Annum per annum. Bach and Pärt
Rihards Millers (baritone)
Diāna Jaunzeme - Portnaja (organ)
Programme: J. S. Bach, A. Part
The concert shall be a conversation between the baroque era sacred music by Johann Sebastian Bach and minimalist transparent works by Arvo Pärt, revealing the similarities of both composers’ spiritual beliefs and musical dimension. The title of the concert “Annum per annum”(meaning “year by year”) symbolically marks the sense of eternity and the flow of time through centuries.
The concert includes Bach’s solemn and expressive organ opuses – Toccata in D minor (“the doric one”) and Fugue in D minor, as well as soul-touching arias from St. Matthew Passion and the cantata Ich habe genug, revealing a person’s inner conversation with God and the desire for being freed. Arvo Pärt will be represented by his most famous organ opuses Annum per annum and Trivium, as well as vocal works Vater unser and My heart’s in the Highlands, vividly showing Part’s distinctive “tintinnabula” style, which creates the feeling of never-ending quiet and eternal space.
