The exhibition “Sublime and Humble” is on show in the Music and Audiovisual Documents Reading Room (room 305) from September 2 to October 15. The exhibition is dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.
Arvo Pärt is one of the most famous and frequently performed authors of contemporary academic music. Spiritual content and depth, ascetic simplicity and inner liturgy of the composer's work make his music an unparalleled phenomenon of contemporary art.
At the turn of 1959–60. Arvo Pärt turned to serial technic: Perpetuum mobile for orchestra, 1st symphony, Credo for choir, piano and orchestra, etc. Since the early 1970s, he has been actively studying elder music. Acquaintance with Gregorian singing and medieval polyphony determined the direction of his creative evolution, and in the mid-1970s the composer came to a new style based on the simplest sound elements: triads and movement along with the tones of the diatonic scale; Pärt called it tintinnabuli (from Latin - "bells"). The very first pieces created in this style - Arbos, Fratres, Summa, Tabula rasa, Cantus (Song) in memory of Britten for bells and strings - brought Pärt world fame. The tintinnabuli style has been developed in numerous scores imbued with a humble and sublime religious spirit. Among the most extensive are John Passion, Te Deum for 3 choirs, piano and strings, Stabat mater for vocal and string trio, Berlin Mass, Canon Repentance.
The exhibition presents the scores of the 1st and 2nd symphonies, the oratorio "The steps of the world", a concert for cello and orchestra, a collage on the theme "B-A-C-H", a cantata for a children's choir "Our Garden", as well as soundtracks - the choir "For Deiparous Virgin" performed by the boys' choir of Minsk under the direction of V. Glushakov, chamber music ("Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten for string and one bell", "Collage sur B-A-C-H: for strings, oboe, harpsichord and piano") and symphonic music (Symphony No. 4).
The exposition is complemented by articles and books about the work of the hero of the day.
The opening hours of the exhibition correspond to the library’s opening hours.
Admission is by library card or by the ticket of the library's social and cultural center.
For more info: (+375 17) 293 27 52.
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