"I'd say that i had a need to... concentrate on each sound, so that every blade of grass would be as important as a flower." some of the most profound words i have ever heard.
The music is already so beautiful that it hurts, but having its creator himself guide us through the labyrinthine complexity that so few and simple tones are capable of creating, that verges on the sublime! What an experience! Also great to see the simplicity and humility of a great genius who doesn't behave like a star and is in fact as humbled and awed as we are by the emotions he just reveals us. Incredible video!
@@tarukofusuki "To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour" William Blake
@@tarukofusuki I don't keep quoting: I quoted (one time). And I don't understand what is offensive for you. We can think different, no problem. For me he is giving an image to the students could apprehend the essence of his composition, even he said "I don't understand myself". iIt's nothing technical, is poetic and even philosofic, that I won't try to explain you. Because seeing your agressivity, your eagerness to be right, your demand about evidence sand the mention of money, doesn't worth to explain to you, you don't have sensivity enough to understand what he says or what he plays.
@@tarukofusuki nothing cute about his analogy at all. Every pause, every note, has equal value just as a flower is as important and equally as mysterious as grass. I don’t think he’s attempting to impress anyone, to me he’s so egoless and humble - very beautiful he almost looks translucent to me. I would never say nobody cares about what he’s trying to say. What are you saying he is really talking about? What don’t we get? His simplicity is what makes his music so deep and beyond any logical human thought. Did you ever listen to Cantus with the Hilliard ensemble? It’s five minutes long, and it’s one of the most beautiful pieces I know. I watched him humbly giving the conductor instruction as well as rewriting parts of original scores and he somehow gets the musicians via the conductor to produce the precise sound he wanted when composing the piece. His sweetness on Tabula Rasa can bring tears to my eyes. I love Arvo Pärt 💐🌱🌱🎹🎻🎻🎻🔔
What I like the most about this video is the struggle Arvo Part has in translating between mediums. There is a sense of poetic aphasia, an honest struggle to put into words what has come to him loud and clear in music. I lack the profound sensibility to fully grasp the significance of the voices he invokes, but it is not hard to get a glimpse of the invocations, and it is not hard to see how he is unable to express it in words. He knows it...
Pärt feels his melody is neutral, but searches for another word.. I think he himself noticed, how neutrality is relative. When it is neutral to him, it is because it doesn't differ from his own personality. For me the melody is much like Arvo Pärt himself in this video - it is carefull, restrained, excited, fearfull, introverted.. Most of all very, very human. Arvo Pärts Alina is Extremely beautiful music, Every note bears a meaning here - as he noticed, in this piece there is a need to concentrate on each and every note. For me it seems like a kind of perfectionism, take your mind off the piece, break the meditation, and the world will crumble.
I think he was trying to say that the individual notes sound neutral, when played individually, but when played together, they form a shifting relationship that can no longer be regarded as neutral.
I find this to be exquisite. The simplicity of this piece is profound and his sensitivity for the texture of sound is inspiring. His music is deeply stirring.
I recommend you to listen the "Sanctus" from the Berliner Mass, from Mr Pärt. Probably the most amazing and moving piece i have heard in my entire life.
This is sublime!! To hear the artist describe so poetically his thought process for a work of art.. I'm humbled, and grateful to TH-cam for moments like this...thanks for posting!
Wonderful to have this opportunity to listen him describing his mindset and his approach to composing music. Thing that I miss about the composers from the past
@blackynth Concept is key. Understanding why one makes the art one does is vital to being an artist. Putting paint on a canvas with absolutely no idea why you did it is pointless in most circumstances. Obviously, Part has a very strong conceptual idea concerning his work, as he should. He's a brilliant artist. I don't see this interview as much as a "master class on how to create art" but rather a helpful and inspiring insight into just one artist's practice.
we're so proud, that we have a composer like this. he has brought estonia to the world. and his pieces .... there aren't any words to his music, it's beautiful, although, it's too less to say to his music. it's powerful. when somebody plays it, you just stop for a second, your heart misses a beat and you just listen to this and you are so into it and ... it can't be described. in my head, some weird things happen. i'm telling you, this music just conquers you and you are into it.
Hello! could you write the sentence in Estonian "A need to concentrate on each sound, so that every blade of grass would be as important as a flower"... I would really appreciate it.
@@matiasvikingr6254 "Mul oli vajadus niisuguse [järele], ma nimetaksin seda neutraalsuseks, kus niimoodi kontsentreeruda iga heli peale, et igal rohuliblel oleks nagu lille staatus." This is the full phrase he said, starting with "I'd say that I had a need to..." It's a fairly incomplete sentence by him, not quite the best way to present the sentence, but that is how he said it. The part you requested may sound better this way: "Vajadus kontsentreeruda igale helile nii, et igal rohuliblel oleks nagu lille staatus."
@@johannessarapuu559 oh thank you very much!!, specially for the good explanation!. I find Pärt one of the, if not The most, enigmatic and interesting composers of recent times. Thanks again!
A sign of a masterpiece is that every note has its place. Nothing superfluous. One of the great things about Pärt's music is that he gives such importance to the individual note. You can buy the sheet music for this and I think Universal Edition are generously putting some of Pärt's sheet music online for free download.
I beg your pardon, I'm translating this for an italian friend of mine. Domanda dal pubblico: "Diamo un'occhiata ad Alina...?" 0:21 "Vi mostrerò l'inizio" 0:23 "Non mi piace questo timbro, ne userò uno più risonante". 0:42 "Ascoltate questa voce..." 0:56 "...Piuttosto neutrale" 1:08 "Anche, neutrale..." 1:11 "Entrambe, insieme" 1:26 "Un po' più serio, o complicato" 1:33 "Come due persone, le cui parti sembrano attraversarsi le une alle altre, ma non si incontrano" 2:00 "C'è una certa neutralità, qui... Direi che ho avuto una specie di bisogno di... No, non la chiamerei neutralità... Ho bisogno di concentrarmi su ciascun suono. In modo tale che ogni filo d'erba sia importante quanto un fiore. Questo è... 3:00 Potrebbe essere come un malfunzionamento di una radiolina, sicché ogni singolo segnale a volte sembra testimoniare casualmente una vita intera. O il futuro, o il passato, o qualcosa fuori del tempo. E' come se io dicessi che un filo d'erba ha l'importanza di un fiore, e vedessi in questa esile frase musicale qualcosa di più rispetto ai soli tasti bianchi e neri. 3:36 E poi... 3:46 Tenete questa nota... 3:59 Non è tanto la tonalità ad essere importante, qui, ma è la combinazione con questa triade (di note). Questo rende uno speciale sentimento di unione, e l'anima comincia a narrarla senza fine. Ascoltate... 4: 48 E così, ancora... Io immagino il direttore d'orchestra fare il gesto del braccio in levare, quando tutto l'insieme ha inizio. Noi non possiamo ancora sentire nulla. E la gente nella sala da concerto non sa cosa stia per accadere. Poi il direttore traccia il tempo in levare... Il levare, quello in cui alza la mano... Ecco, quell'istante contiene la formula dell'intero lavoro: il suo carattere, la dinamica, il tempo... E un mucchio di altre cose. Il direttore e i musicisti lo sanno per via della pratica svolta assieme. Io immagino il compositore nella stessa posizione, prima che cominci a scrivere. Lui deve avere la consapevolezza o una percezione di quello che sta per accadere quando la mano va giù. Qual è la prima nota...? E qual è la seconda...? Il primo passo è tutto, è decisivo...! Questa è una storia complicata e io non mi capisco granché da solo... Però ho un'idea di cosa voglio dire. Già, io sono sempre alla ricerca di questo: qualche volta mi viene facilmente, ma qualche volta non mi viene per niente. Ogni volta sento che devo cominciare da una lacerazione.
775987mb Ciao. Mi permetto di fare una micro-correzione alla tua traduzione. Spero risulti utile al tuo amico e ad altri italiani che si imbattano in questa piccola meraviglia. Nella parte finale del suo discorso dice più precisamente: "quasi non capisco me stesso." E, in chiusura, quello "start from scratch" è un modo di dire che significa "ripartire da zero". Molto bella l'immagine della 'lacerazione' tuttavia. Chissà che Pärt non avesse davvero quella in mente... :)
This piece is undoubtedly a masterpiece. Just because it's not technically hard to play doesn't mean that (compositionally speaking) every note is not thought through with the utmost care. The deepest emotions seem to be expressed through this simple-sounding music.
Great the composer himself, not on a nice intrument but that does not matter. His style is brilliant. And what a fine attidude that the composer is willing to talk about his way of composing.
To me this song has always seemed like a woman you love breaking up with you. You know what the words are going to be, but it's the space in between them, the hesitation that hurts the most.
His from Estonia, so am I. He's probably the most famous Estonian ever.. Estonia always seems to want fame, but it's such a small country ( 1,3 million people) that even estonian songs being played in US dance shows make it into Estonian songs. :)
It's as if performing it is more of a ritual than listening to it. It's as if in order to truly understand the meanings embedded in each note, one must fully immerse oneself in the music. And the only way to do that, and make it completely personal is to perform it. Yes... this piece seems quite introsepctive, as if written more for the performer than for the audience.
when I heard pärt talk, first I thought he just was a intelectual extravagant, but now I see that it was far away from truth. when he tell that every grass has the potentiality as a flower as every tune has it, and show example, then I surrender. It is just a simple man like me.
Arvo in my OPINION is ONE OF the more brilliant composers of our time. He has HIS approach as other fine contemporary composers have THEIRS. My inclination to his work does not mean that other composers are less qualitatively. There are different approaches to music as there are different approaches to fine art. I can not judge Arvo to be better or worse than Hovhanness, or Copeland. etc. They each make a contribution to the literature.
Thanks for this beautiful upload. By the way, I suppose he's speaking in his native tongue, Estonian? If so, it's the first time I heard it and it sounds beautiful, kind of reminds me of Hungarian for some reason...
@BenNCM i see. i guess when you look at it from a spacial point of view it makes more sense. but still, as the composer is the architect, the performer is the builder. And he has more understanding of the structure than those who look upon the it, the audience.
@Hyardacil Up until that point, it was not possible to play in more than one key without retuning the instrument, which means that composers were limited to the confines of major/minor/modal systems with strict centers plus a few closest neighboring exceptions. Most quality pop music today spins around the tonal system, for example. Bach is the turning point between Renaissance and modern music (neue-musik and Arvo included, for opening up possibilities outside a "pure" tonal system).
HORTUS MUSICUS [Estonia] [UK Premiere] 75th anniversary celebration of Arvo Pärt and Giya Kancheli SUN, 07 NOVEMBER 10, 19:30, ST ETHELDREDA'S CHURCH, LONDON, UK
@summertimegirl44 I believe so. From all the photos I've seen. Even though I've heard that at the recording he did not play the song, someone else did.
@Hyardacil well good, then since you got no grudge we can talk :) The thing with Bach that gets overlooked (probably for being too technical) is that his greatest contribution to the evolution of music and the tonal system weren't his fugues or unprecedented counterpoint language (that was later bashed as old fashioned, as you pointed out). It was his tuning temperament (proofed over "The well tempered Clavier").
Right...and this involves the abandonment of the modern obsession with "self-expression" in favor of seeking to embody the archetypes of the music itself in one's performance.
Sorry .. couldn't resist ... it was all a bit beard stroky for me :)... great piece of music ... the audience is amazing ... would be great if he just went into some Chas'n'Dave just to see their faces
[02:03] “I’d say that I had a need… I wouldn't call it _neutrality_ … A need to concentrate on each sound, so that every blade of grass would be as important as a flower.” - Arvo Pärt (on _Für Alina_ ) [ th-cam.com/video/c08i_9gumJs/w-d-xo.htmlm04s ] “Ma ütleksin, et mul oli vajadus niisuguse. Mmmnn.. Ma ei nimetaks seda neutraalsuseks.. Omm. Kus niimoodi kontsentreeruda iga heli peale, nii nagu igal rohuliblel, et igal rohuliblel oleks nagu lille staatus.”
exactly!Arvo Pärts music is only for movies.He failed as a experimental composer and he found the easy solution to compose music for old ladies promoting it as a contemporary music...what a shame
People call all sorts of people "geniuses" I think we have to agree on the term first... Probably this term is derived from Emotions, as we cannot see in his brain to analyze how fast he perceives musical things and to scientifically prove that he is a genius. I find nothing annoying on his attitude in this video though. Ask any creative person how they do their art and you get only hazy and vague thoughts that are based on emotions. Of course we think what we do is important. That's only right.
@Hyardacil well, indeed you could, but it's a rather innocent assumption that they would do it for self satisfaction alone ;) In Bach's case, he wasn't the only one looking for it (i resist the notion of invention in music), but given that the proof of correctness of his tuning consisted of his own piece's execution, i think it's safe to say that his was just his. And as his body of work is permeated by it, it is fair to regard him as the "liberator" of the tonal system.
@fescolfaro I could comment that your idea that it is all a search for new forms of self expression is presumptuous. :P And yes, I am aware of Bach's history with the well-tempered system. He was a major propagator of this tuning temperament. He was a major propagator of this system, however not the inventor, as I understand, however.
We’re so lucky. He’s alive now. Such a great example of a very high level of existence. Musicians- composers- the most divine there is.
the look in his eyes when he say he can´t understand himself is so moving and humble
Yes it is. And what a fine attidude that the composer want to talk about his way of composing.
"I'd say that i had a need to... concentrate on each sound, so that every blade of grass would be as important as a flower."
some of the most profound words i have ever heard.
The music is already so beautiful that it hurts, but having its creator himself guide us through the labyrinthine complexity that so few and simple tones are capable of creating, that verges on the sublime! What an experience! Also great to see the simplicity and humility of a great genius who doesn't behave like a star and is in fact as humbled and awed as we are by the emotions he just reveals us. Incredible video!
"A need to concentrate on each sound, so that every blade of grass would be as important as a flower" Arvo Pärt
@@tarukofusuki
"To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour"
William Blake
@@tarukofusuki I don't keep quoting: I quoted (one time). And I don't understand what is offensive for you. We can think different, no problem. For me he is giving an image to the students could apprehend the essence of his composition, even he said "I don't understand myself". iIt's nothing technical, is poetic and even philosofic, that I won't try to explain you. Because seeing your agressivity, your eagerness to be right, your demand about evidence sand the mention of money, doesn't worth to explain to you, you don't have sensivity enough to understand what he says or what he plays.
@@tarukofusuki nothing cute about his analogy at all. Every pause, every note, has equal value just as a flower is as important and equally as mysterious as grass. I don’t think he’s attempting to impress anyone, to me he’s so egoless and humble - very beautiful he almost looks translucent to me. I would never say nobody cares about what he’s trying to say. What are you saying he is really talking about? What don’t we get? His simplicity is what makes his music so deep and beyond any logical human thought. Did you ever listen to Cantus with the Hilliard ensemble? It’s five minutes long, and it’s one of the most beautiful pieces I know. I watched him humbly giving the conductor instruction as well as rewriting parts of original scores and he somehow gets the musicians via the conductor to produce the precise sound he wanted when composing the piece. His sweetness on Tabula Rasa can bring tears to my eyes. I love Arvo Pärt 💐🌱🌱🎹🎻🎻🎻🔔
@@tarukofusuki can YOU?
@@tarukofusuki if you’re dying to make it logical. And technical. And kinda boring, frankly.
He describes his music in such a beautiful way. Everything he said was so poetic.
Thank God for this man.
Thank this man to take us god
What I like the most about this video is the struggle Arvo Part has in translating between mediums. There is a sense of poetic aphasia, an honest struggle to put into words what has come to him loud and clear in music. I lack the profound sensibility to fully grasp the significance of the voices he invokes, but it is not hard to get a glimpse of the invocations, and it is not hard to see how he is unable to express it in words. He knows it...
Pärt feels his melody is neutral, but searches for another word.. I think he himself noticed, how neutrality is relative. When it is neutral to him, it is because it doesn't differ from his own personality. For me the melody is much like Arvo Pärt himself in this video - it is carefull, restrained, excited, fearfull, introverted.. Most of all very, very human.
Arvo Pärts Alina is Extremely beautiful music, Every note bears a meaning here - as he noticed, in this piece there is a need to concentrate on each and every note. For me it seems like a kind of perfectionism, take your mind off the piece, break the meditation, and the world will crumble.
I think he was trying to say that the individual notes sound neutral, when played individually, but when played together, they form a shifting relationship that can no longer be regarded as neutral.
Thank you so much for uploading this. Never seen him move and talk, yes he is one of those few who are living great art embodied.
I've never heard such depth in such simplicity
I find this to be exquisite. The simplicity of this piece is profound and his sensitivity for the texture of sound is inspiring. His music is deeply stirring.
The pauses throughout add depth and are hypnotising!
I recommend you to listen the "Sanctus" from the Berliner Mass, from Mr Pärt. Probably the most amazing and moving piece i have heard in my entire life.
I'd listen to him talk about his music all day long!
Me, too
This is surely the highest end of TH-cam.
Arvo part! In times of despair or utter confusion this music is my hope that remnants of world remain pure, and truely good. All i can say is thankyou
OH man this is so beautiful. its so great how he descibes his music and notes. And you can really see with what great feelings he plays it.
This is sublime!! To hear the artist describe so poetically his thought process for a work of art.. I'm humbled, and grateful to TH-cam for moments like this...thanks for posting!
"Beauty will save the world" - Dostoevsky
I sleep to this every night
Wonderful to have this opportunity to listen him describing his mindset and his approach to composing music. Thing that I miss about the composers from the past
If an audience would listen to this music in a concert, they would hardly know when to applause
Arvo is so great, he is a genius! Für Aline is so simple and so deep! It's music from the soul! Tks a lot for share! Gabriel Lehto
@blackynth Concept is key. Understanding why one makes the art one does is vital to being an artist. Putting paint on a canvas with absolutely no idea why you did it is pointless in most circumstances. Obviously, Part has a very strong conceptual idea concerning his work, as he should. He's a brilliant artist. I don't see this interview as much as a "master class on how to create art" but rather a helpful and inspiring insight into just one artist's practice.
"A blade of gras has the status of a flower."
we're so proud, that we have a composer like this. he has brought estonia to the world. and his pieces .... there aren't any words to his music, it's beautiful, although, it's too less to say to his music. it's powerful. when somebody plays it, you just stop for a second, your heart misses a beat and you just listen to this and you are so into it and ... it can't be described. in my head, some weird things happen. i'm telling you, this music just conquers you and you are into it.
There is a disturbing mistake in translation in 2:08. The correct sentence is: "I would call it neutrality".
Hello! could you write the sentence in Estonian "A need to concentrate on each sound, so that every blade of grass would be as important as a flower"... I would really appreciate it.
@@matiasvikingr6254 "Mul oli vajadus niisuguse [järele], ma nimetaksin seda neutraalsuseks, kus niimoodi kontsentreeruda iga heli peale, et igal rohuliblel oleks nagu lille staatus."
This is the full phrase he said, starting with "I'd say that I had a need to..."
It's a fairly incomplete sentence by him, not quite the best way to present the sentence, but that is how he said it.
The part you requested may sound better this way:
"Vajadus kontsentreeruda igale helile nii, et igal rohuliblel oleks nagu lille staatus."
@@johannessarapuu559 oh thank you very much!!, specially for the good explanation!. I find Pärt one of the, if not The most, enigmatic and interesting composers of recent times. Thanks again!
@@matiasvikingr6254 You are very welcome! I agree with you, Pärt is truly the pearl of our time. Best wishes to you!
A sign of a masterpiece is that every note has its place. Nothing superfluous. One of the great things about Pärt's music is that he gives such importance to the individual note. You can buy the sheet music for this and I think Universal Edition are generously putting some of Pärt's sheet music online for free download.
He is the greatest of the minimalists. In this lesson he explains everything. A wonderful genius.
such amazing richness in so little.
I beg your pardon, I'm translating this for an italian friend of mine.
Domanda dal pubblico: "Diamo un'occhiata ad Alina...?"
0:21 "Vi mostrerò l'inizio"
0:23 "Non mi piace questo timbro, ne userò uno più risonante".
0:42 "Ascoltate questa voce..."
0:56 "...Piuttosto neutrale"
1:08 "Anche, neutrale..."
1:11 "Entrambe, insieme"
1:26 "Un po' più serio, o complicato"
1:33 "Come due persone, le cui parti sembrano attraversarsi le une alle altre, ma non si incontrano"
2:00 "C'è una certa neutralità, qui... Direi che ho avuto una specie di bisogno di... No, non la chiamerei neutralità... Ho bisogno di concentrarmi su ciascun suono. In modo tale che ogni filo d'erba sia importante quanto un fiore. Questo è...
3:00 Potrebbe essere come un malfunzionamento di una radiolina, sicché ogni singolo segnale a volte sembra testimoniare casualmente una vita intera. O il futuro, o il passato, o qualcosa fuori del tempo. E' come se io dicessi che un filo d'erba ha l'importanza di un fiore, e vedessi in questa esile frase musicale qualcosa di più rispetto ai soli tasti bianchi e neri.
3:36 E poi...
3:46 Tenete questa nota...
3:59 Non è tanto la tonalità ad essere importante, qui, ma è la combinazione con questa triade (di note). Questo rende uno speciale sentimento di unione, e l'anima comincia a narrarla senza fine.
Ascoltate...
4: 48 E così, ancora... Io immagino il direttore d'orchestra fare il gesto del braccio in levare, quando tutto l'insieme ha inizio. Noi non possiamo ancora sentire nulla. E la gente nella sala da concerto non sa cosa stia per accadere. Poi il direttore traccia il tempo in levare... Il levare, quello in cui alza la mano... Ecco, quell'istante contiene la formula dell'intero lavoro: il suo carattere, la dinamica, il tempo... E un mucchio di altre cose. Il direttore e i musicisti lo sanno per via della pratica svolta assieme. Io immagino il compositore nella stessa posizione, prima che cominci a scrivere. Lui deve avere la consapevolezza o una percezione di quello che sta per accadere quando la mano va giù. Qual è la prima nota...? E qual è la seconda...? Il primo passo è tutto, è decisivo...!
Questa è una storia complicata e io non mi capisco granché da solo... Però ho un'idea di cosa voglio dire. Già, io sono sempre alla ricerca di questo: qualche volta mi viene facilmente, ma qualche volta non mi viene per niente. Ogni volta sento che devo cominciare da una lacerazione.
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Ciao. Mi permetto di fare una micro-correzione alla tua traduzione. Spero risulti utile al tuo amico e ad altri italiani che si imbattano in questa piccola meraviglia.
Nella parte finale del suo discorso dice più precisamente: "quasi non capisco me stesso."
E, in chiusura, quello "start from scratch" è un modo di dire che significa "ripartire da zero".
Molto bella l'immagine della 'lacerazione' tuttavia. Chissà che Pärt non avesse davvero quella in mente... :)
start from scratch = ricominciare da capo (non da una lacerazione)
Un placer escuchar al genial Arvo Part profundizar en su bellìsima obra Fur Alina.
Very inspiring. Thank you so much for posting.
This piece is undoubtedly a masterpiece. Just because it's not technically hard to play doesn't mean that (compositionally speaking) every note is not thought through with the utmost care. The deepest emotions seem to be expressed through this simple-sounding music.
This helps me find my way to sharing his work in a performance setting. Thank you for posting.
"The soul yearns to sing it endlessly...."
“Like two people whose paths seem to cross...and then they don’t”
Auguri e Lunga vita al Maestro che oggi compie 86 anni.
Our world famous composer.
Greetings from Estonia:)
Geniusz prostoty, ten utwór to moje DNA, ustawia mnie na właściwe tory
i love how he explains his music. i cant play a lick but i get him. it feels nice.
Great the composer himself, not on a nice intrument but that does not matter. His style is brilliant. And what a fine attidude that the composer is willing to talk about his way of composing.
Very original, interesting great music, indeed, Thanks for sharing, Jan
The women sitting next to him is his wife.
Gracias de corazón después el silencio.
To me this song has always seemed like a woman you love breaking up with you.
You know what the words are going to be, but it's the space in between them, the hesitation that hurts the most.
he seems like such a lovely man. and great music.
What a fun way to think about music.
i don't know why, but i love the way he speaks...
To me it sounds like a lonely flower standing in a field blowing in the wind and the rain.
I love his voice
You're right. Repetition is death.
i'm happy to see your faces, your eyes when you finish this ....
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Love the line about the 2 paths crossing, but then not.
His from Estonia, so am I. He's probably the most famous Estonian ever.. Estonia always seems to want fame, but it's such a small country ( 1,3 million people) that even estonian songs being played in US dance shows make it into Estonian songs. :)
It's as if performing it is more of a ritual than listening to it. It's as if in order to truly understand the meanings embedded in each note, one must fully immerse oneself in the music. And the only way to do that, and make it completely personal is to perform it. Yes... this piece seems quite introsepctive, as if written more for the performer than for the audience.
when I heard pärt talk, first I thought he just was a intelectual extravagant, but now I see that it was far away from truth.
when he tell that every grass has the potentiality as a flower as every tune has it, and show example, then I surrender.
It is just a simple man like me.
Arvo in my OPINION is ONE OF the more brilliant composers of our time. He has HIS approach as other fine contemporary composers have THEIRS. My inclination to his work does not mean that other composers are less qualitatively. There are different approaches to music as there are different approaches to fine art. I can not judge Arvo to be better or worse than Hovhanness, or Copeland. etc. They each make a contribution to the literature.
Arvo est un homme très intérieur
plongé dans lui-même, comme en témoigne ce master-class
"I need to concentrate on each sound, and that every blade of grass would be as important as the flower."
........
Not a regular human
thumbs up just for writing, '...so beautiful that it hurts...'
extraordinary
I completely agree.
this man is a god courier
I saw this on tv last night :D
Yes, of course..
Thanks for this beautiful upload. By the way, I suppose he's speaking in his native tongue, Estonian? If so, it's the first time I heard it and it sounds beautiful, kind of reminds me of Hungarian for some reason...
Hungarian and Estonian are distantly related languages.
pure genius
yes it is
@BenNCM i see. i guess when you look at it from a spacial point of view it makes more sense. but still, as the composer is the architect, the performer is the builder. And he has more understanding of the structure than those who look upon the it, the audience.
not all heroes wear capes
@Hyardacil Up until that point, it was not possible to play in more than one key without retuning the instrument, which means that composers were limited to the confines of major/minor/modal systems with strict centers plus a few closest neighboring exceptions. Most quality pop music today spins around the tonal system, for example.
Bach is the turning point between Renaissance and modern music (neue-musik and Arvo included, for opening up possibilities outside a "pure" tonal system).
Which piano brand is this that Arvo is playing?
HORTUS MUSICUS [Estonia] [UK Premiere]
75th anniversary celebration of Arvo Pärt and Giya Kancheli
SUN, 07 NOVEMBER 10, 19:30, ST ETHELDREDA'S CHURCH, LONDON, UK
I discovered him recently, and I think only a thing... He's GOD!!!!!!
@summertimegirl44 I believe so. From all the photos I've seen. Even though I've heard that at the recording he did not play the song, someone else did.
yes wicky, it's sharp
@ Lähdesmäki: I agree ;-) @ sliders23: Thanks for this video!
@markaliis001 Cool! i love his song bogoroditse devo! its the best.
@Hyardacil well good, then since you got no grudge we can talk :)
The thing with Bach that gets overlooked (probably for being too technical) is that his greatest contribution to the evolution of music and the tonal system weren't his fugues or unprecedented counterpoint language (that was later bashed as old fashioned, as you pointed out). It was his tuning temperament (proofed over "The well tempered Clavier").
One of my favorite composers.
@theuniversebecoming hehehe.. No problem! As long as you enjoyed the video as much as I did... He's a true inspiration!
Captivating :D
Right...and this involves the abandonment of the modern obsession with "self-expression" in favor of seeking to embody the archetypes of the music itself in one's performance.
massive hands man
Sorry .. couldn't resist ... it was all a bit beard stroky for me :)... great piece of music ... the audience is amazing ... would be great if he just went into some Chas'n'Dave just to see their faces
:), I wish i knew to play piano.
I wish i could play hes songs.
[02:03] “I’d say that I had a need… I wouldn't call it _neutrality_ … A need to concentrate on each sound, so that every blade of grass would be as important as a flower.” - Arvo Pärt (on _Für Alina_ )
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“Ma ütleksin, et mul oli vajadus niisuguse. Mmmnn.. Ma ei nimetaks seda neutraalsuseks.. Omm. Kus niimoodi kontsentreeruda iga heli peale, nii nagu igal rohuliblel, et igal rohuliblel oleks nagu lille staatus.”
is this song suitable for a concert???
How can you make such a comment comment about "Für Alina", one of his greatest, most contemplative works? Truly sad...
@amatorynumber He reminds me of modern hipsters and avant-garde musicians when he speaks about it, it actually sounds quite funny to me.
exactly!Arvo Pärts music is only for movies.He failed as a experimental composer and he found the easy solution to compose music for old ladies promoting it as a contemporary music...what a shame
I can perfectly appreciate why Arvo Part quit the atonal music for this
YAY for tintinnabulation... bravo maestro.
People call all sorts of people "geniuses" I think we have to agree on the term first... Probably this term is derived from Emotions, as we cannot see in his brain to analyze how fast he perceives musical things and to scientifically prove that he is a genius. I find nothing annoying on his attitude in this video though. Ask any creative person how they do their art and you get only hazy and vague thoughts that are based on emotions. Of course we think what we do is important. That's only right.
@Hyardacil well, indeed you could, but it's a rather innocent assumption that they would do it for self satisfaction alone ;)
In Bach's case, he wasn't the only one looking for it (i resist the notion of invention in music), but given that the proof of correctness of his tuning consisted of his own piece's execution, i think it's safe to say that his was just his. And as his body of work is permeated by it, it is fair to regard him as the "liberator" of the tonal system.
@fescolfaro I could comment that your idea that it is all a search for new forms of self expression is presumptuous. :P
And yes, I am aware of Bach's history with the well-tempered system. He was a major propagator of this tuning temperament. He was a major propagator of this system, however not the inventor, as I understand, however.
yes.... it is Avro Part!