BBC Proms 2018 / Arvo Pärt / Symphony No 3

Prom 42, BBC Proms 2018
Arvo Pärt / Symphony No 3
Estonian Festival Orchestra / Paavo Jarvi

Arvo Pärt

Arvo Pärt (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈɑrvo ˈpært]; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of classical and religious music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs his self-invented compositional technique, tintinnabuli. Pärt's music is in part inspired by Gregorian chant. His most performed works include Fratres (1977), Spiegel im Spiegel (1978), and Für Alina (1976). Since 2010 Pärt has been the most performed living composer in the world.

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Symphony no.3 was released in 1971, it is influenced by early European polyphony.

Paavo Järvi

Paavo Järvi (Estonian: [ˈpɑːvo ˈjærvi]; born 30 December 1962) is an Estonian American conductor.

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