Liveübertragung: Paradisi Gloria by Pärt, Vasks, Ó (2020/2020), Seoltóir Ivan Repušić, Herkulessaal, Munich, Germany

Arvo Pärt celebrates his 85th birthday! His connection to Bayerischer Rundfunk had a brilliant start in 1982 with the world premiere of "Passio". Since then, the BR orchestras have cultivated the multi-layered works of the Estonian composer, which are characterized by a meditative attitude. The "Stabat mater" was created in 1985 to commemorate Alban Berg, the great pioneer of modernism. Like a song without words, the purely instrumental "Silouan's Song" from 1991 is based on verses by the Russian monk and orthodox mystic Siluan of Athos: "My soul longs for the Lord and with tears I seek Him." Behind "Klātbūtne" ("Presence ’) by Pēteris Vasks (*1946) conceals an impressive cello concerto that was premiered in Ghent in 2012 by Sol Gabetta, the work’s dedicatee.