A recurring motif in Kõrvits's cycle is the wind, evoked by strings using tremolo and flageolet techniques, symbolizing transience linked to nature.
Performer Biography
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (EPCC) has won two Grammy Awards for Best Choral Performance for recordings of Arvo Pärt's works.
Compositional Technique
Each part of Kõrvits's composition "Sei la luce et il mattino" ends by fading out, creating a sense of memories, thoughts, hopes, and dreams evaporating into nothingness.
Performer Biography
Risto Joost, the conductor, has held significant artistic positions, including Chief Conductor of the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and Artistic Director of the MDR Leipzig Radio Choir.
Performer Biography
The Tallinn Chamber Orchestra (TCO) gained international fame for its joint performances and recordings with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, including Arvo Pärt's Te Deum.
Compositional Technique
The sixth part of the composition, "Verrà la morte e avrà i tuoi occhi," uses a passacaglia, an old Spanish dance form, which in 20th-century works often acquired overtones of destiny and inevitability.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Tõnu Kõrvits, the composer, is fascinated by themes and symbols such as land, wind, death, life, love, river, water, sea, and time, which were also central to Cesare Pavese's work.
