That Pärt Feeling: The Universe of Arvo Pärt

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A film screening followed by a Q&A with Paul Hegeman, the film’s director and moderator Dr Luke Lewis

Arvo Pärt, the most celebrated living composer of our time, is considered to be something of a recluse. However, at work he appears to be the total opposite, combining an incredible sensitivity with humour and energy. His intense collaboration with the Cello Octet Amsterdam forms the heart of this documentary which sheds a bright light on Pärt’s universe. A universe not only inhabited by classical musicians like Tõnu Kaljuste, Candida Thompson or Daniel Reuss, but also by choreographers such as Jiří Kylián, filmmakers including Alain Gomis and young techno musicians like Kara-Lis Coverdale. They are all searching for that Pärt feeling.

The soundtrack of the film features many of Arvo Pärt’s works, including Tabula rasa, Summa, Fratres, Solfeggio, Für Alina, Da pacem Domine, Kanon pokajanen, The Deer’s Cry, Trivium, Symphony No. 3, La Sindone, Sieben Magnificat – Antiphonen and My Heart’s in the Highlands.

That Pärt Feeling: The universe of Arvo Pärt – a film by Paul Hegeman, Netherlands, 2019

If you would like to find out more about the film, you can visit the film’s website.

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