Sydney Philharmonia Sings Arvo Pärt’s Berliner Messe

CHORAL MUSIC / Sydney Philharmonia Choirs


Sydney Philharmonia Choirs present:
Arvo Pärt’s Berliner Messe (Berlin Mass) 

Saturday, 13th March 2pm and 5pm
St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney 

 

 

For its first concert of 2021, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs turn to the music from the Baltic region, with a concert featuring Arvo Pärt’s luminous Berliner Messe (Berlin Mass).  Pärt is an Estonian composer of classical and religious music. His music is in part inspired by Gregorian chant. His most performed works include Fratres, Spiegel im Spiegel, and Für Alina.

  Image Credit: Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

In building this program, Sydney Philharmonia has chosen music that highlights the pristine young voices of VOX – music which they love to sing. If you know the sound world of Arvo Pärt, you’ll know what makes him one of the most popular and frequently performed living composers. The apparent simplicity, the bell-like tones, close harmonies and chant-like, introspective melodies combine in music that is deeply spiritual. But it’s not all floating serenity – what makes music like the Berliner Messe so moving is its emotional range and rich intensity of feeling. 

Elizabeth Scott conducts VOX Philharmonia Choir for the premiere of Aija Draguns' new choral work, Lux Aeterna. The piece was performed and recorded at St Andrews Cathedral in Sydney, within Vox's 'Berliner Messe' (Arvo Pärt ) concert on the 13th of March 2021. (YouTube, uploaded by Aija Draguns Music. Accessed April 13, 2021.)

 

 Lux Aeterna || Aija Draguns (VOX Premiere)