The Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, held from 6 July to 25 August, features a special programme that focuses on the music of Arvo Pärt and presents more than 15 works of the composer’s catalogue.

A highlight of this programme will be the Cello8ctet Amsterdam’s performance of seven works by Pärt, all of which he transcribed for 8 violoncellos.

Arvo Pärt on the ensemble: “The octet is a piece of gold, I discovered this group 10 years too late.”

Arvo Pärt: Kanon Pokajanen
for mixed choir a cappella
09/8/2013, St. Michaelis, Hamburg; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, cond. Tõnu Kaljuste

Arvo Pärt: Solfeggio
Arvo Pärt: Missa brevis
Arvo Pärt: Summa
Arvo Pärt: Psalom
Arvo Pärt: Da pacem Domine
Arvo Pärt: Silouans Song
Arvo Pärt: O-Antiphonen
for 8 violoncellos
10/08/2013, NDR, Hamburg; Cello8ctet Amsterdam

Arvo Pärt: Fratres
Arvo Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Arvo Pärt: Adam’s Lament
Arvo Pärt: Salve Regina
Arvo Pärt: Te Deum
10/8/2013, Hamburg, St. Jacobi; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, cond. Tõnu Kaljuste

Arvo Pärt: Für Alina
for piano | 2’
11/8/2013, NDR, Hamburg; Ulrike Payer, pno

Arvo Pärt: Lamentate
Arvo Pärt: Tabula rasa
11/8/2013, Hamburg, NDR, Rolf-Liebermann-Studio; Marrit Gerretz-Traksmann, pno; Barnabás Kelemen, vln; Ye-Eun Choi, vln; NDR Radiophilharmonie, cond. Tõnu Kaljuste

Arvo Pärt and the Cello8ctet in Amsterdam