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Pari intervallo

Arvo Pärt

A meditative tintinnabuli work whose parallel voices move with ritual stillness.

Era / date
Contemporary · 1976; organ version 1980

Themes in the music

Musical source

Written in memory of Pärt’s stepfather, the work carries a motto from Romans 14:8 about living and dying in the Lord. Source ↗

Performance history