"She interviewed me, and afterwards she said that she would like me to do some arrangements for her. I saw who she really was and I listened to her music, the album where she is wearing a kimono. I've even seen her film, it is a real work of art.
Such an interesting person, such brilliance. In every intonation, every syllable."
I agree. That would be more than wonderful. They are both minimalists whose music is not melodically hard but it's really beautiful in it's simplicity.
@lloplop I don't believe that he is a snob. But maybe that's just because i've been exposed and met so, so many snobs of literature (which can be the worst). I love it when people manage to talk about languages that do not involve articulate language. To talk about music is like dancing about architecture. So when people talk about music, or painting, or dancing, or other languages that do not involve words or do not belong to a wordy environment, THAT'S interesting.
@YUMMYngbird ~ Actually, this kind of comment is "the least interesting." Here you are, telling us what is interesting, as if there is an absolute --- "snob"? Thanks for sharing your opinion. totally pointless.
@murongxue i'm not going to say "I THINK he's least interesting," I THINK in front of every statement. Most people get that it's an subjective opinion no matter what. And I don't think "least interesting" is so bad, not if the others are really interesting. If you think i'm wrong, then give me your opinion. At the time I wrote that comment I just quickly shared my first reaction, I think.
The building in the video is a cathedral. It is the Sagrada Familia or Church of the Holy Family, the masterwork of architect Antoni Gaudi and signature landmark of Barcelona.
Where does the interview with Arvo Pärt take place? Björk introduces, while pieces by Arvo Pärt is played whilst we see different movie clips of old architechture, I like it alot, where is it?
I love it when she sings at the start to the wires :) These are 2 incredible videos, my favourite artist, Bjork, and all these other phenomenal people, all in one video, talking about sound, it's beautiful!!
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BJORK is CLUELESS about the history of music, including her own XXth century.
Yes, COMFORT - this is what she is looking for.
The interview between Bjork and Part is the most depressing thing I've ever seen. A mixture of superficial emotions, boredom towards the world, passivity, and stupid naivete.
PEOPLE, listen to XV, XVI, XVII century music if you want those big consonances. Arvo Part is a liar.
Fuck you. :) I think both Arvo Pärt's music and music from the XV, XVI, XVII is listenable and filled with depth: Please try to listen to more of Arvo Pärt. I think Arvo Pärt is a very, very deep composer, and notice I'm not putting anyone down. Fuck you. :) WTF WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY CALLING ARVO PÄRT A LIAR????!! Sorry for my outburst, but what's up?
And me being Estonian doesn't have much to do with me liking Arvo Pärt's music. I especially like his "Collage on Bach"
I like his two themes' system: complicated subjective and simple objective. He is kind of like some of the 19th-20th century process philosophieswith thier nondualist (non-monist too) ontologies and how each moment is actually infitinely creative and spontaneous when viewed from a certain perspective. I probably like Claudi Monteverdi's music as much as you do, BTW.
well, i don't quite get the "fuck you :)" . It's funny because even when people totally hate what I like I never use offensive words such as that. I do call Arvo Part a liar because what he does is a cheap manipulation of practices abundantly explored by composers who came before him. You simply CANNOT compose a simple beautiful melody and PRETEND you've discovered a new paradise and entered a new stream of spiritual emotions. That's a LIE. That's worse than fake.
Understood. However, I hear what Arvo Pärt tries to carry across. To me, one CAN simply compose a beautiful melody IF one is already a spiritual individual, such as the case of Arvo Pärt. Various religious traditions, such as zen, ect, other buddhists, have composed also simple beautiful melodies and carried forth a certain series of states of consciousness. I think you are a liar about Arvo Pärt's music, or at least I think you cannot pick up anything besides your exspectations.
OK, it's good that we are moving to higher grounds - in spite of the fact that you're calling me a liar about Arvo Part. Pay attention that I do not make any money, anything whatsoever from my criticism on his music. I do criticize him because I do care about music. I call Arvo Part a liar because he himself is asking a very high price for his music by equating it to something spiritually and philosophically deeper than what actually is. continuing...
". I call Arvo Part a liar because he himself is asking a very high price for his music by equating it to something spiritually and philosophically deeper than what actually is. continuing..." That's the basic core of what seems to be your criticism about Arvo Pärt and I deeply disagree, while I do not deny that Scelsi is perhaps much more deeper, but Pärt is still way up in the list of depth for me. I admit Scelsi might as well be hella deeper.
Scelsi is damn good. I'm not about to place Scelsi and Arvo Pärt into a hierarchy for comparison, I think Scelsi is better at producing samadhi (concentration) and Pärt is more about contemplation and in a sense definitely more western.
I am glad you liked Scelsi's work. It's a discovery, a new sonic world.
For me, the creative act is the most important element. But that can be more complicated (complex) than it seems because creativity is very much connected with the challenges of producing something original.That in itself is a journey that I respect. Most of what I hear from Arvo Part is passive in that regard. When I listen to layers of sounds, I cannot help not thinking of Ligeti's Lontano...a very original work...
and now, REALITY: Arvo Part started writing in the twelve-tone system. Then, after 10 years without making any money with music, he went silence and realized that he would only be able to make ends meet if he composes the kind of stuff people won't be cognitively challenged. Then he moved a few centuries backwards and started to write long canons in minor modes so people will come to YT to say he is a genius and his music is highly spiritual and deep. In sum, people are dumb.
Luckily you are not actually dumb about spirituality. I see where you're coming from. There is a reason why Arvo Pärt's music is nice to the ear: it can transmit quite profound ideas or states of consciousness, that get unnoticed by many. The ideas in this video are the core of his music... what he refers to as subjective and objective undertones or something like that.
His melodies are simple in structure but complicated in their combinations and depth, and simple yet again in their ability to change the state of mind from ordinary thinking to deep contemplative states, and if you cannot achive such a state, you're not letting go of identifications and preconcieved notions that are biased towards preferred style. Therefore...
since you brought up zen budhism, I wonder if you know the work of Giacinto Scelsi, an italian composer who spent most of his life unknown. Scelsi completely changed his style because of Budhism. The difference is that Scelsi managed to create something unique, a true journey into the sound, a new music (that's the true "ability to change the state of mind" as an artist, as a creator). And that's what my criticism on Part is about: he is conservative, his music does not cross any boundaries.
I will check out Scelsi quite soon, and I'm sure I won't be dissapointed. As for your criticism of Pärt, I think you are right on the concervative part, but that doesn't stop me from listeing to it. But I actually like Claudio Monteverdi more than Arvo Pärt perhaps in most ways... :)
Monteverdi is for me one of the greatest of them all. It's a kind of beauty that we don't find very often. But it's more than beauty, it's also about the witty, the intelligence..or even naivete when necessary. But there are so many great composers and so much great music!
You have an interesting channel. I will check it out more often.
I'm also a fan of Scelsi, and while I agree with you in some respects, I believe Part has the ability to create music which burrows into the very core of human sorrow, which is unfortunatly a very unique talent among so called...sorry to use the term but.... "classical" composers.
Why don't you just listen to the music and forget about whether someone "seems" happy or not. It's such a free-market American thing - everyone happy with shiny teeth, slumbering through the malls like hollow shells. No substance, just consumption.
There festive music, but there's also music that helps us to reflect and ponder ourselves and the universe, and even music that protests our human condition. Open your mind.
This is the last time i write something in this blog or whatever it is, i dont like sarcasm, but fantastic if it is and if is not well sorry. Have an excellent and superb week.
sarcasm???, Well arvo part and bjork that's fantastic. Arvo is and he looks so spiritual now about Bjork, well what can i say about her, she is just terrific, she is an integral artist. This music is so pure, i believe Arvo is a genius, and in a presumptuos manner i would say like Chopin or Beethoven.
The awful reality of the philosophy on the opposite of "death by sound" is that, scientifically Newton's opposite of killing you with sound, is actually killing you with the opposite frequency of sound.
The opposite frequency of sound does not exist. Sound frequencies begin from zero and increase. There is no minus frequency, as we have no minus energy. And so there is no opposite for the sound frequencies and energies required in killing us. Kinda puts a cork in the whole thing.
Though perhaps it could work on some other levels.
Yep, that's it. There is a lot of energy in wave motion (like sound) and energy can kill us. Here Arvo Pärt is talking about the way music influences the human mind. I argued (in my ignorance) that Arvo Pärt put an abstract concept on a physical happening and hence his logic is completely flawed. ie. Happiness = A number of physical/chemical happenings and follows a set of laws.
Also, this makes me feel quite sick on several levels so I hope someone will show me that this idea is wrong.
I think you're talking about the physical opposite of being killed, or the structural opposite of sound that could kill a person. I think Arvo Part is talking about the emotional opposite of sound that can kill. I think he's talking about art, and you're talking about physics.
This is true and I saw this. The only problem is (and I quite hate this so please prove me wrong) that art and our emotions are bound by the laws of physics and logic.
Why do you hate it? Come on, open your eyes! We are the universe. Everything in our lifes is The Universe.. Chemicals in our brains acctually gives us our feelings! That's amazing. We need too follow our feelings because they are the laws of the universe and the only way too survive is too trust universe, isnt it? Dont be sorry for all this, because this is all you get, and it is fantastic, simple and nothing at the same time. And remember, death doesn't exist, it's just the end of a cycle.
The 'opposite' of a particular sonic frequency is an 'inverted' version of that same frequency. A sinewave at 200Hz with a starting phase of 0 degrees has as its opposite a same wave, but with a starting phase of 180 degrees. If you play both waves at the same time, ideally you won't hear a thing (sound cancellation occurs).
Yup, I corrected that. Also, I do not think a minus frequency exists, simply the effect of a minus frequency due to an opposite direction of motion. Low frequency waves do not kill things as substantial as humans, and they essentially do not have an opposite. I also think this is oversimplified in relation to what Arvo Pärt said.
No, I don't think you've made a mistake. There *can* exist a wave with a negative frequency - they usually occur as sidebands in i.e., frequency modulation synthesis. But that's just physics, and in this case I don't think that Part was talking about physics but emotional impact.
I've read about the 7Hz deadly frequency, but don't know how much of it is true.
Wow, really? That's interesting. *goes off to look*
I agree he was talking about emotional impact, but the idea (an oversimplified one at that) was that such a thing could be explained in a scientific form. This way (with an irritable use of the English language), you could actually answer the question he raised.
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I think its interesting hearing this interview, where all of the musicians seem to come from different minimalist backgrounds. Björk is classically trained, but has her own language when describing music and sound, that other musicians can understand. I think it's incredible, especially the interaction between her and Arvo Part. Wonderful amount of respect between musical geniuses.
Really nice interview, it shows that Bjork have listened to the music and REALLY thought about it. If this would have been made by a regular reporter it would have been boring as always like "when did u start with the music", "why do you like minimalism`? " bla bla bla:P
maybe this inteview is so good beacuse bjork is self a musician but still..:P more of these interviews thanks! :D
I thought I had learned how to more correctly pronounce Arvo Part's name when she said it at first, until I heard her pronounce "truly" rolling her R's and I wasn't so sure. Haha.
Anyone else notice the crazy image at the last half second of the video?
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Am I the only one who found this interview freakin hilarious? Something about the way they go back and forth with stuff I don't understand, and seem to be on totally different planes...
i ve got little problem with bjork.i mean her accent really.when she speaks "iclandic english" she s got difficulties with saying what she means.when she speaks in "cockney" english everything is clear and she speaks fluently.
Good to hear that Pärt still speaks English with pure Estonian accent.
Maybe its interesting to know that Pärt have composed bunch of kid songs and pop tunes too. In 70s he made electronic music for films. In Polish movie "Navigator Pirx" you can even hear a proto-techno piece in striptease scene.
Hea,et sa selline pärdik oled kes kuulab räppi.Kellegile siin Eestis ei lähe see sitt kultuur peale eriti minu õnneks.Ja räppi kuulajaskond on 9-16 vanemad kes sellise pasaga tegelevad on alaarenenud või tondid.
Arvo Pärt: the definitive, and perhaps the most unorthodox, voice in modern classical music...a brilliant, humble, sensitive man. Sure, he may be a minimalist at the most superficial level, but the intent of his music is at once more sublime and more humble. Also, I found Björk a very perceptive person.
two very sensible looking musicians talk about music and by the way you take a glimpse on the mystery of being human at all: "in art everything is possible, but everything that is made is not necessary - you are free, you can choose." I like the music from both and was impressed to see them together.
Bjork is just a retarded rocker. How does she dare to speak with so much ignorance about music to Arvo Part? She really gotta stop taking drugs. Besides, her singing stinks! Has she heard other terms other than minimalism, as maximalist or decadentist? Please someone stop her!
EdVanCertes, I'm sure you have music studies and other qualifications, but shuddersfield is really right. Even if Bjork isn't using the correct terminology, she is doing something to make this difficult music accesible to more people. If you think this is wrong, others don't share your point of view.
Edvancertes, that's great. Why don't you prove how she's ignorant about music instead of blithering around. If you're going to make a point prove it. I bet that an idiot like you can't, but I'm curious.
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homegirrl: Minimalists were Steve Reich or Donald Judd. Bjork just wants a commercial tag on Arvo Part, to sell it to Martha Stewart as "cool stuff". Real art is hard to define. Minimalism is a thing long past. Just because an artist uses few elements, doesnt mean he is minimal. Bjork should know better, but she is a dumb rocker, with no historic frame and no music understanding. What other prove u want? a letterheaded note from Stockhaussen where he agrees with me? you better learn as well
And it's interesting because when I listen to Bjork I can hear undertones of Schoenberg and Mahler. I love Avro, but he could never write the grand cinematic pop songs that she does.
Bjork is elemental in electronic and classical music without being derivative. No musical understanding? I want to call Bjork the artist of our time.
@EdVanCertes: c'mon, grow a sense of humor and don't forget: björk makes pop music to reach the ppl and that is commercial but you're missing so much out if you think she has no music understanding and that would be unnecessary - she's the best pop artist on earth and you should give her a try, it's very healthy music
@antistrumpfmensch Commercial really? I've seen her as underground. Volta was considered her most commercial album to date. And that was after she had made about 10 albums previously.
Somebody once said that true Art is the creation of a beautifully human future. That's what Bjork offers us in everything she is and does. What a gentle genius this lovely woman is. Exquisite.
Thank-you for posting this video. So lovely to hear Bjork and the Minimalists' talk. The interview with Arvo was very touching.
ajittffcure 5 days ago
What the fuck... that dude with a rubber glove on his head at the very end... lol.
PNWUnderground 2 months ago 2
"little cricket"
thedarkmoonman 4 months ago
What is the piece of music towards the end please?
FreedomBeats 6 months ago
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GiorgosRossos 4 months ago
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GiorgosRossos 4 months ago
@FreedomBeats Arvo Pärt - Miserere
GiorgosRossos 4 months ago
@GiorgosRossos Thank you.
FreedomBeats 4 months ago
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"She interviewed me, and afterwards she said that she would like me to do some arrangements for her. I saw who she really was and I listened to her music, the album where she is wearing a kimono. I've even seen her film, it is a real work of art.
Such an interesting person, such brilliance. In every intonation, every syllable."
-Arvo Part discusses Bjork, September 2010.
matooli 7 months ago
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matooli 7 months ago
Bjork+Arvo Part = WOOOOW
gaelleman 8 months ago
the fact that bjork is so musically educated and with a vast knowledge of the genres makes her an even greater artist.
angelortiz69 11 months ago 2
She lost that faux cockney accent she spoke in earlier. The "R''s are much more distinct in this interview.
Merci
Bangkok/CarSanook?Johnny
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carsanookdotcom 1 year ago
It is wonderful to see A. Gaudi's continual influence...
monacaba 1 year ago 2
whats the song towards the end !?
barehotmash 1 year ago
A master and amateur; I do not think she can derive what he examines
CertusAnimadverto 1 year ago
Thanks for posting!
rickman33 1 year ago
I love the way she simplifies things using that Pinocchio reference.
sneekz07 1 year ago 5
I love her♥♥♥
gdsaucedo 1 year ago
The church is 'La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona´
Avo Part is a genius
nautilusgaugen 1 year ago
This what I hear every time I'm abducted!
mku17ra 1 year ago 4
The 'Cathedral" in the video is not a Cathedral, Its an expiatory church...expiation for sins.
smicker62 2 years ago
this is so pure
fahrigonzo 2 years ago
1:11 - 1:25
brennonlyleshwetz 2 years ago
NATURES ETERNAL RELIGION omg what a good read that is how advanced we all would be if our clna had there own religion long long ago wow
rah0wa 2 years ago
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Rihekel 2 years ago
Björk and Arvo Part two musical genius, they should do something together. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING !!!
birlisa1 2 years ago 43
I agree. That would be more than wonderful. They are both minimalists whose music is not melodically hard but it's really beautiful in it's simplicity.
dontlayeggs 2 years ago
@birlisa1 I'd buy 10 original CD's of that collaboration!
disonantebeats 7 months ago
Tommi Grönlund seems like a snob. And he's the least interesting.
YUMMYngbird 2 years ago
thats why hes a snob
lloplop 2 years ago
@lloplop I don't believe that he is a snob. But maybe that's just because i've been exposed and met so, so many snobs of literature (which can be the worst). I love it when people manage to talk about languages that do not involve articulate language. To talk about music is like dancing about architecture. So when people talk about music, or painting, or dancing, or other languages that do not involve words or do not belong to a wordy environment, THAT'S interesting.
CasaDeAgua 1 year ago
@CasaDeAgua huh? maybe do some research and understand my comment before you comment? My comment was a response.
lloplop 1 year ago
@lloplop my bad.
CasaDeAgua 1 year ago
@YUMMYngbird ~ Actually, this kind of comment is "the least interesting." Here you are, telling us what is interesting, as if there is an absolute --- "snob"? Thanks for sharing your opinion. totally pointless.
murongxue 1 year ago
@murongxue i'm not going to say "I THINK he's least interesting," I THINK in front of every statement. Most people get that it's an subjective opinion no matter what. And I don't think "least interesting" is so bad, not if the others are really interesting. If you think i'm wrong, then give me your opinion. At the time I wrote that comment I just quickly shared my first reaction, I think.
YUMMYngbird 1 year ago
ladris
capitancriterio 2 years ago
The building in the video is a cathedral. It is the Sagrada Familia or Church of the Holy Family, the masterwork of architect Antoni Gaudi and signature landmark of Barcelona.
chalfont1959 2 years ago
Where does the interview with Arvo Pärt take place? Björk introduces, while pieces by Arvo Pärt is played whilst we see different movie clips of old architechture, I like it alot, where is it?
Dakora 2 years ago
The building it shows, I believe, is a cathedral in Barcelona. It's an innovative structure, still being built, I believe.
Ashiman12 2 years ago
I think the old cathedral is in Colon, Germany.
ahzie99 2 years ago
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sesq 2 years ago
I love it when she sings at the start to the wires :) These are 2 incredible videos, my favourite artist, Bjork, and all these other phenomenal people, all in one video, talking about sound, it's beautiful!!
xBABAtikiDIDOx 2 years ago 17
Memorian cantus britten is Pärts greatest work. Its so beautiful.
Prebster90 2 years ago 3
What arvo pieces are played, does anyone know?
Sepharite 2 years ago
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BJORK is CLUELESS about the history of music, including her own XXth century.
Yes, COMFORT - this is what she is looking for.
The interview between Bjork and Part is the most depressing thing I've ever seen. A mixture of superficial emotions, boredom towards the world, passivity, and stupid naivete.
PEOPLE, listen to XV, XVI, XVII century music if you want those big consonances. Arvo Part is a liar.
Justino111 2 years ago
Fuck you. :) I think both Arvo Pärt's music and music from the XV, XVI, XVII is listenable and filled with depth: Please try to listen to more of Arvo Pärt. I think Arvo Pärt is a very, very deep composer, and notice I'm not putting anyone down. Fuck you. :) WTF WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY CALLING ARVO PÄRT A LIAR????!! Sorry for my outburst, but what's up?
1PostPoMoMaN1 2 years ago
And me being Estonian doesn't have much to do with me liking Arvo Pärt's music. I especially like his "Collage on Bach"
I like his two themes' system: complicated subjective and simple objective. He is kind of like some of the 19th-20th century process philosophieswith thier nondualist (non-monist too) ontologies and how each moment is actually infitinely creative and spontaneous when viewed from a certain perspective. I probably like Claudi Monteverdi's music as much as you do, BTW.
1PostPoMoMaN1 2 years ago
well, i don't quite get the "fuck you :)" . It's funny because even when people totally hate what I like I never use offensive words such as that. I do call Arvo Part a liar because what he does is a cheap manipulation of practices abundantly explored by composers who came before him. You simply CANNOT compose a simple beautiful melody and PRETEND you've discovered a new paradise and entered a new stream of spiritual emotions. That's a LIE. That's worse than fake.
Justino111 2 years ago
Understood. However, I hear what Arvo Pärt tries to carry across. To me, one CAN simply compose a beautiful melody IF one is already a spiritual individual, such as the case of Arvo Pärt. Various religious traditions, such as zen, ect, other buddhists, have composed also simple beautiful melodies and carried forth a certain series of states of consciousness. I think you are a liar about Arvo Pärt's music, or at least I think you cannot pick up anything besides your exspectations.
1PostPoMoMaN1 2 years ago
OK, it's good that we are moving to higher grounds - in spite of the fact that you're calling me a liar about Arvo Part. Pay attention that I do not make any money, anything whatsoever from my criticism on his music. I do criticize him because I do care about music. I call Arvo Part a liar because he himself is asking a very high price for his music by equating it to something spiritually and philosophically deeper than what actually is. continuing...
Justino111 2 years ago
". I call Arvo Part a liar because he himself is asking a very high price for his music by equating it to something spiritually and philosophically deeper than what actually is. continuing..." That's the basic core of what seems to be your criticism about Arvo Pärt and I deeply disagree, while I do not deny that Scelsi is perhaps much more deeper, but Pärt is still way up in the list of depth for me. I admit Scelsi might as well be hella deeper.
1PostPoMoMaN1 2 years ago
Scelsi is damn good. I'm not about to place Scelsi and Arvo Pärt into a hierarchy for comparison, I think Scelsi is better at producing samadhi (concentration) and Pärt is more about contemplation and in a sense definitely more western.
1PostPoMoMaN1 2 years ago
I am glad you liked Scelsi's work. It's a discovery, a new sonic world.
For me, the creative act is the most important element. But that can be more complicated (complex) than it seems because creativity is very much connected with the challenges of producing something original.That in itself is a journey that I respect. Most of what I hear from Arvo Part is passive in that regard. When I listen to layers of sounds, I cannot help not thinking of Ligeti's Lontano...a very original work...
Justino111 2 years ago
and now, REALITY: Arvo Part started writing in the twelve-tone system. Then, after 10 years without making any money with music, he went silence and realized that he would only be able to make ends meet if he composes the kind of stuff people won't be cognitively challenged. Then he moved a few centuries backwards and started to write long canons in minor modes so people will come to YT to say he is a genius and his music is highly spiritual and deep. In sum, people are dumb.
Justino111 2 years ago
You are dumb about spirituality.
1PostPoMoMaN1 2 years ago
luckily, spirituality is VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH MORE than a simplistic tonal composer writing simplistic melodies.
Justino111 2 years ago
Luckily you are not actually dumb about spirituality. I see where you're coming from. There is a reason why Arvo Pärt's music is nice to the ear: it can transmit quite profound ideas or states of consciousness, that get unnoticed by many. The ideas in this video are the core of his music... what he refers to as subjective and objective undertones or something like that.
1PostPoMoMaN1 2 years ago
His melodies are simple in structure but complicated in their combinations and depth, and simple yet again in their ability to change the state of mind from ordinary thinking to deep contemplative states, and if you cannot achive such a state, you're not letting go of identifications and preconcieved notions that are biased towards preferred style. Therefore...
1PostPoMoMaN1 2 years ago
since you brought up zen budhism, I wonder if you know the work of Giacinto Scelsi, an italian composer who spent most of his life unknown. Scelsi completely changed his style because of Budhism. The difference is that Scelsi managed to create something unique, a true journey into the sound, a new music (that's the true "ability to change the state of mind" as an artist, as a creator). And that's what my criticism on Part is about: he is conservative, his music does not cross any boundaries.
Justino111 2 years ago
I will check out Scelsi quite soon, and I'm sure I won't be dissapointed. As for your criticism of Pärt, I think you are right on the concervative part, but that doesn't stop me from listeing to it. But I actually like Claudio Monteverdi more than Arvo Pärt perhaps in most ways... :)
1PostPoMoMaN1 2 years ago
Monteverdi is for me one of the greatest of them all. It's a kind of beauty that we don't find very often. But it's more than beauty, it's also about the witty, the intelligence..or even naivete when necessary. But there are so many great composers and so much great music!
You have an interesting channel. I will check it out more often.
Justino111 2 years ago
I'm also a fan of Scelsi, and while I agree with you in some respects, I believe Part has the ability to create music which burrows into the very core of human sorrow, which is unfortunatly a very unique talent among so called...sorry to use the term but.... "classical" composers.
StrayGhost 2 years ago
so human, so great!
54spiritedwill54 2 years ago
Those tubes and wires don't seem to have much of a varied reaction to movements or sounds.
Descalabro 2 years ago
The sincerity of this interview is almost corrupting.
some1tookmynick 2 years ago
Which specific rendition of Miserere is that @ 7:20?
neowpn 3 years ago
I love the way Arvo Part's face lights up when she compares his music to Pinochio and the cricket.
Hairymaineguy 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this!
It makes me so happy to see Bjork and Arvo Part talking about music like this.
transparentmeans 3 years ago 2
this is a perfect way to fulfill your dreams thru sounds
icarrillos 3 years ago
I don't think that made any sense. So I'm going to assume that just means you think this is cool.
WMD911 3 years ago
everyone apart from Bjork and the scottish guy seem really pissed off and miserable.
georgelambshow 3 years ago
Why don't you just listen to the music and forget about whether someone "seems" happy or not. It's such a free-market American thing - everyone happy with shiny teeth, slumbering through the malls like hollow shells. No substance, just consumption.
There festive music, but there's also music that helps us to reflect and ponder ourselves and the universe, and even music that protests our human condition. Open your mind.
IzzyIsou 3 years ago 6
Wow. Well said.
freetyler1 3 years ago
Well said, but um, George just made a small comment. He did nothing that showed he was close minded. Don't look to hard into things.
WMD911 3 years ago
i heard arvo pärt has a real battleaxe of a wife
sutchsteve 3 years ago
hilarious comment
powerpill 2 years ago
thanx for opening my eyes and mind to an interesting style of music...i'm learning
musicmaster13833 3 years ago 6
Björk is soooooo cute!! I love the parth where she is talking about Pinoccio and the little cricket!!! lol! So ADORABLEE!
josemanuelerre 3 years ago 3
This is the last time i write something in this blog or whatever it is, i dont like sarcasm, but fantastic if it is and if is not well sorry. Have an excellent and superb week.
Ciao.
richardcoldr 3 years ago
Actually, when he refers to kill by music is really true... there is a story that says with certain sounds you can be death.
richardcoldr 3 years ago 4
nice grammar
tqd86 3 years ago
sarcasm???, Well arvo part and bjork that's fantastic. Arvo is and he looks so spiritual now about Bjork, well what can i say about her, she is just terrific, she is an integral artist. This music is so pure, i believe Arvo is a genius, and in a presumptuos manner i would say like Chopin or Beethoven.
richardcoldr 3 years ago
you should teach english at a university level.
tqd86 3 years ago
The awful reality of the philosophy on the opposite of "death by sound" is that, scientifically Newton's opposite of killing you with sound, is actually killing you with the opposite frequency of sound.
Cuoin 3 years ago
I had not heard such moving comment or quote in a long time.. YOu just amused my intellect in the purest form!
BEYONDNIRVANNA 3 years ago
There is an error.
The opposite frequency of sound does not exist. Sound frequencies begin from zero and increase. There is no minus frequency, as we have no minus energy. And so there is no opposite for the sound frequencies and energies required in killing us. Kinda puts a cork in the whole thing.
Though perhaps it could work on some other levels.
Cuoin 3 years ago
I think it is quite safe to say that Arvo Part works on some other level.
ComradeCrusty 3 years ago 3
I'd like to think that too.
Cuoin 3 years ago 2
Works on another level as in he isn't exactly "all there"?
WMD911 3 years ago
the silence...? and very very loud sounds can acctually kill us. so? :) (dont know if i misunderstand you here, im bad at english)
lskfls 3 years ago
Yep, that's it. There is a lot of energy in wave motion (like sound) and energy can kill us. Here Arvo Pärt is talking about the way music influences the human mind. I argued (in my ignorance) that Arvo Pärt put an abstract concept on a physical happening and hence his logic is completely flawed. ie. Happiness = A number of physical/chemical happenings and follows a set of laws.
Also, this makes me feel quite sick on several levels so I hope someone will show me that this idea is wrong.
Cuoin 3 years ago
I think you're talking about the physical opposite of being killed, or the structural opposite of sound that could kill a person. I think Arvo Part is talking about the emotional opposite of sound that can kill. I think he's talking about art, and you're talking about physics.
ammonman 3 years ago
This is true and I saw this. The only problem is (and I quite hate this so please prove me wrong) that art and our emotions are bound by the laws of physics and logic.
Cuoin 3 years ago
Why do you hate it? Come on, open your eyes! We are the universe. Everything in our lifes is The Universe.. Chemicals in our brains acctually gives us our feelings! That's amazing. We need too follow our feelings because they are the laws of the universe and the only way too survive is too trust universe, isnt it? Dont be sorry for all this, because this is all you get, and it is fantastic, simple and nothing at the same time. And remember, death doesn't exist, it's just the end of a cycle.
lskfls 3 years ago
@ Cuoin
The 'opposite' of a particular sonic frequency is an 'inverted' version of that same frequency. A sinewave at 200Hz with a starting phase of 0 degrees has as its opposite a same wave, but with a starting phase of 180 degrees. If you play both waves at the same time, ideally you won't hear a thing (sound cancellation occurs).
But I don't see how that can kill a person..
TeacherOfStalker 2 years ago
Yup, I corrected that. Also, I do not think a minus frequency exists, simply the effect of a minus frequency due to an opposite direction of motion. Low frequency waves do not kill things as substantial as humans, and they essentially do not have an opposite. I also think this is oversimplified in relation to what Arvo Pärt said.
*shrugs* Have I made a mistake?
Cuoin 2 years ago
No, I don't think you've made a mistake. There *can* exist a wave with a negative frequency - they usually occur as sidebands in i.e., frequency modulation synthesis. But that's just physics, and in this case I don't think that Part was talking about physics but emotional impact.
I've read about the 7Hz deadly frequency, but don't know how much of it is true.
TeacherOfStalker 2 years ago
Wow, really? That's interesting. *goes off to look*
I agree he was talking about emotional impact, but the idea (an oversimplified one at that) was that such a thing could be explained in a scientific form. This way (with an irritable use of the English language), you could actually answer the question he raised.
Cuoin 2 years ago
I could listen to these two talk for a year straight. I could also listen to Arvo Pärt's music for a year straight.
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peschn 3 years ago
arvo + bjork, who could ask for more?
piotramazing 3 years ago 4
arvo part is a giant
richragsdale 3 years ago 6
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Suu 3 years ago
I think Will Ferrell as Alex Trebek quoted it best "Are you Icelandic or retarded?"...vive Arvo Part!...
allankesatie 3 years ago
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bjork is retarded
halwayne 3 years ago
vive bjork بـــيــورك
726589 3 years ago
Bjork is probably one of the best people to understands Parts music. It takes one genius to understand the other.
ragnarkisten 3 years ago 2
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This is great, but what is the deal with the interviewer? You know what I mean? She seems a little wacky.
thisisnothappening2 3 years ago
"The interwiever" is a very famous artist from Island who has a singing carieer and also as a moviestar. She is called Björk. Look her up!
Linis32 3 years ago 4
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Bjork what a funny name!!!
skruodyg 3 years ago
Iceland. :)
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adamjames86 3 years ago
I loved this interview.
You couldn't have gotten a better person to conduct it.
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aersoz1 3 years ago
Serious composer? Yes he is.
I think she means "serialist" composer, not serious, because she mentioned the 12- tone technique.
trumpetisten 3 years ago
I think its interesting hearing this interview, where all of the musicians seem to come from different minimalist backgrounds. Björk is classically trained, but has her own language when describing music and sound, that other musicians can understand. I think it's incredible, especially the interaction between her and Arvo Part. Wonderful amount of respect between musical geniuses.
mikeofcetacea 3 years ago 8
It is very nice to hear talking two great musicians like Bjork and Arvo Part. Their sesibility is touching.
irmuchis 4 years ago 8
Really nice interview, it shows that Bjork have listened to the music and REALLY thought about it. If this would have been made by a regular reporter it would have been boring as always like "when did u start with the music", "why do you like minimalism`? " bla bla bla:P
maybe this inteview is so good beacuse bjork is self a musician but still..:P more of these interviews thanks! :D
Smaejdah 4 years ago 6
Great video, some weird comments.
I thought I had learned how to more correctly pronounce Arvo Part's name when she said it at first, until I heard her pronounce "truly" rolling her R's and I wasn't so sure. Haha.
Anyone else notice the crazy image at the last half second of the video?
freetyler1 4 years ago 2
That final image is quite a change of pace!
enossified 3 years ago
I thought that image was quite odd too lol.
What is that about?
dime4bag 3 years ago
Estonians love iceland and bjork we used declare independence on our 90th anniversery. ;)
PleasurablyNumb 4 years ago
Thanks to YouTube, now I know Bjork interviewed Arvo Part. Wild.
edgluhrs 4 years ago 3
This is a musical poet who really demonstrates a willingness to reveal, right. Not many do.
mellamomitch 4 years ago
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Am I the only one who found this interview freakin hilarious? Something about the way they go back and forth with stuff I don't understand, and seem to be on totally different planes...
regalkidney 4 years ago
i ve got little problem with bjork.i mean her accent really.when she speaks "iclandic english" she s got difficulties with saying what she means.when she speaks in "cockney" english everything is clear and she speaks fluently.
greg26742 4 years ago
WTF I didn't know about that at all, because I've never listened to Bjork.
1PostPoMoMaN1 2 years ago
Good to hear that Pärt still speaks English with pure Estonian accent.
Maybe its interesting to know that Pärt have composed bunch of kid songs and pop tunes too. In 70s he made electronic music for films. In Polish movie "Navigator Pirx" you can even hear a proto-techno piece in striptease scene.
the13er 4 years ago
Hea,et sa selline pärdik oled kes kuulab räppi.Kellegile siin Eestis ei lähe see sitt kultuur peale eriti minu õnneks.Ja räppi kuulajaskond on 9-16 vanemad kes sellise pasaga tegelevad on alaarenenud või tondid.
PleasurablyNumb 4 years ago
thx!!!
alfons00p 4 years ago
Ashiman12's comment is much appreciated..
Bjork is an innovator..
Arvo Pärt is a genius and living legend..
hammerandbear 4 years ago 2
I understood her completely. Study his method of composition, and it will be a logical metaphor (Pinnochio/Cricket).
CafeSabine 4 years ago
I agree totally!
I have seen few other documents about Arvo Pärt and even when this was just a short clip it gave me lots of enjoyment.
AlbertWitchfinder 4 years ago
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Bjork asking stupid questions and composer's not very elequent in english?
somor98 4 years ago
part is brilliant. i have to admit that i, too, had trouble following bjork as she talked about the pinocchio/cricket aspect of part's music.
i am certainly one for metaphorical readings of music, being a non-musician myself, but she was incomprehensible.
theritz007 4 years ago
Arvo Pärt: the definitive, and perhaps the most unorthodox, voice in modern classical music...a brilliant, humble, sensitive man. Sure, he may be a minimalist at the most superficial level, but the intent of his music is at once more sublime and more humble. Also, I found Björk a very perceptive person.
Ashiman12 4 years ago 9
two very sensible looking musicians talk about music and by the way you take a glimpse on the mystery of being human at all: "in art everything is possible, but everything that is made is not necessary - you are free, you can choose." I like the music from both and was impressed to see them together.
utube4mi 4 years ago 7
so human, so great!
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Bjork is just a retarded rocker. How does she dare to speak with so much ignorance about music to Arvo Part? She really gotta stop taking drugs. Besides, her singing stinks! Has she heard other terms other than minimalism, as maximalist or decadentist? Please someone stop her!
EdVanCertes 4 years ago
Yeah, a retarded rocker - wow, that's just brilliant. I doubt Pärt would agree with your sentiments.
sonicpsychiatry 4 years ago
dont be such a retarded twat!
you just want to keep this type of music elitist! if arvo part thought the same way as you, he wouldnt have bet bjork in the first place!
people like you have an unhealthy attitude to music, keep your limited opinions to yourself!
shuddersfield 4 years ago 2
EdVanCertes, I'm sure you have music studies and other qualifications, but shuddersfield is really right. Even if Bjork isn't using the correct terminology, she is doing something to make this difficult music accesible to more people. If you think this is wrong, others don't share your point of view.
acoronab 4 years ago 4
Edvancertes, that's great. Why don't you prove how she's ignorant about music instead of blithering around. If you're going to make a point prove it. I bet that an idiot like you can't, but I'm curious.
homegirrl 4 years ago
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homegirrl: Minimalists were Steve Reich or Donald Judd. Bjork just wants a commercial tag on Arvo Part, to sell it to Martha Stewart as "cool stuff". Real art is hard to define. Minimalism is a thing long past. Just because an artist uses few elements, doesnt mean he is minimal. Bjork should know better, but she is a dumb rocker, with no historic frame and no music understanding. What other prove u want? a letterheaded note from Stockhaussen where he agrees with me? you better learn as well
EdVanCertes 4 years ago
I'm sorry, but you're ridiculous because you're putting the whole thing out of context. And Steve Reich was a minamalist? Ooooh.
Tell me exactly why Bjork is ignorant towards music. "Dumb rocker" does not cut it, dumbass.
homegirrl 4 years ago
And it's interesting because when I listen to Bjork I can hear undertones of Schoenberg and Mahler. I love Avro, but he could never write the grand cinematic pop songs that she does.
Bjork is elemental in electronic and classical music without being derivative. No musical understanding? I want to call Bjork the artist of our time.
homegirrl 4 years ago 3
YOU are obviously a genius.
KidEh1979 4 years ago
Not really. Just a Bjork fan girl. Great, I even spelt Part's name wrong.
homegirrl 4 years ago
How embarrassing. But still, Bjork:Artist of our time, that's genius.
KidEh1979 4 years ago
Yes, I agree with you. Bjork is the artist of our time.
homegirrl 4 years ago
Not very wrong actually.
the13er 4 years ago
@EdVanCertes: c'mon, grow a sense of humor and don't forget: björk makes pop music to reach the ppl and that is commercial but you're missing so much out if you think she has no music understanding and that would be unnecessary - she's the best pop artist on earth and you should give her a try, it's very healthy music
antistrumpfmensch 1 year ago
@antistrumpfmensch Commercial really? I've seen her as underground. Volta was considered her most commercial album to date. And that was after she had made about 10 albums previously.
sneekz07 1 year ago
This is wonderful. Also very informative. An unlikely pairing those two, but surprisingly revealing in its simplicity. Thank you for uploading it.
Omnilingual 4 years ago 5
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bjork sucks.
Revlis86 4 years ago
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haha finland sucks.
Revlis86 4 years ago
Incredeble post. Thanks for this. Has great value.
Love Björk!
Odredak 4 years ago 4
Arvo Pärt is amazing! The best-known Estonian composer I believe. It's so cool that Björk likes his music :)
Lumimarjake 4 years ago 7
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Bjork is just a snob. Do you think she understands? Just an ignorant rocker as so many others
EdVanCertes 4 years ago
Ahh. I love Arvo, I love Bjork.
homegirrl 4 years ago 2
ARVO PART I meant:)
majimafia 4 years ago
THE GREATEST PARVO!! LOVELY!
majimafia 4 years ago 3
Alvo part works are the greatest!!
airemember 4 years ago
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bjork is annoying, lol
waterbottle 4 years ago
thank you so much for this upload
queensbridge 4 years ago 3
Somebody once said that true Art is the creation of a beautifully human future. That's what Bjork offers us in everything she is and does. What a gentle genius this lovely woman is. Exquisite.
asbochamp 4 years ago 4
THIS is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless,Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done,
Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou
lovest best.
Night, sleep, and the stars.
Walt Whitman
nidiahernandezbrizue 4 years ago