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Arvo Pärt (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈɑrvo ˈpært]; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of classical and sacred music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs his self-invented compositional technique, tintinnabuli. His music is in part inspired by Gregorian chant. Pärt has been the most performed living composer in the world for 5 consecutive years.
Pärt was born in Paide, Järva County, Estonia, and was raised by his mother and stepfather in Rakvere in northern Estonia. He began to experiment with the top and bottom notes as the family's piano's middle register was damaged. His first serious study came in 1954 at the Tallinn Music Middle School, but less than a year later he temporarily abandoned it to fulfill military service, playing oboe and percussion in the army band. While at the Tallinn Conservatory, he studied composition with Heino Eller. As a student, he produced music for film and the stage. During the 1950s, he also completed his first vocal composition, the cantata Meie aed ('Our Garden') for children's choir and orchestra. He graduated in 1963. From 1957 to 1967, he worked as a sound producer for Estonian radio.
A credo (pronounced [ˈkɾeːdoː], Latin for "I Believe") is a statement of religious belief, such as the Apostles' Creed. The term especially refers to the use of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed (or less often, the Apostles' Creed) in the Mass, either as spoken text, or sung as Gregorian chant or other musical settings of the Mass.
After the formulation of the Nicene Creed, its initial liturgical use was in baptism, which explains why the text uses the singular "I ...." instead of "we...." The text was gradually incorporated into the liturgies, first in the east and in Spain, and gradually into the north, from the sixth to the ninth century. In 1014 it was accepted by the Church of Rome as a legitimate part of the service. It is recited in the Western Mass directly after the Homily on all Sundays and Solemnities; in modern celebrations of the Tridentine Mass as an extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, the Credo is recited on all Sundays, feasts of the I class, II class feasts of the Lord and of the Blessed Virgin, on the days within the octaves of Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost, and on the "birthday" feasts of the apostles and evangelists (including the feast of St. Peter's Chair and St. Barnabas). It is recited in the Eastern Liturgy following the Litany of Supplication on all occasions.
Hélène Grimaud (born 7 November 1969) is a French classical pianist.
Hélène Grimaud was born in Aix-en-Provence, France. She described family nationalities in a New York Times interview with John Rockwell: "My father came from a background of Sephardic Jews in Africa, and my mother's ancestors were Jewish Berbers from Corsica.", but, according to Luc Antonini and after genealogy researchs, her fathers' ancesters would be from Trets in Provence and her patronymic is typical of this region. She has stated that, as a child, she was often "agitated". She discovered the piano at seven. In 1982, she entered the Conservatoire de Paris, where she studied with Jacques Rouvier. In 1985, she won 1st Prize at the Conservatory and the Grand Prix du Disque of the Académie Charles Cros for her recording of the Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Sonata No. 2. In 1987, she launched her professional career with a solo recital in Paris and a performance with the Orchestre de Paris under Daniel Barenboim.
Arvo Pärt, Credo [I believe] (1968]; Conductor Tõnu Kaljuste; Estonian National Philharmonic Orchestra; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Ellerhein; Estonian National Male Choir; Jõhvi Concert Hall Opening, October 8, 2005; Jõhvi, Estonia
IN MEMORIAM NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA 18 July 1918 - 5 December 2013 "But I say to you, Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you." Matthew 5:44 Arvo Pärt (b. 1935) Credo for chorus, orchestra and solo piano (1968) Hélène Grimaud, piano Swedish Radio Choir Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Recorded in Berwaldhallen, Sveriges Radio, Stockholm September 2003 Deutsche Grammophon 80001732-02 http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/grimaud-credo Sculpture of Nelson Mandela by South African artist Marco Gianfranelli, using 50 laser cut steel posts, located at Howich, KwaZulu-Natal, and erected to mark the 50th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's arrest there on 5 August 1962.
Arvo Pärt (1935): Credo (1968) For piano, mixed choir (SATB) and orchestra (4.2.3.4 - 4.4.3.1 - piano solo, timp, 8 perc - strings) BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Marin Alsop September 12, 2015, Royal Albert Hall, London, BBC Proms, Last Night of the Proms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvo_P%C3%A4rt http://www.universaledition.com/Credo-Arvo-Paert/composers-and-works/composer/534/work/1756 http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ehnrzc/acts/ardmzc
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/artist/whatsnew?ART_ID=GRIHE Watch this Trailer on Hélène Grimaud's first recording for Deutsche Grammophon (released in 2004). "Credo" is a record with an unusual, innovative musical concept bringing together Corigliano's "Fantasia on an ostinato", Beethoven's Piano Sonata's "Tempest" (op. 31,2), his Choral Fantasy and Arvo Pärt's Credo on one disc. Arvo Pärt's earlier composition, Credo (for piano, orchestra, and choir) marks the beginning of his unique compositional style that made works like Tabula rasa or Fratres famous. "I'm very pleased that my old Credo has been given a new "look"" (Arvo Pärt) For more information on this album please see: http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cat/4717692 Find Deutsche Grammophon on Facebook and Twitter: http://ww...
Arvo Pärt - Credo. Jõhvi Concert Hall opening, 2005, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste. Part 1 of 2.
I was looking for music for meditation that brought to mind my experiences in cathedrals. I found a lot of ambient music too textureless, and classical music too complex, to promote meditation. Arvo Pärt's 'Credo,' from Berliner Messe, has long been one of my favorite pieces–at about 4 minutes, it is filled with beautiful, bright melodies and vocal harmonies. I stretched it (maybe "magnified" is a better word) using an application called PaulStretch to 2000% of its normal length, making it 77 minutes long. The results turned out to be stunning. The formerly compact melodies are unspooled, revealing their intricacies. The piece seems imbued with a melancholy that normally hides beneath its surface. Most time-stretching plugins give you a sound that is distorted or low quality. PaulStret...
Nathan Powell conducts Credo from Arvo Pärt's Berliner Messe
Arvo Pärt - Credo. Jõhvi Concert Hall opening, 2005, conductor Tõnu Kaljuste. Part 2 of 2.