Arvo Part: Magnificat
November 14, 2009
I stumbled upon today this interesting video accompaniment to Arvo Part’s Magnificat. I have already posted on Vox-Nova the Estonian composer’s wonderful Te Deum and Spiegel im Spiegel, both of which were well received. Again, Part is often placed with Tavener and Gorecki as proponents of a mystical or religious minimalism. See if this work, along with the video, moves you.
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I have this piece as well as the sublime Te Deum in my collection. But as I mentioned previously, his Kanon Pokajanen is simply breathtaking. Those opening measures summarize the entire piece.
Also, his Berliner Messe (Berlin Mass) is unbelievably beautiful. The Agnus Dei especially.
Love Part spent my undergrad years studying to his music