[HN Gopher] Arvo Part's Journey
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Arvo Part's Journey
Author : motohagiography
Score : 125 points
Date : 2024-09-10 22:24 UTC (1 days ago)
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| hprotagonist wrote:
| Other favorites: his setting of the Magnificat, "I am the true
| vine", "And one of the pharisees", "Cantus in memoriam Benjamin
| Britten", his O Antiphons.
| haberman wrote:
| Agreed that these are remarkable and moving pieces.
|
| If anyone wants to hear some of these, I helped produce (and
| sang on) a recording of these several years ago, that I think
| turned out pretty well:
| https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbeKTzt34VaHdBknPDELs...
| antognini wrote:
| I always make a point to listen to his Passio every Holy Week.
| hprotagonist wrote:
| the antiphons and magnificat are, not surprisngly, very good
| advent music.
| jvilalta wrote:
| I feel like this performance of his Fratres is worth watching.
| https://youtube.com/watch?v=7PS5QMsGaRw&si=444OowBPPp6uirkc
| gabrielsroka wrote:
| I like this one for cello better
|
| https://youtube.com/watch?v=v4XMjsYeMig
| jlarcombe wrote:
| Always loved this spellbinding string quartet version
| https://youtu.be/MSEIKRdevjs?si=k2tOSfX8XAyp2-P7
| throw0101c wrote:
| A few albums worth checking out:
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| *
| https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_npA46Rz1EzAoB8...
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| * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YqF69HLkj8
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| * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNxbT0MESTY
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| * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epJ4N_y7038
| ceravis wrote:
| Thanks! That's the best Fratres performance I've yet to _see_
| (the "wincing frisson" in her facial expressions) -- but this
| Gidon Kremer performance from 1984 is the best I've yet to
| _hear_ : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmUE8b5kAQ4
| adolph wrote:
| Gosh, Fratres still makes me feel the same way as the first
| time I heard it (from KQ's album Winter was Hard). Its
| gratifying to see so much Part love here and the article was a
| nice read to gain a better understanding of the theoretical and
| historical context of what I previously appreciated in a naive
| manner.
| relaxing wrote:
| Here's a slooooooow performance of Spiegel im Spiegel, used to
| great effect in the trailer for Gravity (2013)
|
| https://youtu.be/mKMivVduoQs?feature=shared
| sn0wleppard wrote:
| Bizarre that I can't save this to my watch later playlist
| because it's "content made for kids"
| dundarious wrote:
| I first heard his music in an excellent BBC documentary[1] about
| Auschwitz, that I thoroughly recommend. It offers a somewhat nuts
| and bolts window into the machinery of death, as it was built
| over time, with a lot of participation and even enthusiasm and
| "innovation" from many sector's of the German war effort that
| some have tried to falsely call "clean".
|
| It's also where I first heard Gorecki's harrowing Symphony No. 3
| (aka Symphony of Sorrowful Songs).
|
| [1]
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz:_The_Nazis_and_%27Th...
| throw0101c wrote:
| > _It 's also where I first heard Gorecki's harrowing Symphony
| No. 3 (aka Symphony of Sorrowful Songs)._
|
| A recording of the second movement that was allowed to
| shoot/record at Auschwitz for a documentary/memorial:
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| * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miLV0o4AhE4
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| The second movement had lyrics which were etched words found in
| an isolation cell.
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| The whole symphony:
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| *
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpx2GjUHKB0&list=OLAK5uy_lYh...
| dundarious wrote:
| Yes, I really cried a lot when I read about those lyrics and
| listened again.
| raptorraver wrote:
| Part's speech at St. Vladimir's Seminary is worth watching [1].
| Extraordinary figure. Greatest composer of our time and - I'm
| afraid - last great composer.
|
| My second favourite Part-clip is Bjork interviewing him. [2]
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| 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh-kjp2hLCw 2:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfqEAZCYcHI
| marttt wrote:
| A deep interview with Arvo Part's wife Nora (for Estonian
| Televison, 40 minutes, with English subtitles):
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zssKYgi-aHQ
|
| Oh, and a documentary, "24 Preludes for a Fugue" by Dorian
| Supin. You'll maybe notice some of Arvo Part's quirky sense of
| humor there as well:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRwTgme1_KE
| ted_dunning wrote:
| His range is well illustrated by listening to Spiegel im Spiegel
| back to back with Ukuara valss.
|
| I wish he had done more light music. His solemn stuff is great,
| but I can only handle very limited doses.
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMSSYc2S_Gw
| Phelinofist wrote:
| My heart's in the highlands is just beautiful, can't stop
| listening to it
| paines wrote:
| I would never have imagined to read something about him here. I
| absolutely love his 4th symphony "Los Angeles". And recently "In
| cantus memoriam Benjamin Britten" was used in a movie. He wrote
| that piece after learning about Benjamin Britten and being
| absolutely delighted by his work, only to then find out he passed
| away shortly before. What a fruitful friendship and cooperation
| this could have been....
| 7thaccount wrote:
| Such a small world. I heard his Canto for Benjamin Britten on
| the radio the other day by chance. I occasionally listen to
| classical music, but am honestly not much of a music person and
| don't play an instrument.
|
| That masterpiece was so emotionally moving that I was in near
| tears. I then spent an hour trying to figure out what song it
| was and eventually succeeded. I could almost hear the
| "ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED" for the entire human race.
| throw0101b wrote:
| > _Canto for Benjamin Britten_
|
| Two pretty good renditions:
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| * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkG8pDbP3dU
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| * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRk8lQ06ElI&t=14s
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| > _That masterpiece was so emotionally moving that I was in
| near tears._
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| There is some music that I just won't listen to any more, or
| very, very rarely:
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| * the Cranberries ('90s rock) because there's just too much
| nostalgia involved
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| * Gorecki's Symphony No. 3, especially the second movement:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miLV0o4AhE4
| sombragris wrote:
| Great story and a great composer.
| scop wrote:
| Part! I may place him after Bach as one of the rare composers who
| really captures something about the Universe/Creation itself and
| not just "feelings" (happy/sad/etc). His music goes beyond just
| being human. I listen to him about once a month when I feel like
| imagining myself as a deer walking across an iced-over lake
| completely alone yet warm with the Presence of the Maker.
| hprotagonist wrote:
| _The organist /math teacher sat down with a few loose pipes, a
| pencil, and paper, and helped Lawrence figure out why. When
| Lawrence understood, it was as if the math teacher had suddenly
| played the good part of Bach's Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor on
| a pipe organ the size of the Spiral Nebula in Andromeda the
| part where Uncle Johann dissects the architecture of the
| Universe in one merciless descending ever mutating chord, as if
| his foot is thrusting through skidding layers of garbage until
| it finally strikes bedrock._
| KineticLensman wrote:
| Cryptonomicon, in case people were wondering. The part where
| Lawrence figures out computation while listening to an organ
| performance is (to me) one of the best bits of Stephenson's
| entire written output.
|
| [Edit] hprotagonist. Very apt.
| Agingcoder wrote:
| Bach doesn't do that for me at all ( I hear numbers and
| structure and can't help so Bach is purely intellectual to me
| ), but I agree with you on Part : his music moves me in a way
| no other composer can. I hear both the peace and chaos of life
| and the universe in it while floating in a bubble, which sounds
| mildly ridiculous, but happens to be true.
|
| Edit: maybe Bach captures the structure of the universe while
| Part gets the feeling of the universe ...
| mensetmanusman wrote:
| "Spiegel im Spiegel" is awesome
|
| https://youtu.be/TJ6Mzvh3XCc
| aanet wrote:
| Wow. What a treat! I clicked on the link not knowing what to
| expect, and _puff_ what a lovely treat.
|
| The graphic novella (?) is lovely, and so evocative! Beautifully
| done. Kudos, Joonas Sildre.
|
| Arvo Part is new to me (my fault, really), but now I'm intrigued.
| Thanks for all the YT links. Must make amends, stat. (edit: sp)
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