BBC Proms: Arvo Pärt at 90
31 July at Royal Albert Hall, London
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (EPCC) at Britten Pears Arts
1 August at Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh
PROGRAMME
Arvo Pärt Da pacem Domine; Veni creator; Magnificat; The Deer’s Cry; Für Jan van Eyck *UK premiere
Galina Grigorjeva Svyatki – ‘Spring is coming’
Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil (Vespers) – ‘Slava v vyshnikh Bogu’; ‘Bogoroditse Devo’
J. S. Bach Motet ‘Ich lasse dich nicht’, BWV 1165
Arvo Pärt Peace upon you, Jerusalem; De profundis; Vater unser
Veljo Tormis Curse upon Iron
BBC Proms WEBSITE: www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/proms/bbc-proms-2025/arvo-paert-at-90
Britten Pears Arts WEBSITE: https://www.brittenpearsarts.org/events/estonian-philharmonic-chamber-choir
The Carice Singers: Arvo Pärt 90th Birthday – A Prayer for Peace on 9/11
11 September at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
PROGRAMME
Arvo Pärt Triodion; I am the true vine; Fratres; Peace upon you, Jerusalem; Nunc dimittis
John Tavener Threnos; Birthday Sleep
Arvo Pärt Magnificat; Spiegel im Spiegel
John Tavener In Memory
Arvo Pärt O Holy Father Nicholas
WEBSITE: https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/calendar/the-carice-singers-arvo-part-90th-birthday-a-prayer-for-peace-on-9-11/
Sansara and Fretwork
11 September at Temple Church, London
PROGRAMME will include:
Arvo Pärt Stabat Mater; Fratres; Summa; Solfeggio; Virgencita; Nunc dimittis; Et al.
WEBSITE: https://www.sansarachoir.com/
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra: Arvo Pärt at 90
5 October at Glasgow City Halls
7 October at Barbican Centre
PROGRAMME
Arvo Pärt Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten; L’abbé Agathon; Adam’s Lament
Ester Mägi Vesper
Arvo Pärt Fratres; Te Deum
Glasgow’s WEBSITE: https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/estonian-philharmonic-chamber-choir-and-tallinn-chamber-orchestra-arvo-prt-at-90
Barbican’s WEBSITE: https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/event/estonian-philharmonic-chamber-choir-adams-lament
Music at Oxford presents 90 years of Arvo Pärt: a Reflection
11 – 16 November in various locations across Oxford, highlights of the festival include:
Merton College Choir and Britten Sinfonia
11 November at Sheldonian Theatre
PROGRAMME
Arvo Pärt Fratres; Berliner Messe
John Tavener Song for Athene
Josef Haydn Nelson Mass
Arvo Pärt: a Personal View
12 November at Levine Building, Trinity College
An evening of conversation with Michael Pärt Music by Arvo Pärt performed by Sten Heinoja (piano)
The Carice Singers
13 November, University Church of St Mary the Virgin
PROGRAMME
Thomas Tallis O Sacrum Convivium; Absterge Domine; Salvator Mundi, Lamentations I & II
Arvo Pärt Woman with the Alabaster Box; I am the True Vine; Triodion
Evelin Seppar Tout est loin
Sten Heinoja and M4gnet String Quartet
14 November, JdP Music Building, Sh Hilda’s College
Music by Arvo Pärt; Tõnu Kõrvits; Lepo Sumera
Arvo Pärt: Our Garden
15 November, Olivier Hall, St Edward’s School
Festival Children’s Chorus & Ensemble; mentors from the National Youth Choir
Arvo Pärt Our Garden (arr. Tauno Aints)*UK premiere; Selections from Songs from Childhood
Vox Clamantis
15 November at Christ Church Cathedral
PROGRAMME
Arvo Pärt Sarah Was Ninety Years Old, Sieben Magnificat Antiphonen, Magnificat, My Heart’s in the Highlands, And I Heard a Voice
Helena Tulve Gloria
Tõnis Kaumann Ave Maria
WEBSITE: https://www.musicatoxford.com/
Estonia as a focus country at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, featuring concerts with Arvo Pärt pieces
The Carice Singers: Pärt @ 90
22 November at St Paul’s Hall, Huddersfield
PROGRAMME
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė Aletheia, UK Premiere
Lotta Wennäkoski Valossa
Perttu Haapanen Readymade Alice
Arvo Pärt Sarah was Ninety Years Old; The Beatitudes
Joel Järventausta There will come soft rains, UK Premiere
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent as part of hcmf// shorts
24 November, St Paul’s Hall, Huddersfield
REPERTOIRE
Arvo Pärt Annum per Annum
WEBSITE: https://hcmf.co.uk/