The Long Line Explore Nine Centuries of Music Arvo Pärt

Arvo Pärt

Estonian composer

Arvo Pärt (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈɑrvo ˈpært]; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Pärt's music is in part inspired by Gregorian chant. His most performed works include Fratres (1977), Spiegel im Spiegel (1978), and Für Alina (1976). From 2011 to 2018, and again in 2022 and 2025, Pärt was the most performed living composer in the world. The Arvo Pärt Centre, in Laulasmaa, was opened to the public in 2018.

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Works

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  • Perpetuum mobile, op. 10 1963 Orchestral
  • Te Deum, for double chorus, strings, prepared piano, and tape 1985 Vocal
  • 7 Magnificat Antiphons 1989 Vocal
  • Magnificat 1989 Vocal
  • Nunc dimittis 2001 Vocal
  • Adam's Lament, for chorus and orchestra 2009 Vocal
  • 2 Slavic Psalms, for chorus or soloists Vocal
  • Alleluja Tropus, for chorus and orchestra Vocal
  • An den Wassern zu Babel saßen wir und weinten, for soloists or chorus and organ Vocal
  • An den Wassern zu Babel saßen wir und weinten, for trombone and chamber orchestra Orchestral
  • And One of the Pharisees, for 3 voices or chorus Vocal
  • Annum per annum Keyboard
  • Arbos, for 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, and percussion Chamber
  • Arbos, for 7 recorders and 3 triangles ad lib Chamber
  • Beatus Petronius, for chorus and orchestra Vocal
  • Berliner Messe, for chorus and organ Vocal
  • Bogoróditse dyévo Vocal
  • Cantate Domino, for chorus and organ Vocal
  • Cantique des degrés, for choir and orchestra Vocal
  • Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra and bell Orchestral
  • Cecilia, vergine romana, for chorus and orchestra Vocal
  • Christmas Lullaby, for chorus and orchestra Vocal
  • Collage over B-A-C-H, for strings, oboe, harpsichord, and piano Chamber
  • Collage sur B-A-C-H, for oboe, string orchestra, harpsichord, and piano Orchestral
  • Como cierva sedienta, for female choir and orchestra Vocal
  • Concerto piccolo over B-A-C-H, for trumpet, strings, harpsichord and piano Orchestral
  • Credo, for chorus, piano, and orchestra Vocal
  • Da pacem Domine Vocal
  • De Profundis Vocal
  • De profundis, for male chorus, percussion, and organ Vocal
  • Dopo la vittoria: Little cantata Vocal
  • Es sang vor langen Jahren, for countertenor, violin, and viola Vocal
  • Estonian Lullaby, for chorus and orchestra Vocal
  • Festina lente, for strings and harp ad lib Orchestral
  • Fratres for violin, string orchestra and percussion Orchestral
  • Fratres, for 4, 8 or 12 cellos Chamber
  • Fratres, for cello and piano Chamber
  • Fratres, for chamber ensemble Chamber
  • Fratres, for string quartet Chamber
  • Fratres, for strings and percussion Orchestral
  • Fratres, for violin and piano Chamber
  • Fratres, for wind octet and percussion Chamber
  • Für Alina Keyboard
  • Für Anna Maria Keyboard
  • Für Lennart in memoriam Orchestral
  • I Am the True Vine Vocal
  • In principio, for mixed chorus and orchestra Vocal
  • Kanon Pokajanen Vocal
  • Kuus, kuus kallike, Estonian lullaby for 2 voices and ensemble Vocal
  • L'Abbé Agathon, soloists, chorus and orchestra Vocal
  • La Sindone Orchestral
  • Lamentate, for piano and orchestra Orchestral
  • Litany, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra Vocal
  • Littlemore Tractus, for chorus and organ Vocal
  • Mein Weg hat Gipfel und Wellentäler Keyboard
  • Mein Weg, for 14 strings and percussion Chamber
  • Memento Vocal
  • Miserere, for soloists, chorus, chamber ensemble, and organ Vocal
  • Missa sillabica Vocal
  • Morning Star, for chorus Vocal
  • Most Holy Mother of God Vocal
  • Mozart-Adagio, for violin, cello and piano Chamber
  • My Heart's in the Highlands, for chorus and organ Vocal
  • Orient and Occident, for string orchestra Orchestral
  • Pari intervallo Keyboard
  • Partita, op. 2 Keyboard
  • Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem Vocal
  • Passio, for tenor, bass, vocal quartet, chorus, oboe, bassoon, violin, cello and organ Vocal
  • Peace Upon You, Jerusalem, for chorus Vocal
  • Piano Sonatine, op. 1, no. 1 Keyboard
  • Piano Sonatine, op. 1, no. 2 Keyboard
  • Pro et contra: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Orchestral
  • Psalom, for string orchestra Orchestral
  • Quintettino, for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon, op. 13 Chamber
  • Salve regina, for chorus and organ Vocal
  • Sarah Was Ninety Years Old, for soprano, 2 tenors, organ, and percussion Vocal
  • Sei gelobt, du Baum, for baritone and early music ensemble Vocal
  • Silouans Song, for string orchestra Orchestral
  • Solfeggio Vocal
  • Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano Chamber
  • Spiegel im spiegel Vocal
  • Stabat Mater, for choir and string orchestra Vocal
  • Stabat Mater, for soprano, alto, tenor, violin, viola, and cello Vocal
  • Statuit ei Dominus, for chorus and orchestra Vocal
  • Summa Vocal
  • Summa, for strings Orchestral
  • Summa, for violin, 2 violas and cello Chamber
  • Symphony no. 1, op. 9, "Polyphonic" Orchestral
  • Symphony no. 2 Orchestral
  • Symphony no. 3 Orchestral
  • Symphony no. 4 Orchestral
  • Tabula rasa: Concerto for 2 violins, prepared piano and strings Orchestral
  • The Beatitudes, for chorus and organ Vocal
  • The Deer's Cry, for chorus Vocal
  • The Woman with the Alabaster Box Vocal
  • Tribute to Caesar Vocal
  • Triodion Vocal
  • Trisagion, for string orchestra Orchestral
  • Trivium Keyboard
  • Variations for the Healing of Arinushka Keyboard
  • Vater unser Vocal
  • Veni creator, for chorus and organ Vocal
  • Wenn Bach Bienen gezuchtet hatte, for wind quintet, piano, string orchestra and percussion Orchestral