Portrait-Konzert Arvo Pärt, 20.10.2025
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Arvo Pärt 90: Estonian Festival Orchestra / Paavo Järvi

Paavo Järvi conducts key works by Arvo Pärt such as »Fratres« and »Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten«.

The Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi hardly needs any introduction in Hamburg. He gives numerous concerts here every year with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. He has already been their artistic director since 2004 and is also musical director of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. With the Pärnu Music Festival he established, Järvi has built himself another musical pillar since 2011. The reputation of this festival and the ensemble resident there – the Estonian Festival Orchestra – meanwhile reaches far beyond the Baltic region. Now, he returns with this ensemble and a programme that, on the occasion of the 90th birthday of Järvi’s famous compatriot Arvo Pärt, is solely devoted to his music.

Hinweis: Aus lizenztechnischen Gründen sind »Tabula rasa« und »Passacaglia« in diesem Stream nicht mehr verfügbar. »Tabula rasa« gibt es dafür in einem separaten Video zum Nachschauen.

Spotlight: Arvo Pärt :Season 2025/26

Soundscapes inspired by church bells made Arvo Pärt famous. To mark his 90th birthday, different line-ups ranging from orchestra and choir to the organ perform the Estonian composer’s music

Estonian Festival Orchestra Estonian Festival Orchestra © Kaupo Kikkas
Midori Midori © Nigel Parry
Hans Christian Aavik Hans Christian Aavik © Kaupo Kikkas
Paavo Järvi Paavo Järvi © Kaupo Kikkas

Performers

Estonian Festival Orchestra

Hans Christian Aavik violin

Midori violine

conductor Paavo Järvi

 

 

Programme

Arvo Pärt
Collage sur B-A-C-H for Oboe, String Orchestra, Harpsichord and Piano
Swansong
Tabula rasa / Doppelkonzert für zwei Violinen, Streichorchester und präpariertes Klavier

– Interval –

Arvo Pärt
Perpetuum mobile for Orchestra, Op. 10
Summa
Fratres
Passacaglia
La Sindone for Orchestra
Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten

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