Playing at Perth Concert Hall
Estonian Arvo Pärt is one of the most popular and recorded classical composers alive today. His meditative and mystical St John’s Passion melds religious narrative with the deep spiritual impulses of vocal music, each note ringing in purity, creating the uplifting sensation of being in a resonant cathedral.
Entirely in Latin, this austere masterpiece typifies Pärt’s tintinnabuli technique, in which single notes and triads form simple harmonies, sung in unchanging tempos. The result sees singing reminiscent of ringing bells, with notes drifting softly into lingering resonance.
ARTIST TALK
Hilliard Ensemble members David James and Gordon Jones in conversation with Paul Hopwood
Thursday, 25 February 2010, 6.30pm at Perth Concert Hall.
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