Pärt​ - Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten - Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic

[@davealbrecht12]

The music provokes very sad feelings but there is also a very sad story behind it. Arvo Part had always wanted to meet Benjamin Britten and saw him as the only composer he had something in common with. But since Estonia was under communist rule, Part could not visit Britten in the United Kingdom. The year Estonia opened up Britten had already died, thus Part wrote this composition as a sad memory for missing a friend just too late. :-(

[@lanimeyl]

thx for the infos!

[@kulnokaiklem]

Mustamäe , Vilde tee 134, Tallinn. 1977. arhiiv.err.ee/vaata/mi-arvo-part

[@CAROCHAPT]

Dave Albrecht , thank you for letting us know the story behind this sublime composition.

[@Replicas55]

Part says he became familiar with Britten’s work only shortly before Britten’s death in 1976. Getting hold of western music was difficult in Estonia. This was composed the following year in 1977.

[@davepowell7168]

Thanks for your insightful context .Learning is always a privilege.

[@golferchrisg]

What a beautiful haunting piece of music that gives me chills every time I listen to it. It takes you on an emotional and gut-wrenching voyage but leads you to a peaceful ending. An amazing and unforgettable piece of music for your soul. I especially love this version. The conductor feels every note down in his soul. Thank you for giving us this truly wonderful performance.

[@waarheidsgetrouwe288]

this is so touching. I miss real people with real feelings who aren't afraid to fall or to fail.

[@davepowell7168]

@@mariorossi9655 Speak for yourself, sadly l can be a savage

[@sailordog1414]

@Waarheids Getrouwe. Very well expressed. I believe Ralph Waldo Emerson would agree with you. How do we free our real selves from the walls we build around us.

[@johnmacdonald6095]

@@sailordog1414 Brahma BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near; Shadow and sunlight are the same; The vanished gods to me appear; And one to me are shame and fame. They reckon ill who leave me out; When me they fly, I am the wings; I am the doubter and the doubt, I am the hymn the Brahmin sings. The strong gods pine for my abode, And pine in vain the sacred Seven; But thou, meek lover of the good! Find me, and turn thy back on heaven.

[@shawnmendrek3544]

A lot of proud people and entitled people. Two things I do not like, void of feelings or failures. So they think anyhow.

[@williambreedyk7861]

There are multiple versions of this work on KZbin. As far as I can tell, this is the best. The strings are clear, and not muddled. The melody is the purest.

[@davepowell7168]

Or the male/female dynamic is visual. Try without video. I've tried but still agree..

[@staffanolofsson8201]

The notes goes down all the time, from the sky to the earth. A way to say goodbye and a way to mourn.

[@sailordog1414]

@Staffan Olofsson. Brilliant Observation.

[@alexejo8467]

sometimes this repetition is boring, Re:zero soundtracks are better, i think

[@MD-md4th]

This is a stirring performance! To see such a young group with this level of commitment gives me hope for the future.

[@dissilymordentroge5818]

I suspect such a young group have so many fears for their future that’s one reason they can perform like this.

[@shawnmendrek3544]

@@dissilymordentroge5818 These days fearing future is normal, look at the state of the world and revelation in the bible.

[@henkwesterik]

One of my most favorite classical pieces. Such a great performance!

[@afox1953]

Magnificent,as the sea ..the ebbing tide washes away the soul,farewell Britten ! Arvo Part rushes in on the rising tide .

[@BalticSeaPhilharmonic]

Thank you!

[@didierfelbacq7208]

I am impressed by the intense concentration of the young lady playing the tubular bells

[@onefugue]

Arvo Part has said of this work: “Inexplicable feelings of guilt arose in me. Just before his death I began to appreciate the unusual purity of his music… And for a long time I had wanted to meet Britten personally - and now it would not come to that.”

[@davepowell7168]

We all live with regret, the composition is a sublime acknowledgement and expression of this

[@gwendeseminat8r]

the phrasing, "and now it would not come to that" is like the exact kind of controlled falling a part grace that the music evokes, its like... it is the music, this music phrases loss like, and now it would not come to that. So differnet from saying, now it would not happen. It would not come to that tries to paint it like it was sort of a misshap, like it was on the way from happening but something in the process failed

[@shawnmendrek3544]

@@davepowell7168 Regret is a hard lesson to learn but needed.

[@jeanlucchauvet3430]

Émouvant et impressionnant le regard au chef d’orchestre afin que la dernière note résonne encore après que l’ensemble des musiciens cessent de jouer. Le souvenir que l’on garde d’une personne au delà du départ ....

[@thomastallerico6340]

Just beautiful and serene. Those bells. The talent. The emotion.

[@davepowell7168]

Profoundly moving piece, superb orchestral voicing.

[@angeloravera324]

I am in tears !

[@gwendeseminat8r]

as i come to a sort of later section in my life, i realise that nothing but art will save me, and it has come for me all this way

[@jeanpaulgilleron3766]

la musique de ce compositeur est magnifique maie empreinte d'une mélancolie d'une tristesse incommensurable mais toute sa musique est une suite de chefs d'oeuvre

[@e-frog]

One of the most important composition of the world.. Great interpretation ever. Thanks to orchestra and director of

[@francoisemirtin2309]

Éblouissant retentissant et en même temps renversant bouleversant. Bravo aux musiciens et au chef d'orchestre qui nous fait entrer dans son univers. Merci merci

[@fennelleastman8816]

“What kind of music is this? Whoever wrote it must have left himself behind at one point to dig the piano notes out of the earth and gather the artificial harmonics of the violins from heaven. The tonality of this music has no mechanical purpose. It is there to transport us towards something that has never been heard before.” Wolfgang Sandner

[@POUSSIEREDECURIOSITE]

Celui qui l'a écrit s'est totalement abandonné en sa sensibilité. Dans l'univers si fort d'un état de pensée mélancolique, tel et par exemple un "Adagio pour cordes" d'un Samuel Barber, ici, avec cette œuvre on plonge au plus que tréfond des abysses les plus significatives de la sensibilité. Elle est travaillée justement et pertinemment avec une gamme descendante de la mineur, ajouté en une rythmique médiévale et surtout trochaïque - une longue suivie d'une brève - qui donne tant de force, d'incidence perceptive à son écoute. Ce discours sonore est en soi une absolue merveille en ce sens que dès lors que l'on s'y abandonne à, en, son écoute, cela en est comme si on était pris par le bras par une entité voulant nous entrainer en les merveilleux et si prégnants paysages de son monde...nous y abandonnant si corps, si âme, si sens !

[@jeronimocolombo2787]

3:58 Adentro... Beautiful, thanks Arvo.

[@wolfvopo1502]

With Arvo Pärt and Kristian Järvi two heavyweights in modern classic music met and the result outstanding! Surely up to composer’s expectations as up to mine! Absolutely fabulous, thanks!!!

[@Coffeecaffeineee]

The spirit striving for eternal peace

[@borisromantchic2067]

simply to die for… this interpretation, myh repsect to Kristjan Järvi and the orchestra of course!

[@timhall3575]

I'd love to know how the musicians felt when they performed this... if they knew they were creating something that folks would return to again and again to enjoy and find comfort in/within. This is such an emphatic (definitive?) performance of this piece. Astonishing.

[@marcjanssens929]

C'est une merveille, une œuvre magnifique d'Orvo Part, dédiée à Benjamin Britten, trop souvent oublié. Merci pour cette interprétation impeccable.

[@racegirlbriar]

Exquisite. How I wish I could have been there to see this live.

[@johnsmith7676]

Beautiful, beyond words.

[@TonusFabri2024]

So moving. I have listened to several performances on YT and this my pick-although I wish the final bell-note had rung out a little more. Such intensity from the conductor. But if von Karajan were alive today he would say to Kristjan Järvi, as he did to a then-young conductor friend of mine, "Sehr gut. But they should be sweating, not you!" Indeed. some of them are.

[@mrhappy7390]

breathtaking , this is music from the soul

[@marcoszvinys8654]

¡Amo Arvo Part, es mi compositor favorito, excelente su performance, GRACIAS!

[@1872959]

Incredible conductor! Very passionate.

[@grahamnoble4887]

Very sweaty, certainly.

[@stephennewton1399]

A fitting and haunting tribute from one great composer to another.

[@angeloravera324]

Great performance Touching and moving!!!

[@Gleadless]

I’m not religious I can’t believe in a supernatural entity but when I listen to this music by part I can believe in humanities heaven

[@timhall3575]

art/heaven is made on Earth and this is the closest we can come it.

[@Gleadless]

@@timhall3575 sorry sir I’m not sure what you’re inferring? Are you agreeing with me or you’re saying a god was responsible?

[@timhall3575]

I don't know tbh - i replied late last night after a few light ales - actually i am saying in the cold light of day that that no God like entity created this work and as an atheist i think i was suggesting through art we create what we imagine 'heaven' is on Earth. So i think I'm agreeing with you:) @@Gleadless

[@ignaciocuevas1916]

Wow, marvelous performing of a great piece of music that represente the idea of Pärt to listen the music outside the time. I wish that never end. Congratulations from Mexico.

[@tjittekamminga5170]

very moving; great performance

[@jeanpaulgilleron3766]

pour moi vous etes un chef d'orchestre parmi les meilleurs

[@wolfvopo1502]

Firstly this video should have 4m+ views. Secondly in my view or vision or music comprehension one of the most prominent Kristian Järvi performances. Finally my favourite Arvo Pärt composition at that time. Which superlatives to add more here?

[@wolfvopo1502]

Thanks BSYP, please get soon Vienna on your schedule!

[@wolfvopo1502]

Da capo anywhere I could reach out to you!!!

[@wolfvopo1502]

Louise X Thanks Louise! Just wonderful!

[@BradWest96]

Amazing performance and a beautiful video as well!

[@josedomingotrujillojorge6532]

No es sólo una Melodía Triste, es mucho más.... Es aquella que llega con dolor al ALMA.... 👌

[@mariastellacontini3686]

Chi non vorrebbe una tale musica in proprio ricordo? Esecuzione magnifica

[@treanibean]

Simplistically beautiful ❤

[@rafaeldelgadostrauss157]

Amazing performance! Gänsehaut live..

[@fauxyvoire6730]

Magnifique !!

[@thefrayfann]

Heartrenchingly beautiful

[@martinholm4031]

Layers of pure delict. Like puff pastry for the soul.

[@nadegebigot7086]

Juste parfait !!!

[@jeanpaulgilleron3766]

magnifique interprétation

[@meegomae]

great work , ty all

[@adrianadossantos2090]

Fantastic 👌

[@annemardon9013]

Quelle splendeur !

[@AnEnemy100]

Remember them. Live the lives that they would have lived. Remember their love. Remember their joy. Remember them as they remember you. Giggling uncontrollably at something silly. And learn to forget.

[@deep-statereformer5940]

Very impressive! Bravo!

[@disabledathlete]

The condactor practicly dancing to the song love it.

[@peterfalkner4436]

The music made me smile then I rembered

[@annalybsee]

this music makes me feel like floating through sheets of light

[@lanimeyl]

truly amazing..

[@waarheidsgetrouwe288]

so very good heartfelt piece

[@kathringulde2900]

Einfach wunderbar!

[@froukjedejong9758]

So Beautiful

[@jeanpaulgilleron3766]

queile magnifique prestation .J'adore le jeu des violons et autres cordes .Et vous monsieur jarvi vous êtes un jeune chef d'orchestre que j'admire .Il y a beaucoup d'énergie et j'adore.ON sent que vos musiciens vous admirent

[@soniasheridan6567]

Thank you!

[@rollynsteve6242]

Amazing....

[@binklebabe4725]

Weeping with strings and bells.

[@cavaleer]

Ahhhh....Home sweet home.....

[@bitterly_sorrying]

These unbearable feelings of my own guilt linked to my dear human beings ,which fellings unspeakably deeply harrow me for so many decades and for ever are so sweetly uttered through this amazing musical work ,to which I shall be always truly beholden.

[@MrSchmerzen98]

Weeping in the form of music

[@nayeongm]

Wooaaaawoo~~~~!!! 믿기지 않아~🧐뭐야 이 지휘자는?!?! 너 대단한걸~!🤩🤩🤩ㅎㅎㅎ 아니 이 곡이 대단한건가!?!?🤪 어쨌거나 굉장해~!!!🥳🥳👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@farukozkar433]

Gorgeous.

[@camusmonamour]

toujours aussi bons ces musiciens !

[@NielsRyde]

❤️

[@beatrixvantil8623]

extatic music , exquisite🧡

[@johnmayers8137]

Tears everytime!

[@gwendeseminat8r]

if i could live on the floor of that room

[@jeanpaulgilleron3766]

monsieur Jarvi vous devriez être invité plus souvent en france voir devenir chef d'orchestre de l'orchestre de paris par exemple ou de l'opéra .Vous faites parti des grands

[@johnjames1754]

Sublime.

[@NicolasTheondine]

Oui. Comme un feu sous l'orage. ;-)

[@Listenerandlearner870]

Well yes that is how to play this piece.

[@MrTiligugu]

brano magnifico

[@lucasf1676]

Bravo! Bravo!

[@seramer8752]

Best. Superb.

[@loutiscrive]

astonishing

[@meegomae]

estonishing;D

[@hectorgumaro]

excelente

[@investigaciondiseno3678]

Belleza absoluta

[@skipmendler]

Inexorable.

[@paolorosazzap.9471]

Great Pärt e great orchestra

[@r1b0schma]

the bell, the bell!

[@FrancescoCantone]

🙏

[@baruchben-david4196]

I really like this version of the work. I am wondering, though, why the conductor seems so overheated...

[@michelrodriguez3332]

Cf le film de Marco Bellocchio "l'enlevement" magnifique !

[@meegomae]

exxelent. tore

[@samueldeisenrieder6469]

Gänsehaut feeling pur

[@osielmartinssilva]

SUBLIME

[@andywood9256]

Immaculate

[@andywood9256]

Maybe a little slower?

[@서춘호-l5w]

I think so too. yuluvana^^

[@meegomae]

overall fit all, thank gods all you know

[@albertofassone4240]

Erhabene Musik!

[@juanmanuelpulpi9830]

I miss you. ת נ צ ב ה

[@ygorsakura07]

BRASIL 2021 💕

[@bjornehlers1111]

This is a bombastic musik :)

[@jeanpaulgilleron3766]

Ce que j'aime aussi dans cette version splendide c'est aussi qu'il n'y a pas de tousseurs dans la salle.C'est trop fréquent

[@jeanpaulgilleron3766]

la cloche c'est ce qui fait le morceau .Si elle ne sonne pas .ça ne va pas .La c'est très bien .Bravo