Arvo Part says he found his musical voice by letting everything unimportant fall away. His heartfelt directness has made him one of today's best-loved composers. We'll hear a concert performance of ...

A Cappella is the original format for choral singing. The five selections addressed here make 2016 one of the better years for this music. Kings College Cambridge -The King's Men Twelve Days of ...

It's no secret that many listeners have trouble warming up to contemporary classical music. But a few composers have cultivated styles more accessible for the average listener. Now in his 70s, ...

Thirty-nine years ago, they were a group of singers in Cambridge, England getting together for fun. It wasn't long before their success turned them into the King's Singers. We find the King's Singers ...

Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has long been the recording darling of Manfred Eicher and ECM Records. The label has released no fewer than eleven volumes of his music, including the record under current ...

Clive Gillinson, artistic director of Carnegie Hall in New York, told ERR that Arvo Pärt is one of the greatest musical influencers of our time all around the world. Earlier this year a special ...

Better than: A date with Justin Bieber for a 13-year-old girl. Last night at Carnegie Hall, the American Composers Orchestra (“the only orchestra in the world” dedicated to music by American composers ...

Pierce hasn’t been alone in declaring a fidelity to Pärt. In 2009, former Public Image Ltd bassist Jah Wobble cited Pärt as his choice of Sunday morning music. He was moved to tears while listening.

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ARVO PART turned 90 in September and his importance continues to grow. A sound engineer turned composer, his sonic background fired up his compositional ambitions. There is a religious zeal that is ...