a series of scores, such as Perpetuum  Mobile and the First 'Polyphonic' Symphony, which afforded Pärt  notoriety amid the warily-conservative establishment of the period. A growing  interest in the music of Bach led Pärt to combine the famous B-A-C-H motif with  often wildly extraneous material, as in the cello concerto Pro et Contra and  the Second Symphony (both 1966). The climax of this period came with Credo (1968), in which Bach and Modernism openly conflict in a work whose  unabashed Christianity was considered a direct provocation to Soviet  officialdom.  Rather than pursue this line of thinking, Pärt retreated  into virtual silence. The Third Symphony of 1971 [Naxos  8.554591] gave notice of an intense interest in early music, notably Gregorian  chant, but not until 1976 did he begin to compose fluently, now using a tonal  technique he termed 'tintinnabuli', in which the bell-like resonance of notes  in a triad underscores a melodic voice which revolves step-wise around a  central pitch. Several works now considered classics followed, Tabula Rasa [Naxos  8.554591], Fratres and Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten [Naxos  8.553750], culminating in 1982 with the St John Passion [Naxos 8.555860]. This paved the way for a sequence of  mainly sacred choral works, consolidating Pärt's reputation among the most  significant composers at work today. The present disc provides a view of his  music over a decade: one in which the focussing on harmonic and rhythmic, thus  expressive essentials is always apparent.  Written for a commission to mark the 350th anniversary of  the Karlstad Diocese in Sweden, Tribute to Caesar (1997) sets verse from the Gospel of St Matthew, where  Jesus confronts the Pharisees with their hypocrisy. Within its modest  dimensions, the piece contrasts overtly chordal passages with those in which a melodic  declamation predominates, the two being integrated with the unassuming skill  that is a hallmark of Pärt's most recent music for unaccompanied choir.  Although the coupling of Magnificat and Nunc dimittis is a procedural 'given' in the Evening Service of the Anglican tradition,  Pärt's setting of the former text was only joined by the latter after twelve  years, his Nunc dimittis being written to a commission from St Mary's Episcopal  Church in Edinburgh  and first heard at the Edinburgh  Festival in August 2001. The words taken from th\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Ad Libitum - Ode I: 'O Jesus The Son Of God, Have Mercy Upon Us'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOde II: 'O Most Holy Birth-giver Of God, Save Us'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOde III: 'O Holy Saint Nicholas, pray To God For Us' Coda: Ad Libtitum\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTribute To Caesa, St. Matthew 22, 15-22\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNunc Dimittis, St. Luke 2, 29-32\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOde VII (Memento)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI Am The True Vine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Woman With The Alabaster Box, St. Matthew 26, 6-13\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter The Victory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMother Of God And Virgin\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55137060258177,"sku":"961084","price":14.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51A4ORyNQ6L._SL1500.jpg?v=1767241143","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/961084","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}