Bach/Pärt: Eternal Beauty

Arvo Pärt and Johann Sebastian Bach: two passionate believers united by a stream of music as beautiful, enduring and profound as the faith they share. In a long-awaited collaboration, Academy of Ancient Music joins the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and its chief conductor Tõnu Kaljuste. It’s a revelatory pairing.

Bach’s determination and his singular creative vision finds a parallel in the music of Pärt, which sings of eternal beauty from a time and place – Soviet-occupied Estonia – where freedom of conscience was brutally repressed. And both AAM and the EPCC share a quest for authenticity in every note they perform, creating sounds that transcend their centuries.

Programme:
Arvo Pärt Fratres
Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata 'Christ lag in Todes Banden' BWV4
Arvo Pärt L’Abbé Agathon
Arvo Pärt Missa Syllabica
Johann Sebastian Bach Motet ‘Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied’ BWV 225

Performers:
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Academy of Ancient Music
Tõnu Kaljuste conductor