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 Pari intervallo
Darf ich…
JS Bach Cantata Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4
Arvo Pärt L’Abbé Agathon
JS Bach Sinfonia, BWV 150
Arvo Pärt Missa syllabica
JS Bach Motet Ich lasse dich nicht
Motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225

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