Arquivo de Setembro, 2019
Arvo Pärt, estonian composer born on this day in 1935, wrote the prayer of peace “Da pacem Domine” to fulfil a commission from Jordi Savall. He began to set this ninth-century Gregorian antiphon two days after the Madrid bombings on 11 March 2004 as his personal tribute to the victims. Since then Da pacem Domine has been performed every year in Spain to commemorate the victims of this terrorist attack. Even while originally composing this four-voice piece, Pärt made allowances for variable scorings. As a result, it exists in several versions, not only for voice but also entirely for instruments.
Performers: Ensemble Vocale Odhecaton, Paolo Da Col
Fruto da mais recente colaboração entre dois músicos com significativo percurso musical em conjunto, Shir Eres, composto por Alexander Argov [1914-1995] é o último tema do álbum Playing The Room, editado hoje pela ECM.
Avishai Cohen, trompete | Yonathan Avishai, piano
Do álbum September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill, o tema September Song, song for voice & piano’, extraído do musical ‘Knickerbocker Holiday’ de 1938, com arranjo de Lou Reed.