Arvo Pärt Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten - Proms 2010

Arvo Pärt Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten - Proms 2010, performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner (bbc notes as follows);
The heartrending strings and tolling bell of the Cantus by Arvo Pärt (75 this year) forms a hypnotic tribute to Britten

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[MilkJam212]

God didn't write this, a man did.

[ancestors]

My Grandfather passed away just a few hours ago. I think this is the perfect balance of sadness and peace.

[jarthkebil]

But who's to say God didn't inspire the man?

[achillesbrain2]

Nice!

[Jose Ignacio Cimadevilla Mejias]

That is not completely true. The piece begins and ends with silence that is actually written in the score. This is how Arvo Pärt tells us that we come from silence and we all will leave in silence.

Absolutely brilliant.

[Victor Ferreira]

by your own argument, "god didn't suddenly exist from nothing. he did not made himself", so another god was needed to make the god that made humans, and another god was needed to make the god that made the god that made humans, and another god was needed to make...

[Anton Prosk]

restless man it is

[Nicole Harris]

This feels like it should be from a movie. Doesn't it?

[Joel Goffin]

Powerful...

[aalonksi]

I'd rather stay at home/hospital trying get tuberculosis treatment, than go to listen to this divine melody. I mean, the coughing in the audience is frrking annoying....

[artur afeldt]

another challenge for Armin van Buuren in the future

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[achillesbrain2]

The piece is not over until the sound of the bell decays to silence. Kudos to the audience and the BBC for choosing a piece post-Gustav Mahler.